The last month or so has been a blur, and with so much going on, I thought I’d pull the various events and conferences together in one post. Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Brian Seth Hurst of The Opportunity Management Company. Brian hosts a regular video column at InteractiveTV [...]
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 [...]
Last year I made my first attempt at the NaNoWriMo challenge: write at least a 50,000 word novel from start to finish during the month of November. The resulting novel was garbage (and is still stuck in editing), but the experience was incredibly valuable. There are plenty of posts out there about how to make [...]
Last month I wrote my first novel. In a fit of madness, I decided to use NaNoWriMo as the “perfect” way to ensure I didn’t give up halfway through. Adding to the challenges was the fact that November included two back-to-back long weekend trips and a long weekend holiday. The timing could not have been [...]
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 [...]