Author. Reader.
I can’t verify it until tomorrow when verification opens but…
50,155 words written in 19 days.
The story isn’t over but it’s in progress. I’m on a journey and it’s one I’m determined to keep enjoying.
Good luck, fellow NaNoWriMo writers. You’ve got this.
45,000 words.
My fingers are aching and a little bit numb (it’s very cold today) but the story is flowing and going in directions other than what I thought it would so I’m happy.
I’m writing.
My aim is to hit 50,000 by Wednesday and see how much of the story I can get done before the 30th November. My overall general goal for this novel is around the 75,000 mark but I’m not putting pressure on myself to reach that before the end of the month. Before the end of the year will suit me perfectly, and be far more than I anticipated for this year!
How’s everyone else doing?
About half of the writers I speak to are on track to hit the 50K this year, which is a nice feeling. There seems to be something about this year that was missing last November – we’re all finding motivation and inspiration from somewhere and while we’re going at our own paces, we’re all writing and that makes us happy. Even those in the group who aren’t going to hit 50K are happy because they’re making progress on projects that have been evading them for a couple of months and that in itself makes it all worthwhile.
I hope any writers out there reading this are finding inspiration, too, and are finding the words they need, regardless of how many of them there are.
Just keep writing, folks. That’s all we can do.
NaNoWriMo is just days away and I’m looking forward to getting stuck in!
Today, I finished the first draft of book 3 of my contemporary romance series, which means I’ve hit my first writing goal of the year. The ambitious stretch goal was to finish the entire series and that’s where NaNoWriMo comes in.
Book 4, the final, here I come!
I love NaNoWriMo, even the years I don’t hit the 50k goal. If nothing else, it’s a way to motivate myself to try and write every day – and a way I can explain to family and friends why I’m shutting myself away for a while to get my thoughts on paper. For some reason, I find they accept my writing time a lot easier when it’s part of an internationally recognised event.
Good luck to my fellow NaNoWriMo’s, and I’ll see you during/after November for an update!
I’m back to writing by hand to get myself out of a little writing slump.
It’s not that I’m no longer enjoying the story, have lost my way with it or don’t want to write it, it’s just that getting the things in my head down on paper using a pen and notepad seems easier than sitting at the laptop typing away.
I’ve been thinking about the LWL series as it stands – 2 complete novels down and one that’s 3/4 of the way through. I saw a blog post on a news site a few days ago that quite honestly echoes the first scene in LWL1 and I think that’s given me a bit of a jolt, which is translating to being nervous about finishing.
I’ve heard life can mimic art but it’s the first time it’s happened to me with something I’ve written – something only a few agencies and publishers and critique partners have read – and I don’t like the feeling. I kind of feel threatened, pressured, like I need to hurry up and find a way to get these stories out into the big wide world before they’ve all been done by someone else.
(The publishers sent nice rejection emails, by the way; the agent hasn’t replied at all so guessing that’s a no.)
Deep breaths, I suppose, and onwards and upwards as the saying goes.
In other, less depressing thoughts, I’m reading The Hygge Holiday by Rosie Blake and absolutely loving it. Sweet and funny – I’m in love with the parrot – I’m 60% of the way through according to my Kindle and I don’t want it to end!
Alexa Preece 