NaNo 2009: Week 3
Nov. 22nd, 2009 09:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
xerinmichellexOw. I think I sprained my fingers. The burst of energy I had last Saturday carried over to the week. I got a ton accomplished and the end is almost here. Thank the lord, because I plan on relaxing through the month of December. I don't want to be stressed over an unfinished manuscript this year.
Though I had the burst, I'm a bit hesitant to call last week's writing a success. Usually I have to mediate on what I write. A lot. As in each chapter/plot point needs to be thought about over many days. The past week, I was writing as the words came to me. I was "free balling" it, if you will. Which makes me think I just spent all week writing a big pile of dung. I shall see when I go through the editing process.
The Stats:
Total Words Written: 39,523
Week 3 Word Count: 13,054
In manuscript terms, I finished Lola's POV and I only have a chapter and some change for Elisabeth's. Which means I could finish the first draft of my WIP by the end of the week. The goal is Wednesday, so it's done by Thanksgiving. Because I was writing all over the place, I know I'm going to need to add a few things to later chapters--specifically Lola's chapters, since hers were written before I knew what was going to happen in Elisabeth's. So, that's what I'm hoping to achieve next weekend and have a good standing first draft going into December. I'm riding off the highs of almost being done, I could very well make it. Hopefully.
On a truly unrelated note, Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" has been stuck in my head since Tuesday. Like, the whole song. It plays in a continuous loop, usually when I'm trying to go to bed, so I've been having weird dreams concerning bath houses. It's so creepy. I have even gotten to the point where I go looking for the video on MTV Hits. If iTunes wasn't being an ass and asking for $1.49 instead of $0.99 I'd just buy the damn thing and end my suffering. Gah! I need a disco-stick intervention really bad.
Speaking of disco-sticks, I'm off to see New Moon. (Yes, I really went there--deal with it) I've got my mace for the rabid fangirls and glitter to throw at the movie screen whenever Edward sparkles. Beats shaving the cat and throwing its fur when Jacob fursplodes.
Though I had the burst, I'm a bit hesitant to call last week's writing a success. Usually I have to mediate on what I write. A lot. As in each chapter/plot point needs to be thought about over many days. The past week, I was writing as the words came to me. I was "free balling" it, if you will. Which makes me think I just spent all week writing a big pile of dung. I shall see when I go through the editing process.
The Stats:
Total Words Written: 39,523
Week 3 Word Count: 13,054
In manuscript terms, I finished Lola's POV and I only have a chapter and some change for Elisabeth's. Which means I could finish the first draft of my WIP by the end of the week. The goal is Wednesday, so it's done by Thanksgiving. Because I was writing all over the place, I know I'm going to need to add a few things to later chapters--specifically Lola's chapters, since hers were written before I knew what was going to happen in Elisabeth's. So, that's what I'm hoping to achieve next weekend and have a good standing first draft going into December. I'm riding off the highs of almost being done, I could very well make it. Hopefully.
On a truly unrelated note, Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" has been stuck in my head since Tuesday. Like, the whole song. It plays in a continuous loop, usually when I'm trying to go to bed, so I've been having weird dreams concerning bath houses. It's so creepy. I have even gotten to the point where I go looking for the video on MTV Hits. If iTunes wasn't being an ass and asking for $1.49 instead of $0.99 I'd just buy the damn thing and end my suffering. Gah! I need a disco-stick intervention really bad.
Speaking of disco-sticks, I'm off to see New Moon. (Yes, I really went there--deal with it) I've got my mace for the rabid fangirls and glitter to throw at the movie screen whenever Edward sparkles. Beats shaving the cat and throwing its fur when Jacob fursplodes.
