I did it! I beat my all-time NaNoWriMo word count!
My new record to beat is 12,400 words and climbing.
This is still far behind the 50,000 words that I'm supposed to have written by the end of November, but I'm celebrating anyway.
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015
New Milestone: The Big One-Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh
I hit 10,000 words on my NaNoWriMo project!
So, including all the words I wrote before NaNoWriMo started, my novel is at 19,680 words. That's crazy, you guys. I would have to go back through my old laptop, but I'm pretty sure this is the longest thing I've written since my first "novel" that I wrote in middle school.
The novel I'm working on now has significantly fewer sudden rainstorms.
So, including all the words I wrote before NaNoWriMo started, my novel is at 19,680 words. That's crazy, you guys. I would have to go back through my old laptop, but I'm pretty sure this is the longest thing I've written since my first "novel" that I wrote in middle school.
The novel I'm working on now has significantly fewer sudden rainstorms.
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
New Milestone: OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAND
My word count for NaNoWriMo 2015 is, as many Dragon Ball Z fans might say, OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND!!!!!!!!!!!
I haven't really watched Dragon Ball Z much, but I can appreciate a good meme all the same.
Of course, I am ridiculously behind on NaNoWriMo. I'm supposed to be at 28,333 words right now, and I haven't even broken 10,000 yet. I don't think I'm quite done writing for tonight, though, so perhaps that will change! At the moment, the NaNoWriMo website is telling me that I can still finish on time if I write 2,902 words per day for the next two weeks, as opposed to the 1,667 words that I would write per day if I were actually on target.
Will I make it to 50,000 words this year? You know, I'm not sure. I have family coming later this week, and you're not supposed to go and hide in your room when you have family visiting you from all the way across the country. I'm going to really try, though. I've been bringing a notebook with me to work so I can write during slow moments (although I maintain good customer service practices!), and that's actually helped me get a lot of work done.
Writing by hand and adding the words to my Word document later has been a really good technique for me. Sometimes I have a hard time getting started when I'm typing, but it's almost always easier to write with a pen.
If nothing else, I'm going to beat my all-time NaNoWriMo record! Surely I can beat 12,360 words. Surely.
I haven't really watched Dragon Ball Z much, but I can appreciate a good meme all the same.
Of course, I am ridiculously behind on NaNoWriMo. I'm supposed to be at 28,333 words right now, and I haven't even broken 10,000 yet. I don't think I'm quite done writing for tonight, though, so perhaps that will change! At the moment, the NaNoWriMo website is telling me that I can still finish on time if I write 2,902 words per day for the next two weeks, as opposed to the 1,667 words that I would write per day if I were actually on target.
Will I make it to 50,000 words this year? You know, I'm not sure. I have family coming later this week, and you're not supposed to go and hide in your room when you have family visiting you from all the way across the country. I'm going to really try, though. I've been bringing a notebook with me to work so I can write during slow moments (although I maintain good customer service practices!), and that's actually helped me get a lot of work done.
Writing by hand and adding the words to my Word document later has been a really good technique for me. Sometimes I have a hard time getting started when I'm typing, but it's almost always easier to write with a pen.
If nothing else, I'm going to beat my all-time NaNoWriMo record! Surely I can beat 12,360 words. Surely.
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
NaNoWriMo Problems
That moment when you've stayed up late trying to reach your NaNoWriMo target for the day, but then you realize that it's after midnight and everything you've been working on for the past half hour actually counts for the next day's word count.
*sigh*
On the bright side, the past few days have been very good writing days for me. I found the right kind of inspiration and managed to put down my Xbox controller for a while!
*sigh*
On the bright side, the past few days have been very good writing days for me. I found the right kind of inspiration and managed to put down my Xbox controller for a while!
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
LET'S GET READY TO WRIMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
IT IS OCTOBER!
October is a month full of excitement for many reasons. Some people enjoy the cooling temperatures, some people like the reappearance of Pumpkin Spice Lattes at Starbucks, and some people enjoy dressing up and decorating for Halloween. But there's another thing about October that I'm excited for.
October is the month before November.
And November is NANOWRIMO!!!!!!!!!
NaNoWriMo, also known as National Novel Writing Month, is a challenge issued to writers around the world to write a novel of 50,000 words between November 1 and November 30. It's a way to motivate yourself to finally sit down and write that novel that's been knocking around in your head. For more information, check out this link or go to nanowrimo.org.
