I am a winner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Officially as verified by the NaNo site 50687 words, but not yet finished.

Two gruelling days

After a Nano drought oover the weekend - life got in the way and I had not read Louisa Lemon's advice, I have 'written' nearly 10,000 words over the last two days.
Word count now:: 44224.

The oddest thing

I have been writing rubbish in desperation to make up wordage for over two weeks now. The last couple of days thought I am suddenly finding that my writing is improving, I am seeing a strange unforced structure forming, possible devices which have occurred naturally which I can tap into. I am actually beginning to quite like what I am writing. Not great literature. Yet.

Daily haiku word count

over half way now
thirty three thousand seven
hundred and seventy

33770 yay!!!!!

Today's target

Yesterday I reached 29,073 words. Why did I stop there? Probably because I had run out of my daily ration of crap. Today I will reach, maybe pass, the 30,000 words barrier. I will. I will. I will. I will take crap to new unimaginable heights.

On target

27259 words of pure unadulterated rubbish so far!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nano count

Nano count now: 20380!

I just liked this

Weekly Haiku

Cyprus is greening
after a week of rainfall;
I can breathe again

Nano progress

I was up just after five am today. It went like a dream. Count now up to 17918 of which 4545 written today. Time for a siesta, I think. Of course it is all pretty dire, but so what. When you really let yourself go, it is quite an enjoyable experience. haven't dared read back though.

nano progress

SMUG
It got off to a cracking start, stalled, but is now getting back into gear. I think I've figured it out. just write. No matter how inane, out of context, inconsistant just write. Stay in the thread but worry about crafting, tying up details, refining thoughts later, much later.

So now have the grand total of 12033 words, 2287 of which were written today, with interruptions.

Feeling better as I'd dropped to under 1000 yesterday and was feeling disheartened.

Problems

Laptop is in hospital so am using husband's which is all in Greek. Which does strange things to text sometimes. Anyway I am struggling with the Nano write - I didn't think it would be easy but do you know how hard it is to even write rubbish?

So my postings might be a little thin over the next few weeks.

Or maybe this?

Enough for today

Well it poured out in a massive free write. 6803 words. probably most of them rubbish, hackneyed and confusing. I'm a bit scared to read it over. Later perhaps. Doubt very much if it will go on at this rate. This is newbie enthusiasm coupled with a relatively free day of distractions. Tomorrow life gets in the way.

Somebody posted this picture of Tennessee Williams - dressing gown, cigarette holder, and thoughful expression.

Something to aspire to, methinks.

Nano has started

Waited up until midnight my time last night to set off on this crazy journey for November. Being in Cyprus, I was one of the first on the Nano forum at the OU to start. I wrote a 1000 plus words and then went to bed. Have been tapping away this morning and while it is all pretty bad I have notched up nearly three thousand words.
I didn't do any planning or character research (what is that?) but will find out about my characters as I go.
I had in mind to do one vague idea that has been knocking around in my almost empty brain but found myself writing something quite different. Will it work? Can I sustain it for 50,000 plus words? Who knows but it is fun to try. Of course this is day one, only 29 to go.
Last night on the forum peeps were suggesting chocolate and ice cream as support. Foolishly I treated myself to a big bowl of Praline & Cream ice cream with lashings of passion fruit syrup - all that talk sucked me in. Big mistake, still feel decidedly sick and have a sour stomach this morning, but I'm writing through it.
Watch this space.