
Monday, November 01, 2010

Yolanda Sfetsos
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And of course... the website's going nuts already. It's a tradition, happens every year. ;)
Anyway. I got started on my story early this morning. I've added the first 1,347 words. Yay. Not a bad start. I wanted to add a short Prologue at the beginning, and that's exactly what I've just done. Cool.
I have to pace myself this week, because not only am I starting NaNo, but I'm also going to do the first round of edits for my first
Christmas novella contracted with Evernight Publishing. Yep, that's right. It's going to be a very busy week. But if I stick to my daily goals, I think I can manage it.
Here's my plan:
Write 2,273 words every day this week. That'll get me to my weekly goal of 11,365 words by the weekend.
Edit 18 pages every day this week. That'll get me to the end of the 87pg novella by the weekend.
So, there it is. That's how I have to work my week. I was thinking that if I get stuck into my NaNo story first thing in the morning, then when I get back from my walk I can work on the novella edit. Keep working on that until lunchtime, hopefully meet my 18pg/day goal, and then go back to the first draft writing after lunch.
It's going to be a tight squeeze, but I'll test it out today to see how I go. So far, though, I've managed to get over 1,300 words, which means that all I need to meet my goal for today is another 1k. Cool, right? Of course, if I get more edits or something that I hadn't expected pops in unannounced, it'll complicate everything. But there's no point in thinking about that now, right? I'm going to stick to my goals.
Hope you all have a great first week of November!
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