Thursday, October 10, 2013

Productivity for the Win!

21 days until National Novel Writing Month

My NaNo is beginning to come together. A cast of characters has manifested and just thinking about their relationships makes excitement flutter in my chest. Prominent settings have been established. I also have the thinnest thread of a plot. And when I say thin, I mean nearly invisible. But at least there's something.

Planning isn't the only thing I've made progress on this week either. I have also added about another 1500 words to OBJECTION, putting it at a little over 45k. While this is great progress and makes me very happy, I think I'm going to have to alter my pre-NaNo goal. With everything I am trying to accomplish before November gets here, finishing the first draft of OBJECTION seems too ambitious. I am now aiming for at least 50k by October 31st. If I get farther than that, great. If not, I will have still made substantial progress.

That's not even the end to the good news. Recently, I've begun working with a new critique partner. This exchange has prompted me to take another step in my revisions of THINKING OF YOU. I completed the transfer to Scrivener and reordered the scenes to fit my new plot line. This is a big step because I can now see what I need to work on in an organized layout and tackle each task one at a time.

Overall, I am quite pleased with what I have managed to accomplish in my writing so far this week. I've gotten more done than I have in quite a while. This aura of productivity is the perfect lead in to NaNo.

What achievements, big or small, have you reached this week?

4 comments:

  1. Wow, you are busy! And it's great to hear. Makes me want to get back to my previously totally busy ways. I'm getting there, very slowly. :)

    Have fun with NaNo! I'm doing it as well.

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    1. I'm getting there slowly as well. This productivity is such a rare achievement I had to blog about it. lol

      Yay! What is your novel about this year?

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  2. I wish you lived around here because I need more people for my little writing group that meets once a month at my friend's home. I think you'd be just perfect for it.

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    1. Why's that? I do wish I lived closer to more writers. I feel kind of lonely here. lol

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