Anything Fictional

Word count: 32,600

Things are going all pretty well with the story now. Just a little bit behind track (by only 700 words though) but the weekend is coming up, so there will be time to catch up a little then.

I’m beginning to realise that there is no such thing as having a free month to write! Despite knowing that I would by doing NaNoWriMo again this year, and planning as little as possible for November, it still doesn’t stop issues, events and other time draining activities for coming up and taking away the time that you want to put towards writing. But hopefully this teaches me that:

• If you want to write – and you’re not one of the lucky ones that has the ability to do it as a full-time job – be prepared for distractions.
• Get creative in trying to find time to write. Don’t wait for a solid block of 2 hours or more – write 250 words in that spare 30 minute block you have. It all counts.
• It is possible to find the time to write despite what life throws at you. NaNoWriMo is a commitment to pushing past all the distractions and plans and still get 50,000 words written in a month. Use that commitment through the rest of the year as well.

Word count: 25,632

It’s been a very productive day of writing today. I’m back on track to hit 50,000 words by Nov 30th, but still a few thousand words behind where I would need to be to hit 60,000. I’m going to try and make up a bit more ground this week, but things are stacked against me at the moment: a osteo appointment on Tuesday night, a writing group Wednesday night, and a wedding coming up this weekend. I guess it will just take a bit of extra planning, and maybe trying to squeeze in 500 words wherever i can throughout my day. Might be time to get creative with that.

Word count: 21,788

I’ve spent most of today procrastinating about writing, and doing very little writing at all. In fact, I didn’t write at all on Days 12 & 13, so the advantage I gave myself in the first week or so has now been eaten up. I’m now a little bit behind schedule, but I do have a whole Sunday to catch up again.

For the most part, i’ve just been too tired on Thursday and Friday this week to write. I made the executive decision to sleep instead of write, and I think it was a good idea. So even though I spent most of the morning looking at houses, attending auctions and having lunch out with my beautiful wife, i got home in the afternoon, and was doing all sorts of weird procrastination things. Like trying to fix my iMac that shat itself. But I managed to squeeze out about 1,700 words. So it’s left me with a manageable target for tomorrow.

Word count: 20,026

Yay! I broke the elusive, yet inevitable, 20K word barrier tonight. Only a few thousand more words, and I’m half way there and on the downward hill to the end.

It’s been quite a stressful day today – among other things, putting in an offer on a town house. It’s a scary and stupid game, playing with larger sums of money that I’ll ever have to deal with again. So between numerous phone calls and emails during the day, I got home from work, and after a quick dinner, drove over to check out the area. It almost 9pm by the time we got home from there, and soon another hour was gone, and it was 10pm. I really wanted to make sure I did my quota for today, so now, a few hours later, I’ve broken the 20K mark and can allow myself to go to bed.

Word count: 18,195

Not a huge addition to my word count today: only about 500 words. Still 500 words is better than nothing. It was 10:30pm before I sat down to write, and now at 11pm, I am just feeling way too knackered. The heat is really taking it out of me, and I haven’t consumed my normal volume of caffeine for the day either. My creativity is flagging, so the best thing for that is just a good night’s sleep.