Comments on: NaNoWriMo is upon us! Post your progress.

By: EmilieK

EmilieK — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:18:30 +0000

As of last night when I stopped writing I'm at 12,174. Trying to stay ahead so I can take Thanksgiving and my Hubby's b-day off.

By: ChrisMacG

ChrisMacG — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:34:28 +0000

I'm at 11,703 and about to start writing for the evening.

By: Jackie

Jackie — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:57:55 +0000

This is my first year and so far I'm loving it. I'm currently and eight thousand-and-something, and am hoping to hit the big 10k tonight.

Good luck, fellow NaNo-ers!

By: jwlash

jwlash — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:34:18 +0000

After completing the goal last year (though that story is far from finished) I couldn't let it pass this year. It was too much fun. I haven't started working on tonight's quota, I am just about to. Bonne chance, everyone!

By: Jen Graham

Jen Graham — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:12:45 +0000

I'm at 6,048 and kind of starting to regret NaNo (it doesn't help that the person who I agreed to do it with gave up already...). I didn't write Tuesday because of the election and yesterday I had an allergic reaction that took out my hands, so my momentum is a bit shot. If I can get close to 10,000 words by the end of today I might keep going. It's tough!

By: TheKeyLime

TheKeyLime — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:27:48 +0000

Yay! Good luck! I got a late start with elections and whatnot and pounded out my first 3,000 words last night. Already I hate my main character

Keep those fingers flying!

By: Ali S.

Ali S. — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:57:10 +0000

Keep at it folks!

By: Amphritrite

Amphritrite — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:08:50 +0000

I hit 20K last night, and I'm still going strong!

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:04:20 +0000

Wow, what a coincidence. I had totally "written off" the contest due to a slogging, stifled storyline. Until just this morning, upon waking from a muse-infested dream that gave me the direction I needed. Contest or no, I will be writing in earnest tonight, and more!

By: michael smith

michael smith — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:57:37 +0000

I'm at 6700. To date the biggest challenge I've had is ignoring that little word counter at the bottom of the screen that automatically updates as I type. I'll pound out a paragraph and that damn counter updates and I say, "Really? Fifteen words? It felt more like 1000."

By: LeEMS

LeEMS — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:11:15 +0000

I buckled down to get to 9532 last night since I will lose time this weekend.

My Nanowrimo profile: http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/422254

By: Gidget

Gidget — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:08:19 +0000

I'm 11,829 - I started strong but have wavered a bit the last few days, hoping I can keep it up!

By: Joel Goodman

Joel Goodman — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:24:12 +0000

I'm at 6856, but only because I slacked yesterday. I've gotta pick up the pace today. My NaNoWriMo profile.

By: pigeonoverlord

pigeonoverlord — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:12:34 +0000

I'm doing it too, this year is my second time. I won just under the wire, finishing on the 30th last year.

This is my link: http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/212276

I'm at 22,311 words right now. I don't have it in front of me, but I know I'm over 75 pages. I'd love to finish early this time, but there's always the possibility of a HUGE case of writer's block.

It's still early days, if you're not doing it yet, it's not too late to start!

By: richelmore

richelmore — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:30:22 +0000

Wow! I'm so pleased to see my favorite website post about my favorite writing contest (which is currently consuming all extra energy and mental acuity I have). I'm at 8618 after spending the last two days trying to catch up.

You can definitely do it, and just remember, when those writing muses really get to you, those words are just going to pour out! Good luck!

By: JamesM

JamesM — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 07:30:16 +0000

I don't know if this would be cheating (on several levels at that), but I dedicated November to finishing up the final revisions to my first draft to the story I started in June and worked on through July. It's also in quasi screenplay format but with expanded narratives and descriptions instead of just stage directions or simple explanations of actions. Rough math has me at 60k words, shrink out about 15% to 20% for screenplay formatting (proprietary app, reinstalled Windows on PC, need to install app, used my original text file to calculate word count which has been revised more than 50 times since), scene headers (though I could argue it's a less wordy version of a introduction to location), etc... that puts me at roughly 48,000 to 50,000 words. First draft at standard screenplay margins once the story was completed ran 247 pages. Widening the margins and shrinking the font brought it down to 195. Definitely too big to be shopping around... though I do wonder what I should do with it when I'm done revising and making corrections.

