I'm sooo behind!
I should be over the 20k mark by now, but I'm still floundering at around 13k. (Haven't updated my word count thingy yet)
I'm not too disappointed about it though. November is bloody stressful, but I am writing every day. I manage to clock out about 1000 words every morning on the train, so I'm slowly and steadily moving along - which is great!
But... 1000 words a day only equals 30k at the end of November, so I'll be 20k short. I'm not going to beat myself up about it, because unlike last year I'm paying more attention to the quality of the work. I've also had to slow down a bit because I dont have it as completely planned out like last year's Fleeting Life was. Writing a fantasy novel is a lot more tricky than I thought. So many things to think about. And I've only decided on three of the characters' names. So I've got many characters called Boy 1 Boy 2, Old Servant, Younger Servant, Queen, Captain, etc. Naming them will have to come later.
After some helpful comments I'm going to add 'No Plot, No Problem' to my Christmas Wish List. I'm also going to re-read Robin Hobb's farseer trilogy once November is over. The reason for this is because its written in the first person, and I've never seen that before in a fantasy novel... and I'm trying it. I must be crazy, but its too late to turn back now.
So, anyway. I may not win Nano this year, but I'm still steadily pumping out words, and I'm happy with that. As long as I'm happy, all is good!
1 comment:
1000 words in the morning this early in the month is fine. Just pump it up a hundred words or so each day and then sprint towards the end. I've won NaNo twice, and both winning efforts involved at least two all-nighters in the last week of November.
Also -- and if you've visited my Live Journal you know this one already -- if there's a passage giving you trouble, just italic or bold the section so you'll know to come back and look at it in December and move on. That way you won't lose your writing momentum and creative energy to editing.
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