NANOWRIMO DAY 1 | my standalone is actually a duology??? | PROJECT ☠️☠️ WRITING VLOG
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- Опубліковано 31 жов 2023
- AHHHH, IT'S FINALLY HERE. So glad I put together The Board in order to help me block out scenes ~visually~. Also a late Preptober epiphany has me slightly rearranging said board in order to make Project ☠️☠️......two books??? AHHH.
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How'd NaNoWriMo Day 1 go for you??? Was it easier than you expected? More challenging than you'd hoped? LET ME KNOW.
Did you also have a pre-NaNo panic and/or epiphany? Did you switch up your projects at the last minute?
Do you prefer getting your words in for the day all at once or spread out throughout the day? (Or maybe you only have a specific forty-five minutes you can rush to get them done! I've definitely had NaNo's where that was true. Or ones where I was stealing five minutes here and there and everywhere.) What's your "routine" going to look like for this NaNo?
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I'll be live over on Twitch at 4:00pm CDT!! Link in the description. :) We'll be doing chaos sprints and I'll be working on my 2nd "unofficial" NaNo project, A Closet Full of Cauldrons!
Daily Kate is definitely a perk of NaNo this year.
Love to hear it! 💜☠️💜☠️💜☠️💜
I'm glad you managed to find yourself in the story (in it being a duology).
Today I did well, I managed to write first thing in the morning and I'm satisfied.
Happy nanowrimo to everyone!
Aww, yay, I love morning writing sessions! Congrats! (And thank you!)
Happy Writing everyone!
I set myself the challenge of double nano this year because I'm rewriting and I wanted to have that pressure feeling that you get when it's a blank doc facing you down. Thus far, it's been a good call. We'll see how I'm feeling by the end of the month XD
But I'm working on a rewrite draft and a 1st draft of a second thing that I have a lot of pieces worked out so gotta challenge the brain somehow XD
I love that you last minute decided Project Death would be a Duology! I can't wait to read it one day. I feel like I know so much of the story (I mean only what you've told us clearly) and I'm excited to see it out in the world. It will happen! Love that you're doing Yoga with Adrienne everyday and I'm looking forward to hearing about how you feel about the results afterwards. Like does it get easier to stick to it as the month goes on? Does it make your body feel better? That kind of stuff. I wish I could remember the little bit of crotcheting that I learned how to do, way back when I was like 10 lol. Looking forward to seeing the word scarf and its progression. Looks like you're off to a great start to NaNo Kate! Make sure to take care of your eyes as well. See you on the streams lol.
Happy nano!!
Ahhhhh, happy NaNo, Binary!!!
I’m starting my second attempt of NaNoWriMo this year, and it’s a whole new project. I made a rough outline for what I think which chapter is gonna be about like subplots. The only panic I had so far is that I didn’t wake up as early in the morning as I wanted to start writing. Still I feel more prepared than last year.
I'm unable to participate in Nano as my end-of-the-year obligations are simply too much, but I'm excited to see everyone's work! I'm so happy you've come to the conclusion that Project Death is a duology! With as much as this book has refused to submit to your intended word count, I couldn't help but think "Yeah Kate, maybe it wants to be more than one book." lol! I have come to the conclusion that I'm simply unable to write a standalone, as my word count gets ridiculous by the midpoint. I am of Duology and Trilogy girly and unashamed to say it! So excited for the daily vlogs!
Bahaha I am SO happy the epiphany (and everyone else's advice) finally clicked lolol. The next time I attempt to write a standalone I'm really going to be side-eyeing myself and checking in with the possibility it wants to be more bahaha.
Hope all your end-of-year obligations go well!!
As always I feel like I'm the total chaos gremlin of Nano. I decided that I will participate in Nano on the first of November at 3pm while I was on my lunch break. I will try to finish my zero draft of my story, that has just the characters and the worst outline known to mankind for it being in the fantasy genre. 😂 Wish me luck on this one. I'm already behind.
