I wrote a lovely post on my week and what I learned... it got erased. Err.
So this will be my lesson for the week:
I'm fortuate that it wasn't my story and was a small post. Otherwise I'd be very upset right now. Okay here is my weekly NaNoWrimo review.
After 7 days I am behind schedule but not devastatingly. I wrote every night at work and had a good start. There were a few hiccups, I got real ones too, but I'm finishing the week with a smile on my face.
If I get stressed I'm looking at my fellow nanoers as inspiration. Some hit the 50,000 mark on day three! So if I get down to only a few days to go I'll ask myself what they would do. Then I'd lock myself in my room and ignore the telephone. Oh wait, I already do that!
I'm writing in a notebook at work and then recopying it into yWriter when I get home. I'm noticing two things; I'm doing a teeny tiny but of self-editing and I'm using time when I could be writing NEW words.
Things I learned from this week
So this will be my lesson for the week:
Backup your story. Back it up, back it up.
I'm fortuate that it wasn't my story and was a small post. Otherwise I'd be very upset right now. Okay here is my weekly NaNoWrimo review.
After 7 days I am behind schedule but not devastatingly. I wrote every night at work and had a good start. There were a few hiccups, I got real ones too, but I'm finishing the week with a smile on my face.
If I get stressed I'm looking at my fellow nanoers as inspiration. Some hit the 50,000 mark on day three! So if I get down to only a few days to go I'll ask myself what they would do. Then I'd lock myself in my room and ignore the telephone. Oh wait, I already do that!
I'm writing in a notebook at work and then recopying it into yWriter when I get home. I'm noticing two things; I'm doing a teeny tiny but of self-editing and I'm using time when I could be writing NEW words.
Things I learned from this week
- My characters are doing what they want and I'm learning more about them
- I'm getting more familiar with yWriter
- I like getting nano gifts (a Wonder Woman notebook-sweet)
Things I'll do differently next week
- I'll copy my notebook notes over once a week and spend the rest of the time on new words
- Participate in Word Wars. With friends & maybe on Twitter
- Set aside time for research or fact finding.
What about you? How are you surviving Nano? Was there something you disliked/liked about the first week and are you planning on changing any strategy next week?
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