Ouch.
I'm trying to decide if I have enough energy to get started on the next chapter. So far, the answer is 'meh,' but maybe I'll get bored and tap out a few hundred words...
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NaNoWriMo 2023 Wordcounts
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I'm trying to decide if I have enough energy to get started on the next chapter. So far, the answer is 'meh,' but maybe I'll get bored and tap out a few hundred words...
Demesnedenoir
Myth Weaver
I slept late, felt like shit, so I've more energy than normal... although I have a bad habit of waking up from 11pm to 2 or 3 in the morning anyhow. I can be dead tired all day and if I make it to 11 or so... wham! Energy... which really screws the normal part of my life and days I wake up at 6, heh heh.
Demesnedenoir
Myth Weaver
1694 words past midnight so far... could break 5k by this midnight, and that would go a long ways and make my editor happy, heh heh.
Overcame the 'meh's' enough to crank out almost 800 words. A fair start on chapter 17.
I think.... I have two more Carina chapters, one Git-Vik chapter, and one or two Curtis chapters to wrap up the 'southern expedition.' Probably four or five more to take care of events in the labyrinth proper, though I'm not entirely sure which POV's to go with on a couple of those.
I think.... I have two more Carina chapters, one Git-Vik chapter, and one or two Curtis chapters to wrap up the 'southern expedition.' Probably four or five more to take care of events in the labyrinth proper, though I'm not entirely sure which POV's to go with on a couple of those.
Had an unexpected visitor throw a wrench into today's writing plans. By the time he left...well, it was a good thing I overcame the 'meh's' before heading to bed. Anyhow, Chapter seventeen is done, at almost exactly 1700 words, bringing the official NaNo tally up to 45260.
Chapter eighteen is where things start getting critical with the 'southern expedition.' To write that correctly, I'm going to have to go back and tack a few hundred words into earlier chapters. Then things get critical and complicated. (Waking up a city of hibernating aliens, sealing a portal to a demon world, and figuring out how to incorporate a six-inch tall demonic sprite into the cast...
Chapter eighteen is where things start getting critical with the 'southern expedition.' To write that correctly, I'm going to have to go back and tack a few hundred words into earlier chapters. Then things get critical and complicated. (Waking up a city of hibernating aliens, sealing a portal to a demon world, and figuring out how to incorporate a six-inch tall demonic sprite into the cast...
Demesnedenoir
Myth Weaver
Yep, my day blew apart too, so it's good I stayed up late. Tomorrow will be interesting.
Demesnedenoir
Myth Weaver
1650ish today... hopefully company leaves early, heh heh.
pmmg
Myth Weaver
4 days left. And who decided to have a write month in November when guests are sure to visit? They should pick March. 31 days, no holidays the make guests come over.
There is the April NaNo. I wrote the bulk of my last novella during that, and a couple of the 'Empire' books to boot.
pmmg
Myth Weaver
That month also has 30 days, and not 31....I am not sure they are thinking this through.
Demesnedenoir
Myth Weaver
2158 yesterday and past midnight tonight/today, 913. Ended another POV.
Finished Chapter eighteen, which came to just over 2450 words. Tacked in the bits and pieces I'd added to earlier chapters and decided to call it 2650. That brings the NaNo official tally up to 47910 - though how close that is to the true tally is...problematic. Likely, the true word count is a couple hundred words higher, from all the tinkering to earlier chapters. Guess I'll find out when it is time for the grand end of NaNo tally - if there is still such a thing...
Next up, Carina rescues Curtis. Could be a short chapter. As the one after that has Curtis going after the evil twins...hmm...maybe just go with Curtis and include Carina later...gotta think about that...
Next up, Carina rescues Curtis. Could be a short chapter. As the one after that has Curtis going after the evil twins...hmm...maybe just go with Curtis and include Carina later...gotta think about that...
Ugh. Gave it a whirl any way. Tried not to look at the screen as much as possible. Slow, slow going, But, chapter nineteen is done at 1900 words, bringing the grand tally up to 49810.
Tomorrow, chapter twenty - Curtis and the climax of the southern expedition.
I think I need new glasses...
Tomorrow, chapter twenty - Curtis and the climax of the southern expedition.
I think I need new glasses...
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- #156
Less than 200 words to go! You've got this with days to spare. Nice!
I'm not.
I also wear glasses - or more to the point, contacts. I hate my glasses. Right now, I'm wearing what I can only describe as experimental lenses. I have a strong prescription for the right eye to see distance, and a weaker one for the left eye to see nearby. Then I also have reading glasses because I just turned 49 and that's how I roll... er, read.
The experiment is actually working! It took some time for my eyes to sync up, but they did and now, unless they fall out of sync and I need to wait for them to catch up.But yeah, if writing is giving you headaches, I think you're right about your glasses. Sounds like you need something adjusted, and maybe with blue light protection, too. My reading glasses are like that and it really makes a difference. I have many fewer migraines during the week, now, and I can work longer without strain.
Finchbearer
Istar
I just got some new glasses for my astigmatism and lazy left eye, replacing a fifteen or so years old prescription. It’s amazing what you can see when you can…see!
Demesnedenoir
Myth Weaver
I think I stare at the keyboard more than the screen, seeing as I'm a shit typist. It's when the letters get fuzzy as hell that it's time for jumping jacks and coffee... or bed.
2.2k yesterday, so even with some crappy days and getting other writing stuff done, just under 44k. 50k or the end of the novel, whichever comes first.
2.2k yesterday, so even with some crappy days and getting other writing stuff done, just under 44k. 50k or the end of the novel, whichever comes first.
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- #159
I'm some sort of bizarre combination where I type at blinding speed, but I write extremely slowly. I tend to go through 4 or 5 versions in my head before it hits the page. I also type like a jackhammer. So, when I'm writing it looks a lot like me thinking for minutes at a time, fingertips on the keys, and then explosive, extremely loud, typing, followed by more silence and thinking. I rarely look at the keyboard anymore, but I also learned to type on a manual typewriter, back when we double spaced between sentences and a typo meant starting the bloody page over again. I don't miss that, and they can pry my ergonomic keyboard from my dead, cold, hands even as I rage against that last goodnight.
Finchbearer
Istar
Gonna say around 3000 words tonight. - okay an actual word count brings me to 3877. Just under 10,000 words to go.
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