So, this year’s installment of NaNoWriMo got off to a less than stellar start. I was behind on day one, and it only got worse as the week wore on. Total word count the end of day 7: 2,684 (v. the minimum goal of 11,667). It didn’t help that I started last week with a [...]
Day 29 stats: Min. Daily Average Word Count: 1,667 Word Count Goal: just over 3,000 Actual Word Count: 3,045 Daily Word Count Score (words in excess of min daily average): +1,378 Total Word Count Score: 50,067 Chapters complete: 21 With a day to spare, I inched my way across the 50,000 work goal and promptly [...]
Day 28 stats: Min. Daily Average Word Count: 1,667 Word Count Goal: 2,500 Actual Word Count: 2,101 Daily Word Count Score (words in excess of min daily average): +434 Total Word Count Score: 47,022 Chapters complete: 20 Wrapped up the climax chapter, but I’m still staring down a 3K work final chapter, which feels long. [...]
Day 27 stats: Min. Daily Average Word Count: 1,667 Word Count Goal: 3,000 Actual Word Count: 3,435 Daily Word Count Score (words in excess of min daily average): +1,768 Total Word Count Score: 44,921 Chapters complete: 19 In to the home stretch. Just started the climax chapter, which leaves a chapter for wrap-up. It won’t [...]
Day 26 stats: Min. Daily Average Word Count: 1,667 Word Count Goal: 2,500 Actual Word Count: 2,073 Daily Word Count Score (words in excess of min daily average): +406 Total Word Count Score: 41,486 Chapters complete: 18 Just slugging out words at this point and trying to get Mia/Kenji/Sora to the climax location. Planning on [...]
Day 25 stats: Min. Daily Average Word Count: 1,667 Word Count Goal: 3,000 Actual Word Count: 3,203 Daily Word Count Score (words in excess of min daily average): +1,536 Total Word Count Score: 39,413 Chapters complete: 17 Definitely made up some lost ground today. It felt good to get this much writing done, especially as [...]
Day 24 stats: Min. Daily Average Word Count: 1,667 Word Count Goal: 2,500 Actual Word Count: 1,969 Daily Word Count Score (words in excess of min daily average): +302 Total Word Count Score: 36,210 Chapters complete: 16 Sensing the wrap up of act two, as I now have all three main characters together and working [...]
Day 23 stats: Min. Daily Average Word Count: 1,667 Word Count Goal: 1,700 Actual Word Count: 0 Daily Word Count Score (words in excess of min daily average): -1,667 Total Word Count Score: 34,241 Chapters complete: 15 Spend the entire day catching up from the Futures of Entertainment 4 conference, plus heading down for the [...]
Day 22 stats: Min. Daily Average Word Count: 1,667 Word Count Goal: 1,700 Actual Word Count: 2,037 Daily Word Count Score (words in excess of min daily average): +370 Total Word Count Score: 34,241 Chapters complete: 15 Managed to at least hit minimum daily average while flying home (thank you Virgin America and Google for [...]
Day 21 stats: Min. Daily Average Word Count: 1,667 Word Count Goal: 500 Actual Word Count: 0 Daily Word Count Score (words in excess of min daily average): -1,667 Total Word Count Score: 32.204 Chapters complete: 14 Again, no writing. Too busy cogitating over the endless cerebral stimulation from the Futures of Entertainment 4 Conference.