Ugh!

So here I am on the 11th of November with a paltry 5000 words written, I am so far behind it isn't even funny. This month just hasn't been cooperative with my writing so far. But I am not giving up hope. There is still a lot of month left and I am going to get caught up and finish. I hope everyone else is doing well.

Steve

I Am There with You.

Don't get down David. I got 2,000 words on Nov. 1 and 700 words on Nov. 5. That was all of my writing for the week. The spreadsheet I am using to track my word count is very intimidating right now. The only thing we can do is put our heads down and keep on writing.

I am happy to see that a few people have posted here on the blog. I thought this might be an easier way for everyone that I know who is participating to keep in touch and help bolster one another's spirits as the challenges of trying to write like mad for a month come up.

Ran into my first roadblock

So I wrote fairly well on Monday but Tuesday I spent the day outlining character arcs. My novel is about a small town and small town politics. There are ten characters I list as needing to have story arcs to carry it off. I realized I was stuck at writing the next scene because I wasn't sure who's arc needed to be touched now. So more planning. Oh the struggles of a discovery writer. I really wish I could outline better. Then I know the words would flow faster.

One thing about Monday's writing (about 2,000 words) the scene played out well and I am very happy with the dialogue.

Good luck to you all and I hope it we all get it this year.

David Larsen

So, I did it!

I'm officially signed up for Nanowrimo and have begun to write! I'm a little blog-tarded, but as penance for not telling Steve I was doing Nanowrimo I have subscribed anyway, AND I'm posting! Happy noveling!

Hey All

This blog is for family and friends to post and share the experience of National Novel Writing Month this year.