Just call me Slacker McSlackerson. While I'm doing really well with NaNoWriMo (I wrote 6,023 words yesterday just to play the catch up game and get back on track), I've failed miserably at my writing while standing goal. When I find my notebook I'll update how many hours I actually did but, well, it's not a lot.
I am really pleased with how my story is developing and pulling together in this last stretch of NaNo. I know I'm not alone in this, but I don't think that 50,000 will be the end mark for my novel. In past years at the end of November I've taken a break from writing but this year I'll continue on until my novel is finished. And then of course I'll take that much needed break.
Now, I know I'm getting ahead of myself, but in between making some deodorant, working on some orange essential oil, and helping my daughter to search for the garden fairy in the front garden I happened across this article. I'm still unsure of which route I'll take when it comes to publishing, but this seemed to have some great advice on editing for those self publishing.
How is everyone doing for this last week of NaNo? If you're not doing NaNo what have you been up to this November?
Hi Caitlin - So glad to hear you're doing well with NaNo...writing standing up? That's a new one on me. I'm not doing NaNo this year, because I was finishing up a MS at the beginning of November...now I'm plotting. I'm a consummate plotter, and don't write the first words of a MS for weeks. Good luck with your work, and if you find the garden fairy, let me know. I could really use one of those :-)
ReplyDeleteEven if you write while standing even part of the time, that's better than nothing. Does this mean the squat thrusts are out, too?
ReplyDeleteWhile everybody else is trying to add words this November, I've been cutting them. I've spent November revising my manuscript, trying to drop 12k words. Technically, I've met that goal now, since my manuscript *rounds* to the target wordcount of 65k. But I'd like to drop it further.
Go, you! Sounds like you're doing great—standing or not!
ReplyDeleteWell done on the 6000 words. The most I've managed in one day was 4000ish, and - boy! - did I feel sore when I finished. It was like a jetlagged feeling.
ReplyDeleteI'm running out of story, and I'm desperate to edit. I've got several story lines, and I long to print the MS out cut it up and put all those story lines in order, so I can see the missing bits. If I did that I'd easily get past 50k, but it's too much work to do before the 30th. Will just have to write rubbish to get to the target!
Good luck for the last week :-)
Congrats on all the words! I'm not doing NaNo--I've spent a lot of this month on revisions, so that article was very interesting to me :) But I hope to start drafting something new very soon!
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