So there it is. 50,000 words in under 30 days, fourth year running. There is that slight setback that those 50K words are half one story and half another, but bizarre things happened, and I kept writing anyway. Who's going to hold that against me?

I am officially CAUGHT UP ( Read more... )

So apparently I was off in my calculations of how long it would take me to catch up by writing 2K a day, so I went for a 3K day and hit 40K a little while ago. \o/

Now I hope I can figure out what happens next before my next writing session. I've pretty much caught up with what's been going on in my head.

I'll admit it: I had some serious doubts that my new idea was going to last me the necessary remaining 25000 words, but I've got hope now. I've even got a nice rhythm going, doing two sessions of 1000 words per day, and it's been going pretty well. If I keep up this 2K a day I'll be back on schedule by Tuesday.

Here's what's been going on ( Read more... )

You know when I said a few posts back that writing was slow going, but it wasn't because I was out of ideas or I hated my story?

I'm out of ideas and I hate my story.

25K! I also have my first appearance of ninjas. They're a musical group.

In other news, does anyone even read this? I think everyone I linked forgot to check back after the first post.

Earlier today I was planning on coming in here and complaining how my novel is going nowhere, nothing is very interesting and I am a talentless hack and should quite while I'm ahead. This is exactly what happened last year with the disaster that was NaNo '08, though I was stubborn enough to drag myself to its awful conclusion past the 50K mark ( Read more... )

Today was National Distract Isi From Her Novel Day, and I didn't even mind. I've been having plot problems and I'm not sure if it's going anywhere anymore. Well, more like I was approaching the writing from the wrong direction or something. Anyway, I thought it'd be nice to get away for a few hours, but I was already plotting my next move, ( Read more... )

I'm having another slow, unmotivated day, blarg. I'm on the teetering edge of 15K but can't quite make it there, making my words today under 1000 when I wanted 2000. I'm wondering if I should let myself slow down or even (gasp!) fall behind schedule and then write like mad later on when something hits, but mostly I'm just saying that because I like ( Read more... )