10 November 2009

NaNoWriMo day 10, 15,400 words

Again, I come bearing news that this is all going rather well. I'm liking this mettle my main character is showing of late. She's not just parts of me but is more complex, someone I'd like to get to know. I'm still on track wordcount wise, with 15,000 words written that I didn't have two weeks ago. Ten days ago. I had started a version of this story but had gotten sidetracked by a memoir project that now feels like a lot of rehearsal for what I am working on this month. I might have to mine some of what I already wrote someday when I'm struggling to keep up with my recommended daily requirement, as I think of it now. So far, though, I must say the pace is working with my life and habits. Keeps me off the streets, as I often say about writing and used to say about watching films for the BIFF selection committee.

2 comments:

screamish said...

no writing news for a couple of days...how's the 50 000 word goal coming along????

mine is a cross of airport/literary fiction too/ but I started two weeks too late...oh well....

vanillagrrl said...

It's all going quite well. Thanks for asking! I've been on pace wordwise almost the whole time. Just got to 35,000 tonight and am still liking the story, although I'm wondering whether I'll get to use my original plot for this one. How's yours coming? And my unasked-for advice: don't worry about starting this "too late," because there's no such thing. Just try adding some to it every day. Then you'll keep having more than you had before to work with. Good luck. Write like the wind!