Tag Archives: NaNoWriMo
NaNo–Day 2
I made it to 5,673 words. Thank goodness for word sprints on Twitter and prompts to get the juices flowing. And of course, Chai Latte for fuel.
NaNo–Day 1
And so National Novel Writing Month of 2015 begins. Tip for next year: clean house in October, and not wait till November 1st. I made it to 2,232 words. I did several writing sprints.
NaNo 2015 Prep
Every year is the great experiment. How should I approach writing a novel? Instead of using loose leaf pages, each project now has its own bound journal. I’ve played with outline or no outline, research or no research, and general idea or specific plot points. I still start every year by handwriting and then move …
Don’t Break the Fiction Writing Chain
I’ve written fiction every day for fourteen days in a row. The Don’t Break the Chain Calendar has been a useful motivation tool to keep track of my progress. There is also a dinosaur version here. I’ve completed one short story, wrapped up my 2014 NaNo novel, and wrote the first draft of my graphic …
NaNo Novel–Complete
I finished the first draft of my 2014 NaNo novel. My 2013 NaNo novel draft did not reach the end of the story, and that draft is still unfinished. So I tried to do better with the 2014 NaNo Novel. I finished the draft on January 2, and I printed it out. Now to do …
NaNo–Day 30
At 82,752 words, I am amazed at how much I wrote this month. This is the first year that I finished before the 27th (finished on the 21st). And I finally (FINALLY) validated my NaNo novel, so I officially won NaNo, even though my novel is not quite at the end yet. It has been …
NaNo–Day 26
On November 25, I made it to 74,063 words and on November 26, I made it to 78,934 words. After five days of not knowing how the novel ends, I had a breakthrough. So now the goal is to either make it to 100,000 words or to reach the end of the story.
NaNo–Day 24
71,099 words. This is the first NaNo that I have finished the 50,000 words so early (reached that milestone on the 21st). Now the goal is to reach the novel’s conclusion. In order to reach the 70,000 mark, I bought three drinks from Biggby (I had a coupon, okay?) as motivation. And it worked.
NaNo–Day 23
I enjoyed a local write in and was so inspired with my story that I wrote some more at home. 65,073 words.
NaNo–Day 22
57,877 words. I have introduced two new characters, and I’ve picked names for four more. This novel still has not reached a conclusion, but it has started a new and interesting arc.
Suzanna and Writing 