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NaNoWriMo anyone?
Kris_W:
I'm still plugging away during my free time, but I stopped counting words. I want a pleasant surprise when I check word count tomorrow.
Or something.
Kali:
I took Monday off 'cause it was my birthday and because I've had a harder time of it since Sunday. The last few days have been much harder. I don't really want to write, I actively want not to write. But I want to do this even more than that, so I make myself sit down and write. One nice thing about having my writing time broken up is that I'm never looking at having to get through 1667 words in one shot. I can write some in the morning, then when I get home I can usually say "Oh, it's just another 800 words, I can do that."
To get myself started, I remind myself, "It doesn't matter if the words suck, it doesn't matter if they're dull and uninspired, just write them down." Which, as bold, motivating speeches go, sucks. It's no St. Crispin's Day speech, but it works. It's usually enough to make me poke at the keys.
And y'know, when I go back and read over the previous day's stuff, it's never as bad as I felt it was at the time.
36k in, 14k to go, and I'm heading into the final battle scene. If I can't get at least 10k out of a big fight between a vampire and two witches, four werewolves, and a smokin' hot Catholic priest, I deserve to lose this thing.
Matrix Refugee (formerly Morraeon):
Heh, that sounds a bit like where I'm at. I had a busy day yesterday between going to Cambridge to pick up an anime movie DVD I had had my eye on and running some errands with my folks, but I somehow managed to get up to 31K early this morning. And now a plot bunny for a cracked Twilight/Yami no Matsuei, aka Descendants of Darkness crossover fic has decided to grow fangs and start gnawing on my foot, so now I'm tempted to take a break and work on *that*, but I'm worried if I do, I'll fall completely off the word count bandwagon on the NaNo. The best I can do at the moment is type the NaNo and jot things for the crossover fic when I've got my 1,667 words for the day in.
LizW65:
I hit 30K today, but still am only about 1/4 way through the planned manuscript. The plot is just starting to get going, with some dastardly unknown sticking a potato in my protagonists' tailpipe while they're on a stakeout, the kidnapped stripper finally being missed by her roommate, and the dead burglar turning up alive, though not for long.
I'm still ahead of the curve, but feel as though I'm lagging sadly behind. One problem is that I start to feel as though I'm getting carpal tunnel if I write for more than about 3-4 hours at a clip. Anyone have any suggestions for combating this?
Murphy's Stunt Double:
Better posture at the keyboard. If necessary, roll up a handtowel lengthwise and brace it under your wrists while you type.
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