By: Sara

Sara — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 06:48:48 +0000

Ha ha, don't feel too bad! I'm only at 3200ish.
@___@

By: Autumn

Autumn — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 06:24:23 +0000

Ugh, I am only at 4800. So yea... bleh. Granted I'm also doing national blog posting month on two blogs. Hopefully I'll find my rhythm.

By: bobeesah

bobeesah — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 06:21:45 +0000

I love NaNoWriMo. Last year I opted out since the baby was a mere 3 weeks when it started, but I'm on it this year! The story line is kind of all over the place, but it's going along ok.

@ a tad over 5,000.

By: Dr Wicked

Dr Wicked — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 06:21:41 +0000

I'm at 6541 words, tomorrow I need to write 3459 words to catch up to where I'm supposed to be.
I wrote a little web app that helps people get writing done, it's called Write or Die.
http://lab.drwicked.com/writeordie.html
If you stop writing, there will be consequences.
Gentle Mode: Polite Warning Box
Normal Mode: Unpleasant Sound
Kamikaze Mode: Stop writing and your work will start unwriting itself.
Good for NaNo and writing in general.
Good luck fellow Novelists!

By: myleti

myleti — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:44:55 +0000

If I said I was doing it then, I've forgotten by now!

Perhaps I should start, I don't know how good it will sound, I'm a rather picky writer as well, but I'm going to try!

By: MJ

MJ — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:36:46 +0000

I tried last year, and failed miserably. And this year I forgot about it! I'm maybe going to use the month to motivate myself and write a radio script in the month - they only tend to be 40 pages long though.

By: demosthenes

demosthenes — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:18:41 +0000

Woo! I'm doing it as well, for the third year. It's loads of fun, and the feeling of satisfaction at the end is incomparable... I'm currently at a shade over 7000, so I'm a little behind as well, but stick with it! It's easy to get bogged down during Week Two, but just keep writing and everything will be awesome forever. Oh, and I'm Kublai Khan on the forums.

By: Brian Lutz

Brian Lutz — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:12:17 +0000

I've thought about doing this, but there's no way I could ever finish something like this in a month. I seem to have no problem generating one or two 1,000-1,500 word posts on my Blog per week (plus a couple of shorter ones,) but 50,000 words in a month is just a bit more than my attention span will allow. I tend to be something of a VERY finicky writer, and would not do well with such a quantity over quality approach. Editing, it would seem, is for the weak.

That said, I've got an idea for something I'd like to try that would be more in line with the 1,500-2,000 words per week approach on a Blog, If I can get the basics in order I plan to kick this off at the beginning of the year, and write on a weekly basis. Over the course of a year, that should easily be good for 75-100,000 words.

By: Ali S.

Ali S. — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:56:47 +0000

Good luck to you Stacy and everyone else who joins in! I'd love to join you folks, however, I can't even write more than two pages in my journal!

By: Leyla

Leyla — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:20:50 +0000

Good luck all. I did this four years in a row and won only once. It's a toughie, but a wonderful feeling if you win!

By: seekshelter

seekshelter — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:12:03 +0000

im at 5208.. ive been sick the past 2 days so most of my computer time has been spent trying not to get too behind on my work work. but im feeling better now so i'll probably be writing tomorrow. if anyone wants to add me on the nano site, my user name is...this shouldn't be a surprise... seekshelter

i've also been hitting some of the south austin write-ins

By: cybele

cybele — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:06:26 +0000

Hooray! (You can post the word count widget here so folks can get updates on your progress automatically!)

I'm at 8,100 ... I only write on weekends, so I should be at 10,000 but I'm always a slow starter. I find it's much better to be a little behind than ahead, keeps me from getting cocky.

By: mrmuggles

mrmuggles — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:58:16 +0000

I meant, don't forget to tell us... sorry, I can't edit my comment

By: mrmuggles

mrmuggles — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:57:28 +0000

Wow Stacy! Good luck with that project! I'd like to participate, but I don't have enough free time... you know, browsing the net, reading your website, commenting... it's time consuming! Don't forget when you'll finish it, I'd love to read it!