November has been here for 2 weeks now (well almost). With is came NaNoWriMo! This is my first year trying it out. I found out a month too late last year, so I'm pushing my way through it this year!
It was hard to get back into the swing of writing a novel. I haven't done it in almost a year. So it's a bit difficult finding my way again.
I usually am a write by the seat of my pants type of writer, but I decided to actually do some planning this time around. I wrote out what I wanted each chapter to accomplish, the general timeline, etc.
The problem with this is that when I write, I don't write in chapters. Sure I add scene breaks that can later be made into chapters. But generally I just keep writing till I'm done. I worry about how to separate after. There are many edits between here and having chapters ready.
So I've been writing a lot. The first week I catapulted over my 10,000 word mark the second day! It was amazing and felt so good. It has been pretty stead since then, I average 3,205 words a day - this is including days were I haven't written at all, which in the 10 days since this has started includes only 2 days. Not true, one of those days I wrote a single sentence.
My current standing is at 32,054 words. This is above the projection by almost double, but I still feel that deadline looming. I have always wanted to get things done first and be able to relax at the end for final thoughts, revisions, etc (this went for homework when I was younger too. I was a horrible over achiever..until I found out I could skip).
The other deadlines I deal with? Honeymoon in 1 month (minus 1 day). We have to save money, now we need to crunch until we can't so we wont be stressed about it on the honeymoon.
With the honeymoon we also need passports. Andrew's birth certificate is on its way, so hopefully by next week our passports will be applied for and on their way to us.
The next deadline? Christmas! It's not that far away, which may come as a surprise to many of you. Because of all the money we are saving for the honeymoon, Christmas is on an extra tight budget this year. As such that means a lot of deal searching and home made gifts.
My nieces are coming over this weekend and we've got a stack of crafts for Christmas that I have been dying to try. Tea Cup Candles is one.
Some crafts need my husband's skilled hands as it involves wood work.
Others involve only my own hand- such as the pillow I am beginning embroidery on. A surprise gift for a friend far away, that I need done sooner then later so I can ship it to her.
So November is a buys month, don't be too worried if you don't hear from me that much until the new year - I'll be writing and crafting and hoping neither cause the end of me!
How's your November turning out?
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