NaNoWriMo Day One
I started off today with a bang. I I wrote over 1700 words straightaway. And then I read it, like an idiot. The original short story on which I’m elaborating was in first person. I continued in that vein, and after reading it, I decided that I don’t want to write in first person.
Why don’t I want to write in first person, you ask? Excellent question, reader. I don’t want to write in first person because I don’t want to use the plot I decided on at all. Like, any of it. Well, some of it might stay the same, but I’ve come up with a new plot. So, I scrapped all 1700 words I wrote as Version A.
Then I started Version B and wrote 558 words on that before I decided to scrap that, too. Out of the blue, I wanted to add another character and start off from that perspective. And then I changed the plot again, only slightly this time.
Then, on to Version C. Version C has a very tentative outline. In addition to which, I’ve written 1617 words of the story. Mid writing, I changed course again and had to go back and mildly edit. However, fingers crossed, I believe Version C is the winner… right now… at this moment… for the time being. The good news is, there are only 26 letters in the English alphabet.
If I had managed to get it straight from the beginning (an improbable, but not impossible task), I would have a decent story going by now. As it is, I wrote 3897 words today (over 4000 if you count this silly post) and well over half of them were for naught. Yay!
How’s your NaNoWriMo experience going?
18 Responses to “NaNoWriMo Day One”
As someone who no longer has time to write that much in a day – on command, anyway – and as one who has done so in past NaNoWriMos, not to mention as one who has read and edited one’s own work before the first day is up, I commend your progress in how much you’ve written and kept. I hope Version C is the winner for you, too. Good luck and happy writing.
Thanks! I don’t have that much time to write either, which is why I still have so many unfinished books, but I love NaNo’s word counter because it stares at you until you add to it like an unrelenting word-eating monster.
oh my goodness you must be exhausted!
sigh. Unfortunately, November happens to be a ridiculously busy month for me. I have two deadlines I have to finish at work, too. I had the same problem last year. I wish it was in May or June instead.
oh boy sounds rough! are you your own worst enemy with your writing?? we are always most critical of ourselves! xo
I’m not hypercritical of my writing. I just see things that can be worded better or elaborated upon, etc. Writing is mostly a matter of motivation for me, i.e. I don’t really have any. I can knock out blog posts right and left, but as far as longer works, I find that I have to be completely engrossed otherwise, they don’t get finished. This is why, no matter how busy I am, I will always try NaNo because it is excellent motivation.
cool! i understand, as i don’t think i could do the NaNo thing, it would be to much pressure for me and then i would go blank…lol i admire anyone entereing it!
It is a bit daunting, especially since I’ve tried it before and spectacularly failed, but I am one of those people who needs a kick in the butt. What’s that saying? Wish I may, wish I might, fall off a horse and get right back on? I’m bad with sayings. :P
that’s an amazing start! * does the Not Worthy thing *
An amazing start to no end. :)
oh I don’t know – better idea of what the end looks like?
And I guess just writing anything is a good start, it gets the brain accustomed to it.
Very true.
I’m impressed, even if you wound up scrapping half of it. That’s far more than I managed, even out of what you kept, and I haven’t tossed anything. I would never survive if I did.
That’s exactly my problem. I end up reading while I’m writing, which means editing. It can’t be helped though since I can’t remember what I wrote most of the time.
nice work. I love those out of the blue moments when a character tells you what the story is.
Yes. Version C’s character was quite insistent that he be included from the start.
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I started on Thursday and did my 7 pages then tried to figure out how to submit my word count on NaNoWrimo (which too me a while longer than I should admit publicly ;-)) then could not write on Friday but went at ti with a vengeance today. So far I am on target with about 21 pages.
Good luck :-)