Given I want to do 1,500 words a day, I’m really kicking butt.
Words before: 9,632
Words today: 3,406
Total word count: 13,038
I’m just flying through this. Admittedly, I have had two days off, so I’m sure the next little bit my word count will be around the 1,500 range. But we’ll see!
Today’s picture inspiration was brought to you by the letter “G.”
And no. No one dies. This is a mood-setting picture.
Keep on Space Truckin’!
I’ve spent a little bit of time the past few days getting the story going so when today came I wouldn’t spend an hour going, “Uh, how do I start this thing?” I set myself up so I could just wake-up and get going on it. A few days ago, I wrote 3,744 words. Yesterday, in less than two hours, I pushed out another 1,549 words, leaving me with a running total of 5,293 words. My goal is to do ~1,500 words a day, so jamming out 1,549 in less than two hours is really inspiring for me.
But I am NOT counting the 5,293 words as part of the 50k challenge. That was just to get me started.
Then today happened:
I started my story today with 5,293 words.
Words added: 4,339
Total word count: 9,632
If you ask me, I’m off to an amazing start!
Let’s keep this ball rolling!
I had these three images for inspiration today:
Keep on Space Truckin’!
I’m so eager to get started on my NaNoWriMo challenge that I’ve begun writing the story. I’ve already plotted out most of what I want to write about, but I felt as if to not stall on my first day – I should at least get it started.
Although there are no official rules for NaNoWriMo, I can’t help but wonder if this is considered cheating.
I’m glad I did however. I spent a good few hours on only 1000 words so I knew exactly how I was going to style and get the story started. From there, I brainstormed my characters and how they will interrelate with one another – as well as with my protagonist. I had an idea on how they were going to all tie together, but I’m glad I sat down and actually figured it all out. I just saved myself a ton of time.
It’s funny that when you think you’re ready to get started, there’s always the little fine details you may miss out on.
Lesson learned: Take time with this. Relax. Breathe. Keep a pen on hand, always.
And as for the unresolved question: Am I cheating?
To prep for my NaNoWriMo challenge, I have been reading an old book of mine called “I, Jedi” by Michael A. Stackpole. While no, the book nor the author are award-winners, it’s the only book I own which is written in first-person and involves entirely fictional characters.
It’s important for these characters to be fictional because with all of the biographies out there, the reader has some sort of outside knowledge about the person being written about. Ie. If you read a biography of Ozzy Osbourne, you’d have a general idea about Black Sabbath. With Stackpole’s book, everything is made up.
Every book I’ve attempted to write with so far has been done in third-person (albeit the first one was in first-person but with two narrators). But I’ve always given up because things became too complicated with the narration. To keep a long story short, I was tired of trying to pull “twists and turns” rather than just let the story flow naturally. I’ve gone back to “I, Jedi” to really get a hold on how I can create new characters only using a first-person narrative and still entice new readers to continue reading the book (which is arguably the hardest thing to do as a writer is to have something which makes your readers crave more).
Given the nature of the story I am going to write, I wanted to take on this first-person perspective to really strike the emotional feelings the protagonist will be going through. I think I finally have an idea with where I’m going with this story. I actually believe I’m going to accomplish this goal.
And while I do not expect this story I’m about to write to break any new ground, I really am excited to get started on it. My goal is to achieve a minimum of 1,500 words a day.
I really do not think anyone has any idea how inspired I am to get this goal accomplished.
January 4th cannot come soon enough!
I hope you all had an excellent Christmas.
UncannyDerek 