NaNoWriMo is awesome. It may not be the highest quality
writing (far from it), but I’m writing a lot, and a lot more than I would
normally. I have so far a word-count of 30,140 words. I wrote 10,000 of these
in the past 72-hours, and I had my first 5k day yesterday. My novel has a surprisingly
active plot, considering the fact that I don’t plan at all. I have a lot of
dialogue, which is nice. My characters are getting along well, and there has
been a good amount of action, at least according to me. I’m just so happy while
writing it, and it seems like everything’s been working out really well. It’s
not so much that the story’s great, although I happen to think I have a great
premise; it’s more that I’m just really enjoying the process. Writing a novel
is a seriously amazing thing.
I have
told most of my family members that I’m writing a novel, so as to keep me
committed to my word-count, et cetera. My aunt, upon hearing about this (and
after a few email-exchanges) sent me a package in the mail. It was a big bag
filled with chocolate with different types for different levels of motivation,
six-word memoirs, and a nice card as well. She rocks. I did thank her for that,
by the way.
In my
novel for the past 17,960 words:*
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My MC tells her friend what she is going to
attempt (her journey to find the Exiles)
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My MC and her best friend survive on little food
·
They (MC and best friend) realize that tunics
aren’t made to support hare-brained journeys where you walk for days to try to
find your friends who may be dead already
·
Kera (MC) gets a heatstroke
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They find the community
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There’s a bit of romance
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MC realized working in the fields is awful
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Someone dies
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People are sad
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People are happy
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They leave the Exiled Community, breaking away
in the middle of the night
·
People act like scared daredevils
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Soup spills on someone’s shoes
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I have more stupid tree metaphors
·
I expand to include stupid sky metaphors and
stupid wheat metaphors (See, I’m not just a one-trick horse, everyone! See . .
. Or not.)
And more! I’m having an awesome time
writing my novel and I hope everyone else is too.
Sincerely,
Katia, the writer girl
*What I wrote in the last week.
Sounds interesting! I've always wanted to participate in NaNoWriMo, but unfortunately I always have another book I'm working on every year during this time. Maybe next year. =)
ReplyDeleteThank you! I was racking my brain to try to come up with facts that I had written that would actually be of inter to other people. Anyway, there's always next year. And there is also Camp NaNoWriMo, where you do the same thing, but in June or August. Also, it's camp-thememed, which is rather fun. Thanks for stopping by!
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