NaNo -- The First Weekend: Write in your happy place
NaNo word count for this weekend = 5858
NaNo word count total = 13,731
It's been an incredibly productive NaNo weekend. I caught up on my word count, and now back on schedule. I wasn't as productive as a lot of NaNo'ers, but considering the errands, housework, and bill paying that's a part of my weekends every weekend, I happy with what I managed to pound out. Phaelan's older brother, Mago Benares -- banking executive and con-man extraordinaire -- is a hoot to write. The words flow like water. Ya'll are gonna love him.
It's late Sunday afternoon as I'm writing this post, and I'm pleased with how it's going. Those of you who follow me on Twitter have probably been noticing that I'm on there a little less than normal, and those of you emailing me may notice a lag of a few more hours of getting my responses--but I still answer same day. ; )
Truth is, it's a pain in the butt to check Twitter and email on this Netbook -- and that's a VERY GOOD thing for my writing productivity. About the only time I check Twitter, email, Raine's Rangers, etc. on the weekend now is first thing in the morning, and last thing at night when I'm entering my final NaNo count on the NaNo site, and backing up the writing I've done for that day.
I do all that on my laptop in my office upstairs. So the Netbook has become a writing tool only. And as a result, I'm making my word counts each day -- for the most part. I've determined that life is going to get in the way, and that's all there is to it.
My piece of advice for today for NaNo'ers and all of you writers. If you work on a laptop, Netbook, and with a notebook & pen -- when starting a new work, it's working for me to write in a new place. At the moment I'm working at the dining room table on the Netbook, but I got an amazing amount done this weekend sitting up in bed surrounded by sleeping dogs, or sitting on the den couch. All new places for me to work, because they're typically places I go to relax. And by it being a place that my mind equates with relaxation, the words flow more freely there. There's not the pressure of being "in the office."
My next door neighbor, Jennifer, who's also a writer (she's about to start sending out query letters), has spent the day on their back deck, working from her laptop while her husband works in the back yard, building a landscape wall. Gorgeous day here in central NC for doing that. She said that she's getting a lot done, and it's probably for the same reason that I'm productive -- we're writing where we also feel relaxed.
There's nothing like an uptight muse to plug up your brain's word factory.
So my writing advice for today is to find your happy place and go write there.
I hope to be able to post the new postcards and bookmarks for Bewitched & Betrayed tomorrow. And I hope to be able to tell you my big news this week.
Have yourselves a great Monday!
Lisa
NaNo word count total = 13,731
It's been an incredibly productive NaNo weekend. I caught up on my word count, and now back on schedule. I wasn't as productive as a lot of NaNo'ers, but considering the errands, housework, and bill paying that's a part of my weekends every weekend, I happy with what I managed to pound out. Phaelan's older brother, Mago Benares -- banking executive and con-man extraordinaire -- is a hoot to write. The words flow like water. Ya'll are gonna love him.
It's late Sunday afternoon as I'm writing this post, and I'm pleased with how it's going. Those of you who follow me on Twitter have probably been noticing that I'm on there a little less than normal, and those of you emailing me may notice a lag of a few more hours of getting my responses--but I still answer same day. ; )
Truth is, it's a pain in the butt to check Twitter and email on this Netbook -- and that's a VERY GOOD thing for my writing productivity. About the only time I check Twitter, email, Raine's Rangers, etc. on the weekend now is first thing in the morning, and last thing at night when I'm entering my final NaNo count on the NaNo site, and backing up the writing I've done for that day.
I do all that on my laptop in my office upstairs. So the Netbook has become a writing tool only. And as a result, I'm making my word counts each day -- for the most part. I've determined that life is going to get in the way, and that's all there is to it.
My piece of advice for today for NaNo'ers and all of you writers. If you work on a laptop, Netbook, and with a notebook & pen -- when starting a new work, it's working for me to write in a new place. At the moment I'm working at the dining room table on the Netbook, but I got an amazing amount done this weekend sitting up in bed surrounded by sleeping dogs, or sitting on the den couch. All new places for me to work, because they're typically places I go to relax. And by it being a place that my mind equates with relaxation, the words flow more freely there. There's not the pressure of being "in the office."
My next door neighbor, Jennifer, who's also a writer (she's about to start sending out query letters), has spent the day on their back deck, working from her laptop while her husband works in the back yard, building a landscape wall. Gorgeous day here in central NC for doing that. She said that she's getting a lot done, and it's probably for the same reason that I'm productive -- we're writing where we also feel relaxed.
There's nothing like an uptight muse to plug up your brain's word factory.
So my writing advice for today is to find your happy place and go write there.
I hope to be able to post the new postcards and bookmarks for Bewitched & Betrayed tomorrow. And I hope to be able to tell you my big news this week.
Have yourselves a great Monday!
Lisa
posted by Lisa Shearin at
4:05 PM
7 Comments:
I just reached 16065 words, which means I have still 2000 words to go until I reach my goal for today.
But I may have just found my big evil plotter, the shadowy presence behind all the enemies, the... you get my point.
This is definitely my success for today, since this guy was a big, fat blank until today. I knew there was someone like him working on a big evil plan, but I didn't know exactly who he was.
Hope you Monday will be productive as well!
Woot! Way to find that villain! Hey, when you accomplish that, word count takes a back seat. Go you!
I can't wait to meet Mago. Anyone related to the Phaelan has to be interesting.
Have to admit, the mention of an older brother made me think of Mycroft Holmes. (Not because I expect Mago to be anything like him -they're in opposite professions, after all- but because it doesn't take much to remind me of the Sherlock Holmes cannon.)
I'm glad your writing is going so well. Hmmm.... tricking your brain into relaxing. That's a good idea.
That would be so cool, having a neighbor who's a writer, too. I wish I knew more writers personally. That's what I love about writing conferences: getting together to talk shop with a bunch of other writers.
But I do have a neighbor who loves fantasy novels (I forced all of yours on her and she loves them), so I guess I can't complain.
Ooh, I can't imagine anything more relaxing than kicking back to write while someone else builds a landscape wall. Your neighbor has the right idea. :)
I've made it a little past 15,000 words, but it was slow going this weekend. Maybe I'll try writing downstairs on the couch instead of at my computer desk tonight. Thanks for the tip!
Currently I have 13,450 words. I am happy about that considering I was about 3,000 words behind until last night. Now I can breathe easier. Hope the words come out well today!
Lisa that sounds like a great idea. Write in a place I feel relaxed. That might actually help!
Well, I'm off to shop and hopefully I'll get some writing done as well!
oooh, phalean has a con-man uncle, sweet, now im psyced about him, its like oppisites or something
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