The Goal:
JULY:
Average 334-ish words per day each week. (It's 1,000 words every 3 days, which -- counting the six days that happened before ROW80 began -- makes my 10,000 word Camp NaNo goal.)
I completed Camp NaNoWriMo on Monday (as I stated last entry, I believe) with 10,203 words. The novel, Jabberwocky III: The Retread, is still not finished, but meh.
I have not put fingers to keyboard since then, but new month means new goal:
AUGUST & SEPTEMBER:
Continue writing, knocking the goal down a bit to 250 words per day average.
So as of tomorrow's writing session I should end up with another 1,000 words. Whether that will also be on J3 or on another work instead remains to be seen.
Hey, how did everyone else wrap up July / begin August?
Sunday, August 3, 2014
Monday, July 28, 2014
A Day Late - Check-in: Week Three, Part II
Okay, so I was supposed to do this yesterday, but the news would have been less groovy, and besides: I was completing a weekend of gaming gluttony, since I will be out of the gaming loop for a few weeks.
Ahem, and all that:
The Goal:
JULY:
Average 334-ish words per day each week. (It's 1,000 words every 3 days, which -- counting the six days that happened before ROW80 began -- makes my 10,000 word Camp NaNo goal.)
As of last night, when this was supposed to be up, my word count was 8,762 -- just 238 words shy of where I needed to be. Not cause for alarm or self-flagellation.
Tonight was a writing session, however, and... drum roll please...
I have won Camp NaNoWriMo and met the July portion of my ROW80 goal.
"And there was much rejoicing."
"(Yay.)"
Wednesday is supposed to also be a writing session, but at this time I am not yet sure I will be doing so. My word processor may not hear from me again until Friday (August1).
Ahem, and all that:
The Goal:
JULY:
Average 334-ish words per day each week. (It's 1,000 words every 3 days, which -- counting the six days that happened before ROW80 began -- makes my 10,000 word Camp NaNo goal.)
As of last night, when this was supposed to be up, my word count was 8,762 -- just 238 words shy of where I needed to be. Not cause for alarm or self-flagellation.
Tonight was a writing session, however, and... drum roll please...
I have won Camp NaNoWriMo and met the July portion of my ROW80 goal.
"And there was much rejoicing."
"(Yay.)"
Wednesday is supposed to also be a writing session, but at this time I am not yet sure I will be doing so. My word processor may not hear from me again until Friday (August1).
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Check-In: Week Three, Part I
The Goal:
JULY:
Average 334-ish words per day each week. (It's 1,000 words every 3 days, which -- counting the six days that happened before ROW80 began -- makes my 10,000 word Camp NaNo goal.)
My current word count for the month is 7,625 words. I'm on track as of the 21st. I have only 375 words to write by tomorrow (24th) to remain on track. Today was supposed to be a writing session, but the plan fell through. It's still possible that I will write a bit tonight (at home? ACK!), but at this point there is no guarantee.
Still, I'm doing far better in this ROW80 round than I have in either of the others I have attempted. I'm calling it a win, no matter where else things go from here.
How is everyone else doing? Check in with them!
JULY:
Average 334-ish words per day each week. (It's 1,000 words every 3 days, which -- counting the six days that happened before ROW80 began -- makes my 10,000 word Camp NaNo goal.)
My current word count for the month is 7,625 words. I'm on track as of the 21st. I have only 375 words to write by tomorrow (24th) to remain on track. Today was supposed to be a writing session, but the plan fell through. It's still possible that I will write a bit tonight (at home? ACK!), but at this point there is no guarantee.
Still, I'm doing far better in this ROW80 round than I have in either of the others I have attempted. I'm calling it a win, no matter where else things go from here.
How is everyone else doing? Check in with them!
Sunday, July 20, 2014
Check-in: Week Two, Part II
The Goal:
JULY:
Average 334-ish words per day each week. (It's 1,000 words every 3 days, which -- counting the six days that happened before ROW80 began -- makes my 10,000 word Camp NaNo goal.)
