Word count: 38763 (+1938 from day 14).
And so we reach the half-way point of NaNoWriMo. I made it to 38763 words today (yesterday, technically, as I am posting this on Sunday morning). Progress was slower than I had hoped. I am really feeling the chore of writing now. Words flow less easily. I have to pay more attention to steering towards the conclusion, and this limits my freedom. Instead of “this would be a fun obstacle to write about”, I find myself compelled to make sure than anything I add will get my protagonists closer to their goal. It does not mean they are having a free ride, of course. In fact when I left them today, they were in a life-threatening situation.
Wordcount as of 2008-11-15
As you can see, I slowed down a lot the past two days. This is a direct result from the lessened enthusiasm and fun. I still made the minimum quota on both days, and with over two weeks remaining I am still confident that I will make the 50k goal.
These past two days have re-affirmed my respect for writers. I was never part of the crowd who thinks writer have an easy life, but to actually be forced to write something on schedule, whether you like to or not, is a new experience for me.
Now I will take a break and reward myself with breakfast, before I tackle today’s writing session. I ended on a cliffhanger, so hopefully I will have more fun writing the narrow escape than I did getting my characters into the situation in the first place.
Sunday, 16. November 2008
you’re doing an awesome job with keeping active posts on this journey. yours is the only blog i’ve seen with cool graphs.
keep up the good work!
Sunday, 16. November 2008
Thank you. I keep the “diary” because for me NaNoWriMo is an experiment. It is also a way to keep me on track, and a bit of accountability to myself. I really don’t want to post “today I failed”, after all. ;-)
Sunday, 16. November 2008
Well, at least you have the leeway to slack a bit. I’m only at 15k right now and so I have several 10k weekends coming up to make it. Uhg.
Sunday, 16. November 2008
Yes and no. Yes, I could skip a day. But if I skip one… there’s the temptation to skip two. You see where this is going. Besides, one of the reasons why I am taking part in NaNoWriMo is that I wanted to find out whether I could write a certain minimum amount every day. So I really want to stick to that.