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xerinmichellex) wrote2009-11-15 10:19 am
xerinmichellex) wrote2009-11-15 10:19 am
NaNo 2009: Week 1 and 2
I meant to keep a week by week account of NaNo to track my progress. Well, last Sunday came with my brother hogging the computer all day, and the week continued with me trying to get more written. So, yeah, I just decided to combine the first week with the second.
Week 1:
Going into November, I had begun this manuscript with very little progress (only 7500 words). Essentially, the novel is two stories interwoven together. Elisabeth's story is told in the past, third POV and Lola's is in the present, first POV. I did begin wanting to write it chronologically, like I do with all of my manuscripts. Yes, I am one of those writers--but I will jump around in the manuscript once I get started. However, once NaNo started, I was determined to get Lola's story written and then go back and do Elisabeth's and intertwine them at the end. Week One went like this:
Number of words written: 7400
Total manuscript words: 15,000 (estimated final to be 50,000)
I ended the week with Lola's POV 85% finished when I wanted it to be completely done. Hers is the easiest part of the manuscript and I was hoping to finish it quickly and spend the rest of NaNo focused on Elisabeth's story. Yeah, that didn't happen. Boohoo.
Week 2:
For the second week I really, really was determined to finish Lola out. I ended up doing just that...almost. There's one part of her narrative where I'm completely stumped as to what I should write about. But, to keep this train moving, I switched over to Elisabeth on Thursday and finished out the chapter I stopped at pre-beginning Lola's story. Confused yet? I wrote a little bit more yesterday, that included starting and finishing a chapter and beginning a new one. (Fridays are reserved for The Vampire Diaries recaps--although, I do usually finish them around 3 pm, so I could work on NaNo afterward. Hmmm, will have to try next week.) Typically, it takes me a couple days to finish a chapter--all depends on what I'm writing. To start and finish a chapter in one day is a huge deal for me. Therefore, last week ended like so:
Number of words written: 11,500 (5500 in Lola's POV, 6000 added in Elisabeth's)
Total manuscript words: 26,500 (give or take a hundred)
I am now 95% done with Lola and about 35% into Elisabeth's story. I had a burst of writing yesterday--hopefully my momentum will carry over into the week. Hope all of you are having better success than me!
Week 1:
Going into November, I had begun this manuscript with very little progress (only 7500 words). Essentially, the novel is two stories interwoven together. Elisabeth's story is told in the past, third POV and Lola's is in the present, first POV. I did begin wanting to write it chronologically, like I do with all of my manuscripts. Yes, I am one of those writers--but I will jump around in the manuscript once I get started. However, once NaNo started, I was determined to get Lola's story written and then go back and do Elisabeth's and intertwine them at the end. Week One went like this:
Number of words written: 7400
Total manuscript words: 15,000 (estimated final to be 50,000)
I ended the week with Lola's POV 85% finished when I wanted it to be completely done. Hers is the easiest part of the manuscript and I was hoping to finish it quickly and spend the rest of NaNo focused on Elisabeth's story. Yeah, that didn't happen. Boohoo.
Week 2:
For the second week I really, really was determined to finish Lola out. I ended up doing just that...almost. There's one part of her narrative where I'm completely stumped as to what I should write about. But, to keep this train moving, I switched over to Elisabeth on Thursday and finished out the chapter I stopped at pre-beginning Lola's story. Confused yet? I wrote a little bit more yesterday, that included starting and finishing a chapter and beginning a new one. (Fridays are reserved for The Vampire Diaries recaps--although, I do usually finish them around 3 pm, so I could work on NaNo afterward. Hmmm, will have to try next week.) Typically, it takes me a couple days to finish a chapter--all depends on what I'm writing. To start and finish a chapter in one day is a huge deal for me. Therefore, last week ended like so:
Number of words written: 11,500 (5500 in Lola's POV, 6000 added in Elisabeth's)
Total manuscript words: 26,500 (give or take a hundred)
I am now 95% done with Lola and about 35% into Elisabeth's story. I had a burst of writing yesterday--hopefully my momentum will carry over into the week. Hope all of you are having better success than me!