My current word count for the month is 6,426 words. I'm on track as of the 18th. I have only 574 words to write by tomorrow (21st) to remain on track. Yay me, etc. Tomorrow is a writing session, so I don't believe I will have any problem with it.
I did manage to sit down for a few minutes Friday night, but I wasn't feeling it and only pounded out a couple hundred words. Still, it was an implied promise fulfilled.
Now if only I could write anything worth admitting to...
Don't forget to check out the rest of the ROW80 gang.
JULY:
Average 334-ish words per day each week. (It's 1,000 words every 3 days, which -- counting the six days that happened before ROW80 began -- makes my 10,000 word Camp NaNo goal.)
My current word count for the month is 6,426 words. I'm on track as of the 18th. I have only 574 words to write by tomorrow (21st) to remain on track. Yay me, etc. Tomorrow is a writing session, so I don't believe I will have any problem with it.
I did manage to sit down for a few minutes Friday night, but I wasn't feeling it and only pounded out a couple hundred words. Still, it was an implied promise fulfilled.
Now if only I could write anything worth admitting to...
Don't forget to check out the rest of the ROW80 gang.
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Check-In: Week Two, Part I
The Goal:
JULY:
Average 334-ish words per day each week. (It's 1,000 words every 3 days, which -- counting the six days that happened before ROW80 began -- makes my 10,000 word Camp NaNo goal.)
My current word count for the month is 6,214 words. My Monday and Wednesday writing sessions were successful, and I'm good through the 18th. My next "milestone" of 1,000 needs to happen by the 21st, which (coincidentally) happens to be a writing session day.
Don't tell the not-writer in me, but there's a good chance I will sit down to write before then, too. Shhh.
Blog-Hop around to see how everyone else is doing, won't you?
JULY:
Average 334-ish words per day each week. (It's 1,000 words every 3 days, which -- counting the six days that happened before ROW80 began -- makes my 10,000 word Camp NaNo goal.)
My current word count for the month is 6,214 words. My Monday and Wednesday writing sessions were successful, and I'm good through the 18th. My next "milestone" of 1,000 needs to happen by the 21st, which (coincidentally) happens to be a writing session day.
Don't tell the not-writer in me, but there's a good chance I will sit down to write before then, too. Shhh.
Blog-Hop around to see how everyone else is doing, won't you?
Sunday, July 13, 2014
Check-In: Week One, Part II
7 down (counting Sunday), 73 to go.
The Goal:
JULY:
Average 334-ish words per day each week. (It's 1,000 words every 3 days, which -- counting the six days that happened before ROW80 began -- makes my 10,000 word Camp NaNo goal.)
My current word count for the month is 4,004 words. This means that as of Saturday, I am right on track. Tomorrow (Monday), I will be attending a writing session and expect to knock out the 1,000 I need for the three-day period of July 13-15. Another writing session on Wednesday should give me the 16-18 count.
We'll see what happens. In the meantime, don't forget to check in with the rest of the ROW80 gang!
The Goal:
JULY:
Average 334-ish words per day each week. (It's 1,000 words every 3 days, which -- counting the six days that happened before ROW80 began -- makes my 10,000 word Camp NaNo goal.)
My current word count for the month is 4,004 words. This means that as of Saturday, I am right on track. Tomorrow (Monday), I will be attending a writing session and expect to knock out the 1,000 I need for the three-day period of July 13-15. Another writing session on Wednesday should give me the 16-18 count.
We'll see what happens. In the meantime, don't forget to check in with the rest of the ROW80 gang!
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Check-in: Round 3, Week One, Part One
Messed up the Linky in the very first post of the round. My goals/introduction/whatnot are all there.
How'm I doing so far? Well, it's July 9, so according to my Camp NaNo goal, I should be at 3,000 words. I'm well ahead of schedule, so rock on.
I have nothing else to say at the moment. You should check in with everyone else instead.
