Wheeeeee.....

Once his name was changed to Pete, Joe Keene proved to be the key that unlocked a whole lot of words yesterday, which paved the way to 50,019 words as of 9:00 pm tonight. Thanks for the encouragement -- it was kind of a wild trip letting my story come to life. At many points I sat back and watched it like a movie to figure out what was going to happen. Have I mentioned that Script Frenzy is just four months away? My fingers may just have recovered by then.

Joe Keene

Just four days left in November. I was far behind leading up to Thanksgiving weekend, but have pounded out about 12,000 words. A couple more hours today and I'll be on schedule at 45,000. But my brain must be a bit fried, because I just typed the name of a new character, Joe. Needing a last name, I wrote Keene without thinking. Then I said Joe Keene out loud just to see how it sounded. At least I didn't name a character "Ima Foole." Though check with me after 50,000 ... Ima may find a spot in the story after all.

20,000 words

As of tonight (or should I say this morning), NaNoWriMo participants around the world have written 1,251,762,334 words. Which is kind of mind boggling. There are at least 3 people in Fort Collins who have already finished their 50,000 words, including one guy who did it all in the first week. As for me, after a quick start the first week, the second week gave way to work and kids, but I tried to make up for it Saturday and managed to get to 20, 443 words. Some of which I like. A few of which strung together made me laugh and others which made me cry. I guess that means I love my characters (some of them) and hate some others (in a good way, of course). Not quite entirely on schedule for success in November, but 20,443 words closer to getting this story out of my head than I would have been if I hadn't started. And that's pretty cool.


  

Getting started

Wrote for an hour before the kids woke up and three hours after they went to bed. Official tally: 2551 words. The fact that I just spelled words "rods," then "works," then "wods" before getting it right could be a sign that four hours a day may not be doable on many days. But for today, so far, so good.