Happy Nano!! I’m so glad you figured out what you needed to for Project Death. I started writing a bit ago. I’m having some Chapter 1 struggles right off the bat. I’m writing a fantasy cozy mystery and it’s the fun stuff of trying to get world and characters established but in a natural way instead of an info dump. I’m also writing first person pov which I don’t normally do. I’m finding it easier and harder at the same time! Best Nano wishes to us all!!
So excited to see how the scarf turns out, that's such a cool idea!
ACK ME TOO. I'd hoped to crochet some of it tonight and try to keep on track, but this might be a weekend activity. I'm so excited though, Day 1 is the very pretty "Sienna" color bahaha. :)
I know I say this a lot but the timelapses you do are so fun and satisfying to watch ❤ you always have cute little wiggles in your timelapses like when you wiggle around and wiggle your legs while you make your coffee 😊 you’re amazing ❤
I had most of my preptober done for a story I started several years ago, but never finished. I planned to rewrite the story. I was so excited I started NaNo at about 2 a.m. and got in about 900 words before I realized that I wasn't in the mood to write this story, as much as I love it, my heart just wasn't in it. Before I knew it, I was already plotting and outlining a new story. I already have 2000 words written into the new story. Good luck to everyone participating in NaNo this year! May the words flow with you!
Love the Halloween socks!!!
And hurray for duologies! You go, girl. I think this is a great idea, because you don't have to worry about cutting anything else. Just tell your story in two books!!! Love it!!!
Thank youuuu! 🎃 Figured there was truly no better pair to wear.
And YES! No having to cut out the parts I love so much, they're integral and need to stay (just in duology format) lolol. Truly is the best solution that I was (willfully?) oblivious to for so long.
Thanks for always cheering me on, Regina!!!
Happy NaNoWriMooooooo!!!! Wishing you tons of fun and cheering you on all the way!!! And yay to you finding out your story is a duopoly :D I know the feeling you are describing. Happened tp me quite often :P
Sending love and creative vibes
Day 1!! You are awesome. So inspiring ♥️♥️
So excited for nanowrimo this year! I picked up writing as a passion again at the beginning of this year for the first time in years and I'm so excited to test that passion out on a fun experiment/ project/ challenge.
Love the video! I definitely had the nano panic and decided to make my book a collection of short fiction instead of a novel. I had so many characters I wanted to explore. Now I can! So yay, for panic decisions. Happy writing!
Haha, how funny to be listening to this in the background and hear my name at the end. I had to back up and make sure I heard it right!
I wasn’t going to do NaNo this year but like now I’m watching the vloooog and the idea of old school NaNoWriMo and the nostalgia of writing like you used to 😮💨 sounds fun honestly
Hi Kate, are my favourite writing channel to watch! There’s something about your vlogs that is so comforting and warm and inviting, and I always love watching your videos. You’ve inspired me to try NaNoWriMo last year and now I’m doing it for the second time! Thank you for inspiring me and hope we make some good progress this NaNoWriMo! ❤
💜💜💜💜 Thank you soooooo much. I'm so happy you're doing NaNo again this year! GOOD LUCK.
It's my first NaNoWriMo and you totally inspired me to do it. I'm so happy and the first day was great, even though I'm not as great at planning as you. But for me it's mostly to begin writing again after a long break. And it feels good.
I am doing my very first NanoWriMo. It's motivating to see you and your process of starting it too. I also want to use this month to incorporate more self-care and wellness habits like journaling and yoga. Good luck with Nano! Thank you for sharing!
Your stream totally helped me, even though I wasn't originally planning on participating in NaNo this year. I also decided to vlog my progress (hopefully every day like you [you're a good/bad influence lol]) in my fiction podcast progress! It won't be word based, as you might have already guessed, but how I feel I've worked on it. I've set up kind of loose parameters for myself to decide if I hit par for the day, which should be fun!
