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Nov. 1st, 2005 10:00 amWell, here we are, Tuesday the first of November. The countdown to NaNo is over and the real work is just beginning!
I suppose this counts as time spent procrastinating, as does the phone call I'm going to go make to simara in a minute, but I just wanted to set out some feelings.
It's strange, there's this sense of something big happening, perhaps because I do intend on sending the finished product (after some post-NaNo editing) off to publishers, perhaps just because it is a huge project in its own right. Apparently most of those who fail at NaNo are the ones that never even get started, well I intend on finishing up here and wandering downstairs to get some work done. That first sentance is still eluding me but if all else fails I can just start on chapter 2 :D
There's the research side of things as well, hunting up mythological figures associated with cats, it's interesting, something I've really got my teeth into. I suppose if you can enjoy the research for a project you're half way there already!
The first entry in here was going to have my NaNo Manifesto in it but my wonderful computer decided that it was going to be crazy and "pop" went that nice long entry...One of these days I will actually remember to save my entries before hitting the post button! Anyway, what it boiled down to was this:
~I will write between 1,500 and 3,000 words per day.
~I will not start editing until I have written at least 3,000 words that day.
~I will not start watching Tru Calling, Firefly or anything else horribly distracting until I have written at least 1,500 words that day.
~I will remember to eat, drink and sleep.
~I will remember that as people talking to me about non-NaNo stuff irritates me, so does my obsessive froth about nothing else irritate them. Just because my life is on hold their's does not need to be.
~I will find useful methods of procrastination like making cups of tea and reading inspirational stuff...I will however procrastinate for at least one hour every day just to stop my brain exploding!
~If I feel unable to move the story along on any particular day I will write something else rather than allow myself to take a day off.
~I will encourage people to question me on my word count at every opportunity!
Cups of tea: 2 so far
Word count: 0/50,000 - about to increase rapidly.
Sanity: Confident of retaining it for at least another few days.
Time spent procrastinating: 17 minutes (I was supposed to start writing at 10!)
Flashes of inspiration: None yet, I shall await the inspiration faerie.
Desperate phone calls to Jackie: 1 about to be made...
I suppose this counts as time spent procrastinating, as does the phone call I'm going to go make to simara in a minute, but I just wanted to set out some feelings.
It's strange, there's this sense of something big happening, perhaps because I do intend on sending the finished product (after some post-NaNo editing) off to publishers, perhaps just because it is a huge project in its own right. Apparently most of those who fail at NaNo are the ones that never even get started, well I intend on finishing up here and wandering downstairs to get some work done. That first sentance is still eluding me but if all else fails I can just start on chapter 2 :D
There's the research side of things as well, hunting up mythological figures associated with cats, it's interesting, something I've really got my teeth into. I suppose if you can enjoy the research for a project you're half way there already!
The first entry in here was going to have my NaNo Manifesto in it but my wonderful computer decided that it was going to be crazy and "pop" went that nice long entry...One of these days I will actually remember to save my entries before hitting the post button! Anyway, what it boiled down to was this:
~I will write between 1,500 and 3,000 words per day.
~I will not start editing until I have written at least 3,000 words that day.
~I will not start watching Tru Calling, Firefly or anything else horribly distracting until I have written at least 1,500 words that day.
~I will remember to eat, drink and sleep.
~I will remember that as people talking to me about non-NaNo stuff irritates me, so does my obsessive froth about nothing else irritate them. Just because my life is on hold their's does not need to be.
~I will find useful methods of procrastination like making cups of tea and reading inspirational stuff...I will however procrastinate for at least one hour every day just to stop my brain exploding!
~If I feel unable to move the story along on any particular day I will write something else rather than allow myself to take a day off.
~I will encourage people to question me on my word count at every opportunity!
Cups of tea: 2 so far
Word count: 0/50,000 - about to increase rapidly.
Sanity: Confident of retaining it for at least another few days.
Time spent procrastinating: 17 minutes (I was supposed to start writing at 10!)
Flashes of inspiration: None yet, I shall await the inspiration faerie.
Desperate phone calls to Jackie: 1 about to be made...