I've never actually "won" NaNoWriMo. I've had a ton of fun participating, but November was always such a busy month for me during college. My novel had to compete with homework, essays, holidays, football games, and rapidly-approaching final exams for my attention, and it just never went over well. I think my all-time record was around 12,000 words.
This year will be different! This year I won't be in school, so I'll have more time to write the heck out of this novel. I'm going to cheat just a little bit this year-- I'm going to be working on a novel I've already started. Instead of writing a 50,000-word novel, I'm going to add 50,000 words to my current project. Yeah, that's not exactly how it's supposed to work, but there are no NaNoWriMo police that are going to come after me, and it's still in the spirit of the event.
I'll be working on the same novel I tried to start last year. This summer, I took what I had written previously and totally rewrote it, using the first draft as a road map. The beginning of my novel is a lot more detailed now. A character who once just had a passing mention is now fleshed-out and fantastic, and he made one of my best friends almost cry, which is a good sign! I'm a lot happier with this beginning. I think I'll have a much easier time moving forward into the project now that I've gotten a better start. Just for funsies, I'll mention that my current word count is 9547 words, not counting the various bits scribbled onto recycled printer paper that are in my to-be-typed file.
The 2015 edition of NaNoWriMo's website just launched, and I went and entered my "new" novel information. I also got a 2015 word count gadget and stuck in the sidebar of my blog. I can't start tracking my word count until November 1, so the tracker is going to be at 0 words for a while. That's normal! Don't tease me, okay?
October is a month full of excitement for many reasons. Some people enjoy the cooling temperatures, some people like the reappearance of Pumpkin Spice Lattes at Starbucks, and some people enjoy dressing up and decorating for Halloween. But there's another thing about October that I'm excited for.
October is the month before November.
And November is NANOWRIMO!!!!!!!!!
NaNoWriMo, also known as National Novel Writing Month, is a challenge issued to writers around the world to write a novel of 50,000 words between November 1 and November 30. It's a way to motivate yourself to finally sit down and write that novel that's been knocking around in your head. For more information, check out this link or go to nanowrimo.org.
I've never actually "won" NaNoWriMo. I've had a ton of fun participating, but November was always such a busy month for me during college. My novel had to compete with homework, essays, holidays, football games, and rapidly-approaching final exams for my attention, and it just never went over well. I think my all-time record was around 12,000 words.
This year will be different! This year I won't be in school, so I'll have more time to write the heck out of this novel. I'm going to cheat just a little bit this year-- I'm going to be working on a novel I've already started. Instead of writing a 50,000-word novel, I'm going to add 50,000 words to my current project. Yeah, that's not exactly how it's supposed to work, but there are no NaNoWriMo police that are going to come after me, and it's still in the spirit of the event.
I'll be working on the same novel I tried to start last year. This summer, I took what I had written previously and totally rewrote it, using the first draft as a road map. The beginning of my novel is a lot more detailed now. A character who once just had a passing mention is now fleshed-out and fantastic, and he made one of my best friends almost cry, which is a good sign! I'm a lot happier with this beginning. I think I'll have a much easier time moving forward into the project now that I've gotten a better start. Just for funsies, I'll mention that my current word count is 9547 words, not counting the various bits scribbled onto recycled printer paper that are in my to-be-typed file.
The 2015 edition of NaNoWriMo's website just launched, and I went and entered my "new" novel information. I also got a 2015 word count gadget and stuck in the sidebar of my blog. I can't start tracking my word count until November 1, so the tracker is going to be at 0 words for a while. That's normal! Don't tease me, okay?
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Brace Yourself
National Novel Writing Month is held in November.
October is almost over.
Snuck up on me again, didn't ya, NaNoWriMo?
The goal of NaNoWriMo is to write 50,000 words between November 1 and November 30. Afterward (ideally), you have the rough draft of a novel to work with.
I've technically participated for the past three years, although I think only the last two count. I've never won. Could this be my year? Could 2014 be the year I make it to 50,000 words?
Eh. I don't have high hopes. November is the busiest month of my fall semester. There's all kinds of papers and stuff going on this month. But I'm going to try very hard to beat last year's score.
Last year, I started a semi-Victorian, semi-steampunk, semi-romantic, very adventure-y novel that I called "The Night Rider." I got up to 12,360 words.
