Did I Mention I Finished....

Okay so last year I tried to write every day of the month and we all know how that turned out (not quite).  This year I wasn't sure if I was even doing Nano until the 31st of October and then at about 10:30 that night I decided what the heck.  I went ahead and let it rip and it more or less fell.

I started out slower than normal but I had already figured that I wouldn't make the same totals as last year considering that my time is way busier this year.  Still I was doing better than I thought.  The problem was, or at least the problem in my opinion, was that I was writing like three different novels at once.  I would have a thought about this one and I would write that but then another one would pop in my head and I would write that one.  It was really starting to get confusing but one jumped out and was like "no you are writing me" and that was all she wrote or rather I wrote.

I found myself concentrating on a novel that I had start around the first of the year but never really went any further than a couple of pages of a prologue and a little bit of a synopis and character introduction.  Yet these character would not sit still.  They came into the forefront and the next thing I knew I was really writing.  Like every chance I got writing.  I even managed to reach the 50K before my birthday which is always a goal and something I had done the previous two years.  To say I was surprised would be like saying the economy sucks.  Obvious.

Anyhoo, I was also using a new software called Scrivener and although it isn't a "new" new software it was new to me in the sense that I had downloaded the beta to test it last year and really did nothing but look at it and say "it's pretty" and then move on.  This year I really dove in and wrote the whole thing in it and in the process fell in love.  I tell you that software kept me on target way more than any other time I have ever written anything.  I even did a rough outline using their index card method and the biggest surprise of the month was that I actually FINISHED THE NOVEL!!!!

You read that right.  I got to those elusive word "The End" and was able to write a little bit of the sequel.  I can't tell you what a joy it was to actually finish.  I have finished a few short stories and almost all the fanfiction that I have written but never one of my own original novels; never something this long.

Now there are A LOT  of edits that need to get done but I can't wait to dive back into it and start.  That is on hold until after the first or at the very least after Christmas as I have so much to catch up on, namely sleep, but once I am back at it I think I could really turn this into something.

So there you have it.  I know that I didn't do the updates that I normally do but can you blame me when the result is an COMPLETED NOVEL!!!  Sorry but I can't stop saying it.  Oh well, I am off to finish my real work and hopefully get to the movies this afternoon.

Talk soon-ish,

Back at it for 2011

Yes I decided to put aside my fears that I won't write as fast as I have in the previous two years and do NaNo again this year.

We are four days in and let me tell you they have been a crazy four days.  I have changed stories about four times, I have written all over the place, I have topped my previously high number of words in an hour and to top all that off I am still just under 10K; go figure.

I was right when I thought about doing this is realizing that it would be a challenge this year.  My time is so crazy and adding this in has pushed it almost to the brink.  That being said I really think if I could pick one story and just focus that I could get to 50K fairly easy.  Getting to the end would be a completely different story but hey that is part of the challenge.

Alright my wonderful wrimos I am off to make the couple of calls that I need to handle today and then writing for a few hours before I tackle my room.  Wish me works.

Ps. I am also glad that basketball got pushed back this year.  I miss it but I would have been crazy trying to watch the games at the same time as everything else.

To NaNo or Not to NaNo; That is the Question

Boy has it really almost been a half year since I posted and a year since the last NaNoWriMo.  It is hard to believe but it's true and the saddest thing is that I am still working on by novel from last year.  It is way to long and at the present moment in time not finished but that isn't the one that I want to work on this year which leads to my problem.

This has been a crazy year and my time has been so insane of late that I for the first time in three years I am thinking about not doing it.  However, I wonder if I don't want to it simply because I'm not sure that I can finish in the time frame that I have before.  I know it is silly but it might be the truth that or just the fact that I really don't know if I can devote the time to it that i should.

Truthfully, I want to do it if for no other reason I have like three different idea in my head that i would love to get down on paper and doing NaNo might give me the motivation to actually sit down and write them.  Plus with my time being so limited then it might also give me the focus that I need to ACTUALLY finish the novel instead of just reaching the 50,000 mark.  Either way I'm still not sure which is sad because I only have 8 days to decide.  What to do, what to do.

Whatever I decide I will be sure to keep you all posted.

Denver Writing Still Slow

I had this great idea that I was going to finish my novel and then edit it while on vacation in Denver. Well, that didn't pan out. Then I came up with a back up idea that I would finish it while in Denver and then edit it when I got back. So far that plan is going about as great as the original.

I have been visiting for a little over a week and so far I have only really edited about two or three chapters and cut about a thousand words. It is really insane. I know that I need to get this done but I just can't seem to get my mind to work on it. Every time I sit down to write or edit then I get sleepy and I can't concentrate.

Part of that could be that I'm with people that wake up really early in the morning and I am just not a morning person so I find that I feel tired almost all day long.

I have another week or so up here and I am determined to get this done. Wish me words and I will keep you posted.