A write-in!

I posted on the NaNoWriMo forum that I was going to Panera Bread to write and lo and behold, NarniaPrincess appeared! I had already been there writing for about 30 minutes or so, so I had racked up several hundred words already. We chatted and did some timed writings. In the end, I came out with 50 words over my goal for the day. Meaning, 3,050 words. Hooray! Helped after having a zero day yesterday.

Yay for having company whilst we press on through November.

Words to date: 35,907
Words to go: 14,093
Days left: 10

Bit by massive bit

I came to Einstein's this afternoon and have written for an hour and 45 minutes. Two cups of coffee, one shmeared bagel, one dream sequence, and one demon murdering scene later, I have come out with a nice, plumpy word count of 3,712 for the day's writing. Woo hoo! *does the over-3,500-words-in-one-session dance*

The gap between my "words written" and "words remaining" counts gives me no end of pleasure.

Words to date: 32,857
Words to go: 17,143
Days left: 11

Shoving on

I actually had no internet access at home Thursday, so my procrastination was thwarted in total. ;o) Reluctantly, I started writing at 9:15 p.m. and plowed for a whole hour. The words didn't come very quickly at first, but eventually a relatively exciting scene emerged, and I managed to get 1,651 words written as I lay in bed eating a chocolate cookie.

My page count is positively dizzying to me--143 double-spaced, 12-point. How did I get that much written in just 17 days? Oh yeah, I remember. I have developed that Einstein's Cafe addiction. Yep. That'll do it.

Words to date: 29,145
Words to go: 20,855
Days left: 12

A flurry of typing

Did I say before, "It's amazing what can be accomplished in an hour"? Something happened today, actually an attack on my main character by demons, that just got the words flowing. I could barely stop!

When I did stop, I was a mere 250 words away from hitting 2,000, so I decided to continue on to see if I could make up the final bit and pass the mark. Final word count for an hour of writing tonight: 2,239

Words to date: 27,494
Words to go: 22,506

Woo hoo! I now have more words written than I have to write! (Hmm...does that make sense?) ;o)

Pidley count

I managed to type in 212 words tonight, but the last page I wrote with my eyes closed. Doesn't put me behind though. Eh. Just one of those nights.

Words to date: 25,255
Words to go: 24,745

Quote

This is on the signature of one of our NaNo participants. It made me laugh:

My plot ran away with my muse and eloped in Las Vegas and now they won't come back to help raise the child they created with me!

Back on Track

It's amazing what you can do with 60 minutes. My husband came home in enough time for me to slip away to Einstein's Cafe for a little over an hour. I was the only one there and tap, tap, tapped away until 5 after 5. Final word count for the night? 1,727 Huzzah!

I am now officially 50% done...

Words to date: 25,043
Words to go: 24.957

Two zero days, one comeback

I did write somewhere around 550 words after midnight Saturday morning, but absolutely no writing got done for the rest of the day. Sure enough, things got too busy and before I knew it, midnight had come and the day was gone. At that point, I was officially behind in my count, having used up all my extra words to make up for my two zero days. But really, who can blame me for being distracted on the day my friend's daughter dies, and the day of her memorial service?

But I went out to Einstein's Cafe right after church today and got 4194 words written. The story just flowed out of me. I'm completely caught up now--one good day will do that--so I need to focus on maintaining that.

For some reason, finishing this silly thing has become really important to me. I don't know why exactly, but if I figure it out, I'll let you know. It has less to do with simply accomplishing something great and more to do with that "something else."

Words to date: 23,316
Words to go: 26,684 (almost halfway there!)

Procrastination wins

Argh! This is my second zero day this week. Granted, I have an excuse. Today we had the Memorial Service for my friend's 6-year old daughter. Heart wrenching, causing all the tears I'd been in too much of a shock to shed.

My mind is still numb from the day, so I spent the rest of my evening surfing my teen writing forum. No words today. But I'm going to try to crank out something--even a little drivel is better than nothing--because tomorow, it's going to be rough trying to find time to write. The day is booked.

Getting back on track

I practically had to drag it out of myself, but I committed 45 minutes and got 1,720 words written. That's okay. Actually, I had 1,619 words when I did my "final" count. I'd just finished a chapter, so my mind was a complete blank as to what to write. But I managed to get those few extra words out.

Hope things start to get better. I'm glad that I'm hanging in there.

Words to date: 18,539
Words to go: 31,461