So, after some furious writing over the past 3 days I hit the end. The novel stands at 50,347 words which just squeaks over the 50,000 word line. I’m pleased and exhausted, but still know there’s a lot more work to do to get this particular one finished. This year was a lot harder than …
Tag Archive: NaNoWriMo 2011
Nov 26
NaNoWriMo 2011: Day 26 – A … Wait A Minute!
I haven’t updated progress here for a good two weeks. This is due to a combination of factors which are too traumatic to go into here* but suffice it to say, things happened and not much writing was achieved for at least 7 days. That was when I realised that my head start had whithered …
Nov 11
NaNoWriMo 2011: Day 11 – The Weekend of Not Doing Much
Word count is in a good space (21k) so I’m 2 days ahead of the game. However, I’ve been at that count since Tuesday so not much has happened in between which isn’t ideal. A good head of steam could be lost if I don’t get back on track and this weekend is looking like …
Nov 10
NaNoWriMo 2011: Day 10 – The Difficult Middle Bit
As with last year, the easy parts of the novel have been the first and third acts. This is mostly because the story has been floating around in my head for years* and the good character bits are in the first few chapters, with the real excitement at the end. Of course, there needs to be …
Nov 09
NaNoWriMo 2011: Day 9 – Another Extract
One of the benefits of blogging a WIP is that, from time to time when thought processes don’t allow you to provide daily clarity of the process, you can at least turn to the project you are working on and provide a quick snippet. Here then, as I continue to work feverishly away at ‘Tec for …
Nov 08
NaNoWriMo 2011: Day 8 – Researching The Detectives
Mark, Alice and Danny are about to embark on their journey as detectives, but what does that mean and how can they be? Surely there need to be licenses given, and potentially exams passed or am I being naive and instead its an exchange of cash for a bit of paper to put in a …
Nov 07
NaNoWriMo 2011: Day 7 – The Progress Bar of Doom
That up there is my progress bar. Its set at 70,000 words because I think thats what I’ll need to generate as a first draft for ‘Tec if its going to be in any state to progress. Last year I became a little obsessed with Word Count at the NaNoWriMo site, writing about 100-200 words and …
Nov 07
NaNoWriMo 2011: Day 6 – Day Off
By end of Saturday I reached over 17k words, which is just over 1/3 through. I’m really happy with this, not only because I’m so far advanced against plan, but because I can see the end for this project that I’ve been wanting to write for so many years. As long as nothing unexpected jumps …
Nov 07
NaNoWriMo 2011: Day 5 – A Death in the Family
A bit behind due to technical difficulties so there will be a few posts today to catch up. I killed one of the characters yesterday. It was a major one at that, and was necessary to advance the plot. At the beginning it was to wake the reader up; to lull them into a false …
Nov 04
NaNoWriMo 2011: Day 4 – A Sprinkling of Emotion
As ‘Tec has been something I’ve had plotted and in various stages of creation for several years, I know pretty much how the story pans out. However, when I decided to ditch the prologue a while back I had to rework the plot to accommodate another Chapter One. With my NaNo attempt this year, I …
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