It's November 5th and I'm at 7,152.
Of course, I haven't started writing yet today.
I've just about run out of outline, and I'm having so much fun already. Sure, the characters haven't taken over my head yet, but my novel has already taken over my schedule. I'm a pretty busy person this week. It's Ruah week for household, I had an exam this morning, and I have to finish three papers by Tuesday. And so I'm here to answer the most common question I'm asked by those I tell about NaNoWriMo: "How do you find the time?"
I have time to do NaNoWriMo because it's so engrossing that I just make the time. In a normal month (i.e. not November) I spend a reasonable amount of time doing things that would classify as "chilling" - watching TV, crocheting, etc. Well, this month, all I care about is my novel, and so it's all I do in my free time. It's amazing how much writing can get done in even a little bit of free time.
Sometimes though you have to alternate between staying up late to make your novel a priority and forcing yourself to do schoolwork and using the novel as the reward.
Yeah. I just wanted to blog about NaNo, but I'm really sorry that this post is so dull. I sound like a preachy grade-schooler. It's only the 5th and already my inner editor has checked out.
Yeah. We'll see if blogging happens much this month. But at least you'll know why if I'm not blogging much. And you can follow my progress on...
nanowrimo.org
facebook
twitter
...and eventually here on my blog, if the word count widgets go live any time soon.
Bisous,
-RCS
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I broke 10,000 today. I'm at 10,100, actually, and will presently make myself go to bed.
But I wanted to share that with somebody first. I honestly never thought I'd make it this far. :)
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