Sunday night

[tamaranth]

40,006 / 50,000 (80.0%)

Back hurts: flat needs hoovering: am utterly exhausted. But ... but! I really had to force the last 50 words or so, but it seemed daft to stop just before the milestone ...

Comments

[dellastarr.livejournal.com]

Jealous Jealous Jealous of your beautiful word count!!!

As beautifully as you write, I can't imagine you, "forcing" anything.

You are way ahead of the nanowrimo game!! WOOT!

[tamaranth.livejournal.com]

I've definitely forced bits of this, because there isn't really time to dither ... can imagine grinding to a halt and never starting again, and I have set myself a challenge!

[purplecthulhu.livejournal.com]

So are you going to push on at this rate and write 100000 words in a month if the book demands it? Then you could get 2 NaNo cirtificates!

[tamaranth.livejournal.com]

given that this is a first draft, without all the description, obfuscation etc that will appear if / when I polish it, the notion of 100K is a bit scary! Not sure how much plot is left, but probably more than 10 chapters' worth ... (my chapters being scenes, really, averaging 1000 words)

[ladymoonray.livejournal.com]

*falls over again*

I'm with you on the milestones. I keep thinking I've finished for the day, and put the wordcount into my spreadsheet, but then I think "Oh just a few more and I'll get to X000." So I do. It's not a bad habit, I suppose, but I end up stopping in some very odd places!

[tamaranth.livejournal.com]

don't fall over! not unless there is a cat in the way to cushion your fall, anyway.

Those last few words last night were tricky .. and this morning I thought I was stuck ... and then, then ... (see latest LJ entry for details!)