pre-midnight inspiration
I like to start NaNoWriMo at midnight. Always have.
So I went internet browsing in the meantime. This is technically a commercial, but… enjoy. Trust me.
1 day left – 100%
The revision is done. Blue Crystal now stands just over 96,200 words.
No more rough edits. No more large-scale rewrites. Edits are put off until after NaNoWriMo, but after that, I’ll scrub out whatever typos and awkwardness my test readers have found and prepare my query letter.
2 days left – 98.9%
Still sick. 960 words. Will fall into bed now with lovely, lovely aspirin.
chicken redux
I haven’t posted pictures of my girls since they were in ratty ugly-chick phase. I must rectify this (so long as I can’t leave home, but feel too restless to lay in bed like a good patient).
3 days left
1350 words written, typed on a ten-year-old laptop on my bedside.
I paid for that all-nighter by immediately catching the bug that my boyfriend came down with recently. I had a fever and a killer sore throat; we’ll see if I’m fit to teach tomorrow. I’m not sure. We’ll move my supposed percentage count up a bit more and see.
5 days left – about 97.6%
I’m pulling an all-nighter to finish some work things I put off too long. 800 words (typed between chores) is all we’re getting today.
6 days left – about 96.8%
It’s a 1,000 word day. They were pretty hard to put down. Also, I’ve had a lot to think about atmosphere in writing. I had a tune in my head that I wanted to convey the mood of. How do you write, and make your words ring with the same emotional impact as an auditory piece?
7 days left – about 95.7%
Rylan sat back in his chair. His manacles dug into his back. “I think she’d rather die than marry you.”
“Are you certain that you’re not speaking of yourself?”
“I’d rather die than marry you, too.”
1500 words by midnight. (And the snippet amused me. Rylan doesn’t get to be funny nearly enough.)
With all of the changes I’ve been making to the plot, my traditional progress bar is less than effective. Since my typical chapters run about 5-8k, I’m guessing that tonight’s effort is about 22% of the last chapter (ish). It’s progress, at any rate.
8 days left – 94.6%
8 complete 24-hour days until November.
Progress: 175/185 pages. 94.6%, was 92.4%.
Chapter twelve is finished. Now for the hard part. Chapter thirteen (the last chapter) needs a complete rewrite.
9 days left – 92.4%
9 complete 24-hour days until November.
Progress: 171/185 pages. 92.4%– was 90.8%.
I should note that this progress bar is not always accurate. Since major revisions changes my wordcount, I’m pacing myself with the same ‘events’ in draft 3.0. It’s mostly on-track, but if I need a new point… yeesh. I could write two thousand words in a sitting, and that bar wouldn’t move one bit. I already know that I’m adding in two extra pages to the end of chapter twelve, and the last chapter needs a complete rewrite.
