November 12th, feels good!

 

For the last year, I have already had a decent amount of words. But there is something I have learnt about myself. I can write about 25k in one month, with a full-time 9- 5 job and other life tidbits that come up and go away. 

Everything I have written last year I have kept and edited. Read over and over, feeling the vibe of what I want to say in each story. I could go to the 50k with more writing time. But I am also learning my writing process, learning how much I can write in each sprint. 15min sprint I can roughtly do 300 to 400 words or a little less. Sometimes these words are thrown up through my fingertips, with a significant need to redo, reread, and/or just remove, sadly. 

Finding the small pockets of time is essential to me during this time of the year. So going to my local library is something I love to do as well. Or going to the local Tim Hortons with an interesting writing buddy who has many words under his belt as well! 

Finding a writing community is a must for me. Keeps me inspired to keep the fingers on the keys of the pencil to the paper. 

https://www.authorsquared.com/chancetomeet

https://mayerthorpelibrary.ab.ca/

Novel Writing Month Is Here!

As we all know, NaNoWriMo is the month of November, where you work on a lovely, interesting WIP (work in progress) that you started last year or find a brand new idea. 

The idea is to write 50k a day. So 1500 a day. That can be divided into 3 sprints of 300 words each. Sometimes, during the day, afternoon or evening. 

Last year, I finally finished the second book at 25k (no, it's not fully completed, just the rough draft)

This month, I have decided to devote all my writing time to a project I have been thinking about for the past year. Third book in the Heirloom series.

Heirloom Lost Orenda-Ego. So far, I'm at 21,836. My goal is 25k. Then once I hit that goal, I will set a new one, since I have already started this challenge halfway. 

So far, I have written 4000 fresh new words! I'm very proud of myself. 

How are you doing with your word count???