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>Hardest part for me was writing EVERY day. I write a lot anyways, but not every day, more like twice a week, when I have the time. I kept my notebook with me at all times, everywhere I went, that way, whenever I had a free moment I’d write something. Started driving my family crazy, because we’d be eating dinner and I’d be sitting there writing at the same time! At night before bed, I’d count my words and if I hadn’t hit 1667 than I’d stay up writing until I did.

For the first week I had a hard time hitting 1667 words a day, I keep counting my words and finding that I’d only written 700-ish, which was only half of my goal, but I refused to allow myself to go to bed at night if I hadn’t reached my goal, and by the second week, it started to become a habit for me to get up an hour or two early each day and just devote that time to writing. After I started doing that, I started writing 3000 words a day, double my goal. I hit 50,000 on day 17 of NaNo last year, which really surprised me, because the year before that I had not even come close to 50,000 by the end of the 30 days! I was so happy that I’d reached 50,00 that I set my goal to 100,000…by that time there had been a thread started on the forum just for folks who’s already hit 50,000 and were going for 100,000, so I started talking with them, cause at first I though I was crazy to try to reach 100k, but it was good knowing others were doing it too.

I had so much fun doing NaNo last year that I came back to do it again this year. I’ve tried to keep up the habit of writing everyday, but I’ve gone back to my 2 or 3 days a week writing, so I’m going to have to push myself like last year to stay on track.

The other thing that was hard was that I write my first drafts out long hand, and writing 1667 words each day can be very tireing on your hands, and cramp your fingers… I think my hands were glad when it was over last year!

My boyfriend last year, kept asking me, “but don’t you get writer’s block?” Well, yeah, but for some reason with NaNo I didn’t; it was like the goal to hit a word count, just blotted out and writers block, cause I wasn’t worrying so much about “Is this any good?” because I was too busy worrying about “Did I write enough yet?” So I just forced myself to write anything… the result was my NaNo last year, was not of publishing quality and needs a lot of editing before it well be, someday I’ll edit it, but getting that NaNo story published was never my top prority… though it is my priority this year, so I’m planning to write better quality this year (I hope).

I’m still working on the plot details, I think I’m useing a Phooka for my villain this year, so he’s going to be one of my major characters, plus I’ve used him in other stories, and his brother well probly show up too, but I haven’t figured out how to work him into the story yet, at least that’s what I’m seeing in my mind as I write up my plot plans. Last year I had no plot or outline at all, so I was hust writing the first thing that popped into my head, and my plot ended up running in every direction, but I’m doing that this year (plotting) in hopes that I’ll write a better quality story this time.

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Hardest part for me was writing EVERY day. I write a lot anyways, but not every day, more like twice a week, when I have the time. I kept my notebook with me at all times, everywhere I went, that way, whenever I had a free moment I’d write something. Started driving my family crazy, because we’d be eating dinner and I’d be sitting there writing at the same time! At night before bed, I’d count my words and if I hadn’t hit 1667 than I’d stay up writing until I did.

For the first week I had a hard time hitting 1667 words a day, I keep counting my words and finding that I’d only written 700-ish, which was only half of my goal, but I refused to allow myself to go to bed at night if I hadn’t reached my goal, and by the second week, it started to become a habit for me to get up an hour or two early each day and just devote that time to writing. After I started doing that, I started writing 3000 words a day, double my goal. I hit 50,000 on day 17 of NaNo last year, which really surprised me, because the year before that I had not even come close to 50,000 by the end of the 30 days! I was so happy that I’d reached 50,00 that I set my goal to 100,000…by that time there had been a thread started on the forum just for folks who’s already hit 50,000 and were going for 100,000, so I started talking with them, cause at first I though I was crazy to try to reach 100k, but it was good knowing others were doing it too.

I had so much fun doing NaNo last year that I came back to do it again this year. I’ve tried to keep up the habit of writing everyday, but I’ve gone back to my 2 or 3 days a week writing, so I’m going to have to push myself like last year to stay on track.

The other thing that was hard was that I write my first drafts out long hand, and writing 1667 words each day can be very tireing on your hands, and cramp your fingers… I think my hands were glad when it was over last year!

My boyfriend last year, kept asking me, “but don’t you get writer’s block?” Well, yeah, but for some reason with NaNo I didn’t; it was like the goal to hit a word count, just blotted out and writers block, cause I wasn’t worrying so much about “Is this any good?” because I was too busy worrying about “Did I write enough yet?” So I just forced myself to write anything… the result was my NaNo last year, was not of publishing quality and needs a lot of editing before it well be, someday I’ll edit it, but getting that NaNo story published was never my top prority… though it is my priority this year, so I’m planning to write better quality this year (I hope).

I’m still working on the plot details, I think I’m useing a Phooka for my villain this year, so he’s going to be one of my major characters, plus I’ve used him in other stories, and his brother well probly show up too, but I haven’t figured out how to work him into the story yet, at least that’s what I’m seeing in my mind as I write up my plot plans. Last year I had no plot or outline at all, so I was hust writing the first thing that popped into my head, and my plot ended up running in every direction, but I’m doing that this year (plotting) in hopes that I’ll write a better quality story this time.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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Hardest part for me was writing EVERY day. I write a lot anyways, but not every day, more like twice a week, when I have the time. I kept my notebook with me at all times, everywhere I went, that way, whenever I had a free moment I’d write something. Started driving my family crazy, because we’d be eating dinner and I’d be sitting there writing at the same time! At night before bed, I’d count my words and if I hadn’t hit 1667 than I’d stay up writing until I did.