I do the exact same thing this NaNo! I have absolutely no qualms about adding the word count of the whole scene. I'm more focused on how much better the book is getting😊
I'm returning to my project that I haven't touched since last December, and it feels sooooo good!! I'm so happy to be back with the characters.
woo, love a duology. Makes me eager to read it even more! It's definitely more hard work, but sometimes that what the story deserves.
haha i was actually watching some old sprints of yours when this was posted. Ive written about 1.1k words today so far, bringing my current wip to 18.8k! (i had a 17.7k head start for nano this year hehe). good luck to you kate!
I decided to go for a duology too! It just felt like I'd end up with another 175k monstrosity if I tried to squeeze it all into one book. Also it's exciting to have so much material to jump between for those low days in the month.
Day 1 went surprisingly well for me, I'm really only aiming for about 25k words but ended up writing 2.5k yesterday. 900 words was planning. Have to write in the evenings because of work. Happy so far!
0 words for me today lol. I spent the last week binge-reading and today I had a hard time switching my brain from a reader brain to a writer brain. I plan to go to Starbucks in the AM in the hopes that writing out there would help my brain recalibrate. 🤞🏻
I was too tired to roll my dice to decide what projects I would work on last night so I just decided to split the 50k between three of them. I'm working on book one of a collection of paranormal romance standalones, book three of my fantasy series, and a contemporary romance for my "human" pen name lol i decided to keep my stories about humans separated from my fantasy stuff 😂
Bahahaha, the second best thing to letting the dice decide is not having to decide at all! (Or maybe that's actually first best lolol.) So glad you'll be splitting your time between all three, they sound like a blast!
Also calling it a "human" pen name is killing me lololol.
I didn't plan at all, time for major anxiety! It's fun though! I do have a lot of pages backlogged as I'm resuming an interrupted project, so hopefully that will pull me ahead when I get stuck. Thank you for keeping us honest! Happy NaNoWriMo!
Oh totally forgot to answer the questions lol. I technically started my not-NaNo project on Monday, so I gave myself a head start. I work better towards the evenings but honestly your streams are always magical and I manage to get quite a bit done there. Routines these days, what are those lol. See you around Kate!
my first nano!!! so exciting and terrifying at the same time. i also have a pre nano panic yestesday and wrote 1120 words (actually in your live sprint hahah) and haven't write n o t h i n g all day today lol
Happy NaNo!! Sounds like you had a great day. I made my word count this morning. Off to a great start!
WOOOOO! Congrats on making your word count!!
I def had the Nano panic last night thinking that I wasn’t ready and that I hadn’t thought through my idea enough to start drafting today.
But, it turns out that I am somewhere between a pantser and a plotter and I had just enough figured out on my scene cards and didn’t need anything else.
I got 2300 words written today.
Happy Nano!!
Happy NaNo!! :) :)
Day 1 went well! Got nearly 2000 words, already broke from my outline but for the better I think. We'll have to see how the rest of the month goes!
Congratulations on figuring out you're actually writing a duology!
I usually plot more than I managed to do before this Nano, so I keep running into silly problems (poor setup, not understanding the character, poor pacing...). But, it's only day one~! Plenty of time to start over, and all of those words still count!
ABSOLUTELY. That's such a positive mindset to have! Definitely still early days, plenty of time for the story to work itself out and/or for some extra plotting focus time before writing each day. GOOD LUCK!!!
Hi! It's my second NaNoWriMo this year, and today I wrote the first chapter. I'm more determined to win because I don't have a broken leg this time and therefore have to participate in everyday life.
