NaNo 2006 Day 20: Crunch time November 21, 2006
See this?
This is my Thinking Cap (aka my Curling Hat, aka my Jayne Cobb Hat, aka The Ugliest Hat Known To Man). I’m getting down to the wire and while it ain’t bad, it ain’t pretty.
The universally excellent news is that I surpased last year’s word count over the weekend. Last year I wrote 26,685 words in 30 days; this year, I’m at 29,601 on day 20. (It sounded more impressive in my head.) Sunday I wrote a bunch of boring business-y things, like repairs and maintenance, and once again, sang the “I Don’t Care If It’s Technically Impossibly, As Long As It Sounds Good” song. And then I had an outline in which events A, B, C, and D would happen, but then I had a secondary character appear and throw the timeline off by two hours (bastard!) so now I have to figure out if I can use any of them.
I had a migrain today and stayed home this morning. I went to work this afternoon and then went for groceries. Now I’m going to go to bed without having written anything. Shit shit shit.
Ha, the thinking hat reminds me of Natalie’s from “The Facts of Life”. Yours doesn’t have lightning bolts, but still, the concept is the same.
You look like a bad ass in that hat! And you really shouldn’t–it’s a knit hat of flamboyant colour. But still!
Keep going. I’m living this year’s NaNo vicariously through you. It’s time to leave finesse by the wayside and just start vomiting up words.
In the will-not-go-away words of Rob Schneider: You can do it!
> In the will-not-go-away words of Rob Schneider: You can do it!
And in the immortal words of Bob The Builder: Yes we can!
You guys are awesome cheerleaders - thanks
My @work counterpart is also participating in NaNo. You’re way ahead. He was at 27,000 words on day 20.