Day 19 of writing

OK...I have been writing.  I just haven't posted about it.  Why?

I keep starting over! (Not editing.)

I have 5 stories going now...  I have had a tremendously inspiring week.  

for example:

new job = new people = new characters

Sakamoto Ryuichi's concert (I write about the experience here.)

So, now I have my original "The Strangest Story Ever" (8,023 words) along with (these are all file titles not real titles, I hope...)

+"That Girl that ended up in my embryo file" (8,054), 

+"The Romance of Curlicues and Dials" (roughly 3,000 this is still in notebook form so I'm not     sure), 

+"The Apple Book"(256 words...I think this is going to become a compilation of short stories)

+"Homage to If on a Winter's Night a Traveler" (still in notebook form so not sure about this         either but it looks around 1,000)

Total word count around 12,310.  It's supposed to b e 25,005.  Ooooops.

I can't stop thinking of more new things to write about... The more I write, the more daydreaming, the more I see things in everyday life that seem interesting to write about etc...

I should have given my blog a different address. 

...

I will think about priorities later, this is a time for me to let it all out.  I will keep writing whatever strikes my fancy for the remaining 11 days.  If I let my "inner editor" into the gate now it will probably drive me so crazy that I will dump all the files in the garbage can and THAT WILL NOT DO.

 

So, although I am failing terribly with NaNoWriMo, I think it is good that I am writing again.

Like I said before, starting a new job and a new novel around the same time is NOT a good idea.

AND I agree that if your trying to write a novel in 30 days, it IS a good idea to start on the first instead of in the middle of the month since...you forget where you are...very easily...

I will continue to write about my progress on all the above titles and whatever else pops out of my head.  Then, I will edit and start another attempt at a novel in 30 days, this time starting on the first of the month.

Day 15 of writing and the dreaded 3rd week

Ah, write, write, do not stop, keep going...

My advice to anyone who is starting to write...don't start when you are also starting to work at a new job...too hard.  Give the new job at least a month.  You need time to settle.  I needed time to settle...

OK, but I think I am back on track.  Word count is still at 8,000.  Not good for the beginning of the third week.  BUT I have had time to be with my characters at one of the most critical times in my own life and I think they are helping

 me...

I am still afraid to put anything about the details of the story online.  However, I can say this:

It is the story of Kyrie, a girl who has almost every nook and cranny of the cobblestone street that runs through the middle of her town, paved into her mind.
It is also a story of hope, courage, pride, love and of scary things that we can’t see.