day 20

Ten days left.  Yikes.  Well more than halfway to go and with the holiday coming up I seriousl doubt that I'll make it.  Slow and steady wins the race.  I'm still rolling the thousands...just not that many in one day :(

Oh well.  I've invested too much in this to not finish....but it just won't be done by November 30.

Word count 14500.

day 19

wow.  19 days.  too bad i'm not as far along as i should be...but i'm enjoying the story....enjoying too many other things outside of writing also so i guess i'll get it done when it's time to get it done :)

word count 13246

Day 18

Fell asleep early last night.  10:30.  That's very early for me.  Anyway.  Got some writing done this morning.  Mostly slogged my way through a boring transition scene.  Later I'll get to more of a plot driven scene.  Hopefully I get that written before going to work.  I need to keep rolling the thousands :)

Word count: 12210

Day 15

Well it's offically week 3.  Wow.  I'm behind.  But I'm not undaunted.  YET :)

Chris Baty from NaNoWriMo sends out weekly pep talks and I have to say that one section is what keeps me going:

The more you write, the more inspired you're going to feel. If you're feeling pokey now, it's because you're not writing enough. Push yourself to write every day, and make a point of adding something to your word count any time you're within striking distance of a keyboard. Harness the power of micro-sessions.  If you're far behind, stop figuring out where you're supposed to be each day. Instead, just dive into your story and write until you've rolled the word counter up by a thousand. Then take a twenty-minute break, and go after another thousand. Don't worry about getting caught up - that'll take care of itself. Just keep rolling those thousands.

JUST KEEP ROLLING THE THOUSANDS.  It's good.  With that in mind I wrote for a while this morning.  Had a bit of an Abby interuption and then wrote some more.  Now if I could just convince the housework to do itself I'd be free with more time to write.

Word Count:  10987

day 14

Wow.  Is that possible?  Day 14?  You'd think I'd be a lot further along.  I've had some set backs at home.  But I'm determined to ignore my kids for a while so that I can try to get more writing in.  This last weekend was a bit rough.  Didn't get anything in until now Monday morning.  Frustrating because Friday night I was able to finally plot out where everything is going to go.  I had several images in my head and wasn't sure where things were going to fit in.  Finally I got it all meshed together and then I didn't get anything done.  Oy vey.  Some of it is my fault.  I won't deny that.  But I guess part of it has to do with the idea of being set back so you just want to give up.  But I can't do that.  This is the 2nd part to A night of Poker.  Not that anybody has read that yet but once they do they'll want to know more.  Anyway.  Enough blog rant for now.

Word Count: 9790

day 8

Well I've lost the battle for the moment.  I didn't write anything for Monday.  OY VEY that sucks.  Tuesday was pretty much just as bad.  Wednesday I need to really get my shit in gear.  But.  BUT here's the brainstorm I had tonight.

Bored with where I'm at I've decided to create a new character and see where that leads. It's not that I'm actually bored with the characters I've created so far I'm just anxious to keep going. I shouldn't be but I am. Oh well. So I have thought of an interesting new character slash plot device that will help to make for even more interesting scenes further into the novel. I was procrastinating and searching for ring tones for my damn cellphone instead of typing when I thought what if Sylvia is being followed by a reporter. He has some information that he wants to clearify for a story. Of course she doesn't know what the hell he's talking about and she's scared by the thought that something has happened to her and her two boys. So what if this reporter keeps following her hounding her until she finally relents to listen to him. He tells her about what he knows to be the truth. Russell is still alive or was the last time he had heard and of course he knows that she had Micah. Micah being the third son. The whole reason why Russell is gone.

Of course I'll keep you posted as this new idea progresses.

What should his name be?

night day 6

Well I got through one of the first scenes from my new plot point that i had mentioned earlier.  It certainly leaves a lot of questions to be answered later which is good.  Maybe not enough mystery to the scene which is something i'll have to work on at a later date after the goal has been met.

Still a long way off but I feel good about where I'm at.  It seems to be flowing at a leisurely rate but I'm getting more out of it thatn I thought.  Plus I'm still learning the characters.

Well I'm going to stop for today and get more done tomorrow.

Word count:  8155

morning Day 6

Well after some very interesting happenings here at home this morning I finally got to sit down and write for a while.  I got through a good scene with the mom and older son.  Plus I starte 2 new plot threads.  Lots of stuff to come and it feels good.  Still some of the scene between mom and son is a bit cliche and I have to wonder if the kid sounds older than I have him pegged at for the moment.  Time will tell.

Word count : 7290

Day 5

Well I've gotten some more done.  Later in the day than I wanted but I'm further along that I expected.  I know that I'll be able to get more done tonight.  Need to start thinking about dinner for the family though.

So far everything seems very cliche and a bit "Lifetime" movie-ish....but it is after all only a first draft.  Definitely not something I would normally write but then what would I normally write?  Who's to say.  It's been so long since I've started anything new that this is a bit refreshing.  I'm getting through some meaty fluff scenese to hopefully make later scenes that I can foresee happening have a bigger payoff.

Word Count: 5929

Day 4 morning

Well I got through a little bit more this morning.  Unfortunately I have to stop earlier that I'd like to go do some errands.  But I've written a good little bit that will help set up a few more scenes at least.  My biggest stumbling block is I need to re-read the first novel so that I can clearify a few things in my head before I get into the real meat of it all.

Word count this morning : 4766

day 3 at night

Well I got through a bit more.  Actually it was a good night.  If I wasn't tired I'd push on through to the next stumbling block.  But I'll leave myself something easy to start with tomorrow and then see how things go. 

I've got a nice little bit of interaction between mother and sons tonight.  A bit cliche but it felt good to write it.

Word count now: 4049

Day Three

Well last night was a wash.  I didn't get any more writing done.  I did some this morning but now I have to take Lilli to the doctor for an ear infection.  Hopefully I'll get some more in before having to get to work.

Word count: 3042

Day Two

Well it's halfway through day 2 of NaNoWriMo.  I'm off to a decent start.  I've gotten 2440 words written so far.  I'm past the first scene which I knew was going to be troublesome.  I'm still not quite sure where I'm going to go just yet.  I have a vague idea of what will happen but since these are all new characters in the spotlight I'm not sure how they will react. 

This novel is the continuation of the novel I wrote in 2003.

I'll post more later.