Current wordcount: 1700
Time spent writing: 1 hour
Current mood: Annoyed
The NaNo site is driving me nuts. When it comes up, it's really slow but most of the time, it isn't even coming up. I think they must be having some serious problems right now. Hopefully they will get those fixed.
We had our kickoff party today and it was great. I made goodie bags for all the participants in the region. They were colorful and bright, and contained little notebooks, pencils, some sugary treats and the NaNo stickers. Normally I would put more stuff in the bags but I've been so busy I didn't have a lot of time to get them together.
So today's writing went relatively well, although I'm not exactly happy with the content. I'll probably end up deleting half of the stuff I wrote today, but there are a few good things in there I can use for later. This month is always an exercise in restraint for me because the thing I want to do most is to just delete all the stuff I think is crap and start over, but if I keep doing that, I never get anywhere. I had that problem with Draha the first time I started it, which is why I'm doing the insanely detailed outline before starting over. So yeah, the story should be interesting and fun to write.
One thing I'm finding difficult this time is shifting gears. I've been working on that crazy Draha outline for so long and have been so focused on that world that I'm finding it difficult to leave it and come back to the "real world" where this book is set. Hopefully that will go away soon, because I want to finish this story. I think it could be really cute.
Hey Anita!
ReplyDeleteI was wondering if you were around!
The site is still misbehaving. That combined with my total lack of plot is really making me "blah" about NaNo this year.
Glad to catch up with your blog!