NaNoWriMo

Say what now? Head to Nanowrimo.org and you will see what I'm about to start raving on about.

Basically though I'm trying to write a 50, 000 word novel in 30 days. I am currently about 7 days behind. To be honest the whole thing is driving me mad. Writing this novel to be honest any novel is something I really want to do but I am unprepared for this challenge.

I don't know how to move my story forward and I have been writing in third person but I think I should be writing in first. I feel way to distanced from my main character and if I do then my reader will to, which is not what I want to do. I don't think I should start over but should I change the way I am writing this story and then go back and fix the beginning later?

Anyone who wants to share thoughts would be most welcome.

thanks all, will update on my progress next week

^_^ Maddy

Book in a Week

So this year I have been joining in with Book in a Week to try and get into better writing habits and to help me increase how many pages I am able to get done in a single week. This has helped me some what but my main problem is a lack of focus and allowing things to distract me. Also back planning has played it's part.

Because we had to move house again I had to put 99% of my projects on hold. This was very depressing as I found myself spending all my time packing or cleaning and not be creative at all.

Well this week is Book in a Week for October and I am already ahead from any other month this year. I have completed 5 pages in the first two days, four of which were on one day. I wish to repeat the second day for the rest of the week. That will give me a total of 25 pages; 5 pages over my original goal for the week.

So wish me luck & expect to see more of me posting here. in fact I will be here at least twice a week.

Not such a 'Smart Mouth' now

That's right I am now lacking in 'wisdom' due to the removal of some of my more annoying teeth. But of course as opposed to having lost my 'smarts' and I'm now able to think clear without the shocking headache they ( my wisdom teeth) were giving almost every day.

Actually the biggest novelty I'm having with this experience (apart from now being headache less) is how quickly and painlessly I am healing. The last time I had teeth removed (some 16 years ago) I was unaware that I had Von Willebrands and so bleed for over three days, felt quite ill and could only have liquids. This time round I was giving Factor VIII and the difference is amazing!

The Silly Season

Well it seems the silly season is almost over - Thank Goodness! I for one have had enough. Don't get me wrong, Christmas was always my favorite time of year as a child and even as I reached adulthood. Actually I love all the rhythms and changing seasons of the year and all the festivals that go along with them. But I really hate all the commercial and consumer side of things. The rush, the craziness, etc makes me want to scream. Plus for the past couple of years I have found myself doing alot of the work for getting everything ready and a lot of the work on the day, with everyone else enjoying themselves and it has gotten quiet tiring for me. I am thinking next year I will be taking a break and doing things very small. I am have to delegate ahead of time so I am not doing as much.

Now however I can relax a little, get my house back into some sort of order and find some time for myself, if I am lucky.
That's all for now as I am in need of an afternoon nap *yawn* .....

NaNoWriMon

When I first heard about this I thought my friend was speaking Pig-Latin or something similar. Then she explained that it means:

Na (Naitional) No (Novel) Wri (Writing) Mon (Month).

Which is actually the month of November. I only found out about it about half way through November but decided to sign up anyway. I aimed for 20, 000 words ( You're meant to write 50,000 for the whole month) but so far have written about 1000 in total. I'm very disappointed in myself, I know I had a lot going on this month besides this challenge and I did not plan ahead or have my plot planned out before I started but i would have liked to have at least gotten in a few regular writing days in. I am not giving up though. I know i can do it. I realised that earlier this year I was writing in my journal every morning and wrote an average of 850. I did that for three months so that is over 75, 000 words! So starting now I am going to write a minimum of 800 words a day of my novel for three months :-D Then I will start again and gradularly increase my word count every week for the next three months. By the time I get to November again I stood have at least two of my stories written and I will be very prepared to write 1,667 words per day during the next NaNoWrit Mon.
I still haven't given up this year, I've got all of today left to write and so that's what I'm going to do.

Wish me luck!!

Too many Questions

Taking the time to write daily seems so hard sometimes. I've fallen out of the habit of writing every morning in my journal which I think has not been very helpful. I still am afraid to really put pen to paper and write any of my stories. I have written an old scene or too when the mood has struck me. But nothing really serious, nothing that would make sense to anyone reading it who didn't already know some of the story. With all my projects I want to do now I feel I might be spreading myself to thin. How do I reach a balance? And how can I make myself write???

Too many things to do....

.. and that's my reason for not posting here. Of course another reason is I really don't have anyone reading what I am writing. I think most people that I know don't realise that I wanted to post here on a regular basis, so I don't have any support.

Okay the real reason i have not been posting is my computer has not been working this past month. Although I did have some internet access it wasn't much and i was too busy trying to work around not having my art programs, print, graphics tablet etc. I had clients waiting for commissions so it was just a little stressful 0_O

Well if only I had someone keeping track on if, when, and what I am posting here. Guess i should ask some of my friends to check up on me ;-P

later!

~Maddy ^^