Wednesday, November 27, 2002

 

EG1: 50,124!!!!!! I DID IT!!!!

I made 50K. Go me. 1910 words today. I wanted more, but my brain kinda shut down. That and it has been so long since I've done research that I've forgotten some things. I'm going to have to take some time and check some things out.

So, the good news is I made 50K, the not so good news is that I'm about half-way. Imagine, me writing a 100K book! When I barely made 50K in the first draft, I didn't think I had longer books in me, but I'm quite the wordage gal now. I'm sure most of it will get cut, but, still, cul!

I have my nifty winner's picture and if I weren't so tired, I'd post it tonight.

Kudos to Chip who made 50,8?? today about 6 hours before I did. Go you!

Wow! I never could have imagined that I'd write 50K in 26 days. That's just one more day than the 2k a day average I was shooting for. Cul....now to get some sleep so I can work more. I still plan to write everyday this month, but I won't feel presured to write more that 1k if I don't want to. :)

Dawn posted this at 12:55 AM.

Monday, November 25, 2002

 

EG1: 48,214 words!

1096 yesterday and 1711 today. Should make it to 50k tomorrow.

Chip has passed me today! Go you! I got complacent and slowed down. It looks like it will come down to who will go out the farthest tomorrow. Of, course there is always the chance that he's already over and not posted yet. (fingers crossed) We hope that is not the case. :)

Dawn posted this at 11:09 PM.

Saturday, November 23, 2002

 

EG1: 45,407!

Another non-impressive day with 1342 words added today.

Chip is closing in, better get to work! Heheheh!

Dawn posted this at 10:25 PM.

Friday, November 22, 2002

 

EG1: 44,065!

I made my goal of 44K today. I did write yesterday and managed 1058 words and today wrote 2456. I'm still keeping up with my 2k a day average. :)

In the alabama list, someone already made 50k, lucidscreamer. She is the only one ahead of me. I think if I stay on track, I'll come in second in the AL list. Go me!

Dawn posted this at 11:24 PM.

Wednesday, November 20, 2002

 

EG1: 40,551 words!

Whoohoo! Broke 40K today with 3487 words. I'm back on my roll!

So this guy, chip, sends me a private message and wants to race me to the end. We were within a word of each other, but since I hadn't posted in three days, bam-o and I'm well in the lead. Heh, heh, and he still thinks he can catch me. I'd like to see him try! :) Eat my cyberdust, chip!

Dawn posted this at 11:34 PM.

 

EG1: 37,064 words.

No I didn't do that many words today. :) I haven't posted since Saturday. I haven't been producing many words per day though. 1119 on Sunday, 1038 on Monday and 2473 today. I ran into a little snag where a character needed a push to make a decision. I knew what he was going to decide, I just needed more of a reason for him to decide it. In doing that I had an odd experience where a character appeared suddenly and I had no clue what to do with her. It's weird, 'cause in my mind she walks in to the doctor's office with a baby in her arms. She's faceless, wearing nice clothes, around 20 years old, but that's all I knew about her.

The next day, I still didn't know what this woman was doing there. So, I erased her and brought in Mick Henry. He's nothing more than an extra, but he served his purpose. It was slow going, but I got it worked out. I can't say that I've ever had that happen before though, I mean a person just walk on my mind's stage and sit there, patiently waiting to be told what to do. She'll haunt me, I tell you, she will.

Anyway...sorry, sometimes I let my lunacy out of the cage. Does anybody ever even read this journal? Uh-well. E-mail me if you care. I'm going to bed.

Dawn posted this at 12:10 AM.

Saturday, November 16, 2002

 

EG1: 32,434 words!

Still cooking with 2181 words added in the car today.

Had a great day. Saw the chiropracter, took Xander to the children's museum, saw a bunch of old friends and teachers at a reunion today. Whew! So now I'm soooo tired. We had to get up at 5:30 this morning and left around 6:30. Ugh. I'm not a morning person at all!

Dawn posted this at 10:59 PM.

 

EG1: 30,253 words.

