Tag Archives: National Novel Writing Month
NaNo–Day 13
I made it to 32,016 words. The play Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet came in at the library. I am looking forward to finding out which role my character gets when he auditions!
NaNo–Day 10
Made it to 28,443 words. AWESOME.
NaNo–Day 9
Reaching 25,221 words today means that I am halfway through 50,000 words for NaNo. But I am nowhere near the halfway mark of my novel. Keep Writing!
NaNo–Day 8
Wow, I made it to 22,224 words today. I did several writing sprints. With the plot laid out, it’s nice to focus on the trees in the forest.
NaNo–Day 7
Made it to 19,137 words. I developed a full schedule of activities at Benjamin’s new job and planned the next two weeks of plot.
NaNo–Day 6
16,847 words! Wow! Tomorrow is #DoubleUpDay for NaNo. Let’s see if I can make it to either 25,000 words or write 6,000 words (because my daily average is 2,807 words).
NaNo–Day 4
Made it to 12,799 words.
NaNo–Day 3
Made it to 10,902 words. So glad I had two write-ins!
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 …