Today I wrote 2,287 words on my NaNoWriMo novel. It hardly seemed like any work at all to write that many words. My goal is to write 2,000 words per day for 25 days. If I can write a little more than that each day, it will be great, especially since we will have company for a week during Thanksgiving.
When I get into the zone, two hours can seem like ten minutes. I love that about writing.
Here's what I did for the past three days to get ready for this writing marathon:
1. Outlined the story (though things can change at any time). This story
has been in my head for a long time, so the direction it was going was
gelled already.
2. Researched the things I needed to know to make it believable. I
wrote a list of questions and it took very little time to find all the answers to three pages of them. Since I'm researching two different cultures and their religions, I saved the links on a word page for further references if I need them. There will be other questions that pop up, but I've covered most of them. I still have to search for regional foods and music and a few indicental things like that.
3. Did a name search for given and sir names for the characters and chose
names for them.
4. Found pictures of people who look like I envision the characters in my
mind. I will buy a poster board today and stick the pictures on it so they are fresh in my mind at all times.
That's it. I'll flesh it out as I go and hope for the best! Are any of you joining me on this quest?
Tonight it is supposed to get very cold, so I'm off to the store to get what I need to make clam chowder. Have a great day!
