archive | November 2007

Wow. I actually made it.

speechless

It’s been easier to sit down and write this week. I’ve barely had to spend any time at all talking myself into it—probably because I know that today is the last opportunity I have to write until next Tuesday, and I absolutely refuse to not finish NaNo this year.

Ageless Patterns | Duo | Crafty Tardis

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From here out, I’m only going to do these updates on milestone days—every fifty, or a hundred, I haven’t decided yet. (And they’ll fall on the actual milestones. Not the Monday after, like this one.) It’ll make for longer and (hopefully) more interesting entries, that will show some actual progress being made.

This particular NaNo attempt has been more difficult than the previous times I’ve tried it. Not getting the words down—that’s going reasonably well, actually—but it seems like, whenever I’m not actually writing, all I can think about is how far behind I am, and how I have absolutely no idea what comes next in the story.

I’m not giving up this time. Every single day, I am convinced that it’s just not going to happen—I’m not going to meet my day’s targets, and I’m not going to hit 50,000 words by the 30th. Every single day, I sit down to write anyway and surprise myself by getting the words down without too much difficulty.

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Earthwatch Institute | Open Clip Art Library | FSI Language Courses

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Things are still going well.

I’m kind of surprised, actually—NaNo has completely screwed up my schedule.

Well. That was interesting.

It’s raining here now, and while I don’t really expect things to get too bad, I figured I’d give you a head’s up in case I’m not online for a couple of days.

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I probably should have tried harder over the last few weeks to get back into the habit of writing daily. But the inspiration just wasn’t there, and I kept telling myself that once November finally rolled around, I’d be fine.