Day Five

The day five entry is coming the morning of day six. Sorry about that! But I stayed up until just before midnight last night working on writing and didn't feel like anything except going to bed when I was done.

Day four was not the best of writing days, but I knew it would probably happen at least once. (In all honesty, it will probably happen a lot more than that.) I'm just proud of myself for getting something down on the page that day.

Day five started out very hectic at work, which may have worked to my advantage on the Nano front. I was so wrapped up all day in work that I didn't think about my novel at all. Then I came home and had dinner to make and at the rate the day was going I wasn't sure if I was going to get much of anything done. Hubby came home and after dinner he played FableIII for me. I'm awful at games but love watching them, so he's agreed to only play that one when I'm around. Means I have to give a little of my time to him there or he'd never finish! (haha) But right about 9 o'clock I decided I should at least try writing. After all, I only had 3 hours left in the day to make any sort of word count and I would have been very upset with myself today if I didn't have at least a couple of hundred words added.

Last night was the first of the Friday night write-ins my regional group is holding. I don't feel comfortable enough with my driving skills to drive out to the location it's being held out and it's at night no less, and my night vision really isn't the best so I don't like being around unfamiliar areas if I'm driving in the dark. But our wonderful MLs created a chat room that all the regional Wrimos can log into at any time during November, and last night I used it to virtually attend the write-in. I showed up just as they were getting ready to start a Box of Doom challenge too!

A moment here to explain. The Box of Doom is supposed to be a device to get writer's who are stuck back to writing. You draw a number and the number you draw is the number of words you are supposed to write in the time limit given. The point is not to think long and hard about what you're writing, but simply to bang out your word count. This often can result in utter crap, but this is November and that doesn't matter. Your word count does. You can fix or delete the crap in December.

Now I had never done a BoD challenge before. I was a little nervous, especially since I'd come from a 369-word day just the day before. I just knew I'd get something silly like 500 words and I'd panic and fail miserably. (Time limits aren't always my friend.) But as it turns out I have quite the competitive Nano spirit and the BoD was the best possible thing to get me writing. I had just opened my manuscript when one of the MLs drew my number. 950 words in 30 minutes. I had about 10 seconds of "You just asked me to create HOW MANY WORDS RIGHT NOW???" and then suddenly a burst of "950 words? Oh you're so mine..." just like I was hunting some elusive creature and knew I'd catch it in the end. And it turns out that I did! 961 words in 30 minutes. Talk about being proud of myself. Not only did it boost my word count, but it got me in the mood and I was able to finish ahead of schedule last night so that I caught up with my cumulative total and made up for day four.

Now it's day six and finally the weekend, but with the weekend comes so many chores I have neglected all week. Tune back in later tonight to see what I manage to create today! And maybe, if I start getting some comments or more followers, I might post a few little excerpts every so often. :)

Words Today: 1903
Total Words: 8339

Yours Truly,
Mrs. C