Back On Step
A week into November and I think I can say I truly am, "back on step." I've been writing on a much more regular basis than I have for the past several years. So far I've only missed writing on a single day. That was last Saturday when I spent all day at a local high school's arts and craft fair. But I did sell three books and also three photo prints of some of my paintings.
Sold an 8.5 X 11 inch print of this beach/surf scene
I started a new chapter, chapter ten to be exact on Thursday the 1st, and finished it up last night. So far for the month I have about nineteen and a quarter pages and nearly 6k words. Don't expect I'll hit the NaNoWriMo goal of 50 k, but I should make some real progress. I'm guessing somewhere around 20 to 25k, give or take a little.
What gets me excited, though, is to realize that I'm thinking about the story, even when I'm not writing, and I'm thinking in more detail about the characters, their interactions, their emotions, as well as the big picture. And I find that when I sit down to write, that things come to me and I feel more creative and more into the story. Because I am a "pantser" it's almost as if I want to find out what is going to happen... just as if I were reading it.
So I'm hoping I can keep this enthusiasm and this spirit of creativity going for the month, and that it will continue as the month ends.
Dave
Sold an 8.5 X 11 inch print of this beach/surf scene
I started a new chapter, chapter ten to be exact on Thursday the 1st, and finished it up last night. So far for the month I have about nineteen and a quarter pages and nearly 6k words. Don't expect I'll hit the NaNoWriMo goal of 50 k, but I should make some real progress. I'm guessing somewhere around 20 to 25k, give or take a little.
What gets me excited, though, is to realize that I'm thinking about the story, even when I'm not writing, and I'm thinking in more detail about the characters, their interactions, their emotions, as well as the big picture. And I find that when I sit down to write, that things come to me and I feel more creative and more into the story. Because I am a "pantser" it's almost as if I want to find out what is going to happen... just as if I were reading it.
So I'm hoping I can keep this enthusiasm and this spirit of creativity going for the month, and that it will continue as the month ends.
Dave