NaNoWriMo 2015 Day 15: Midway Day (Updated)

Say hello Day 15!

In a month of 30 days, that puts us in the midway point. In terms of word count towards 50,000 that means getting to around 25,000 words of your novel.

Among all the things that can happen on a Sunday, finding time to write the daily word count (1667) should not be too hard.

One other number to toss out there before I leave this opening thought: One.  As in, one novel to finish.  We're getting there.

I will add updates when I can.  Good luck.

We're all counting on you.

Update (10:51 PM EST): I know it's late, I'd been distracted most of the afternoon. Something I regret. However, I just got over the 25,000 word count. I hope to get a few more paragraphs in to feel better about this.

Hope you are all writing well!

NaNoWriMo 2015 Update 11/14/15: Write-In Palooza

We are getting up to the halfway point in the 30-day novel writing effort (November 15 is the hump), and I just want to say at this moment: woot.

I am currently at 24,000-plus words.

My sexy vampire hasn't killed anyone yet, but the night is young.

Meanwhile, the Lakeland region write-ins have been getting decent turnouts at the Books-A-Million store. Pics or it didn't happen! From last week:

And for tonight's turnout:

She's using him as a standing board for her notebook

And everybody is hard at work! Except for the guy taking photos. Whoops... (speed types)

Keep writing! Those exploding penguin plot points don't write themselves!

(missing animated GIF of Monty Python penguins exploding. Damn The Man. You get a YouTube clip instead)

WAIT! THAT'S AN EXPLODING EXISTENTIALIST! NOOOooooooo...

It's Friday the 13th! You get a black cat being a krazy kitteh.

It's Mal! Celebrating the 13th as only a black cat can! With a dangly toy fishie.

Now, back to the NaNo writing!

One Of The Traps Of Writing Dialog: Exposition

I'm at that point in my NaNoWriMo story where the main characters are sitting down and talking. I've essentially given over this moment to my sexy vampire character to establish this 'Verse rules regarding vampires as a breed, and the supernatural elements that exist within this urban fantasy.

This can get tricky. While it helps to get the details out about how and why things work in your created world of this novel, you don't want to bog down into details and going off on tangents.

You're supposed to Show Not Tell. Unfortunately, there are times when there is no way to show, when talking about past events for example or establishing the motivations of a character to do what she does.

Given the rough draft nature of this novel - that I am pretty much writing by the seat of my pants - I am going to pretty much put it all out there in the dialog, and I am just going to have to use the follow-up editing process to clean this scene up, make it more active.

Anyway. KEEP WRITING!

NaNoWriMo 2015 Day Seven: No Sleep Til Brooklyn

Actually, so far in my urban fantasy plotline, my sexy vampire heroine never makes it to Brooklyn.

I may yet send her to the Bronx to deal with a recalcitrant gargoyle, but the narrative is still too fluid.

I am, yes, flying by the seat of my pants on this.

I tried flying with someone else's pants, but I tore a hole in the buttocks.

Ow, stop hitting me.

I'll let you know how my word count goes today.

Update: thanks to sharing in two different Write-Ins today, I got over 3,000 words done and am up to 14,300 words total by this seventh day.

NaNoWriMo 2015 Day Two: Oh Hey More Words

At home tonight, looking to get about another 2000 words or so.

I do need to create a better book cover for an example.  But I can live with it for the moment.

There's a Write-In in Winter Haven Public Library this Wednesday Nov. 4th from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm.  And then Bartow Library is hosting a Write-In from 5:00 to 7:30 pm before the library closes.

JOIN ME.

WRITE.

THE NOVEL MOVES.

NaNoWriMo 2015 In Effect. Run For Cover, Folks

There are rampaging writers in your neighborhood!

Well, actually, your nearest Panera Bread restaurants.

But it's the thought that counts. :)

Gotten up to over 2500 words today. May get over 3000 by the end of the night.  Nice count.

I will keep tabs on how my progress goes.  Might get something DONE this year.  I mean really done.