NaNoWriMo Day 1: 1,774 words and counting

Sunday, November 1, 2009


I got up at noon yesterday. I worked last night. I stayed up until 7:30 AM working on my outline of over 700 words that don't count towards the total word count. I got up at 9:15 AM to go see Buddy, and then came home and wrote some more. I have one hour to rest before I go back to work. My wrists already hurt. Tylenol, Advil and Aleve will be three of my best friends this month. But I'm having fun. That is the insanity of which I often speak.

After tonight I am off for three days. During those three days I will be a noveling fool. I want to get a buffer on the word count just in case something happens. Getting sick last year during Thanksgiving taught me a lesson I haven't forgotten: Get Ahead Early.

Having a blast, meeting people from all over the world on Twitter, in the NaNo Forums and NaNoChat. I'm too tired to make links for these sites. You can Google it. ;)

Posted by Helen H. David at 3:01 PM
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2 Friends Said:

Lulu November 2, 2009 at 1:38 PM  

You can do this! Just keep writing. When you get sick and tired of writing, take a 5-minute coffe and chat break, then write some more!
You've already done this once before. You CAN do it again!
I'm proud of you!

And now, back to "work". :)

Helen H. David November 2, 2009 at 3:02 PM  

Thanks, sweetie! The only thing is I wasn't working last year. I had the luxury of writing when I wanted to, when the ispiration hit. Now I don't have that luxury. Like today, I was planning on being off three days, and got called in at 1:30PM to be there at 5PM. But in doing that I traded three days off for five. :) So now I just have to spend my non-writing time thinking about where I want the story to go so that when I do get the chance to write I know what to write.
I'll adjust. Hopefully, it will just take a few days.

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