Tag Archives: word count
NaNo–Day 10
Today I was late to the Write-In at Grounds For Thought, but I got a raspberry hot chocolate anyway and worked on my novel. Now I have 19,837 words. And I even painted apples for my watercolor workshop with Merrill Rainey. Then I made apple cobbler.
NaNo–Day 7
It was a very interesting writing session today. I encountered cowboys in my novel, and I introduced 24 characters in one scene. My word count is now 11,331 words. I also went to the Write-In at the Jerome Library in BG and started this twitter account. Check out this article for five things to stop doing …
NaNo-Day 6
My word count is now 8826. Time to catch up.
NaNo–Day 5
Today was busy. I voted and had my first watercolor class, so I didn’t write much more of my NaNo novel. I have 7966 words so far.
NaNo–Day 4
Today I had an interesting writing session as I worked on my novel. I stopped to research names, I listened to Finlandia by Jean Sibelius, and I discovered that my characters have four tests to pass on their adventure. My word count is now 7951.
NaNo–Day 3
At the BG Kick Off party, I discovered from a fellow participant that one of the forum threads on the NaNo website is called Dares. So I included in my word count today a dare about mentioning the game and a second dare to introduce a sacred heart quest. I am thrilled for the prompts …
NaNo–Day 2
With 300 words to go to hit the day’s goal, I sat at my computer until I wrote those 300 words. My word count is at 3384, so I am on target for finishing on time. Today I didn’t have to refill my pen. I had a great time at the Kick Off Party in …
NaNo–Day 1
My fifth NaNo is off to a good start. I wrote 1730 words today and made it to the 1667 goal.
Short Story
The short story I mentioned July 4 in the post “Adventures and a short story” is finished! At least a first draft. The word count is 3800, the longest short story I’ve written to date. I’ll come back to it in a couple of days and revise it.
Suzanna and Writing 