I'm going to work on a different novel this year. Night Rider is still very near and dear to my heart, and I hope to finish it sometime, but it's no longer the most prominent idea buzzing around in my mind. Also, the NaNoWriMo rules say that you have to write all new words, so I figure I'll just start over with a new idea.
That said, I'm having a hard time picking between two story ideas. They're both fantasy stories, although one has a bit more supernatural stuff and the other is actually a bit more scientific. One idea is fairly recent in my head- I think the grandfather of the idea popped into my head over the summer and gradually developed into the awesome thing it is right now.
The other idea is one I've been working on since roughly last Spring Break (although it has nothing to do with Spring Break, I swear). I'd like to say this one's a bit more developed than the other one is, but I'm actually not sure about that anymore.
A major factor in the decision will probably be the fact that I actually have names for most of the characters in the newer idea. I have the hardest idea coming up with names. But I've been writing up chunks of the story for creative writing assignments, just to sort of test drive the characters, and I managed to come up with some names for them. They felt weird at first, but after a three-hour writing session on Monday night, I can officially say they've grown on me.
So that's my dilemma. That's the update. I'll make a decision about it by Nov. 1.
I'm definitely supposed to be reading workshop pieces for creative writing. I'm definitely procrastinating. Back to work!
Friday, November 15, 2013
NaNoWriMo Word Count: OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAND!!!!
...except it's actually over ten thousand, and I didn't think to use this joke until it was too late.
I hit ten thousand words on my NaNoWriMo project! Yaaaay!
That's well and good, but I really need to be approaching 30,000 words right now... Anybody for a writing marathon?
I've been working on the Great Graphic Novel Project of '13, too, and I've got two more pages penciled. If I can stop messing with the scanning settings, I'll try to upload them for y'all to see.
My laptop's been having Internet issues lately, which is part of the reason the blog's been quiet for a few days, but I seem to be making a little headway in that department, so hopefully the radio silence will end here.
A happy NaNoWriMo to all, and to all a good night!
I hit ten thousand words on my NaNoWriMo project! Yaaaay!
That's well and good, but I really need to be approaching 30,000 words right now... Anybody for a writing marathon?
I've been working on the Great Graphic Novel Project of '13, too, and I've got two more pages penciled. If I can stop messing with the scanning settings, I'll try to upload them for y'all to see.
My laptop's been having Internet issues lately, which is part of the reason the blog's been quiet for a few days, but I seem to be making a little headway in that department, so hopefully the radio silence will end here.
A happy NaNoWriMo to all, and to all a good night!
Friday, November 8, 2013
Graphic Novel Update
Hey! I thought I'd post about something other than NaNoWriMo. I haven't written about non-NaNoWriMo stuff in a while.
My other big, huge project is the graphic novel, of course, and I actually met with my partner today. We discovered that the library has a scanner that is better than mine, and she found a good way to set up panels in InDesign. We decided that I'm going to go ahead and ink the panels and scan them, and then she'll arrange them in InDesign and digitally letter them.
In the meantime, I have to draw two more rough draft pages for Thursday, and I'm not looking forward to it. At all. I need to not wait until Wednesday night to start that...
And there's your update! Yay!
Now I'm going to work on my NaNoWriMo project, because I haven't written anything yet today and I have less than an hour for my words to count for today. So... toodles!
NaNoWriMo Word Count: 5735
Graphic Novel Page Count: 4 rough
My other big, huge project is the graphic novel, of course, and I actually met with my partner today. We discovered that the library has a scanner that is better than mine, and she found a good way to set up panels in InDesign. We decided that I'm going to go ahead and ink the panels and scan them, and then she'll arrange them in InDesign and digitally letter them.
In the meantime, I have to draw two more rough draft pages for Thursday, and I'm not looking forward to it. At all. I need to not wait until Wednesday night to start that...
And there's your update! Yay!
Now I'm going to work on my NaNoWriMo project, because I haven't written anything yet today and I have less than an hour for my words to count for today. So... toodles!
NaNoWriMo Word Count: 5735
Graphic Novel Page Count: 4 rough
Thursday, November 7, 2013
NaNoWriMo Crisis AVERTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YOU GUYS!!!!!!!!!
YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS, GUESS WHAT!!! I GOT IT BACK!!!!
For those of you just tuning in, I posted a rant only a few minutes ago about how I lost a good chunk of my NaNoWriMo project. To read it, either go to the previous post or click this helpful link.
