This week I'm celebrating:
1) Since last Friday, I got 3 chapters (6500 words) written and 2200 of it revised. Yay!
2) Unfortunately, since I have to finish 11 chapters by the end of the month, that means I must write and revise (can't give my CPs un-revised doo-doo) 3 chapters per week. Piece of cake ... IF the weeks were 9 days long. Which they aren't...
3) Rather than freaking out over my daily totals and beating myself up with the math stick, I'm pretending it's doable.
4) I'm strapping on my Swim Fins, and like Dory, I'm going to "Just Keep Swimming..."
How do you NaNo-ers write 50k in a month?? Are you super-human??
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42 comments:
I am lost in admiration for anyone who can get 50,000 words done in a month. But they do. There are some NaNoers who do it every year! Whether they also manage to get their works edited and ready for publication may be another matter, but if you don't write, you can't edit, can you? :-)
I suspect Medeia Sharif of being super human or a Terminator-type author. She whips out the pages at a phenomenal speed.
Have a great weekend, Lexa!
Writing 50K in a month isn't (or wasn't) such a problem, but the words don't tend to be great. And yours usually are, so you shouldn't beat yourself up about being slow. You just write in a different way…. Good on you for getting through 3 chapters in a week! I know you can get through the rest of them by the end of the month. Just keep at it!
Well done on the writing this week. Hope the words continue to flow.
Just keep swimming, Lexa :)
Omigosh, good luck on meeting your deadlines! I've done NaNoWriMo more than once and it's stressful. You just plow on ahead until you fall asleep. It's the revisions that are the most time consuming, though. It's great that you got so much done in a short amount of time.
That's great that you got some writing and revising done. I find I get stressed out by big word count goals, or chapter goals, as in your case. Just keep on writing until you're done. You will be, someday!
You're working hard, Lexa. If I wrote 50,000 words in 1 month, I'd be crazy and the words would probably be nonsense.
When I did NaNo I put my head down and wrote, really didn't do a whole lot of revising until it was all over and done with. And don't sweat the word count too much. Have fun!
It is do-able! It certainly won't be if you don't try, right?
I'm confident that you'll reach your deadline. You seem like a focused gal and that's what it takes to get the job done. I'm in awe of anyone who can write lots and lots of words say like in a novel. I wish I could give myself permission to write freely, but my brain stirs too much causing me to feeble over itself. The end results NOTHING. I don't write anything. Oh well...maybe one day I will just relax and go with it. Meanwhile, I'll enjoy pecking out a few paragraphs 3 (sometimes 5) times a week on my blog. Have an awesome weekend, Lexa!
Sounds like you're on a roll Lexa! Keep it up!
I've done 50K a month, but not for NaNo. I can do that when I have the summer off or if I'm really pushing myself on weekends, and no edits due. Keep going. You can do it.
I will never ever know how anyone does 50K in a month...I can get a lot of words down but it's so hard to polish them. I'm one of those who likes to polish as I go (I know that may not be best since I can't get a clear grip on my story till I draft) but yeah, speed and writing and me don't mix lol :)
I'm into the editing and rewriting phase of getting my next book written, so I can relate. Have a wonderful weekend!
Little by little, progress is sweet.
You can do it! Yes, you can! Great. Now, Bob the Builder and Little Engine that Could are going to be in my head all day. But I'm pulling out my pompoms for you!
That's fantastic wordage! Don't fret over what still needs to be written. You'll get it done, somehow. I believe in you. :) I'm not sure I'd like 9 day weeks, because I'm sure I'd just find more obligations to stuff in my week.
Wow, three chapters in a week. I don't think I've ever written that much. I'm lucky if I can write just one. I tend to be a slooow writer. Keep plugging away at it! But if you don't get there, don't beat yourself up and go ahead and celebrate what you did accomplish!
Good luck getting your chapters written! You can do it :)
I could convene a committee to look at making weeks 9 days long, but given that committees take forever to decide anything anyway, I doubt it'll happen soon enough to do you any good. Just keep swimming! You can do it!
Indeed, they *are* super humans.
Dory's advice is amazing. Sometimes we might not know which direction to swim, or which shark to trust, but it's all part of our story.
To us and our swimming abilities!
Dory's advice is the best as sometimes when it comes to writing that's all we can do. :)
Yay progress! Any progress is better than none.
How can we make 9-day weeks happen? Especially if the work-week remains 5-days long... then I'd REALLY be able to make progress.
Most of what I write during NaNo is fluff, finding my way to the story. The NaNo story I wrote over 2 different Novembers (many years apart) is the one that I'm not working with to form into a novel. I've been slogging through it, rewriting, revising, chopping and adding, for almost a year now.
Sounds like you're on a roll! Keep up the good work and remember to have fun. I'm struggling with revisions... not my favorite thing to do.
Looks like Foxy has been busy nosing out the free things! Lots of good stuff.
Three chapters in a week is awesome! Speaking as a slow writer, major kudos to you. As to the rest, you'll get it done. And when you do, I will be ready to read it. Happy Friday!
50K? Just spit it out. The thing is, you then have to clean them up!
I'm wishing you strength, speed and skill with the sheer number of chapters you have to work with. I know you can do it!
Good luck finishing.
I don't think I could write 50K words in a month. But I should probably try to sometime.
You never know what you can do until you try!
The only way I might be able to write 50K in one month is if I didn't have a day job. Even then it's a maybe.
You keep those swim fins on. You're going great. What a goal. I look forward to NaNo every year, but once a year is enough. And what a lot of freebies! :-)
Enjoy the accomplishments :)
I'll bet you'll surprise yourself with how much you get done, Lexa. You're doing great. We're all cheering for you.
Wow, that's some good writing and revising you got in for the week!
I like Dory's motto - I just watched this movie a couple of weeks or so ago (again). So cute. :)
Sorry, Lexa! I can get you a week with 8 days. ;)
But 9 is right out.
I hear you on the nine days thing. I was supposed to have a proposal in months ago, and between health problems and, well, being sick, I finally got it in about three weeks ago.
Go you, and I hope time folds in your favor!
Good luck with writing and editing up a storm. I just got back from a writing retreat, where I not only finished a novel, but I started another. I realize that I can get more done than I figured.
Swimming is a great exercise. It builds long lean muscles and keeps you heading in a direction. With fins you'll be at the 80,000 word buoy before you know it.
Hi Lexa. It's taken forever to get back to your blog...I'm so behind. I love your just keep swimming approach. It works. Those daily totals and fixed goals can be tough. I make goals too, but when things don't add up (which is bound to happen) the Dory approach works. Stay the course, you'll get there. Funny thing is I just met a goal of under 80,000, which YA pubs want. I cut almost 20k.
Keep writing, keep writing, keep writing = cause if I were in the water, I'd be drowning! LOL
You'll do it - I've no doubt!
LOL! I did NaNo once. It was a wreck. Total wreck. Never again.
You are doing fantastic in pumping out those chps...I'm the one behind on reading them. But I have my mac back now... yay:)
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