NaNoWriMo 2015, What? It's not too early! Options

[Callidus Thorn]

Since NaNoWriMo have started sending out the emails about July's camp NaNoWriMo, I figured I'd kick this back into touch.

I'll be jumping in on it, trying to get more of my story done. I'll probably spend most of this month trying to get as much of it as possible straightened out in my head before then, and hopefully avoid tripping over myself in July.

This post has been edited by Callidus Thorn: Jun 4 2015, 02:47 PM

[Grits]

Camp is here! July and August calendars are full in Grits world, so I made a modest goal. I’ll be doing most of my writing on a handful of tiny notebooks that still have some blank pages in the back. It was fun to find the one I wrote some of Jerric’s story in while I was in Disneyworld a couple of years ago.

Happy camping to all!

[haute ecole rider]

Hey, has anyone signed up for the November writing spasm?

I have. I am trying again. Last year I never got off the ground since I had the car accident end of October. November was all dealing with the auto insurance, finding a new car, aaaaand refinancing the mortgage. So not a good time to be writing.

But I still have that story idea just begging to be written, so I am trying again this year. Starting to prep for it by researching the history and culture that will be used in the story. Fun, fun, fun.

Anyone else going for the 50K goal this year?

[Callidus Thorn]

I'll be taking another stab at it.

Still got the one I started last year that needs to get done, hopefully I'll have a better run this time.

Which means this month I'm going to be neck deep in worldbuilding. Who knows, I might find another story to write in the process.

[Grits]

Today is the day! I’m doing a rebellion project this year. Hopefully I will be able to salvage more of it than I could of last year’s novel, or first part of a novel, really. I ended up cutting half in the edit.

Yay for November!

[Callidus Thorn]

Well, I think I'm done for the first day. 2,194 words in an hour and a half sounds like a pretty good start to me. I'd have kept on going, but after the last little bit I wrote I really need to take a break from it for the rest of the day. Well, evening.

Good luck!

This post has been edited by Callidus Thorn: Nov 1 2015, 09:03 PM

[Grits]

Well done, Callidus! That's great first day!

I'm going to be up late tonight. I have an idea that needs to be spilled out in one session, and I don't want to wait for tomorrow. That means waiting for everyone else to go to bed!

[Grits]

Today I've burned my breakfast, run out of tea, burned my second attempt at breakfast, and seriously considered burying my phone in the back yard. Must be November!

[Callidus Thorn]

Heh, I see you're days going about as well as mine started.

Three attempts at writing today all ended in abject failure, only a few hundred words in total. The problem was that I simply wasn't feeling what I was writing. So I scrapped it and restarted.

I've been writing in thirty minute sessions, and the last couple of days have been averaging about 700 words per session. I've been using this app I saw recommended on the NaNoWriMo forums, Writeometer, which really seems to be helping. I restarted this evening, with a clear image of what I was writing, and managed 1050 in that session! Spelling errors everywhere of course, but that's a problem for later

But I really think I need to call it quits for the night on the writing front. I've not got the best setup for it, unfortunately.

This post has been edited by Callidus Thorn: Nov 3 2015, 09:08 PM

[Callidus Thorn]

So, how are you two doing?

I'm at about 19.5k, so I'm behind, but I put in over 4000 words today, so I'm catching up.

[Grits]

Slow but steady. I need a couple of solid days to catch up. You had a huge day today, that’s great!

edit: I just checked, I'm at 17.4. Plenty of pages left to fill!

This post has been edited by Grits: Nov 20 2015, 01:06 AM

[Callidus Thorn]

I just pushed past 25k, so I'm now only a week behind! I think I might actually be able to reach the target at this rate

[Grits]

Yay, that's awesome! Great job, Callidus!

[Callidus Thorn]

Since we're getting close to my birthday, I decided to set myself a little challenge:

To hit 50K before my birthday, the 28th. Which of course means racking up 25,000 words in five days.

Today I typed 6,222 words, so I'm off to a good start.

[Grits]

I’ll say it is, wow! Way to go!

[Callidus Thorn]

Made it!

50,222 words, before my birthday!

But I'm not even a third of the way through my story

[Grits]

Oh my gosh, that’s awesome! Well done, congratulations!

I know what you mean about 50k and not even halfway through the story. I think instead of a finished first draft in that many words mine would have to be more of a finished first outline.