I just posted a recap about this year's NaNoWriMo adventures over at DIYPlanner.com. I wrote a short list of all the things I've learned from writing a novel by hand and took a few images of my journal and inkwell....
TGIO, or Thank God It's Over, happened twice for me this year. The first, a bittersweet moment when I penned the words "The End" onto the last signature of my writing journal. That's the hardest moment, the time when I've...
Word Count: 2975 for a total of 50766! YAAAAAY! I did it... I'm done. I finished my 7th first draft of a novel... and this TIME I DID IT ALL BY HAND. And boy was it sore tonight. Not sure...
Word Count: 3421 for a total of 47791 Today's points didn't go as planned. Actually it was all quite messy and I wish I could take them back but I can't. I don't think I planned these points out well...
Word Count: 3365 for a total of 44370 Getting down to the wire, I'm almost finished! Today I wrote the first confrontation between Autumn and Inca. I originally planned that it was going to be some sort of physical duel,...
Word Count: 3261 for a total of 41005 I'm still on track with the story. I quickly got them over to the Pyramid and instead of having them travel in some labyrinth maze, my mind decided to put the information...
Word Count: 3600 for a total of 37744 Yay! Go me! I'm past 35K and still going. Still writing this blasted thing by hand even. I've got Autumn, Chad, and Andrews up in a plane now. They're en route to...
Word Count: 3604 for a total of 34144 I had to check my math twice tonight. It seems rather odd that those 3604 words jumped me that far up the chain. I had planned on writing another meeting and then...
Word Count: 3336 for a total of 30540 The words blur together. I start out really strong and end less than strong. At least that is what writing by hand after ten days feels like to me. I moved the...
Word Count: 3534 for a total of 27204 I have no idea how I managed to write that many words. I'm still doing 10 pages (front and back) a day. But somehow, I'm able to squeeze more and more words....
Day Nine Word Count: 2990 for a total of 23670 Today picked up a bit. I switched gears and went back to our ranty daemon antagonist, Inca. Sort of told the story about how he got knocked down to our...
Word Count: 2862 for a total of 17680 I planned on introducing the lifebox today. And I did do that today in a roundabout way. I didn't get to the part where she finds it but I did sort of...
Word Count: 2945 for a total of 14818 Whee...writing meetings are just as fun as being in one. So, this monthly meeting turned out to be a bit more. Like the introduction to the schematics scroll that makes the lifebox....
Word Count: 2426 total of 11872. Today marks the first day of going back in the story's timeline to the beginning of when it all started. I intended to start this section out by showing readers a day in the...
Word Count 2682 for a total of 9446 -- just SHY of 10k. I'd push it but my hand is shaking from the writing and I really don't want to hurt myself this year. Today's writing session went lots better....
Word Count: 2598 for total of 6764 Today's plan was to get Autumn Chase talking to the daemon antagonist. However, I seem to be writing a day behind. Which is okay, seeing that I only have 17 plot points and...
So, I'm back at it again this November with NaNoWriMo.org. This is my 7th attempt at writing a complete first draft of a novel from scratch. And this year, I'm doing it 100% by hand. Yeah, I'm a bit nuts....