Current manuscript total: 54,529
It was a pretty good day of writing today. I had a slow start - too many days at 4am really starts to wear on me - but I did it regardless. Forgot to eat breakfast again, though, so was starving by the time I got to work.
Today, I brought my own laptop in, instead of copying the chapter into Yarny. While the online program works great - I am finding I need to get away from my desk to write. Too many people ignore the headphones and try to engage me in conversation when I need to focus on the story and getting my words in. Since I needed to buy lunch, I hauled my laptop down to the cafe in my building and set up shop there. Much more productive.
I am finding it a challenge to get the time in. I really only get a half hour in the morning to write and I end up being forced to wrap it up just as I am getting into it. Lunch works ok, but somedays there are other things I need to get done.
So, I didn't get in 2000 words today, like I'd hoped, but came in just shy of 900 words added to Chapter three. I will try to make up extra words on the weekends when there is more time to write.
For all you fellow Wrimos, I thought I would share a couple of resources I found to help me on my way :)
1) A word count chart.
Chris Baty lists one in his NaNo guide "No Plot, No Problem" (an excellent read, btw, with great inspiration to keep you going). I gave away my copy this summer but still needed the chart so I needed to re-create the chart for my own purposes. Thought I'd share in case it can help some of you as well:
Day
|
Word Count Total
|
1
|
1667
|
2
|
3334
|
3
|
5001
|
4
|
6668
|
5
|
8335
|
6
|
10,002
|
7
|
11,669
|
8
|
13,336
|
9
|
15,003
|
10
|
16,670
|
11
|
18,337
|
12
|
20,004
|
13
|
21,271
|
14
|
23,338
|
15
|
25,005
|
16
|
26,672
|
17
|
28,339
|
18
|
30,006
|
19
|
31,673
|
20
|
33,340
|
21
|
35,007
|
22
|
36,674
|
23
|
38,341
|
24
|
40,008
|
25
|
41,675
|
26
|
43,342
|
27
|
45,009
|
28
|
46,676
|
29
|
48,343
|
30
|
50,000
|
2) Name generators
I had most of the names done in my book, but was lacking on a name for the "world" I write about. Especially since I changed veins with that halfway through last year. Today, I was faced with needing that name before I could go any further and stumbled upon the first little generator which is awesome for inspiration. I didn't really care for the names it presented me, but it gave me a jumping off point to the name I ended up choosing. There are several different name generators in there so, if you're stuck, give it a whirl. There are several other online resources so I've listed a couple of others, as well.
http://nine.frenchboys.net/
http://www.seventhsanctum.com/index-name.php
http://online-generator.com/name-generator/fantasy-name-generator.php
Happy NaNo-ing!
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