day Twenty-NIne

I won.

I'm crying.

So happy.

Day Twenty-eight, 1135 more

According to my counter, I've now hit 50k.

Story's not done yet--luckily, because the official NaNoWriMo counter says I"m at...

[drum roll please!]

49,014

So as long as I wrap up the story using my usual number of words, I'll win tomorrow.

Yay!

Day Twenty-eight, 3482 words

Two sessions so far:
60 1688
60 1794

One more, and I will hit 50k on open office. Then I can input it to NaNo and see how much I have to write tomorrow.

So close to done!!

Day Twenty-Seven, 764 more

764 more words. I've hit 45k. And I'm caught up.

Two more days to go (since I can't do the 30th).
5k words.

Let's see what I hit tomorrow.

Day Twenty-Seven, 3001

Three sessions:
10m 519
30m 907
60m 1575

If I can do one more session today with at least 1500 words, I may get my goal of 50k words in open office by Sunday. I'll know then how many I lose when I submit them to the NaNo word counter.

Then complete the last scene on Monday, to make up for the eaten words.

Day Twenty-Six, 3640 so far

two hourlong sessions: 1765 and 1875.

So here's what I learned:

I cannot cannot cannot outline. I outlined the last nine steps of the book and then couldn't write them, because they were wrong. I just worried that continuing to write without a plan would make the book a bit like the never-ending plays I'd make my family endure when I was eight.

So I sat down today with a couple of questions and just jumped in where I'd left off, and tried to see where it'd take me.

I am liking where it is taking me--and I also think it'll give me a far more satisfactory path to the ending.

Now, let's just see if I can do another 1700 words this afternoon.

Day Twenty-Five, 79 words

That's just sad.

And funny.