Oooooh, yay for your 2nd NaNo and DOUBLE YAY for not having a broken leg, omg. I hope the recovery since then has been smooth!!! Congrats on getting that first chapter done! :)
@@KateCavanaughThank you. I love this challenge. About the leg, it's been a while, so although the injury was serious at the beginning, it's all well now. See you :)
I was so nervous for November to get here, but my writing today went really well and it wasn’t as hard as I imagined it might be. I’m probably going to write more later to get ahead since I’ll be at Disney for a week this month and don’t want to have to get the full words while I’m there. I’m currently working full time, so I’m waking up at 5am to get words in in the morning and then doing a sprint on my lunch break as well. Best of luck with your projects this year!🥳 I’m looking forward to all the content!
AHHHH I hope you have so much fun at Disney!!! Totally smart to try and get ahead of your word count so you can take it easy while you're there. (I've been to Disney a couple times during NaNo's and it's a blast but definitely can take a lot out of you while on vacation.)
So glad today went well! GOOD LUCK for the rest of the month!! :)
i 100% intended to finish drafting my wip for nano... until i hit the ~60% mark in the draft & realized everything i had planned for the back half doesn't jive at all with what i'd written for the first half. so 2 days before nano started i decided to start a (sorta) brand new project that's barely plotted. i'm already 3k words in though, so things seem to be going well so far lol. happy nanowrimo!!
I'm gonna be doing little bursts of writing as breaks during the work day. Every time I finish a task, I get to write...hopefully that helps me stay productive on both ends hehe
I aimed to go from pantsing / plantser to full on plotter by the end of October. I panicked first thing this morning that I had not achieved as much plotting on my novel and screenplay as I wanted. I managed to complete a chapter of my novel and about 4 to 5 pages of screenplay written off the outlines and plot maps I had, plus I have already planned and chunked down and scheduled my month for both projects. It ended up going a lot better than I expected. I seem to work best as a planster.
I didn’t do any prep so I’m plantsing this year - just got a plot sketched out yesterday and some character bios.
I don't really write anymore (just no time, adhd, life happened), and i havent participated in nano since... 2017 i think. but i always look forward to your vlogs during nano! it's just so exciting! it also makes me want to get back into writing, who knows one day! :D
ONE DAY 🤞 The great thing about writing and stories is that they'll always be there when you're ready. :) Thank you so much for the kind words and I hope November treats you well!!
Preptober ended up in the trash for me so I decided to do my best while being a rebel, so far so good❤
Happy NaNo!
Ahhhh, happy NaNo, Zara!!
I think a duology is perfect. You can have the scenes that you think is still needed but cut (or planned to cut) while still strengthening the story. Especially since you said you might query this one, it'll be easier to sell this standalone that would make a stronger duology.
I haven't prioritized writing these last few weeks so who knows what I am going to do this month.
I also recently realized I’m writing a duology 🙈 First day of nano went well !! Probably because I could write both in the morning and in the night
For the first time, I have a full time copy writing job while doing NaNo . I have a feeling that I may struggle this year with writing all day for work and then trying to write for fun, but we'll see! So far I'm trying to get some journaling and a few words in the morning before I leave for work
Very relatable... My epiphany on October 31st was that my 4 book series (that had started out as a duology, mind you) actually needs 2 more books...........XD
LOLOL these stories just keep expanding and expanding! (But it's so fun, I'm glad they do.)
I was thinking my NaNo project this year will be a duology, with a crossover of POVs/timelines but ultimate resolution occurs in book 2..... but we'll see! 3300 words logged yesterday, need to get some in the tank as I have a trip away mid month for my birthday so not expecting to hit any words on those days
No panic, no change to projects, and committed to being a rebel this year. Over 2K words of a redraft (but I'm rewriting every single word + a lot more - doubled my overall word count at this point). I will finish this draft!
Ahhhhhh YES YOU WILL!!
@@KateCavanaugh 🥰 We will hit our goals for sure!
going with my outlined story Crossroads Magic
I 100% changed my project at the last second😂
I'm still outlining my book series for NaNo. I'm still working on plotting book one but my goal is to have the first three books plotted by the end of the year, preferably by the end of November. Oh, I'm writing a middle grade fantasy series that will be at least five books long, I think!
