Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Nanowrimo - Half Way In

Yesterday morning, I made it to the halfway point in my November book. I surpassed 25,000 words. Of course, this doesn't mean the book is halfway done because I always try to keep writing clear to the final word, which almost always is well beyond the 50,000 word goal. But, still, I feel encouraged that it is going so well.

I'm going to try to have another 4000 word day today because I know I will be gone for much of the morning and afternoon tomorrow. I'll be playing my horn with a small ensemble to kick off The Salvation Army's kettle campaign in Indianapolis. It is supposed to be cold, so I hope my horn valves don't freeze up. I have purchased hand and foot warmers because I remember how cold my feet were last year.

I'm finding my morning walks around the high school track to be especially productive. I have resumed that practice and left off walking on the treadmill while listening to books. Thus, due to the writing and track-walking, I haven't been getting in as much reading. Still, I'm close to finishing one book and halfway through another.

4 comments:

Amy Sorensen said...

I confess: I made it to 4000 words. Half a short story. Hanging my head in shame. But I am sooooo proud of you!!!

Amy Sorensen said...

I confess: I made it to 4000 words. Half a short story. Hanging my head in shame. But I am sooooo proud of you!!!

Amy Sorensen said...

And...sorry for the double comment! My computer is acting so weird lately with the blog commenting!

Wendy Hill said...

Any progress is better than no progress at all. Keep going. Finish the story. I'd love to read it (of course, I love to read whatever you write). I remember the first year I did Nano and another blogger did it, too, and she was always like 2-5K ahead of me. It infuriated me and kept me going out of pure spite - ha!

You made my comment log look like I have more interaction (Yippee).