NaNoWriMo Update

Ha! I just realized that if I can't think of anything else to post here I can always do a NaNoWriMo update...not that anyone gives a flying you-know-what.

Anyway, on Sunday I went to something called a Write-In. A bunch of NaNoers get together and write for a few hours. I'm really glad that I went. Met new people, got a few thousand words down, etc. Had I stayed at home I would have procrastinated away half the day...and would have spent the other half kicking myself in the ass for not writing.

One of the things we did at the Write-In was to have a few word wars. Someone sets a time limit, like 30 minutes, and everyone tries to write the most words in that time period. I almost opted out, because of my 'edit-as-you-write' style, but decided to participate. After doing it, though, I realized that it could be looked at as a form of stream-of-consciousness writing, which is something that I use and teach in my consulting work. Duh...it never dawned on me before. I actually used this technique to get myself going today.

I calculated that if I write about 2,200 words per day I should be able to finish this thing. So far today I did 2,521 words and have a grand total of 12,963, even though that grand total hasn't been showing correctly on the NaNoWriMo widget.

Oh well...off to crank out a few more scenes before cocktail hour.


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