Day one definitely went better than I thought and the words came easier than I expected. I'm continuing my experiment in script writing and I haven't drafted anything new that wasn't a short story in a while, so I wasn't sure how well those two things were going to combine. It felt good though to be working on something new.
Luckily I seem to have skipped the pre-NaNo panic this year, but that doesn't mean I'm not still panicking because I have no idea what I'm doing with writing a screenplay. I've written stage plays before, but this a new world and new formatting (thank goodness for Scrivener templates).
I have a stretch goal of trying to finish this entire project, but I did the math and it's like 80,000 words. Not sure if it's going to be successful. Usually I like getting my words for the day in long bursts, but I'm working around a lot of work things this year, so I'll have to see if that's as successful or if I'll revert to what I did in college when I was writing when I could. The hope would be getting all my work stuff in the morning and then having afternoons and evenings to work on NaNo things, but I also love an early morning writing session during NaNo. A NaNo routine? What are those?
I also might work on some Merlin (2008 British TV series version) or Les Miserables fan fiction, but the script writing experiment might take over. We'll have to see.
Ahhhh, I love that you're challenging yourself to something entirely new though! The formatting for screenplays has definitely thrown me off and taking some getting used to. I'd love to try a whole month of solely focusing on that so I can really drill it into my brain bahaha.
Also loooooooove Merlin! So good and still such a fun rewatch. Maybe that should be my reward at the end of the day, turn my brain off and watch Merlin bahaha. GOOD LUCK with all your goals!
I'M BACK, KATE!! Working on Part 2 of my Bezel novel.
I will not be starting Nano until this weekend. We are so busy with school right now working on developing a television talk show. Tomorrow we are visiting the set of the Norwegian version of Dancing with the Stars. But this weekend I am planning on doing a buttload of stuff.
I am working on a screenplay which I wrote last month. I am currently rewriting and working on making it better.
I would love a video on how you restructure a book into a duology. I may do that myself!
I will definitely keep you updated! Right now I'm planning to keep it ~mostly~ the same, with the exception of having reshuffled the midpoint by a couple scenes. I can imagine the end of Book 1 and start of Book 2 will need some extra attention to really make them feel like solid stories in their own right and that I didn't completely just cut it in half bahaha. I'm sure I'll find out some of this later in November! 😂
Because of overlapping project goals I'm actually editing a book and drafting for nano at the same time which I've never done before. I hope I can still be productive at least and get something done.
came up with an idea a couple of days ago. I have a... somewhat sense of things I want to happen and the characters and the general ~vibe~. I've already written over 3200 words today so it's going great. I did over 2k of that as soon as it hit midnight and a bit more this morning. I'm about to continue I think. I generally write through the entire day. If I'm too slow at writing, I find I lose motivation lol. I work best as a fast drafter I suppose.
It is a little nerve-wracking tho cuz I have found I'm best if I plot things but the only thing i currently have plotted is what I was working on this summer and while I do hope to pick that back up at some point, i'm not feeling the genre at the moment and am craving writing darker romance so I decided... I'll just write something! lol
im making significant changes to a current work in progress, completely rewriting large sections of the book and adding a lot of new content. today being day one i managed 2500 words, not unhappy considering i dind't spend as much time writing as i had intended. im not aiming for the 50k this year im more concerned with making the right changes to my current book, as I'm hoping to get this version of edits done before xmass so i can badger my friends and family to read it when they have time off.
For me, this is not my first NaNoWriMo. It's the first one I'm determined to finish, because I learnt a lot about story- and characterbuilding this year, so I'm more prepared now. I could've outline the chapters as well to make it easier, but didn't have a time for it. But with the story itself being structured, it was definitely easier to start. I had my daily goal in two parts but managed to reach it in almost one sitting (almost because I had to help around the house and have lunch). I just hope that this working moral of mine stays until the very end >
Okay wait I have a half baked idea for a fantasy story that I think will end up being at least two books and Villain Arc/Redemption Arc is the same sort of breakdown
That board is a fantastic idea. Similar to something i use
It's genuinely helped so much already! Can't wait until the board is "empty" and I've completed the story!:)
What all do you have on your board (or version of the board)??
