Nano2018 - Week2 Wrap-Up

​Week 2:

Day 5:
Very successful first session. A beautiful, snowy morning and the quiet helped a lot. I have seldom ever enjoyed writing this much or been as excited by what was coming of a story. I’m sure come January when I’m editing, I’ll feel differently but for now I’m riding the wave of good spirits. Ended up with 2,242 words added today.

Day 6:
767 in first session. Tricky to write a rage-filled vampire with a cheerful baby on your knee. But in my second/third sessions (I attended a virtual write-in but had dinner in the middle) I broke 10 and then 12,000 words! My total tonight is 12,068 and 2,710 of those were added today! My wordiest day of 2018. Getting into some good stuff in the novel and I’m psyched to write tomorrow!
 
Day 7:
Struggling during my second writing session today. The first went alright, bringing 906 words to the page. But I’ve had a distracted day and I’m having trouble harnessing my motivation tonight. I really want to get through the current scene though to have a fresh start tomorrow.  - -  Got through it and it was not easy. Not a single piece of it went according to my plan, but I think my characters knew better than me today and took things in a better direction. I’ve added 2,447 words today!
 
Day 8:
1,143 words in first session. Having a pretty good time. Both worried that things have strayed a bit from my plan and enjoying where they’ve gone. - - Decided to hang it up with that as my final word count. It’s a scene break so a good time to stop and I need to be refreshed to truck through the next couple scenes. Backed up the novel today!
 
Day 9:
Today was full of the unexpected. The afternoon/evening was chaos and I’m glad I got in 1,112 in the morning. I will have to really get cracking this weekend to catch back up with my personal goal as I’m shooting for 60-65 thousand this month. But, I got some of the tough stuff finished today.
 
Day 10:
My wordiest day yet and all in two evening sessions. I brought the night to a close by adding 3,374 words for a total of 20,179. Disturbingly, I think I’m only about a quarter of the way through the book so far. But,  it’s progressing well!
 
Day 11:
First session went fairly well. Got in over a thousand words before I had to quit for a while. Second session moved things forward, but I tired out quickly (up late last night) and had to give it a rest. - - Somehow I dragged myself back to the keyboard once more tonight. What ended up on the page seemed decent, but it was a slow, slow, sslllloooooow process. I’m proud of myself though. 2,429 total today. I added over 15,000 words this week for a grand total of 20,608 for the week.

End of the Week Total Word Count: 20,608

Technology that Helped this Week: Google Play Music - couldn't have powered through without the scores to a couple of movies that provided the right mood for background noise without distracting lyrics!

This week's inspiring quote.

Music that inspired this week. Click for vid!

Are you participating in Nano this year? I'd love to hear about how it's going for you! Share you triumphs and tribulations below!