NaNo Update

[seventhe]

For anyone reading this who isn't aware yet, NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. Basically, the goal is to write 50,000 words in a month. The novel does not have to be good. It does not even have to be edited. The only stipulation is 50,000 words in the month of November.

Hopefully that explains some of the confusion?

6,765 / 50,000 (13.5%)

Day: 4 / 22

Word Count: 6,765 / 50,000 (13.5%)
Outline Quality: At this point? Pretty much discarded and nonexistent.

Progress: Promising!
I Am Still: 2300 words behind where I should be, with my 8-day handicap.
I Should Be At: ~9000 words
I Am: Not screwed just yet!

Scene Worked On Most Recently: "Visit From a Nightmare"
Scene to be Worked On Next: "Aura"
"Research" of the Day: basically thinking up what a half-Nightmare might look like
Quote Excerpt of the Day:

"First of all," Klima said, his dark eyes sparkling with amusement as he looked at me, "your cousin is going on pilgrimage."

The words took a little bit to sink in at first, because Tirana wasn't really my cousin: we were related, through blood, but faintly, through a great-aunt and a half-sister somewhere back in our family line. I'd only met Tirana once, and it wasn't a happy memory. My doctors in Neinde had gone through a phase wondering whether a family member would be able to care for me better than a halfbreed, and they'd dug up Tirana's family as an excellent prospect; they were already dealing with one magical child, why not another? But Tirana had been born an elementalist, which was at least a noble calling, while I'd turned into a raving, crazy teenager with too much magic that wasn't useful enough. Tirana's family had come to the city, but her parents had taken one look at me and refused, pleading with the doctors that one magically fated child was enough for any family.

Novel I (Still) Think I'm Unconsciously Channeling In Terms Of Style And Exposition: Sunshine, by Robin McKinley
Things I Am Discovering About My Writing: Writing in first-person is hard!!

Character Quickly Developing His Own Quirky Personality: Klima
Klima Is: hotter than I thought he would be
Enna Is: the least snarky lead character I've ever dealt with
Lyde the Cat Has: shown up in more scenes than anyone

Best Thing I've Been Able To Meta With Today: elementalism, and the development of aura magic

Today's Goal: Write like mad tonight with wine while waiting for election results. I'd like to catch up to the 9000 words I should have (if I want any chance of finishing this thing in 22 days...)

Comments

[churched.livejournal.com]

So, basically my cat doing his best impression of a female. Nice.

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

What color is your cat? I will insert him into my story! AS A GIRL CAT!

[churched.livejournal.com]

Except for having dark green eyes, he looks almost exactly like this (http://www.southernoregonhumane.org/Images/ImageManager/pretty_gray_cat_copy.jpg)!

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

AWWW! Cutie. Alright, then, Lyde shall be grey and gorgeous!

[churched.livejournal.com]

Will Lyde also be completely neurotic and desperate for affection some eighteen hours of the day? XD My cat may be the sweetest cat in existence, but he sure is needy!

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

Maybe not "completely neurotic", but she keeps following my protagonist around for attention and pets!

[churched.livejournal.com]

Ohhhh. So the cat is me! XD

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

HAHAHA EVERY CHARACTER IN MY STORY NOW WILL BE BASED ON SOMEONE FROM LIVEJOURNAL Y/Y

[churched.livejournal.com]

WELL IF YOU DO THAT I DON'T WANT TO BE JUST A CAT. HMMPH! ;)