User: writing_101 (posted by woodlandelf) Date: 2008-11-12 16:30 Subject: NaNoWriMo = Evil Security: Public Tags: babble, venting

The ones who would see this as a repeat aren't checking their flists (or if they are, it's with a filter for just comms), so I assume no one will notice that they've read this already. It's nothing really specific, just a bit of venting. ^_~

NaNo is horrible! I set myself up with the timetable of 2,000 words a day, and I've been behind every single day except for ONE! One night I stayed up until 3a or 4a. I had a bad extended weekend from Thursday to Monday as far as writing went. I should have had 22,000 words by the end of yesterday; I had 15,500 going into the day. I stayed up until 5a this morning to end up with 20,500. I slept until 2p. I was disgusted with myself at how long I slept, but then I remembered how late I went to bed. Hopefully I'll get to 24,000 or at least to 23,000 by tonight, and I will be going to bed a reasonable time (though I'll be taking an allergy pill to assure it (also because my allergies are acting up)).

In other news, this "novel" has completely gone off course from what I originally thought it would be like, but I still love it. In fact, I think I love it more (even though it's atrocious without too much editing). It doesn't take much for a plot to go off course when you just quickly slapped together a loose plot right before November, though. ^^ When I finish it, I plan on posting what all I've learned from this as well as a more detailed report on my novel (if I don't get too lazy). Today, you just got my random babbling.

My NaNoWriMo ProFile | My NaNoWriMo ProGresS

Now, I'm off to do homework and online tests so that I can spend my evening and the next few days solely focused on NaNo. Whoo.... (Remind me again why I wanted to win this?)

Edit: I love using WriteMonkey for NaNo, though it's word count is so off I need to use an online tool.

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