NaNoWriMo 2010 — Days 4 to 11

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.  Wait, someone else wrote that -- not me.

First, the good news: This is the first time I have made it into the double digits, date-wise, in any NaNoWriMo attempt.  My word count when I went to bed last night was 13237, which is also a record for this particular author.  I am hopelessly smitten with my male protagonist, and, with help from a friend, I have found a very generous soul who will help me with Mac's speech patterns!  There are many good things to celebrate here!

But now the bad news: The NaNoWriMo people always say that Week 2 is hard, and I have to agree.  It started with Piper, my dog, having minor surgery on Monday.  She's fine, but the surgery and ensuing drama of finding a way to get her to leave the wound alone that did not involve the Evil Traumatizing Cone Collar From Hell chewed up most of Monday and Tuesday.  And that was just enough to get me behind.

I spent a good five hours at Starbucks yesterday, and wrote for about three of them, so that broke up the log jam a little bit.  But I'm still further behind than I am comfortable with -- on the dangerous precipice of getting past the point of being able to catch up.  So tomorrow I will probably go back to Starbucks, and then I will attend the local NaNos' write-in tomorrow evening, and hopefully that will help put me back in the race.

The Data:

• November 4th — Target:  6668 words — Actual: 6813 words


• November 5th — Target:  8335 words — Actual:  8335 words


• November 6th — Target:  10002 words — Actual:  8901 words


• November 7th — Target:  11669 words — Actual:  11052 words


• November 8th — Target:  13336 words — Actual:  11052 words


• November 9th — Target:  15003 words — Actual:  11958 words


• November 10th — Target:  16670 words — Actual:  13237 words


• November 11th — Target:  18337 words — Actual:  13237 words

In order to get caught up by the end of tomorrow, I will have to write 6767 words.  Looks like I've got my work cut out for me.  If there are any cheerleaders out there, please comment!  I need you! :)