@@KateCavanaugh I have a basic outline of chapter on 1st post it, like a couple sentences. Then on top of that I write on a separate post it the different scenes that need to happen in that chapter. Then on a different pot it I write up significant events in that chapter to keep me on track with timeline, like character birthdays or public holidays. As I write each scene I give the post it a big tick
I have a giant corkboard
Oooooh love the tick marks to indicate you've written in the different elements you'd planned!
I haven't even finished writing chapter one of my "Standalone Fantasy" yet and I'm already afraid it's gonna become a duology or maybe even a series. I didn't have a last minute Preptober epiphany, I had an early NaNoWriMo epiphany because as soon as the clock hit midnight and I sat down to write, I realized a better way to start my novel and basically threw away about 3 chapters I've already fully outlined 🤷🏻♀️. Oh, well. It is what it is.
I write in the early evening, and the project I am currently working on is a "Robinson Crusoe In Space" - and I am really concerned that I am not going to keep my attention on this project. 🙃 Today went really well, I managed 1818 words and I managed some work on the first chapter which, being a discovery draft, is promising. But it is space fiction, and I am not the strongest when it comes to science. Like, I know there is gravity and it makes apples fall but that is about it - I can not map out the gravity well of stars or planets or anything else. I mostly write fantasy so I am SO out of my comfort level. But hey, it's an interesting seed.😁
😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊hello, first day happy.
ahhhh, happy first day to you too!!!
Happy nanowrimo day 1!! It's my first time attempting the full month so we'll see how this goes ^-^
AHHHHH, happy Day 1! That's so exciting for it to be your first full month attempt, I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you. GOOD LUCK. I hope you have a blast!
@KateCavanaugh Tysm!!! I'm super excited! :D good luck with your projects!
So I originally didn’t think I was going to be participating in NaNo (I haven’t in a few years now) but since I figured I had a brand-new project, I would do it [I decided today, Nov 1 haha]. I’m not going to be going off of words though, I’ll just be trying to think and work towards my project every day, then count that as my ‘daily goal met.’ If I think I do half the work I think I could have, I’ll have myself progress by half the ‘words’ for that day’s par. It’s going to be a fiction podcast anyway, so I don’t think that words is the best way to track it anyway.
I also succumbed to the temptation of making a physical tracking board. I don’t have a whiteboard, unfortunately, but I do have a roll of brown wrapping paper I taped to my bedroom wall and put boxes on so I could add sticky notes lol. It’s makeshift, but it (might) work.
NaNo day 1 went kinda slow for me, honestly, but I’m hoping to pick up momentum during your stream. And I work in 15-20 minute bursts alone (I make exceptions for streams lol) with at least five minute breaks in between, at least until I feel the words start to run out. I can usually get a good hour or so in.
I had a slower start than expected today, but I’m still planning to kick off Day One with 2K words. 🤞
2K is INCREDIBLE. Way to go Lindsay!!
I got 1024 at the midnight blast-off, and I'm planning on going to a write in in a library later, so I am optimistic.
WOOOOOOO! Love that you stayed up for those midnight words. Hope your library session went well!!!
Do you have a link to your computer keyboard ? If not, what kind is it? I live the sound it makes. Thanks!
I started at midnight. Didn't have anything other than an idea and a couple of characters. As always, the second I started writing, the story started to unfold. I've been doing NaNo since 2005 though so I'm used to not knowing what I'm doing when I start. 😆
Ooooh, I LOVE that. The story is just waiting for you each time. I think I've only ever started writing at midnight once or twice, but it's always a wonderful vibe.
