Hey all!
It's currently 4 am, and I need to seriously get some writing done. I pretty much procrastinated all day on Friday and didn't get anything done except a good night's sleep. And today, with my younger sister starting to play Neopets (I had long quit but introduced the game to her since she's obsessed with the internet), she kept asking me a million questions which prompted me to revisit the game. So I wasted a few hours playing a Neopets game called Key Quest (addicting). Lol.... I have to say, I'm getting a little tired of my story. I had about 20K written and still hadn't even gotten close to introducing the conflict. Blehh. So today, I pretty much made a huge and horrible transition. No more background story/boring stuff; conflict and plot here I come! My goal is to get at least 30K done by tomorrow (or technically today), so I can procrastinate and have a nice cushion to fall back on during the week days. I have around 22.5K written so that means 8K for tomorrow. Which will probably fail because I have a huge project due Monday, a creative writing assignment, as well as a lot of sleep to catch up on for staying up so late today. XD Wish me luck!
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Reasons to keep doing nanowrimo
Hey guys! So I was lurking on the nanowrimo forums yesterday and saw a few people were thinking of giving up. So i decided to procrastinate on writing (again) and list some reasons why people should keep writing even if they think their writing sucks or they don't have a good plot or whatever. DON'T QUIT NANOWRIMO! REMEMBER, I THINK I CAN I THINK I CAN I THINK I CAN(:
1. You get bragging privileges when you reach 50K
2. You can (hopefully) get out of chores for a whole month
3. You have an excuse to consume an insane amount of sugar and caffeine
4. You wpm will surely increase due to your insane typing skillz you develop during nano
5. You can use this in all your arguments. 1: "You suck." 2:"Oh yeah? Well I wrote a novel. Ha! Hahaha. Oh yeahhhh. That's right. I bet you can't say you did that, huh huh huh? :P" 1:"Loser."
6. November is the month of putting your insecurities and inner editor aside and just writing, no matter how crappy you think it is. So by the end of the month, you'll have 50K or more worth of words to work with and edit to your inner editor's pleasure. Think of it like a detailed outline. Sure you're going to change things, but at least you have the basics down.
7. Even if you don't win, you do get a hefty amount of writing done. And to get better at writing, you have to write.
8. Better time management! Don't throw those precious hours away, you coach potato! Get writing. (I need to learn this skill).
9. Feeling of success(:
10. People will start to give you funny looks when you start talking to yourself in the hallway. What they don't realize is that you are having imaginative conversations with your characters. (Okay, maybe this isn't a good reason...)
11. You'll get it all done in a month. Let's be honest, no matter what you tell yourself, who here really is going to be writing during Christmas break when they could be eating yummy food and begging for expensive presents (or emptying their wallet to pay for said expensive presents). You'll always be able to find an excuse not to write, to hold it off for another day.
12. YOU FINISH A NOVEL(:
So. We all have thoughts of quitting. But that doesn't mean you should let it get the best of you. Keep perserving and writing, even if you don't think it's good enough. Remember to lock your inner editor in a doorless and windowless cage, tight, so it can't escape. Don't look back and edit. Just keep going forward, and in December when you look back, there will be a million good things in your story or at least things that have potential to be good. And that's what counts. If you don't make your daily word count, don't stress out. If you're really busy or tired one day, just type out a hundred words or jot a few down when you have time. Don't kill yourself trying to get to the word count. But don't give up either. There's always the weekend and Thanksgiving break to catch up (only if you're willing to write for 128426917820482196429316 hours).
Right now, my word count is around 17K and going strong (actually, I'm just writing crap but whatever). Good luck everyone and see you at the finish line!
1. You get bragging privileges when you reach 50K
2. You can (hopefully) get out of chores for a whole month
3. You have an excuse to consume an insane amount of sugar and caffeine
4. You wpm will surely increase due to your insane typing skillz you develop during nano
5. You can use this in all your arguments. 1: "You suck." 2:"Oh yeah? Well I wrote a novel. Ha! Hahaha. Oh yeahhhh. That's right. I bet you can't say you did that, huh huh huh? :P" 1:"Loser."
6. November is the month of putting your insecurities and inner editor aside and just writing, no matter how crappy you think it is. So by the end of the month, you'll have 50K or more worth of words to work with and edit to your inner editor's pleasure. Think of it like a detailed outline. Sure you're going to change things, but at least you have the basics down.
7. Even if you don't win, you do get a hefty amount of writing done. And to get better at writing, you have to write.
8. Better time management! Don't throw those precious hours away, you coach potato! Get writing. (I need to learn this skill).
9. Feeling of success(:
10. People will start to give you funny looks when you start talking to yourself in the hallway. What they don't realize is that you are having imaginative conversations with your characters. (Okay, maybe this isn't a good reason...)
11. You'll get it all done in a month. Let's be honest, no matter what you tell yourself, who here really is going to be writing during Christmas break when they could be eating yummy food and begging for expensive presents (or emptying their wallet to pay for said expensive presents). You'll always be able to find an excuse not to write, to hold it off for another day.
