NaNoWriMo 2016 Diary, week two
Tuesday 8th November
Election day. Spent an hour in line to vote before work. Decided to drop my 2k a day rule and give myself a break. I'm slightly above the NaNoWriMo standard for day eight and I feel like I'm getting into my stride. Writing arguments and phone calls between characters about things I know from experience.
Wednesday 9th November
Got into a good scene before work, and another one after work in Starbucks. Made the 1667 word goal for the day before my karate lesson. Things are happening in the story, people are arguing.
Thursday 10th November
Another lunchtime of no writing. Shoved myself over the 16k mark after dinner, heading down the home stretch and utterly distracted by searching for titanium sporks on Amazon, because a character has one. Unleashing the Lindsay Stirling channel on Pandora to get my words for the day.
Friday 11th November
Dear new character, thank you for turning up! You're solving a huge plot problem I didn't know I had. I'm sorry I'm going to kill you, but your death will really help the story along. Also, you'll get to wield the Travelling Shovel of Death before you go, I hope that makes up for it a little.
Saturday 12th November
Starting the day well at Crooked Tree Coffee House in St Charles. I forgot my index cards with the plot on, but in just over 90 minutes I made 1315 words. Going to Mauhaus Cat Café this afternoon, so excited!
Sunday 13th November
Starting the day at Kaldi's in Chesterfield for breakfast and a writing session. Deliberately left the power cord behind to force me to write faster and not use the internet. Annoyed that I have to disable the WiFi service to keep it turned off, something kept turning it back on, it's a battery hog as well as a time sink. More writing at Barnes and Noble in Chesterfield, then the official write-in at The Book House in Maplewood. Got over 3k words written today!
Monday 14th November
And back to work after a super productive writing weekend. I seem to be less able to write without my Vivaldi channel on Pandora. Crossed the 25k mark and running downhill towards my plot crisis!