A few days ago, Ykril finally woke up from his coma. Unfortunately, he seemed to have lost his memory and couldn't even remember me. Over the last few days, I often sat crying next to his bed while he slept and wondered why we were being punished like this.\nThe responsible priestess said that a so-called retrograde amnesia, whatever that is, was to be expected with his head injuries and tried to reassure me that she was sure it was only temporary. But she couldn't explain why he had forgotten almost two years.\nShe also assured me that I could...
#NaNoWriMo Day 30 Complete!
Daily Words: 1,492
Total Words: 50,498
Total %: 101.00%
That’s it! 🤯
I’ve completed draft 1 of my 1st #SF novel #Volition 🚀
It’s been a goal since 2015 when I completed my Eng Lit degree.
I’m thinking, “Shoulda done this years ago!” but that’s irrelevant, as I’ve done it now 🥲
Still heaps of work ahead, but that’s tomorrow, today is for enjoying this. 🥳
#NaNoWriMo Day 27 completed
Daily Wordcount: 3,683
Total Wordcount: 45,182
Total % Complete: 90.36%
I’ve finally caught up to my schedule. But that feels beside the point right now, as regardless of the schedule, I’ve got 4,818 words remaining to write in the next three days to successfully complete NaNoWriMo in 2023. 🫠
Not there yet, but a few weeks ago it seemed truly impossible. No celebrating yet, but soon- 🤭
As I sat by my bed spooning the hot milk soup with cinnamon that this beautiful Drow prepared for me and introduced herself to me as Naldela when I woke up, I watched her as she seemed to be arguing with another Drow, a very muscular one, and wondered what was going on. I wished I had learned the Drow language. Then I could listen and understand them. Only a 'No, I will not leave him' from Naldela was possible for me to translate, but otherwise I could only tell by the wild gesticulation that they were in disagreement. I wonder if they were sisters. They already looked very similar, and they also argued with each other, rather like me and Sunih did.
#NaNoWriMo Day 24 done Daily words: 2,429 Total words: 39,085 % Complete: 78.14%
Still cracking along. My writing is at the point now where while it’s a little hard to get going again, once I have started it’s not too hard to just keep going. I’ve never written like this for so long. It’s becoming very satisfying.
Tomorrow I will catch back up to and then exceed my projected word count again.
#NaNoWriMo Day 22 done Daily words: 2,611 Total words: 34,321 % Complete: 68.64%
Just a quick update today because it’s midnight and I’m buggered after working a full day, going to the gym this evening, and then writing 2,611 words 😁
Couldn’t be happier really. Still a good way to go, but I’m starting to believe I might make it.
#NaNoWriMo Day 21 done Daily words: 2,585 Total words: 31,710 % Complete: 63.42%
Still trucking, and still in with a realistic shot of getting this over the line.
Had a slow weekend as I meandered down the long and boring narrative road, but some adjustments and two chapters rewritten and it’s firing once again. Tension building, excitement too.
Keep on writing everyone! Still a week to get your goals met! 😅
It’s the smaller moment to moment events I’m finding need more thought. The minutiae of what actually happens on the ground, who says what where and how they interact, respond to events, form and disband groups, etc.
It requires the continual creation of micro-narratives, which is fun but draining. 🙂
@golgaloth@bookstodon@amwriting I’ve got a few b-plots centred on main characters, and one or two brewing around different factions. But these were not so fleshed out as the main plot, so I’ve been thinking forward on these, while seeing where they go while I write. Definitely for my next novel I’ll be considering them in more detail prior to commencing.
@mjjmori@JoanGrey@bookstodon@amwriting Yeah, noting ever comes out the way you think. I like to let the narrative wander a little between major plot points, so the chapter I'm writing feels more organic to the characters rather than forced to the plot.
@golgaloth@JoanGrey@bookstodon@amwriting Yeah, good way of putting it. I’m finding this is the way. It feels good for something to happen that is a surprise to yourself, the writer, like, wow, where did that come from? :blobcat:
@golgaloth@JoanGrey@bookstodon@amwriting On this, do you have any advice on knowing when it’s getting too far away from the larger plot, or just isn’t working, etc? Sometimes I think to not do this in case it winds up in a dead-end or something.
I find if I've wandered too far, someone can come in and break things up with high energy and a decisive move back to the plot. I tend to have beacons, marker points of what's going to happen. Half my writing time is spent wondering how the hell I'm going to get to the next one from where I've ended up. "Invested person with high energy" works well.
@golgaloth@JoanGrey@bookstodon@amwriting Oh I like that a lot. I’m usually worried about wasting time and words, but to see it as a bit of puzzle of how to get back to where it needs to be is really nice. I’ll keep this is mind when it happens next time, to not just put a line through it but find a pathway back.
@georgettetan@bookstodon@amwriting Yeah, there’s a line in the sand I suppose where it’s going to have drifted to far away, where it starts to change the tone or the character or the whole baring of the narrative in way not wanted.
I've posted this link before, but for someone else, I think.
I'm a heavy outliner - I include all/most of the little side conversations and bits and bobs in my outlines, because I find that with that complete an outline, I can get up to 5-8000 words in a writing day. (The link is ugly, I'm so sorry.)
I know a lot of pantsers and plantsers, but I'm not one of them.
@JoanGrey@golgaloth@bookstodon@amwriting Some helpful technique here. You weren’t mucking around when you said you Outline. This is nice thorough. I’m thinking for the sequel to my current novel I’m writing for Nano I’ll do this kind of outline. Maybe in a spreadsheet, which works well for my data-driven brain, though I do like the idea of an actual calendar and physical cards, so we’ll see. Perhaps a mixture of both. Cheers for sharing
#NaNoWriMo Day 15 done Daily words: 2,453 Total words: 25,084 % Complete: 50.17%
Yay, I’m half way through both in days and word count! 😃
So happy- I didn’t think I’d get this far. Still a long way to go, and if anything it feels like the first half will have been easy compared with the next fifty percent. The start already feels along time ago, IRL and Narratively.
DONT STOP EVERYONE! KEEP ON TYPING AWAY 😁 @bookstodon#mjjmori@amwriting@nanowrimo#amwriting