A flying start?
I did plan on doing around 2000 words a night (over the 1667 words per day minimum), and last night I managed 2167, which I am quite pleased about. I understand that others are doing much more but bear in mind I am writing a maximum of 2 and a half hours a day. My plan is to do two hours a day, from 8 until 10pm. Last night I did about am hour and a half before burning out and needing my bed. Hopefully I can keep this up so that the quantity will be there.
Quality wise, I am distinctly lacking at the moment. Last nights writing was basically a little ranting about ‘I don’t know what to write about’, then a little story about a bug that has no idea what he is doing, followed by a spewed version of ideas for the whole book. Not exactly ‘proper’ story writing. Now, the general rule of Nano is never to delete or edit anything you write, so I won’t be touching it. Instead I will colour the sections I definitely do not want to keep in red, and get rid of them afterwards.
For those who have never done Nano before - this is not cheating. A good method for one with writers block, for example, is just to write. Anything. You soon find that the story grows as your muse slowly comes out of hibernation. It took a couple of hundred words for mine to emerge, and then I was off like a shot. In the process of typing up my ideas, my book also changed from fantasy to science fiction. Having never written sci fi before this should be rather a challenge!
I have also found that by removing my temptation for browsing the net (by not having my PC on in the day) I am getting a lot more done. Time and again I have protested that I would only nip back to my machine now and again to check for msn messages, emails, etc, and it did not affect my day at all. Surprising then how much extra time I seem to have gained, alongside renewed energy for other things. Perhaps spending my first evening relaxing on my own letting my imagination run wild and having a fairly early night, rather than surfing the net and gaming until late, also helped.
I managed to sort some clothes out for a charity collection tomorrow, organise and photo clothes I am going to put on ebay, and gather baby clothes for a family members’ impending arrival; I tidied the lounge up (a task which is now completely undone thanks to my active kids, but never mind); made a casserole which took quite some time; cleaned the hob with the assistance of cheap biological washing powder and a hairdryer (don’t ask); and did random housework tasks. Even managed to put the washing out, which reminds me, must go get it in now.
Isn’t my life just thrilling!
Anyway, I have waffled enough. Am actually quite looking forward to this tonight, although I am again unsure where to start.
Ah well, on with the show!
