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Day 11 - 19 days remaining

When I have commenced a new book, I have always prepared a diary, divided into weeks, and carried on for the period which I have allowed myself for the completion of the work. In this I have entered, day to day, the number of pages I have written so that if at any time I have slipped into idleness for a day or two, the record of that idleness has been there, staring me in the face, and demanding of me increased labour, so that the deficiency might be supplied.

- Anthony Trollope

And what would your diary say about your day ( today,_Nano_Writer? )

Current Mood: optimistic

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Day 10 - 20 days remaining

Don’t tell us that the old lady screamed. Bring her on stage and let her scream.

- Mark Twain

So, it's time for today's ( word_count... )

Current Mood: determined

ladyseishou

Day 9 - 21 days remaining

Let the character talk. Don’t censor, don’t control. Listen, and write.

- Ursula K. Le Guin

So what did your ( character_tell_you_today? )

Current Mood: contemplative

ladyseishou

Day 8 - 22 days remaining

Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else.

~ Gloria Steinem

During NaNoWriMo, ( what_else_is_there? )

Current Mood: optimistic

ladyseishou

Day 7 - 23 days remaining

There are thousands of thoughts lying
within a man that he does not know
till he takes up the pen and writes.

~ William Makepeace Thackeray

And what do you ( know_today... )

Current Mood: contemplative

ladyseishou

Day 6 - 24 days remaining

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.

―Albert Einstein

And where did your story ( take_you_today? )

Current Mood: creative

ladyseishou

Day 5 - 25 days remaining

There are three rules to writing a novel.
Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.

- William Somerset Maugham

Well the first rule has ( got_to_be... )

Current Mood: optimistic

ladyseishou

Day 4 - 26 days remaining

The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible.

~ Vladimir Nabakov

So let's turn up ( the_heat... )

Current Mood: optimistic

ladyseishou

Day 3 - 27 days remaining

If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.

- Toni Morrison

A good ( writing_day? )

Current Mood: excited

ladyseishou

Day 2 - 28 days remaining

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.

- E. L. Doctorow

And how was ( your_day? )

Current Mood: accomplished

ladyseishou

Day 1 - 29 days remaining

Starting a book you've been looking forward to writing is like opening a box of Godiva chocolates. Actually, that's not a good analogy in my case, seeing as I'd rather have a nice challenging bag of pork scratchings. And I mean the well 'ard British variety, which rate a 10 on the Mohs scale, not the softer US pork rinds. But I digress. The point is that you embark on a voyage of delicious discovery. Okay, you might lose a dental filling along the way, but the overall effect is one of diverse taste sensations and something truly satisfying to crunch down on.

- Karen Traviss (on starting a new book)

( Open_the_box_already... )

Current Mood: excited

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