Today’s word count: 5,553 words
Total word count to date: 14,668 words
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I didn’t write at all yesterday, so when I woke up today, I was determined to sit myself down and put my fingers to the keyboard.
You wouldn’t think indexing a book is particularly strenuous work, but I always find myself feeling pretty drained after I finish up an index. Yesterday I worked on, and finished, two separate assignments, and even I was a bit astounded at how lethargic I felt afterward.
I literally spent most of the night lying around, playing a version of Poppit on my iPhone. Seriously.
I was so tired, I didn’t even listen to an audiobook before bed (now that I’m finished the Harry Potter books in audio, I’ve been sampling M.C. Beaton’s Hamish Macbeth series. Very fun, and I’m loving the Scottish accents.)
The good thing was, I ended up going to bed early (early for me, anyway – it wasn’t quite 1:00 a.m. when I fell asleep). And I woke up feeling incredibly refreshed.
So I squeezed in two writing sessions today, and ended up with 5,553 words.
I think I’ll have to take advantage of these bursts when they happen!
A lot of what I wrote today was really backstory; I doubt too much of it will remain in the final draft. But it’s all stuff I needed to know – about my characters, about the plot – so all of it was necessary in its own way.
At nearly a third of the way in, I should be a lot further into my storyline than I am. But I’ve only just introduced my final main character. And it was fun writing about him today!
That’s a good sign, I think.
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So glad to hear how much you’re rocking NaNoWriMo! I only managed to get out 1000 words today, and just barely. It was a bad writing day for me. LUCKILY I was way ahead of the game so it’s not that big of a deal. Even thought I think I might have to throw out everything I’ve written so far.
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Actually, I would think indexing a book is strenuous in that it requires a great deal of precision. I love your line about Poppit! Too funny.
Kudos on your NaNo progress today.
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Definitely a good sign!! I’m trying not to include as much backstory this time around, but I know what you mean. I really need to know my characters – they need to be real. And a great way to do that is to write about them – all those lovely details that will get edited out, but are so much fun to write. Glad to hear you had such a great day!
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Many people think working at home is such an easy thing. But as you show in this post it is still WORK and can be exhausting. Glad to see your writing is going so well. I’m still pulling for you.
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Glad you’re having fun with your characters. It’s always encouraging when you make major progress on a project.
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“You wouldn’t think indexing a book is particularly strenuous work…”
Yes, I would! Just like correcting 25 translations (after a few you lose concentration and feel it is quite like trying to find five errors).
Good you made such progress today, and you are really making me curious.
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Sounds great! I’m glad you’re having fun with this! Because I know that writing often can be un-fun! :–)
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You’re making great progress – keep it up!
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Wow, you are doing great. keep up the great work.
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Nice job on boosting the word count. Five plus K in one day! That rocks.
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Belle, you’re doing so great! I keep seeing your word count get higher and higher and it’s really inspiring. Keep up the good work, looks like you’ll be a NaNo winner in no time!
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Good for you! Keep going!
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