Nanowrimo

Nanowrimowhat? My first impression exactly. It stands for National Writing Month. An organization put together a website where authors/writers can go and chat and what not. The month of November is dedicated to writing a 50,000 word novel from scratch! In case you are curious..50,000 words is the equivalent of approx. 190 pages in book form.

There is no reward just the satisfaction that you were able to achieve this feat. Being the perfectionist i am. I knew i couldn't step away from the novel i am already writing and start a completely new one without letting my inner editor be apart of it. 50,000 words is A LOT more difficult than you would think. For me anyway...

SO! I just decided that i would challenge myself to add 50,000 words to the novel i'm already writing. What does this means for me? What took me nearly ten months, i will be doing in ONE. Yes folks, i'm taking the challenge and pressing forward! I'm quite behind, though. I'm almost halfway through the month and i've only got 15,000 more words than i started out with. I'm taking it with stride though because that's a heck of a lot more words than where i was a week and a half ago and i'm enjoying watching my story unravel in front of me..it's quite liberating!

I'm telling you all this because it'll encourage me to get it done! I won't just give up when i'm halfway there and call it good. I will be reporting back!

So wish me luck! I need all the support i can get! Now, I'm off to write some more!

my bookala update

alright. for those who are curious..i haven't updated about my book for a couple weeks cuz i've decided there is too much stuff i want to put in for one book but i don't know if there is enough for 3 books..so i'm in the process of figuring out how i want to separate the book into different books. so as of now..i'm not going to update for awhile about it.

week #3

book progress:

goal-50 pages

actual-50 pages

we're gettin there...i'm no stephenie meyer(finishing twilight in 3 months)..but i'm feeling pretty good as a writer who didn't major in english lit and a person who just started her passion for reading and writing..

week #2

book progress-

goal: 40 pages

actual: 40 pages

I think i wrote for about 3 days straight..now i'm just brainstorming a few ideas for the main plot... stay tuned for next week

week #1

so...book progress...i kinda took a week off when i went to see anna and my family...

my goal: 40 pages

actual: 30 pages

so...next week goal: 40 pages

i'd love this image or something like it for a cover...(if it's ever published)

book progress

Since i spend most of my time alone nowadays with ryan at school and work constantly(and if you're wondering..yes. i'm still on the look out for a job), i find myself writing more and more. i've now started writing another book. I'm not finished with my another book yet. (i have around 70 pages) But i had an epiphany in a dream about another book about a month and a half ago and i just had to write it down. I tried making a goal of writing 10 pages every week, but so far after 2 months i have 24. haha..but i also gave myself 2 weeks of vacation for christmas. sooo...we'll pretend like i'm still going strong. it's come along a lot faster than my other book though..thats for sure! so i'm feeling kinda proud of myself. I also now have a crazy sleeping schedule because i like writing when the rest of rexburg is sleeping. i don't know what it is, but i feel like i can really concentrate and dive into my books late at night. i really feel like author is the profession i want to pursue and i'm kind of excited about it! never in a million years would i have pictured myself as a writer, even a year ago i was still just getting into the whole book world. BUT, to keep myself on track i'm going to blog my progress every week. maybe if i feel like i'm answering to someone i'll get things done!