Not sure if I'm going to make it...

There is an awful lot of red over there in that graph.  I'm currently standing at 32,742 words in <a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/userinfo.php?uid=128318 ">my novel</a>.  I'm supposed to be at 50,000 words in two days.  I'm beginning to accept the fact that that's probably not going to happen.  However, I am determined to finish the story - maybe I'll shoot for 40,000 words instead.

I think looking back on it, I just cared too much about the story to JUST WRITE.  I kept editing what I had written and worried too much about what somebody may think of it when they read it in December.  Forgetting all along that this was supposed to be a ROUGH DRAFT.  I kept wanting it to be a GOOD rough draft - good enough that people would actually want to read it.  And that, I think, was the problem.

I didn't possess "literary abandonment" as the Nanowrimo website loves to put it.

Oh well, there is always next year!

J

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http://www.jasonmwilliams.com/

Watch "Resonance" on Google Video

Very cool video demonstrating resonance. Looks like it is a speaker under a piece of sheet metal with some sand sprinkled on top.

Resonance

2 min 4 sec - Oct 29, 2006
Average rating:   (245 ratings)

Picking up steam

Alright, the novel is getting back on track. I'm almost at the halfway mark, with 10 days to go. That's going to put me on a pace of about 2500 words a day. Definitely do-able. But with Thanksgiving coming up, it is certainly going to be a challenge. Definitely taking the laptop out of town with me and hopefully won't offend the fam that much.

Plot is coming together and just cranked out a painful passage where the main character has a big loss in his life. "What happened?" you ask? Well, if I told you that I'd spoil the surprise wouldn't I? You'll just have to wait to find out!

J

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http://www.jasonmwilliams.com/

Bad counter widget

Ugh.  I just realized last night that the widget to the right is not giving me accurate goals to shoot for.  I don't know if it is a bug in their software or it doesn't do what I thought it did.  In any event, this is the 10th day of the month, and according to the widget I'm only 1200 words in the hole which is not bad at all.  But, in reality I should be at about the 17,000 word mark about now.  Which is about 5000 words behind.  Big difference.

I know what I'm going to be doing this weekend!

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http://www.jasonmwilliams.com/

Novel is up and going

It's starting to get some legs.  I'm up over 4000 words now and chugging hard.  Hoping to use all this enthusiasm to build a good buffer going into week 2.  I'm thinking this weekend should be pretty productive.

J

Day One Over

Well, Day One has passed of NaNoWriMo.  I'm at 1300+ words.  Not a bad start, right?  Good news is I have my ending now in mind.  I like it a lot, so that's good motivation.  Last night, I was so sleepy I couldn't finish the scene I was working on, so tonight I think I'm going to treat myself to a Starbucks Frappuccino at about 10pm - that should keep the wheels turning for a while!

J