NaNoWriMo Update: November 13

I am behind in the word count of my NaNoWriMo 2015 novel. I have to admit that I might have over extended myself this year because I also made other commitments for November. I have finished one of those commitments, but I still have four more to complete. I do not know if I will meet the NaNoWriMo word count this year, but I have leaned one thing which is to carefully consider the amount of writing I can do in a month.

NaNoWriMo Update for Days 2 and 3

On November 2 I wrote 1,753 words. On November 3, I wrote 1,721 words. To date I have written 5,205 words and four chapters. Today I start on Chapter 5 of Star Orphan. I still have to get my protagonist on the planet. I have one of the colony ships on the planet and hope to get the other two down either today or tomorrow.

I have did good this year. As usual, I am writing my chapters out of order because Chapters 2 and 3 are supposed to be Chapters 1 and two, but as usual I begin with something else and then went back to write the first two chapters. I am not sure why, but I can never begin a novel with the chapter I want first. I usually begin with chapter 2, 3. or 4 and then go back to write the other two.

NaNoWriMo Update: Day 21

I am behind by one day, which would ordinarily worry me. I am not worried right now because I am too busy writing blog entries. I do not worry when I write or say prayers. The only time I seem to worry is when my mind is unoccupied. I have to go out after I finish this because I have to purchase a new router and a roasting pan.

dispelling worry
over my NaNoWriMo novel
pray write pray write pray

NaNoWriMo Update: Day 12

I caught up today! I have written 20,315 words since November 1. I have completed 40% of my NaNoWriMo novel Mark of the Blue Wolf. I am wear, but I cannot stop now because I will get behind again.

Happiness is catching up on my NaNoWriMo novel.

Since I cannot seem to think at the moment I am going to post this. I wish every one a Happy NaNoWriMo.

NaNoWriMo Update: Day 8

It is Day 8 of National Novel Writing Month, I have officially written 11,225 words. I am in the process of writing more. I am tired. I cannot stop writing or I will get behind again. I am lucky I have written as much as I have.

I am pushing myself to write. Sometimes I cannot think of anything to write, so I use a prompt or a chapter title to start the writing process for the day. The  prompts work to keep me writing and focus my mind on what my characters are doing for the chapter I am working on or the next chapter.

NaNoWriMo Update: Word Count Update for Days One, Two, and Three

As of Monday, November 3, I completed 5,006 words and three chapters. I did not write anything of Tuesday, November 4, because I worked as a clerk in the General Election. I began work at 6:00 am and got off at 7:30 pm. I spent the entire day at my job focusing on processing voters. As a results, I am one day and 1,667 word and one chapter behind on my National Novel Writing Month novel.

I just finished writing over 700 words on chapter four, The Whispering Wood, I have about 970 words to finish that chapter. Once I finish chapter four then I have to work on chapter five, This Too Shall Pass, after that I can start on chapter six, which should be day six.

I have close to half of The Whisper Wood finished, so I decided to stop and fix myself something to eat. I am fixing a chicken breast with some vegetable for my lunch. I am not going anywhere today because I have to finish two chapters in Mark of the Blue Wolf. I also have to take out some trash and do another blog entry. I have to go out on Thursday to pick up a couple of prescriptions at Smith's Food and Drug Store and I have a letter to mail.

NaNoWriMo Day 30: I wrote 54,658 Words in November

Last night, I uploaded my novel to nanowrimo.org for the official word count. I wrote 54,658 words in November 2013, which is 4,658 more words then the goal. I still have to edit Midnight in Suburbia, which I hope to start in December.

The goal exceeded,
I inhale crisp morning air
and pour another
cup of black coffee.

The word count exceeded,
I cut a huge slice of pumpkin pie,
smother it with whipped cream
and relax with a hot cup of coffee,
while wondering
"Where do I go from here?"
"What  is my next move?"