For the first week I had a hard time hitting 1667 words a day, I keep counting my words and finding that I’d only written 700-ish, which was only half of my goal, but I refused to allow myself to go to bed at night if I hadn’t reached my goal, and by the second week, it started to become a habit for me to get up an hour or two early each day and just devote that time to writing. After I started doing that, I started writing 3000 words a day, double my goal. I hit 50,000 on day 17 of NaNo last year, which really surprised me, because the year before that I had not even come close to 50,000 by the end of the 30 days! I was so happy that I’d reached 50,00 that I set my goal to 100,000…by that time there had been a thread started on the forum just for folks who’s already hit 50,000 and were going for 100,000, so I started talking with them, cause at first I though I was crazy to try to reach 100k, but it was good knowing others were doing it too.

I had so much fun doing NaNo last year that I came back to do it again this year. I’ve tried to keep up the habit of writing everyday, but I’ve gone back to my 2 or 3 days a week writing, so I’m going to have to push myself like last year to stay on track.

The other thing that was hard was that I write my first drafts out long hand, and writing 1667 words each day can be very tireing on your hands, and cramp your fingers… I think my hands were glad when it was over last year!

My boyfriend last year, kept asking me, “but don’t you get writer’s block?” Well, yeah, but for some reason with NaNo I didn’t; it was like the goal to hit a word count, just blotted out and writers block, cause I wasn’t worrying so much about “Is this any good?” because I was too busy worrying about “Did I write enough yet?” So I just forced myself to write anything… the result was my NaNo last year, was not of publishing quality and needs a lot of editing before it well be, someday I’ll edit it, but getting that NaNo story published was never my top prority… though it is my priority this year, so I’m planning to write better quality this year (I hope).

I’m still working on the plot details, I think I’m useing a Phooka for my villain this year, so he’s going to be one of my major characters, plus I’ve used him in other stories, and his brother well probly show up too, but I haven’t figured out how to work him into the story yet, at least that’s what I’m seeing in my mind as I write up my plot plans. Last year I had no plot or outline at all, so I was hust writing the first thing that popped into my head, and my plot ended up running in every direction, but I’m doing that this year (plotting) in hopes that I’ll write a better quality story this time.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

It’s that time of year again. Have you signed up for NaNoWriMo 2007 yet? Sign up today and let the world’s #1 writing contest begin!

Need To Publish Your NaNo Novel? Find Out How!
Got Writer’s BlocK? Kill It Today!
Need A Quiet Place To Write? Find Help Here!
Need Help Creating Characters? Check This Out!
Want to Do a Good Deed? Save the Goldeneagle.

Hardest part for me was writing EVERY day. I write a lot anyways, but not every day, more like twice a week, when I have the time. I kept my notebook with me at all times, everywhere I went, that way, whenever I had a free moment I’d write something. Started driving my family crazy, because we’d be eating dinner and I’d be sitting there writing at the same time! At night before bed, I’d count my words and if I hadn’t hit 1667 than I’d stay up writing until I did.

For the first week I had a hard time hitting 1667 words a day, I keep counting my words and finding that I’d only written 700-ish, which was only half of my goal, but I refused to allow myself to go to bed at night if I hadn’t reached my goal, and by the second week, it started to become a habit for me to get up an hour or two early each day and just devote that time to writing. After I started doing that, I started writing 3000 words a day, double my goal. I hit 50,000 on day 17 of NaNo last year, which really surprised me, because the year before that I had not even come close to 50,000 by the end of the 30 days! I was so happy that I’d reached 50,00 that I set my goal to 100,000…by that time there had been a thread started on the forum just for folks who’s already hit 50,000 and were going for 100,000, so I started talking with them, cause at first I though I was crazy to try to reach 100k, but it was good knowing others were doing it too.

I had so much fun doing NaNo last year that I came back to do it again this year. I’ve tried to keep up the habit of writing everyday, but I’ve gone back to my 2 or 3 days a week writing, so I’m going to have to push myself like last year to stay on track.

The other thing that was hard was that I write my first drafts out long hand, and writing 1667 words each day can be very tireing on your hands, and cramp your fingers… I think my hands were glad when it was over last year!

My boyfriend last year, kept asking me, “but don’t you get writer’s block?” Well, yeah, but for some reason with NaNo I didn’t; it was like the goal to hit a word count, just blotted out and writers block, cause I wasn’t worrying so much about “Is this any good?” because I was too busy worrying about “Did I write enough yet?” So I just forced myself to write anything… the result was my NaNo last year, was not of publishing quality and needs a lot of editing before it well be, someday I’ll edit it, but getting that NaNo story published was never my top prority… though it is my priority this year, so I’m planning to write better quality this year (I hope).

I’m still working on the plot details, I think I’m useing a Phooka for my villain this year, so he’s going to be one of my major characters, plus I’ve used him in other stories, and his brother well probly show up too, but I haven’t figured out how to work him into the story yet, at least that’s what I’m seeing in my mind as I write up my plot plans. Last year I had no plot or outline at all, so I was hust writing the first thing that popped into my head, and my plot ended up running in every direction, but I’m doing that this year (plotting) in hopes that I’ll write a better quality story this time.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

It’s that time of year again. Have you signed up for NaNoWriMo 2007 yet? Sign up today and let the world’s #1 writing contest begin!

Need To Publish Your NaNo Novel? Find Out How!
Got Writer’s BlocK? Kill It Today!
Need A Quiet Place To Write? Find Help Here!
Need Help Creating Characters? Check This Out!