Before resorting to foamy-mouthed ranting on the Internet, I searched the Internet for a way to recover my lost work. As you might conclude from the blog post with all the capital letters, I did not succeed.
HOWEVER,
As soon as I published the post, I had a sudden burst of inspiration. What do you do to autosaved files you don't want? You delete them. And where do deleted files go?
TO THE RECYCLE BIN!!!!!
Ah, glorious day! I found the autosaved file in the Recycle Bin where I hoped it would be. I restored it, feeling my life return to its normal happy place.
But then I realized I had no idea where the restored file had gone.
I tried searching for it on my computer... No results. But I was not ready to give up, not when I was so close to recovering my work! So I went back to the website I had been using earlier, which you can find here:
http://www.robertyale.com/blog/2011/3/2/find-lost-files-when-autosave-fails-in-microsoft-word.html
By somewhat following these instructions and somewhat clicking buttons until something worked, I managed to save all the work I did yesterday.
I think the basic gist of it was:
1) Recover the AutoRecovery save of the document
2) Don't panic when you can't find it
3) Open up a new Word Document
4) Go to File > Open and open up the autosaved file (.asd?) from there (that's where the website helped out).
THANK GOD!
THANK YOU, INTERNET!
THANK YOU, LAPTOP!
THANK YOU, RECYCLE BIN!
:) And now I can get back to work.
NaNoWriMo Word Count: 3270, BABY!!!!!!!
YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS, GUESS WHAT!!! I GOT IT BACK!!!!
For those of you just tuning in, I posted a rant only a few minutes ago about how I lost a good chunk of my NaNoWriMo project. To read it, either go to the previous post or click this helpful link.
Before resorting to foamy-mouthed ranting on the Internet, I searched the Internet for a way to recover my lost work. As you might conclude from the blog post with all the capital letters, I did not succeed.
HOWEVER,
As soon as I published the post, I had a sudden burst of inspiration. What do you do to autosaved files you don't want? You delete them. And where do deleted files go?
TO THE RECYCLE BIN!!!!!
Ah, glorious day! I found the autosaved file in the Recycle Bin where I hoped it would be. I restored it, feeling my life return to its normal happy place.
But then I realized I had no idea where the restored file had gone.
I tried searching for it on my computer... No results. But I was not ready to give up, not when I was so close to recovering my work! So I went back to the website I had been using earlier, which you can find here:
http://www.robertyale.com/blog/2011/3/2/find-lost-files-when-autosave-fails-in-microsoft-word.html
By somewhat following these instructions and somewhat clicking buttons until something worked, I managed to save all the work I did yesterday.
I think the basic gist of it was:
1) Recover the AutoRecovery save of the document
2) Don't panic when you can't find it
3) Open up a new Word Document
4) Go to File > Open and open up the autosaved file (.asd?) from there (that's where the website helped out).
THANK GOD!
THANK YOU, INTERNET!
THANK YOU, LAPTOP!
THANK YOU, RECYCLE BIN!
:) And now I can get back to work.
NaNoWriMo Word Count: 3270, BABY!!!!!!!
NaNoWriMo CRISIS
IT'S GONE!!!!!!!!!! MY NOVEL IS GONE!!!!!!
Okay, not the whole thing, but everything I wrote yesterday is gone because APPARENTLY I NEVER BOTHERED TO CLICK THE SAVE BUTTON.
WHY WOULD I NEED TO CLICK THE SAVE BUTTON?!?! MICROSOFT WORD IS SUPPOSED TO AUTOSAVE STUFF!
And it all happened because I just had to clip my fingernails while sitting at my desk...
Let me 'splain.
I was clipping my very long fingernails at my desk, in front of my open laptop. A piece of fingernail got stuck in my keyboard, under the Calculator button. The only way to get it out was to hold the button down while I fished it out with some tweezers. Naturally, this made about a million Calculator windows open up, and my laptop totally freaked out and locked up on me.
I couldn't get it to respond, so I shut it off with the power button.
Started it up- everything was working fine again.
So tonight, when I finally found the motivation to put in some time on my novel, I went and opened up the document. The usual little sidebar with all the autosaved stuff popped up on the left, and without thinking, I closed it.
A little box popped up, asking if I wanted to view these files again or if I was done with them.
I said to myself, "Meh, I've got all of this saved. I'm good." So I got rid of all them.
Only to find that my novel was missing around 1500 words.
Why?! WHY didn't I just leave the sidebar alone for a few more seconds?! WHYYYYY?!?!?!?!
