Nano Goals and Achievements

 


Happy December!! Hope everyone was able to get lots written last month! I know I definitely did. My plan was to just hit 50k, but when I started writing, I was captured by the characters and they didn't let me go easily. So I ended up writing over 5k the first day. Over 4k the next two days. By day 5, I'd already hit 21k. 

I've no idea why in particular my characters were so wordy, but I can't say I didn't enjoy it. I rode that high as long as I could, but by the end of the month, I was definitely flagging and slowing down. Here's the thing, though. This year has been a rollercoaster. I've also been writing all year, on and off on different stories. 

January, I worked on book 1, getting it ready for my editor. February, worked on book 2. After that, I worked on book 3 for a couple months, then, middle of the year or so, I was informed by my characters that book 4 wasn't ideal for the title of book 4, so what if we had a book 4 that came in between? 

...Well alright then. I suppose. So, June, July, August especially, I started replotting and rewriting book 2 for the second time this calendar year, as well as getting the new book 4 figured out. Just in time for November's Nanowrimo. This entire year, I've kept my head in the story world I created, and that's helped me just take off running for book 4. I know so much about the characters and the story and the antagonists and I can't help but just let it spill onto the blank pages of Scrivener (my writing software).

So, challenge for you all lovely writers. If you're struggling to get words onto the page, try immersing yourself in the story world, let your characters become so real to you that you forget they only exist via the written word. Let the story bubble up and spill over. I bet you'll be surprised at what happens. ^_^

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