NaNoWriMo is done.

Today is December 1st, and the National Novel Writing Month is over. My story is pretty much complete and weighed in at 57,373 words officially which means I won. And now I am done. It was an interesting experiment and while there are dozens of reasons for doing it again, as of right now, I am not planning to. And maybe, at some point in the future, I will get around to editing it and doing something more with it.

Thanks for the support and well wishes. Now on to other things.

National Novel Writing Month, Day 22

I am not sure what the definition of frustration is, but I have a couple of ideas. It is either not being able to get started when you have write, not being able to write a great deal, despite coving several pages in dialogue or having your word counter tell you that you have passed the magical 50,000 word mark, only to have the official word counting program tell you that you are still 1,000 words short of the mark and then have to write another 1,000.

Well, yesterday, I pushed past the magic 50,000 word mark, according to my word counter, but the official word counter still had me at 49,000. Today, I pushed past 51,000, 51,800 to be specific, and the official word counter agrees with me, although it thinks I am at 50,891. The crux of the argument, I have passed the magical 50,000 word mark, and a week ahead of schedule. And the really good news, is that I still have not finished the story.

So I will continue writing and come the end of the month, I will post my final total.

Of course, you can follow along on the official site.

National Novel Writing Month - Day 1 Report

Don't expect daily updates. If you want to know my progress, then check the site.

That being said, I wrote a little more than 2900 words at my first outing and I am trying to get a leg up on the count so that I can actually have a day or two of rest, or below average count if I should go dry at some point.

And so it begins!

National Novel Writing Month

Back in 2004, Chris Baty released a book called No Plot, No Problem, the premise of which was that you could write a novel in 30 days just by sitting down and doing it. He even proposed that all of us with the burning desire to write the next Great [insert country here] Novel should do it together, in November. And thus, the National Novel Writing Month was born.

This year, I am going to try my hand at NaNoWriMo as it is called. The goal is 50,000 words in 30 days, or about 1600 words a day. The just bang it out school of novel writing. And I am pretty much going to do that. As of right now, I have not solid plot points, no real characters and no clue of what I am going to write about. But come Sunday, November 1, 2009, I am going to sit down and write. This is not to say I have not been preparing. I have watched a number of different TV shows, reviewed some of my favorite movies and reading up on plot points and story lines, but beyond that I am not going into this one with a lot of preconceived ideas. I am going to let it happen and see where it takes me. The great thing about this experiment is that I just have to finish. It does not have to be unified, relevant or organized (as an old English teacher used to grade). In fact, it never even has to see the light of day (other than for the obligatory word count).

So here we go! I have officially registered myself and if you want to follow along with my progress, you can. Send me encouragement, jibs and coffee and I will check back in December and let you know what fell out.