AAAAAAAAGHHHH!!!!!!
THE ENTIRE CHUNK, THAT ENTIRE SESSION I PUT IN YESTERDAY... IS GONE.
Only 1500 words, you say. It could be worse.
Yeah, but I WAS ALREADY REALLY BEHIND!!! And also, I REALLY LIKED WHAT I WROTE! IT TOOK A LONG TIME!
NOW I HAVE TO WRITE IT ALL OVER AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:(
I am never going to finish this novel.
NaNoWriMo Word Count: 1711
Okay, not the whole thing, but everything I wrote yesterday is gone because APPARENTLY I NEVER BOTHERED TO CLICK THE SAVE BUTTON.
WHY WOULD I NEED TO CLICK THE SAVE BUTTON?!?! MICROSOFT WORD IS SUPPOSED TO AUTOSAVE STUFF!
And it all happened because I just had to clip my fingernails while sitting at my desk...
Let me 'splain.
I was clipping my very long fingernails at my desk, in front of my open laptop. A piece of fingernail got stuck in my keyboard, under the Calculator button. The only way to get it out was to hold the button down while I fished it out with some tweezers. Naturally, this made about a million Calculator windows open up, and my laptop totally freaked out and locked up on me.
I couldn't get it to respond, so I shut it off with the power button.
Started it up- everything was working fine again.
So tonight, when I finally found the motivation to put in some time on my novel, I went and opened up the document. The usual little sidebar with all the autosaved stuff popped up on the left, and without thinking, I closed it.
A little box popped up, asking if I wanted to view these files again or if I was done with them.
I said to myself, "Meh, I've got all of this saved. I'm good." So I got rid of all them.
Only to find that my novel was missing around 1500 words.
Why?! WHY didn't I just leave the sidebar alone for a few more seconds?! WHYYYYY?!?!?!?!
AAAAAAAAGHHHH!!!!!!
THE ENTIRE CHUNK, THAT ENTIRE SESSION I PUT IN YESTERDAY... IS GONE.
Only 1500 words, you say. It could be worse.
Yeah, but I WAS ALREADY REALLY BEHIND!!! And also, I REALLY LIKED WHAT I WROTE! IT TOOK A LONG TIME!
NOW I HAVE TO WRITE IT ALL OVER AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:(
I am never going to finish this novel.
NaNoWriMo Word Count: 1711
NaNoWriMo Then And Now
I was looking through old Facebook statuses, and I found one that I posted exactly one year ago (give or take a few hours):
Well, seeing as I currently have 3270 words on this year's NaNoWriMo project, I can officially say I'm doing better than I did last year!
...although not by much.
Here's the graph of what my word count ought to look like this month:
I've got some serious catching up to do.
Monday, November 4, 2013
I kind of cheated a little bit...
So... I accidentally cheated on my NaNoWriMo a little bit. I had penned out a beginning to my novel a few weeks ago and included it in my word count. But then I read through some of the FAQs and realized that was cheating because you're supposed to only write the novel during the month of November.
I realize that there's no NaNoWriMo police that's going to bust down my door, but it's a matter of pride, you know? I took out the 200-ish words that I had written before the official start date. It set me back a little bit, but 200 words isn't going to make or break me. I want the satisfaction of knowing that I wrote 50,000 words in one month.
...if I make it, that is. I've got all kinds of academic obstacles in my way. I've got papers galore for my actual required classes, as well as that graphic novel project I keep talking about, and on top of it all, I'm also applying for internships for the spring and summer. If I don't get to 50,000 words this month, it won't be for lack of trying, but I really, really want to finish this novel. It's been forming in my brain for two or three years, now.
I'm making progress, I guess... Almost to 2000 words. That's about how much I need to write every day in order to finish on time. According to the stats on the website, if I keep up my current pace, I'll finish in February of next year. Well, that's better than October of 2016 like it used to say!
NaNoWriMo Word Count: 1711
I realize that there's no NaNoWriMo police that's going to bust down my door, but it's a matter of pride, you know? I took out the 200-ish words that I had written before the official start date. It set me back a little bit, but 200 words isn't going to make or break me. I want the satisfaction of knowing that I wrote 50,000 words in one month.
...if I make it, that is. I've got all kinds of academic obstacles in my way. I've got papers galore for my actual required classes, as well as that graphic novel project I keep talking about, and on top of it all, I'm also applying for internships for the spring and summer. If I don't get to 50,000 words this month, it won't be for lack of trying, but I really, really want to finish this novel. It's been forming in my brain for two or three years, now.