If I had realized that I was only 100 away from 2k today, I would have kept going a bit longer. Too late now, the laptop is shut down and ready to go on a trip tomorrow. I have a reunion to go to. Details later... :) Should get some work done in the car on the way there or back.

Dawn posted this at 12:01 AM.

Thursday, November 14, 2002

 

EG1: 28,353 words.

Moving right along with 2,150 today. I'm still amazing myself. :) Ta Ta!

Dawn posted this at 11:26 PM.

Wednesday, November 13, 2002

 

EG1: 26,203 words!

Over halfway to the 50,000 mark. I know now that this novel will be at least 60k though. Possibly much longer. Not sure yet. I'm not experienced enough to guess how much of the plot there is to write.

I've been in the top spot for my state in word count for two days in a row now! When I started this thing, I had no idea I'd do so well!

Dawn posted this at 11:45 PM.

Tuesday, November 12, 2002

 

EG1: 24,461 words!

A headache tonight meant not much done. I did manage 1239 words though despite the blasted headache.

More good news though to follow from yesterday's good news. I've now lost 30 pounds since I started thinking differently about food. Food no longer controls me, I am in control. No more snacking, no more binging. I now eat when I'm hungry and stop when I'm full (I'm not perfect at doing those things, but I'm doing well enough to lose 1-3 pounds a week.) :) That's all that matters. Oh, and walking often too has really helped me. I haven't had an asthma attack in over a year! Although I do wheeze some. Whoohoo!

Have a good night, ya'll!

Dawn posted this at 11:59 PM.

 

EG1: 23,222!

Great day today! 3115 words today! Whoohoo!

Also, more great news: Xander took his first steps tonight. Isn't life grand? :) Have a wonderful day!

Dawn posted this at 12:14 AM.

Monday, November 11, 2002

 

EG1: 20,107!!

Whew! Made my goal of 20K by monday!

The baby caught a cold Saturday so I only got 1012 words in. Today I managed 3130 though! :)

Dawn posted this at 2:00 AM.

Friday, November 08, 2002

 

EG1: 15,965!!!

Cleared 15K! Go me! Go me! :::dances around the room::: Another 2, 149 today! Whoohoo! I'm tired...:::snore:::

Dawn posted this at 11:26 PM.

Thursday, November 07, 2002

 

EG1: 13, 816

Another 2K day with 2044! I'm trying to keep up the 2K a day average. I didn't make it yesterday, but I ain't cryin'. :)

Dawn posted this at 11:24 PM.

 

EG1: 11, 732 words!

Still going well. :)

Dawn posted this at 12:31 AM.

Wednesday, November 06, 2002

 

EG1:10,450 words!

Sweeet! I've been keeping track of my ranking by searching the NaNoWriMo author list. I've been searching only the people that admit they are from Alabama and then having them sorted by word count. I started in 5th place out of 11, last night I moved up to 3rd and tonight I'm 2nd out of 20!

I know it really doesn't matter, but hey we have to take pleasure where we can, right? :) Right now I'm just going to glory in this and let it propel me onward! ;) Nite! (er, mornin')

Dawn posted this at 1:51 AM.

 

EG1: 10,450 words!

Another 2, 450 to add to the total today. Wow! I keep amazing myself. I didn't know I had them all in me. Not sure how much longer I can keep this up for though. I've been waiting until after the baby is in bed, grab some caffine-filled drink (hot chocolate or tea) and start typing away. Tonight I wanted to get a jump start with the caffine so I read some while I sipped my tea. I was only going to read a chapter, but then there were only 20 pages left, so I used up a good hour of writing time to finish the book. Uh-well, I got plenty of words in anyway.

Oh, and if you didn't notice, now I'm going to actually post my actual word count. I've just been looking at the thousands and the hundreds, but now I'll be putting the exact thing.

I'm pleased because I'm through the beginning section. I've sufficiently (I hope) developed my characters and developed the problem. The last thing I wrote was the problem coming to a mini-climax which will lead into an even bigger problem. I was hoping I would make it to 10,000 before I completed this beginning section. I barely made it.

