I got off track yesterday, got stuck thinking my plot was dead because one of the characters simply would not allow the plot to continue as it meant someone he cared about would be in a bad situation. But I finally this morning figured out how to keep him from singlehandedly fixing the problems and short circuiting the plot. Thank you, sunrise.

(I mean... he's a vampire. he has powers. none of the people who want to stop him have any powers. and they don't want to harm him because he's an ally. but... sunrise. he can't do anything because of that. magic!)

The month is half over, and I would be up to date on Nanowrimo… for day one :-(

Hello! Anyone up for a at 5pm for 30 minutes? Join here! https://nanowrimo.org/gws/tl7EZgE-CoYHifIsxopDNg

- Why y'always gotta to them when I'm at work?

- lol. Let him fix the problem, and do it badly, or get discovered, even if that isn't what happens in the novel, it could be a fun writing excercise. :P

- I haven't even been on track for a single day. I'm at about 21k right now, did a bunch of catching up this week, now I'm only 5k behind instead of 10.

Want to do one at 9:30?

he can't, it's morning, he has to sleep like the dead now :)

- Good ol' power limitations!

- Fridays generally end up as no-write days for me. Back to being more than 5k behind again!

- Anyone online right now?

Progress. Finally got caught up just before midnight.

so if I keep the pace I may finish.

How's everybody doing? I haven't been able to do any sprints with groups recently and I miss checking in with you guys!

Personally, I've been alternating between falling behind and feeling really motivated! I've gotten over my micromanaging issue I was having before, and now I'm just excited to make the word counts every day. I will have to get pumped for editing again later, but I'm so excited by the progress I'm making! This is easily the longest piece I've ever written, and this is the most committed I've ever been! I'm super excited to actually be doing something that I've dreamed of for so long! Did I mention that I was excited?? lol

Same here, mostly. The weekend wasn't long enough!

I hear that! I'm going to try and block out a bunch of time tomorrow so that I can get back on track while I still have my motivation and momentum. I reeeeeally want to get 50k by the end of the month and I also reeeeeally don't want to be rushing on the 30th to make it happen hahaha

I'm on chapter 8 of my nano novel.

I don't know if it will end before it hits 50k but I have ideas for epilogues if it does :) Getting close to the final showdown though, I think.

I'm learning I have no idea how to plot novels. Not that I thought I did know.. but... I REALLY don't know. Impressive ignorance, for how many of them I've read (thousands).

Also the nano event structure really helps me get words written, but doesn't help me write better (yet). The past five days or so I've finished the word count close to midnight as, early, I want to think about what to write... then as time approaches I get more and more ready to just write whatever comes into my head to get words written. :)

I'm in the same boat. I never really thought that much about structure before, didn't think it was really something I'd have to think about lol

I'm back from Australia! Are you up for some word wars in a bit ?

Absolutely! How was your trip?

It was good, but I'm still tired from traveling :) And tomorrow is more travel for turkey day! (But, turkey! <3)

How about 15 at 8pm to start? https://nanowrimo.org/gws/emo7tf-4g_IHfyYjwcvm4g

Yay! I'm glad you're getting to do fun stuff!

That sounds good, I have a sleepy kitty on my arm, maybe she'll move by then lol

Ha, I relocated to the living room and now I have a dog under my arm, dratted pets!

I ate mushy peas, they were gross :P LOL I got to see Koalas for the first time, they were adorable!

Ah! I forgot about something really important I was supposed to do!! So I missed a good chunk of that sprint. I got about 300 words out though lol

The problem with pets is that they're super in the way but they're just too cute to move!! And koalas!! That's really cool!

- Pets are the greatest ain't they? lol.

Blah, today was supposed to be a catch-up day, and I barely wrote 1000 words. there's still time! 2500 more words and I can go to bed happy.