NaNoWriMo 2011 - Winner!

51912 was the official NaNoWriMo tally today.  Done!  For now at least, giving myself a week off.  So glad we had the great community here.  On my way out the door so more later. :)

The Home Stretch - A Thanksgiving NaNoWriMo

Here we go!  We are in the home stretch of NaNoWriMo 2011 and I have been pleasantly surprised.  My progress has been steady and I have no doubt I'll be a winner this year (this being my second, I didn't fare as well last year). If you are a little behind remember to just sit and write, no distractions, no editing, no excuses!

Though we still have a week left I wanted to thank everyone that has participated in the great writer communities on Google+ and Twitter.  The writer hangouts and NaNoSprints really were a lifesaver. Someone was always there when I needed to be challenged or spurred to write more. I am thankful for each and every one of you. Here's hoping everyone else is doing well with their projects (and in the U.S. have great Thanksgiving)!

NaNoWriMo 2011 - Day 14

Sorry for the lack of daily updates.  I was hoping to keep up the same format for each day.  I find though that I am so busy some days I can't even write.  Then when I can write I am playing catch up and have no time to update here.  I don't even think I've updated on Google+ or Twitter recently lol.

Anyways NaNoWriMo is going well, very well in fact.  I am just happy to be on target and actually getting more writing done than I ever have before.  I hope everyone else's month is going great!  I'll try to use my previous format for some posts when I can.

NaNoWriMo 2011 - Day 9

• Today's Word Count: 4351

• Current Word Count: 17615

• Words to Go: 32385

• Cups of Coffee: 2

• Hours Spent Writing Today: 4

• Number of Breaks Taken: 3

• Number of Characters Killed: 0

• Number of Times Writers’ Block Occurred: 0

• Number of Times I Almost Gave Up: 0 

Think I just about caught up to where I should be, maybe even surpassed it.  Now I am hoping to get back onto a regular writing schedule.  Playing Catch up is hard work.

NaNoWriMo 2011 - Day 8

• Today's Word Count: 3866

• Current Word Count: 13264

• Words to Go: 36736

• Cups of Coffee: 3

• Hours Spent Writing Today: 3

• Number of Breaks Taken: 2

• Number of Characters Killed: 1

• Number of Times Writers’ Block Occurred: 0

• Number of Times I Almost Gave Up: 0 

Trying to play catch up after a busy weekend is not fun!  All in all a good day of writing though, now if I can just do this again tomorrow. I'll keep my fingers crossed.

NaNoWriMo 2011 - Day 4

•  Today's Word Count: 2973

• Current Word Count: 9398 

• Words to Go: 40602

• Cups of Coffee: 1

• Hours Spent Writing Today: 2

• Number of Breaks Taken: 2

• Number of Characters Killed: 0

• Number of Times Writers’ Block Occurred: 0

• Number of Times I Almost Gave Up: 0 

NaNoWriMo 2011 - Day 3

Day 3 continued as a good day. So far NaNoWriMo has been good fun with loads of support and camaraderie from the NaNoWrimo, Google+ and Twitter communities.  The writing is till flowing smoothly, no lack of material...yet.  Also managed a 3 mile run this morning and a 2 mile walk after dinner with the wife. I can see the need to flesh out the story a bit when I get far enough ahead in the word count.  Right now I feel as if I am writing well, but a lot of the scenes are random and out of order.  They are all needed, but I am writing them as I am in the mood to see how they turn out.  I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not.  Though as long as I am not hitting a wall yet I'm happy.  I hope everyone else is having success too.

• Today's Word Count: 1996

• Current Word Count: 6425 

• Words to Go: 43575

• Cups of Coffee: 1

• Hours Spent Writing Today: 1.5

• Number of Breaks Taken: 2

• Number of Characters Killed: 1 (Minor character, needed a writing boost.  May reappear in later drafts)

• Number of Times Writers’ Block Occurred: 0

• Number of Times I Almost Gave Up: 0 

Very happy with today's progress. How did everyone else do?