NaNoWriMo Day 29: Update and a poem

NaNoWriMo Day 29: Chapter 29 Word Count = 1,907
NaNoWriMo Day 29: Chapter 30 Word Count = 1,441
Total Word Count for NaNoWriMo Day 29 = 3,348
Total NaNoWriMo Word Count for November = 54,259
Percentage of 50,000 Words = 108%

I have accomplished the goal of 50,000 word and, I think, I have finished the novel. I am going to download what I have written to a MS Word Document for editing. I will do a spell check and then I will upload it to the NaNoWriMo website for a final count.

The goal is achieved,
but is the novel finished:
Do I need one more chapter?

NaNoWriMo Day 28: Happy NaNoWriMo Thanksgiving

NaNoWriMo Day 27 Chapter 28 Word Count = 1,606
Total Word Count To Date = 50,911
Percentage of 50,000 Word NaNoWriMo Word Count Goal Completed = 101%

It's a NaNoWriMo Thanksgiving
50,000 words done
and two more chapter to write
before I can call the novel complete.

NaNoWriMo Day 27: Update for Day 26

NaNoWriMo Day 26 and Chapter 26 Word Count = 1,784
NaNoWriMo Day 26 and Chapter 27 Word Count = 1, 726
Total Word Count for NaNoWriMo Day 26 = 3,510
Total NaNoWriMo Word Count To Date = 49,305
Percentage of 50,000 Word NaNoWriMo Goal Completed = 98%

write another day
page by page the word count mounts
to 50,000

NaNoWriMo Day 26: Update and a poem

NaNoWriMo Day 25 and Chapter 25 Word Count = 1,747
Total Word Count To Date = 45,795
Percentage of 50,000 Word Goal = 91%

stiff from morning's chill
fingers warm up as I type
91%

NaNoWriMo Day 25: Update for Day 24

NaNoWriMo Day 24 Chapter 23 Word Count = 1,774
NaNoWriMo Day 24 Chapter 24 Word Count = 1,872
NaNoWriMo Day 24 Total Word Count = 3,646

Total NaNoWriMo Word Count To Date = 44,048
Percentage of 50,000 Word Goal Completed = 88%

a chilly morning
word by word a chapter done
hunger satisfied

NaNoWriMo day 24: Update and Sunday Thoughts

NaNoWriMo Day/Chapter 21 Word Count = 1,813
NaNoWriMo Day/Chapter 22 Word Count = 1,771
Total Word Count for Day 23 = 3,584
Total NaNoWriMo Word Count To Date = 40,402
Percentage of 50,000 NaNoWriMo Word Goal Completed = 80%

Sunday Thoughts

Clouds decorate the morning sky.

Las Vegas

is still

damp and chilly

after three (or is it four)

days of rain.

I still have 20%

of my 50,000 word novel to write

and there are only six

days remaining in November.

A cup of hot tea

sustaining me

while I contemplate

the next chapter.

NaNoWriMo Day 23: Update on NaNoWriMo Word Count and Midnight in Suburbia

NaNoWriMo Day 22 Word Count = 0
Sunset in Suburbia Chapters I have to word on = Chapter 21, 22, and 23
Total Word Count To Date = 36,818
Percentage of 50,000 Word Goal = 73%

On a rainy day in Vegas
When outside activity gets me wet
The only thing I can do
Is remain indoors and write.

I don't know how many chapters I will finish today. I don't know if I can remain up all night and write. I thought I would be able to stay up all night Thursday night, but that turned out to be impossible. I hope I can remain awake all night tonight and tomorrow night; however, that may be difficult.

 I do know that I need to make a fresh carafe of coffee and fix me something to eat. I need to fix me something a little more substantial then cookies (I have a package of chocolate cookies), so I will put some milk and cold cereal in a microwaveable container and heat it some so that I can have hot cereal on this chilly rainy Saturday. I still have eggs in the refrigerator and some whole potatoes I can fix for lunch. The only problem with being by myself is that I have to interrupt my writing to fix me something to eat.

