Hit 20K on my NaNo today! Which means I am about four days ahead of schedule, which is awesome. I'm sure I'll hit a slow-down sooner or later (here's hoping for later!), but for now, I'm maintaining a nice steady pace.
Don't get me wrong - this thing is going to need a hell of a lot of editing and rewriting. Not just revising - full-out "What the hell was I thinking when I wrote this, how many cliches can I fit in one sentence, I think I wrote better as a fifth grader!" rewrites. But at least I'll have something to rewrite, and that's the important part.
There are a few things helping me stay focused this year. I seem to have settled into a nice schedule of writing from 3am - 6am, which probably wouldn't work too well if half of my late night chat partners hadn't disappeared for the past week or so. Dangle something like a pretty shiny flashing IM box in front of me and just watch that concentration dissolve. Sure, I could turn off AIM for awhile, but I happen to like feeling moderately connected to the world.
Besides, I'd also end up cutting off contact with this year's NaNo Buddy. There's something inspiring about watching Rishi's word count fly by. No direct competition there, but having someone else writing and posting word counts at the same time as you works wonders in the enthusiasm department, never mind having someone to babble to about your story as you try to work out the little snafus that show up when writing on the fly.
See? Instant messaging can be a good thing!
And this week, I will definitely try to get the comic page started today instead of saving it all for Tuesday. Because yeah, that? Didn't work so well.
Anyways, back to work I go!
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