I love the Scooby-Doo movie (and HATE its sequel)
We don't talk about the sequel...........
I AM ALSO EDITING, amd I track by input meaning: if i bring a chapter with 2k to edit and i cut 1k, i count the 2k scene i had. Because if i need to delete a chapter, i need to delete it!
I am also revising and I'm tracking by the amount of words I've edited that day. So if the scene is 500 words before editing that's how many I count since I technically do work on all those 500 words.
I had the same dilemma ! how do you count your words when you're revising your novel during Nanowrimo ? I did the same. I counted the whole finished chapter/scene wordcount
Definitely swapped projects… I went from a new idea to an old one that’s still in draft 1 progress lol I just felt more comfortable as I’d already done all the thinking for it! I write once a day and I was surprised by how easily the words came to me and how I could just resist editing along the way!
Yay, sounds like you made the right call!!
Well I woke up this morning I woke up to a dream that I thought would make a good story. So that is what I am doing for Nano. I already dictated 14.5k of brainstorming and brain dumping.
Oh for the first time ever I have planned obstacles and conflict into my idea. Conflict is my nemesis.
Off topic, but where oh where is that adorable journal from? I'm obsessed!!
It's from Notebook Therapy!!! Here's the exact link, the "Cup of Galaxy":
notebooktherapy.com/collections/bullet-journal/products/tsuki-cup-of-galaxy-limited-edition-holographic-bullet-journal?variant=39418372325491
Highly recommend, I actually learned about them from UA-cam comments lolol. It's the best/worst discovery because I have definitely spent way too much money but all their stuff is SO cute. Happy journaling!!
Thank you!! Ordering one now! ☕🌌 I may also end up spending way too much there 🤔
Any tips to get a sentence on a blank page 😩😩😩 I want to do this but I get distracted and annoyed with my writing. I already have the idea and it is outlined but when I write it sucks
did they have trick or treat at your house 🏡 or not
There were a few!! Not nearly as many as I'd bought candy for, so we have a ton of leftovers. 😂
To be honest I just decided to start a story with ZERO planning. We'll see how it goes hahah
I did Camp Nano for a fanfic a few years ago, and won my goal of 20k words. I'm writing a fanfic for a different fandom now and I'm aiming for 20k words again because then I'll be able to enter it into a Big Bang and get some art done for it. I haven't written in a long time, but I've been mulling this idea over for a few months now. I feel like the characters are tired of me thinking and they want me to just get on with it so their story can be told! Also, I want it to be out of my brain and on paper so I can stop thinking about it all the time, lol.
And honestly I really miss the feeling of having a completed longer work. I just felt so proud, it was lovely. Such satisfaction! Hopefully I'll have another finished draft at the end of this month, though I have a feeling it's gonna end up way more than 20k words... I think I'll be relying on your Twitch streams like I did last Camp, I love the sense of community and how encouraging everyone is.
I'm happy to hear you've had a breakthrough with Project Death; I've been watching your channel for probably five years now so I've heard a lot about it, and I'm always pleased when you get a step closer to publishing it so I can read it. Good luck with Nano, thanks for all the great work you do! It's helped me such a lot over the years, I owe many words and completed projects to you :)
What program do you write in? I just use good old Google docs lol
And if it is Google docs I'm gonna be extremely embarrassed I didn't recognize it lol
My goal isn’t 50k. Just aiming to get up 1 hr early to write every workday. I’m handwriting so counting words is too much for me, and 50k is just not possible for me. I’ll be please if I hold myself to butt in chair writing an extra hour a day
Butt in chair really is the most important part! I'm sending you all the good luck for handwriting (and healthy wrists!). :)
You need some help. Literally how can you write so much.
Also where if any, can we read your work!!!! Such an inspiration.
I'm going to win nanowrimo this year! You've really inspired me.
Good luck, you've got this!!
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