December begins

I have accomplished ~54,000 words total during November, beating the time it took to write that 50k words by 4 hours-> so 7 p.m. instead of 11 p.m.Quite an accomplishment and definitely will go for more words next time and a two win streak. Grats for those who won NaNoWriMo and/or reached their goals. I have two throw-away novels and one to edit now- at least those throw-away novels is what I have a dead-end on. Check out plotwrimo.com for something to do if the novel is complete! There are fun exercises to help out, well a serious writer might take them seriously. *shrugs* Everyone has their own ways of doing things and that's how it should be. Have fun! I will try remembering to make a post around Christmas time, or December 25th. For now Finals is on my list of what to focus on.

12/3/11 Edit: incorrect link

November 15- update

So far I have written 25,000 words. And new toys- err gadgets have become available. I will post them and they should be regularly updated each time I update my word count. Competition is something I love.
Goal is 100k
Percentage I'm on.
I just like this widget. :)

Wish me luck and I hope you are having good luck on yours too. :)

NaNo Kickoff

National Novel Writing Month is in 5 days! I have scanned in some of my sketches today and a birthday photo (August 10th) that is an OK photo. Good websites for using for my novel: creativewritingprompts.com, animal.discovery.com, plants.usda.com, and nationalgeographic.com (favorite magazine).

Pre-NaNo post 1

NaNoWriMo is the most popular time of the year for writers around the world. It give the chance and insanity to write a novel in a month- or fun with the writers like I do. Pre-planning is essential in order to even put down one word... to have an idea and a general direction of what to write. These blogs can give great inspiration: Rachelle Gardener, Frankie, and WillowRaven. There are more too which some are listed on the side/or I follow.

General idea for this year's NaNo novel: The main character will be a sea creature that, despite its size, has great powers and potential. However it is on its own to figure out what it wants to do.

Good thing about this novel is I can literally draw out this character... okay a novel is writing not made up of a bunch of drawings so maybe images will be a good start.