NaNoWriMo Day 22: I'm still behind but catching up

NaNoWriMo Day 21 Chapter 20 Word Count = 2,331
Total Word Count To Day = 36,818
Percentage of 50,000 Goal = 73%
Counting today's chapter I have two chapters to make up

NaNoWriMo Day 20: Update and thoughts

NaNoWriMo Day 19 and Chapter 19 Word Count = 1,673
Total NaNoWriMo Word Count To Date = 34,487
Percentage of 50,000 Word Goal = 68%

This morning I feel rushed. I have so much to do and, I feel as if, I have so little time to do it. I have to take a deep breath and calm down or I will not accomplish anything today. Yesterday, I did all right; I did the best I could under the circumstances. The only thing I really want to do is right; however, as I sit at the computer and look across the living room, I see the plate from last night's cheese snack waiting to be washed.

I have dishes to do, so before I go back in the kitchen, I have to pick up the plate and take it with me. I have dishes in the sink soaking, which is a bad habit I have to change. I suspect I may be moving into a place with three other people. If I have room mates or quad mates, I cannot leave dishes overnight. Of course, if the place has a working dishwasher then there will not be a problem because I can rinse my dirty dishes and put them in the dishwasher; however, I am not sure I will be that lucky.

I desire to write
while I sip hot dark coffee
one cup at a time

NaNoWriMo Day 19: Update and NaNoWriMo Thoughts

NaNoWriMo Day 18 Word Count for Chapter 18 = 2,367
Total NaNoWriMo Word Count to Date = 32,814
Percentage of 50,000 Word Goal = 65%

Despite the difficulties of a late start because of a doctor's appointment, having visitors, and encountering a slight hiccup in my sprint exercises, I wrote more words in a single day (November 18) then ever before. I exceeded my previous one day word count record, of 2,043 words, on November 5, (I am not counting the 3,607 words I wrote on November 17 because part of that making up for being one day behind on my NaNoWriMo word count).

NaNoWriMo Day 17: Update and Thoughts on Procrastination

NaNoWriMo Day 16 word count = 0
Total Words Written To Date = 26,840
Percentage of 50,000 NaNoWriMo Word Count Accomplished = 53%

Thoughts on Procrastination

Because I procrastinated
I am behind 1,667 words
even though
the time is last
it may be possible
to catch up on the word count.

Food for Thought: “You can't just turn on creativity like a faucet. You have to be in the right mood.
What mood is that?
Last-minute panic.”
― Bill Watterson

Well I'm not quite to the point of "Last-minute panic." However, I will be if I do not get back to writing Midnight in Suburbia.

NaNoWriMo Day 13: Update from a wery writer

NaNoWriMo Day 12 word count = 1,757
Total word count to date = 21,588

I am tired! I spent the entire morning waiting in line for food. The only writing I accomplished was a couple of entries in my pen and paper journal, which I carry with me at all times. I finally got back home about 11:45 am or 12:00 pm and carried the food I picked up this morning into the house. I then made a carafe of coffee, ate a couple of bananas and an egg sandwich. Then visitors came and I spent a couple of hours talking to them, while cleaning out a filing cabinet that I am leaving in the house when I move.

I am tired! I cannot go to sleep because I am not sleepy. I cannot go to sleep because I have to catch up on the writing I did not do this morning because I was waiting in line. I also have to make out some papers and print a three or four items off before I can go to bed. In addition, my back hurts from standing in line so long, so I think I will get something else to eat and take a pain pill.

NaNoWriMo Day 6: Updating my prograss and some thoughts about my chapters

NaNoWriMo Day 5 word count = 9,258
Chapter 5 word count = 2,043

Six days into National Novel Writing Month and I am having second thought about chapter 1. This is normal for me except that it is a little early in the month. Normally I start having second thought on my beginning chapter half-way through the month and then I write another chapter that I think would be a better beginning to the book. I do not rewrite any chapter I have completed, but I do write a new chapter and add it to my NaNoWriMo novel.

I completed a poem with the same name as my novel. The poem is not part of my word count because I started it before NaNoWriMo begin, but I may use it as the introduction or dedication after I finish the novel. I do not write my novel's introduction or dedication during NaNoWriMo; all though, sometimes I write a prologue. I did not write prologue yet, but I am still considering writing one before the end of November. This year I begins with chapter one without even considering what I wanted to say in the prologue.