The amazing people over at NaNoWriMo are running another summer camp starting August 1st.
I did not do so well in the June camp, but I have confidence August will be different. For one, the writing is coming easier now. And two, I am going to set myself an entirely reasonable goal.
(Don’t worry, I’m all in for 50,000 words in November.)
Apparently 30,000 words was too much in June–I managed just under 22,000–I am averaging around 500 words a night this month–but that was free-writing with very little thought toward plot and character arcs. Now that I’m working on another novel with an eye to publication, I need to allow myself to progress more slowly. So I’m thinking 20,000 will be a decent challenge.
I wish everyone who is shooting for 50,000 the best of luck. I am looking forward to playing for real in November!
C.
That was another excellent post today. You make it look so easy. Thanks so much for sharing. I really enjoyed reading it very much. Have a wonderful day!
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Best of luck. I’m aiming for a similar goal for August. We should have a write-in. LOL
Woo hoo! Let the pom pom waving commence! *hugs*
Well, that’s going to change today, even if it kills me . . . (I should probably point out that I don’t mean that literally . . . though you probably already know that. Um . . .) ANYWAY, after such a long break from writing, because that’s essentially what I’ve been doing, I’m breaking out the coffee tonight and I’m not sleeping until I’ve written at the very least 2500 words. That’s not a great deal, but that’s why it’s the minimum. That should replace the chapter that I cut part off, and get part way into the chapter that I completely took out. Hmm . . . looking back, there was also another chapter that I had barely started which I also took out. Would it make more sense if I talked in how many words I took out, because they’re not exactly long chapters? It probably would. That’s roughly 4100 words removed, with barely anything added back to that. Fantastic. I may not like planning or outlining, but I can’t help thinking that if I actually stick to one, which I also don’t like doing, this sort of thing wouldn’t happen.