NaNoWriMo ends in three short days. I can’t believe how fast it’s gone. Of course, November is a busy month. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. November is the second worst month to have NaNoWriMo. (December is the worst.) There is, of course, the satisfying feeling of accomplishment at the end of the year. If you win, that is. If you don’t, well, you’ve got your first New Year’s Resolution.
I’ve got enough New Year’s Resolutions to break. As of today, I have 47,796/50,000 words. According to my nifty stats page over at NaNos site, I have to write 551 words a day to finish on time. That’s not really my style. I write huge chunks at a time. Ideally, I’d be doing that now, instead of writing on the blog, but you know how that goes. I’ll probably wait until November 30 and validate my novel at 11:59 PM. I like the drama.
I say I’m going to validate my novel. That’s not exactly accurate. I’ll validate a healthy portion of a novel. It won’t be finished. In fact, most of what I validate probably won’t be in the finished novel. This is some meandering, indulgent stuff, people. I’m doing what Stephen King calls, “Writing with the door closed.” (From his book, On Writing, which is excellent. Read it. It’ll change your whole perspective on writing. Good stuff.) The next few months (or longer) will be editing and rewriting, all with the door wide open. Open to people who aren’t me, reading what I wrote. That changes things. And for the better.
In the meantime, I am willing to show a portion of what I wrote. Some people think they want to read that. Well, here it is. My actual words from my actual novel, in no particular order.
Stick to it Erin, you can do it, the blog can wait
From what they say, an Intelligent person could look at that and read what it says. . . .
let me know if one passes through here. It sure aint me !
Beautiful word cloud!!!
Thank you! I did it on Wordle. I love word clouds! I’m a dork.
Love the word cloud – you really cranked out some words…great work.
Thanks! I just need to crank out a little more than 3,000 more!
I tried to figure out what it was about by piecing together parts of the word cloud. Didn’t work so well… guess I’ll have to wait until its published.
I may or may not have done a couple of different word clouds to make sure certain words were not used. Maybe.
What is my son doing in your book?
Great stuff!
I gather you don’t have to submit a “finished product” just a first draft with 50,000 words?
I write in chunks too – so we have that in common!
It’s copy and paste. The site only validates the word count. I guess it’s easy to cheat, but that’s not my style. My FIL said his 50,000 word story would be “I bet you can’t count to…” said A. “Yes, I can,” said B. “Prove it,” said A. “Alright. One, two, three…”
I think you’re amazing for writing so many words! I don’t dare utter when my stat counter told me I’d be done. I’m just not doing so great. I think it’s awesome that after this month, you’ll have an entire 50,000 words or more to work with. Kudos to you! I like the book On Writing too. I should read it again. Congrats.
~FringeGirl
Wordle is so fun! I’ve made a couple of them with my novel. The biggest words are “Mr.” and “Mrs.” ha ha!
I don’t understand how you were able to complete NaNoWriMo while simultaneously kicking my ass in Words With Friends. I’m semi-literate, I swear!
Lol! I’m getting my butt kicked by a couple of people at the moment. It’s luck of the draw, it has to be. I cannot make decent words with I,I,O,E,Y,A,A.