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NaNoWriMo Day 5

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Well. I switched novels. Had to. I had a premise with idea #1 but I couldn’t come up with a grabby plot. Premise #2 is one I’d kicked around a couple of years ago and remembered it the other night. There’s a bit more meat to this idea so hopefully will be easier get some traction.

But I’m behind and the troubles in my personal life haven’t helped matters much — 400 words is all I’ve managed so far. On the other hand, given my schedule & the fact that I also have a lot of writing to do for my day job I have to cut myself some slack. And truthfully, I’d be pleased even if I came up with only half the 50K NaNoWriMo quota by Nov. 30. Not that I’ve given up yet!!! Grrrrr. We’ll see what happens.

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NaNoWriMo, Day 1

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Number of words written so far:

0

Time left until midnight:

4 hours, 13 minutes

Average number of words per day one would need to write if one wrote every day this month:

1666.6666666666666666666666666667

Average number of words per day Kirsten will need to write if she doesn’t get something keyed into her stinking word prcessor very soon:

1724.1379310344827586206896551724

Sigh.

Okay, 50,000 words . . .

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Here I come.

I’m doing the National Novel Writing Month thing.

Here’s my situation. I have an idea for a novel. I have some quirky stuff that I love for the premise. I have some characters. I have, at a high level, the arc of the conflict.

But I haven’t been able to see what happens to these people. They are sitting there, static, staring at me like they expect me to, I dunno, serve them scallops wrapped in bacon or something.

I haven’t been too worried about this. I started querying for my last novel in June and I still have some agents reading full manuscripts; in the meantime, I’ve taken my fiction-writing hiatus as an opportunity to recharge.

But it’s time, now. Plus I get the cool icon for my sidebar.

Anyone else doing it? China, are you?

Need to light a fire under your PC?

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Here you go! Via Carrie Patrick, November is National Novel Writing Month. Hooray!

According to the How it Works page, all you need to do “to win” is sign up and write 50,000 words between November 1 and November 30. Then you email the completed draft to them to verify word count and get your “winner” web certificate. According to the FAQs, your novel is deleted unread. In case you’re wondering where copies of your work-in-progress might show up: nowhere, unless you want them to.

Cool idea, eh? And check out the FAQs to see a list of novels begun as NaNoWriMo projects that were later published.

I’m seriously thinking of jumping in with a novel idea I’m noodling but haven’t committed to word processor yet. I mean, the participation icons alone make it worthwhile, dontcha think?