by Eliza | Oct 30, 2018 | Leslie Kim Serials, Nanowrimo
I did it. Today, I announced my project for NaNoWriMo 2018. I wasn’t sure if I should participate this year. My life seems to be busier than ever, but looking back at my blog post from last year, I realized that I said the same thing. Is there ever a good time...
by Eliza | Jul 25, 2018 | Book Blog, Nanowrimo
Should you rush to write the first draft? Let me begin this blog post by saying that I have lived by the idea that writers should just get their crappy first draft over with and stop worrying about it so much. I have dedicated several Novembers to NaNoWriMo for this...
by Eliza | Dec 1, 2017 | Book Blog, Nanowrimo, Writing
Final Word Count: 22,450. So, I didn’t finish this year. I intended to reach about 35,000 words this month, which is already lower than the 50,000 that Nano calls for, and I didn’t make it. I had to essentially plot as I wrote each scene which slowed...
by Eliza | Nov 22, 2017 | Nanowrimo, Publishing, Writing
Total Word Count: 16,448 Do you know what is terrible? My word count at the beginning of the day was 17,200. I write using Scrivener, which has never been an issue before. When I opened up the document today, I somehow made words disappear. In Scrivener, there is a...
by Eliza | Nov 15, 2017 | Book Blog, Nanowrimo, Writing
Total Words Written for Nanowrimo: 10,825 At this rate I will finish on January 4. Okay, so I am still not reaching my word count goals I set up for myself originally. I am proud of myself for sticking with writing for almost every day, even if I write only 300 words....
by Eliza | Nov 7, 2017 | Nanowrimo, Writing
Total Words Written for Week 1: 6,398 So, my daily word count goal was 1,667. If I had been able to keep that up for the entire first week, then I would have written 11,669. Ouch. I wasn’t even close. I’m not going to beat myself up over it, though. I had some...
