{"id":564,"date":"2008-11-25T08:56:42","date_gmt":"2008-11-25T12:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=564"},"modified":"2008-11-25T08:56:42","modified_gmt":"2008-11-25T12:56:42","slug":"nanowrimo-2008-progress-weeks-one-and-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=564","title":{"rendered":"NaNoWriMo 2008 Progress – Weeks One and Two"},"content":{"rendered":"

Week One<\/strong> – Dated 11\/04\/08<\/p>\n

Right now I’m on track for completing 50,000 words by the end of the month.\u00c2\u00a0 I’ve not reached my daily word count goal but some writing sessions are more productive than others.<\/p>\n

One thing I’ve been disappointed in is my lack of NaNoisms.\u00c2\u00a0 These are funny, unintentional typos.\u00c2\u00a0 Sometimes a word is misspelled or the wrong word is used.\u00c2\u00a0 This will frequently happen when writing while a conversation is happening nearby.\u00c2\u00a0 Instead of typing up the train of thought, the writer will begin to transcribe the eavesdropped conversation.\u00c2\u00a0 When the resulting sentences are a combination of the conversation and the action of the novel it can be a hoot!<\/p>\n

During the first week is when our characters come alive.\u00c2\u00a0 They do or say things we don’t expect.\u00c2\u00a0 For instance, my main character was widowed six months prior to the break-in of her home.\u00c2\u00a0 And now she appears to be falling for the police officer that was sent to check on the security alarm.<\/p>\n

Week Two<\/strong> – Dated 11\/12\/08<\/p>\n

Since last week I’ve learned my key to getting new writing done.\u00c2\u00a0 I make the mistake of approaching it the way I do my editing.\u00c2\u00a0 Slow and steady.\u00c2\u00a0 So much thought is put into getting the right words onto the paper (or word processing program) that few words actually make it.\u00c2\u00a0 The tool that has been screaming through the NaNo world this year is Dr. Wicked’s Write or Die!<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0 You enter your time or word goal and then pick your mode of prodding.\u00c2\u00a0 An html window opens up that keeps a running total of the number of words written.\u00c2\u00a0 Once you pause in your writing, the background screen changes color until it is red and then your punishment for not continuing kicks in with annoying sounds.\u00c2\u00a0 I admit to not using the sounds but the changing background color is enough of a clue to get me writing again.\u00c2\u00a0 I manually copy and paste the words written into my Word document so if I lose words it is my fault and not Dr. Wicked’s.<\/p>\n

My story keeps making twists and turns.\u00c2\u00a0 I always include a Pembroke Welsh Corgi.\u00c2\u00a0 This year Sammy has found a place in the novel.\u00c2\u00a0 In a matter of two days he went from sacrificing his life to save a little girl to being an actual fairy steed.\u00c2\u00a0 I think he’s going to survive this novel after all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Week One – Dated 11\/04\/08 Right now I’m on track for completing 50,000 words by the end of the month.\u00c2\u00a0 I’ve not reached my daily word count goal but some writing sessions are more productive than others. One thing I’ve been disappointed in is my lack of NaNoisms.\u00c2\u00a0 These are funny, unintentional typos.\u00c2\u00a0 Sometimes a… Continue reading NaNoWriMo 2008 Progress – Weeks One and Two<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,54],"tags":[67],"class_list":["post-564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-event","category-writing","tag-nanowrimo","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=564"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":604,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564\/revisions\/604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}