Meeting a Writing Deadline
Nov 30Well, NaNoWriMo ends this evening, and as you can see, I hit 50,000 words last night. Whew. I had to do quite a bit of rushing and writing in order to make up lost ground and finish on time, which got me to thinking about writing deadlines in general and techniques for meeting them. Here are a few I used to finish this year. When you’re tired, frustrated, or tempted to quit for any reason,...
Slipping…Ranting…Writing…Profit!
Nov 20I have precious little blog time. As you can see, I’m still very behind in my NaNo word count. Anyone want to take bets on how much I can write over Thanksgiving? I’m betting that gluttony and productivity are not good bedfellows, how about you? Sorry, but this post is in no particular order. I was just skimming an old post, and I was thinking about how my spelling and (gasp!) even my...
Ramble, ramble, ramble
Nov 15Well, I’m making progress on the NaNo novel. As you can see in the chart below, I’m still painfully behind, but I am catching up. That’s something, isn’t it? I thought it might be useful to talk about how I’ve approached this year’s NaNo, and how it’s working. For those of you already well underway, I know it’s too late to change course, but this...
Still NaNo-ing
Nov 10Yes, I’m still plugging away, as you can see from the word count chart on the right. Of course, you’ll also see that I’m running terribly, horribly, painfully behind. Tonight was a good night though, so I’ll focus on that. The novel is also coming along nicely; I’m quite please so far with the results, if not the progress. (yep, probably jinxed myself there!) This...
Call for Comments
Nov 05I also have a couple administrative notes about the blog. I see from my web stats that I’m picking up more visitors lately; unfortunately only the occasional person comments (thanks, Lydia!). I’d like to encourage participation in the blog. Any ideas?