12. YOU FINISH A NOVEL(:
So. We all have thoughts of quitting. But that doesn't mean you should let it get the best of you. Keep perserving and writing, even if you don't think it's good enough. Remember to lock your inner editor in a doorless and windowless cage, tight, so it can't escape. Don't look back and edit. Just keep going forward, and in December when you look back, there will be a million good things in your story or at least things that have potential to be good. And that's what counts. If you don't make your daily word count, don't stress out. If you're really busy or tired one day, just type out a hundred words or jot a few down when you have time. Don't kill yourself trying to get to the word count. But don't give up either. There's always the weekend and Thanksgiving break to catch up (only if you're willing to write for 128426917820482196429316 hours).
Right now, my word count is around 17K and going strong (actually, I'm just writing crap but whatever). Good luck everyone and see you at the finish line!
Monday, November 2, 2009
Cheers to another can of coke
It's only day two, and I've already drunk an ungodly amount of soda. I won't be surprised if, by the end of the month, I develop a severe and deadly liver disease from all the caffeine and other garbage in this thing. But at least it keeps me wide awake and writing. (: ha. today is a really bad day for me, writing-wise. I got a huge head start yesterday, and I think that's preventing me from doing my best to write as much as possible today. I'm thinking that since I already have a huge cushion, I don't need to keep writing, but if this keeps up, it's going to be my downfall.
It's so annoying to have swim practice right after school because then I come home tired and ready to fall asleep...but I still have homework and my daily 1,667 words to write. It's almost ten at night, and I've only written about 6oo words today. Talk about sad. I had to go to Costco to get my picture taken for my passport, since I'll be flying out of the country for vacation this winter. Then I convinced my dad to take my sister and I to Borders, where I actually brought my laptop and could sit there typing away like a professional writer. It was really fun! Too bad the chairs were too stiff and made my back hurt, and I kept getting distracted by the books. I wanted to buy a few, but I didn't have a lot of money with me, and my dad refused to pay for anything. So I just got Forest Born, the fourth book in the Books of Bayern Saga/Series, by Shannon Hale. Gotta love her books! I'm trying to restrict myself from reading it until I hit at least 25K, and only if I am ahead of the game, so I can afford to waste some precious time (when I could be writing) to read. I'm probably going to be too tempted though and start reading it. Sigh.
Anyway, I really should get back to writing. I'm really behind on my daily word count... but I'm also really excited! I'm losing the drive to write, mainly because I've hit a boring part, but I got a huge head start yesterday, so I think I can actually win nano this year. So far I have about 11.7K which is technically enough that I don't even have to write this week and still be on track on Saturday. I'm planning to do some major writing (sprints?) on Saturday and Sunday. Maybe Friday as well if I don't get bored of being glued to my computer screen. We'll just have to wait and see.
So bye for now! (: Just keep swimming, just keep swimming. (I love FindingNemo).
It's so annoying to have swim practice right after school because then I come home tired and ready to fall asleep...but I still have homework and my daily 1,667 words to write. It's almost ten at night, and I've only written about 6oo words today. Talk about sad. I had to go to Costco to get my picture taken for my passport, since I'll be flying out of the country for vacation this winter. Then I convinced my dad to take my sister and I to Borders, where I actually brought my laptop and could sit there typing away like a professional writer. It was really fun! Too bad the chairs were too stiff and made my back hurt, and I kept getting distracted by the books. I wanted to buy a few, but I didn't have a lot of money with me, and my dad refused to pay for anything. So I just got Forest Born, the fourth book in the Books of Bayern Saga/Series, by Shannon Hale. Gotta love her books! I'm trying to restrict myself from reading it until I hit at least 25K, and only if I am ahead of the game, so I can afford to waste some precious time (when I could be writing) to read. I'm probably going to be too tempted though and start reading it. Sigh.
Anyway, I really should get back to writing. I'm really behind on my daily word count... but I'm also really excited! I'm losing the drive to write, mainly because I've hit a boring part, but I got a huge head start yesterday, so I think I can actually win nano this year. So far I have about 11.7K which is technically enough that I don't even have to write this week and still be on track on Saturday. I'm planning to do some major writing (sprints?) on Saturday and Sunday. Maybe Friday as well if I don't get bored of being glued to my computer screen. We'll just have to wait and see.
So bye for now! (: Just keep swimming, just keep swimming. (I love FindingNemo).
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Day One
It's currently 6:32 pm, and I'm starting to lose some steam. So far, I have about a good 7K, which is exciting because I have a nice cushion to fall back on during the week, when I might be too busy to right. I waited until midnight to start writing and kept writing to around 5 am... which is pretty crazy, I know. But I had a lot of Nanowrimo forum breaks and two sodas to keep me awake, until I finally decided to go to bed and continue writing later. I woke up at 3 pm, haha, went downstairs to have some belated lunch, and then went back upstairs with a giant jug/can/jar (?) of Meyer chocolate milk that I got from Target (: I had about 6K done when I went to bed, but in three hours, I've only gotten about another 1K... hopefully I get some ideas soon!
Ehh. I'm going to be writing another chapter or two before I start on my homework/studying. Blehh, wish me luck. To everyone who's participating in Nanowrimo, good luck to you all and happy writing! (: I promise I'll put up pictures of my writing space soon.
Ehh. I'm going to be writing another chapter or two before I start on my homework/studying. Blehh, wish me luck. To everyone who's participating in Nanowrimo, good luck to you all and happy writing! (: I promise I'll put up pictures of my writing space soon.
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