I'm making progress, I guess... Almost to 2000 words. That's about how much I need to write every day in order to finish on time. According to the stats on the website, if I keep up my current pace, I'll finish in February of next year. Well, that's better than October of 2016 like it used to say!
NaNoWriMo Word Count: 1711
NaNoWriMo!
It's November 3 (although it will probably be November 4 by the time I get this posted) and you know what that means!
-the year is almost over
-final exams are looming ever closer
-soon I will be 21
-Thanksgiving is soon
-it's getting colder
-it's National Novel Writing Month!
Yes, my friends, we are three (or four) days into National Novel Writing Month! If you're participating, I hope your novel is going better than mine, which, as of this moment, only has a smidge over 200 words. I got a late start. I only get to hang out with my family every once in a while, and one of those times just happened to fall on the first few days of November, so I got a little sidetracked.
For those of you who are new to this wonderful thing, November is National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo. This is when a bunch of people focus all their energy into writing a novel of at least 50,000 words before November ends. They log their word count into the website everyday to keep track of their progress. They can also encourage each other and read words of wisdom from successful writers on the website. It's pretty cool! Check it out: nanowrimo.org
I've tried to do NaNoWriMo the last two years. The first was such a dismal failure that I don't even remember it. I think I just signed up on the website and never got around to actually writing anything. The second year, I completely forgot about it until I was halfway through the month and decided to jump in and try to catch up. I got up to 2,429 words. Progress is progress, I guess.
This year, I'm attempting to write the same novel, but I've had another year to mull it over in my head, and now it looks (or will look) a bit different. I remember getting frustrated as I was writing last year because the words I was typing weren't doing what I wanted them to do. Even though I only have 208 words right now, I'm much happier with the way this thing is going.
I got the NaNoWriMo widget! Now my word count will show up on the sidebar to the right of what you're reading right now. If anybody had been clicking around on my site while I was adding the widget, they would have noticed it jumping all over the header and sidebar while I tried to figure out how to HTML. Probably the last time I tried to HTML was ten years ago when I was adding a background and music to my shop on Neopets.
Provided I actually figured out how to HTML correctly, the widget should keep a running total of the words I've written. I'll also stick it at the end of any blog posts I do between now and the end of the month.
Here's to actually getting to 50,000 words this year!
NaNoWriMo Word Count: 208
-the year is almost over
-final exams are looming ever closer
-soon I will be 21
-Thanksgiving is soon
-it's getting colder
-it's National Novel Writing Month!
Yes, my friends, we are three (or four) days into National Novel Writing Month! If you're participating, I hope your novel is going better than mine, which, as of this moment, only has a smidge over 200 words. I got a late start. I only get to hang out with my family every once in a while, and one of those times just happened to fall on the first few days of November, so I got a little sidetracked.
For those of you who are new to this wonderful thing, November is National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo. This is when a bunch of people focus all their energy into writing a novel of at least 50,000 words before November ends. They log their word count into the website everyday to keep track of their progress. They can also encourage each other and read words of wisdom from successful writers on the website. It's pretty cool! Check it out: nanowrimo.org
I've tried to do NaNoWriMo the last two years. The first was such a dismal failure that I don't even remember it. I think I just signed up on the website and never got around to actually writing anything. The second year, I completely forgot about it until I was halfway through the month and decided to jump in and try to catch up. I got up to 2,429 words. Progress is progress, I guess.
This year, I'm attempting to write the same novel, but I've had another year to mull it over in my head, and now it looks (or will look) a bit different. I remember getting frustrated as I was writing last year because the words I was typing weren't doing what I wanted them to do. Even though I only have 208 words right now, I'm much happier with the way this thing is going.
I got the NaNoWriMo widget! Now my word count will show up on the sidebar to the right of what you're reading right now. If anybody had been clicking around on my site while I was adding the widget, they would have noticed it jumping all over the header and sidebar while I tried to figure out how to HTML. Probably the last time I tried to HTML was ten years ago when I was adding a background and music to my shop on Neopets.
Provided I actually figured out how to HTML correctly, the widget should keep a running total of the words I've written. I'll also stick it at the end of any blog posts I do between now and the end of the month.
Here's to actually getting to 50,000 words this year!
NaNoWriMo Word Count: 208
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