How'm I doing so far? Well, it's July 9, so according to my Camp NaNo goal, I should be at 3,000 words. I'm well ahead of schedule, so rock on.
I have nothing else to say at the moment. You should check in with everyone else instead.
Monday, July 7, 2014
ROUND 3 - A Hat Returns to the Ring
Hi. It's me. I'm back.
For those who haven't met me, or don't remember, might I point you at my introductory post from the very first ROW80, in January, 2011?
(If not, it's okay. the gist of it is that I'm not actually a writer, something my friend gets tired of hearing me say whenever she tries to convince me I am.)
So what am I doing here? That's a good question... without a good answer, though part of it is in the first line of my farewell post of 2012: "I seem to waver. A lot."
I'm a big fan of National Novel Writing Month, and each November I write a novel. Kait Nolan is not a fan and created ROW80. Some people believe that NaNo and ROW80 are like Star Trek and Star Wars. One rocks all worlds, and the other needs to die in a fire.
Me? In both cases, writing challenge and science fiction saga alike, there's room in my heart for both.
(I love both Star Trek (Next Gen era) and Star Wars (both trilogies). You can't make me pick.)
And while the first draft of this post started out being a defense of NaNoWriMo in a ROW80 world, I will simply say that both writing exercises encourage people to dream. To create. To write.
The simple truth is that, although I'm not a writer, lately there has been a nagging drive -- very tiny and easy to ignore most of the time -- telling me to get back into writing even when it's not November. This year, I decided to give in to the urge and joined the July session of Camp NaNoWriMo.
So what am I doing here? (Redundant much?) Well, because there is room in my heart for both NaNo and ROW80, I would begin the 80 days with a 10,000-word goal for July and continue from there.
SO... the measurable goals are as follows:
JULY:
Average 334-ish words per day each week. (It's 1,000 words every 3 days, which -- counting the six days that happened before ROW80 began -- makes my 10,000 word Camp NaNo goal.)
AUGUST & SEPTEMBER:
Continue writing, knocking the goal down a bit to 250 words per day average.
If, after this round of ROW80, my desire for writing is maintained, I will reconsider my stance on whether or not I am a writer.
For those who haven't met me, or don't remember, might I point you at my introductory post from the very first ROW80, in January, 2011?
(If not, it's okay. the gist of it is that I'm not actually a writer, something my friend gets tired of hearing me say whenever she tries to convince me I am.)
So what am I doing here? That's a good question... without a good answer, though part of it is in the first line of my farewell post of 2012: "I seem to waver. A lot."
I'm a big fan of National Novel Writing Month, and each November I write a novel. Kait Nolan is not a fan and created ROW80. Some people believe that NaNo and ROW80 are like Star Trek and Star Wars. One rocks all worlds, and the other needs to die in a fire.
Me? In both cases, writing challenge and science fiction saga alike, there's room in my heart for both.
(I love both Star Trek (Next Gen era) and Star Wars (both trilogies). You can't make me pick.)
And while the first draft of this post started out being a defense of NaNoWriMo in a ROW80 world, I will simply say that both writing exercises encourage people to dream. To create. To write.
The simple truth is that, although I'm not a writer, lately there has been a nagging drive -- very tiny and easy to ignore most of the time -- telling me to get back into writing even when it's not November. This year, I decided to give in to the urge and joined the July session of Camp NaNoWriMo.
So what am I doing here? (Redundant much?) Well, because there is room in my heart for both NaNo and ROW80, I would begin the 80 days with a 10,000-word goal for July and continue from there.
SO... the measurable goals are as follows:
JULY:
Average 334-ish words per day each week. (It's 1,000 words every 3 days, which -- counting the six days that happened before ROW80 began -- makes my 10,000 word Camp NaNo goal.)
AUGUST & SEPTEMBER:
Continue writing, knocking the goal down a bit to 250 words per day average.
If, after this round of ROW80, my desire for writing is maintained, I will reconsider my stance on whether or not I am a writer.
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