I know that there are some sections in the origonal draft that I want to include in this one, but I'm fighting the urge to look in there. I know I'll copy/paste huge chunks then. Especially since I'm sorta competing in this NaNoWriMo, I want to be fair and have all my words written during this month. So, later I'll morph the best of the two drafts into, hopefully, a third and mostly-final draft. That's the plan anyway.

You know, I really didn't expect to be in the running to actually complete the 50,000 words this month. But, I'm on track to make it-IF I can hang in there and keep plugging out that wordage. However this plays out, I've surpassed my wildest dreams anyway. What I've written these last few days is far superior to the first draft. I'm pleased no matter how anything else goes! TaTa!

Dawn posted this at 1:40 AM.

Monday, November 04, 2002

 

EG1: 8,000 words!

Wow! I surprised myself by cranking out 3300 words today. Go me! And I'm still in the set up or the beginning. In the first go through, the first really huge problem hit at about 2000 words. I'm at 8,000 and I'm still not there yet. I'm building more before I get there. That book I bought has helped me tremendously! All wanna-be novelists should get it: You Can Write a Novel, by James Smith, Jr. Excellent book!

So, so far the NaNoWriMo is going great! I'm so excited to finish a better draft of this book!

Oh, and since I'm on the ego trip, let me just report that I'm also still losing weight. 25 down and, uh, ahem, more left to go. :) It's been really great eating what ever I want and still losing weight. You'll have to e-mail me for the secret. ;) TTFN!

Dawn posted this at 11:38 PM.

 

EG1: 4,700 words.

The total as of last nights caffine-induced sprint of 1200 words now brings the count up to nearly 5k. I was unable to post after I finished last night due to the ISP being down. I think it was their usual weekly down time.

I've been unable to write so far today. The hubby is out of town this morning for an indeterminate amount of time. Leaving me in charge of the little squirt. It's been great, we played, a little rumble-tumble, had story time, then he had his before-nap juice. Now, sigh, now he's supposed to be napping. I don't get it. I do everything his daddy does, but he just won't go to sleep for me. I could snuggle up in the recliner with him, that's worked before. But I don't want him to be spoiled to think he has to do that everytime I put him to sleep. Parenting is so difficult at times.

Right now he's in his crib at me and if he knew any obscenities, he'd probably be spouting them off to me. Instead he does his nana argnannar baby-babble grumbling at me. I tried for 30 minutes to get him to sleep. He missed his chance.

I'll likely be posting again later after my writing is finished for the day...

Dawn posted this at 12:15 PM.

Saturday, November 02, 2002

 

EG1: 3500 words.

Another 1300 words eked out tonight. After spending around 2 hours working on characters, scenes and plot, my brain just couldn't function well. It did get going toward the end, but then I started getting physically tired too. It's past my bed time!

I can tell that I am improving. Maybe not in the quality of words, but in the organization of the story and in the story building itself. I'm no master storyteller yet, but I'm getting there. One step at a time...

Dawn posted this at 11:21 PM.

Friday, November 01, 2002

 

First- A big thanks to Amy who sent me a cul picture frame/fountain for my b-day. I've been wanting one of those. Thanks! And Xander thanks you for the really cul wind chimes too!

Second, the big NaNoWriMo started today. I eeked out a slightly impressive wordage for a starting day: 2200. I can't say that I'm all that impressed about the quality of the words. I mean, that 2200 represents the first 2 chapters! Not good. I'm still working with the multiple viewpoints. The first draft of this story was from one POV, this time I'm trying a few others and it's just...well...different. I really like seeing the story from other angles though. I've been very one-sided with this story. My main dude was just winging it on his own. All the events centered around him and nothing else really went on much. I'm adding some sub-plots, developing some minor conflicts with semi-major characters. It seems good in my head...we'll just see how it is in the end. But the way it stands right now, I think I'm gonna need a 3rd re-write just to get it right. It's much better, but still needs work.

Anyway, I'm going with the flow now...just word surfin'. Ta!

Dawn posted this at 10:14 PM.