It’s Nov 15th, half way through the month, and last night I got to the half way point of my novel writing.
The goal of NaNoWriMo is to get 50,000 words up in thirty days. I’m up to 25,105.
Trouble is, I keep thinking I’ve now got all the easy stuff done and the hard stuff that I have not thought through yet is going to take me longer than the time I have left. I then tell myself that this is about as valid as “The dog ate my homework”.
Time for a NaNoWriMo check-in. It’s day five and I have 12,651 words so far. That’s 25% of the goal.
The story is going well. I’ve got a one page timeline sitting above my desk. And I have found using Simon Haynes’ yWriter to be perfect for this project. I’ve got all sorts of story parts floating in my mind and with yWriter I can write any bit I like and just plug it in where it fits the timeline.
You can keep track of my progress here
http://www.nanowrimo.org///eng/user/552019
The scribbly gum is a tree with scribbles. A moth lays its eggs under the bark of a gum tree. The eggs hatch and the larvae crawl around eating into the layer under the bark. The tree sheds its bark and the scribbles come to the surface. Magic.