CS NANOWRIMO (Group total for the month 371,602 WC Way to rock it out guys and gals!)

NaNoWriMo day 14:
Total word count: 35654

It seems that the second week blues are finally catching up with me :frowning:
Part of the problem is probably the speed at which I’ve been writing.
I’ve somehow gotten ahead of the part of the story that I had somewhat planned out, and now I’m sorta lost. Does anyone have any ideas about how to deal with this? Some advice would be really helpful right about now.

Take a break, plan a bit more. Then carry on.

You’re already at 35K, so don’t stress about rushing forward too much. But I’d say it’s important to have a firm idea of what you want to do next with the story - if not, you’re going to charge forward, make a bunch of mistakes, and end up deleting half of what you write anyway.

Take a day off. Do something fun for a bit, recharge your batteries. Then come back and plan the next part of the story. Tomorrow - or the day after tomorrow - get back on with the writing.

That’s my advice, anyway.

Day 15: 384 words.

Yeeeaaaahhh!!

Bit of a day off. Taking my own advice. Have a good feeling about next week, though…

I crossed 50,000 today! Now my goal is to try to finish the entire first draft by the end of the month.

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@SamLienhard… Woo! Our first 50K finisher! Congrats!

And yeah, that’s no excuse to slow down. Keep it pumping. Keep it pumping.

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Total word count 30435. Two more weeks!

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Adding up from just what everybody has listed here we are at a total of 187055 word count as a group. Keep rocking as this is awesome.

Day 16
Word count today: 463

Slow weekend. Lots of real-life chores. Managed to clear a few hours tomorrow. I feel the Spirit of Word Count within me…

My wordcount for the day is 4013, mainly to make up for the day I wasted doing absolutely nothing yesterday.
It worked though, and I’m back on story. :slight_smile:
This brings the total wordcount to 39667, and I’m still writing.
It’s already past 12 PM though, so everything else will count for tomorrow.

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Target: Complete chapters 10 / 11 / 12 of my game ‘MetaHuman Inc.’ (50,000 words, or thereabouts).

NaNoWriMo Day 17:

Today’s word count: 4680
Total word count: 24594
Percentage of total: 49.2%

Yeah. Motoring now. Still not quite at 50% (and we’re a couple of days past the halfway mark…). But not a bad day, nonetheless.

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Target: Complete chapters 10 / 11 / 12 of my game ‘MetaHuman Inc.’ (50,000 words, or thereabouts).

NaNoWriMo Day 18:

Today’s word count: 1094
Total word count: 25688
Percentage of total: 51.4%

Happy to get that much done. A lot of real-life chores to get on with today. But… woo-hoo! That’s taken me over the fifty percent mark.

We all doing well, NaNoWriMo writers? Feeling the slog, now we’re into the second half of the month?

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Doing great, thank you. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

As you can see the finish line is already getting within sight.
It’s just that school is going to be really busy for the next two days, so I don’t know if I’ll be able to reach it on the 20th.

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I’m slow to the party!

I blame two things:

  • the beta testing of Lost Heir (that’s a good thing)
  • Clash of Clans (that’s a bad thing)

Keep your fingers crossed for snow. I could get lots done, if the bad weather continues.


So close.

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Target: Complete chapters 10 / 11 / 12 of my game ‘MetaHuman Inc.’ (50,000 words, or thereabouts).

NaNoWriMo Day 19:

Today’s word count: 2102
Total word count: 27790
Percentage of total: 55.6%

Pfft. Fairly decent word count for today. Was hoping to get a lot more done, though. And tomorrow we’re already back round to sucky Thursday…