Day 7 -- To Boldly Go

To boldly go where no man (or woman) has gone before.

Yea that sounds about right. This is definitely a new experience for me. I started out boldly but have fallen prey to the green dancing alien. I have been enticed away by many evils of the mind and body. The goal for tonight is 11,662. My count after work was only at a pitiful 7725 which means I am about 4000 words short. I'm going to see if I can play catch up. Later.

Day 6 --

Okay so today I'm falling behind. I missed my word count yesterday. I really didn't try too hard. Other wants and needs got in the way. I have to do better or I will never make it to the end. I love the little pep talks coming my way but they don't sink in like the ones from my writing group.

Day 5 -- Hump Day 1/6 Th

Hump Day-Wednesday- The middle of the week. Half way over and half way to go. Not true for the NaNoWriMo challenged. True hump day for those of us tied to the computer is November 15th. But I can use it as a special mile stone for myself. So today is 1/6 th day. One sixth of the way through. By the end of today I should have a word count of 8,330. I'm up for it. I'm going to go work on my hump now.

Day 4 -- Decisions

Did you vote today?

Today is a day of decisions. Choices have to be made. With the finial outcome only hours away.

While I write I also have decisions to make. Plot points need to be figured out. The directions in life that my characters take can shape the whole story. I worry if I am making the right choices. It is very much like real life. I tried to work up an outline of my story but I kept going off on little writing tangents and forgot to KISS(keep it simple stupid) it. Now that I am knee deep in the writing some of what I did is useful but mostly what is coming out is what is affectionately know as "By the Seat of Your Pants" writing. Now isn't that a great visual. At this point in the writing I don't care how I do it just as long as it keeps coming. My finial outcome won't be tallied until the last day of November.

Day 3 -- Bad Day?

I can't decide whether to classify today as a good day or a bad day.


I admit to cheating. The story I am writing for WriMo is one I have been trying to write for a couple of years. Adding together everything I've written so far only adds up to about 9ooo words. My goal in signing up for the challenge is to write the 50,000 word bare bones of this novel in a feeding frenzy. But I added a little chum to the water to keep the story churning. So I did a little of both. Some old writing and some new. Sounds like a marriage made in heaven to me. Hope I catch the bouquet at the end of this crazy wedding.

Day Two

Did you change your clocks today?

The time change takes a while for me to get used to. This year I am taking advantage of my early wake ups to get in a little more writing. I tried to upload my word count last night but the site is in glitch mode and only the word count went in, not the body of my writing. It's no big deal. I know that things will sync together soon. I was just all excited to post what I had done even if it didn't quite meet the minimum daily requirement. After a long day at work I'm ready to get back to it. My word count is suppose to be 3000 by tomorrow morning. I've got a couple of hours to work with. But it is Sunday night. And as any mother knows that's the night to get things together for the school week. At this early stage I'm still game for the challenge. Lets see how I do by the end of the week.

DAY ONE

Day one of my official challenge!
It started out a good day. I was up a little early this morning even with the candy hangover from last night. I did some writing but not for the body of my novel. I am still writing on my outline. I had ideas I needed to get down that came to me in the steamy fog of my morning shower. My mind always seems to work in overdrive in that misty free flowing atmosphere. Then I had my writers group meeting. It was productive and high calorie. But I did not come prepared. The talent flowed around me at an amazing level. I have been writing for years and am still going nowhere where as the newest writer in our group is only a few minor details away from being a published author. Did the evil green haze of jealousy rise its ugly head? Yes, but only long enough for me to see the humor in the vision as I cut off its head. I do not do jealousy or any other destructive emotion. I only see possibilities in my life and everyone else around me. I hope we will be able to help her along her path to success. As for me, I need to focus on my current path and see how far I can go in WriMo.