Date: 2008-11-30 15:43 Subject: NaNoWriMo, Day 30 - Life Security: Public Mood: happy Tags: life, nanowrimo, stats

Woohoohoo. I won.

It is still crap. But that doesn't matter for now, I won! Like they say, third time's a charm.

Was slightly amused when I told a good friend about it yesterday (as I was finishing up the epilogue) - the conversation went a bit like this:

"I won I won!"
"Oh, cool. What'd you win?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well, do you get any money?"
"Uh. No."
"Oh. I mean, fuck, congratulations! :D"

Well. Not that I wouldn't like to get money. :p

Here are some November Stats!

Nation of the Free: 50,793 words
Amount of Cigarettes Consumed: 650-700
Amount of Portuguese Coffee Consumed: About 35 doubles and about 70-80 regulars
People Seen: Umm. Five?
Times Gone Outside For Other Purposes Than Coffee & Groceries: Two or three times
Daily Amount of Sleep: Anywhere between 3 and 7 hours a day/night. No apparent pattern as to whether I would sleep during the day or at night.

Woot!

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Date: 2008-11-26 10:10 Subject: NaNoWriMo, Day 26 - Life Security: Public Mood: tired Tags: life, nanowrimo, venting, writing

I woke up yesterday around 3 pm (after finally having fallen asleep at around 8 am), and I haven't slept since.

Twelve thousand words to write, and less than five days to do it in. It seems like nothing. In the three years I've done NaNoWriMo, I've never been this close. Now, if only I could stop procrastinating.

My novel is crap. The characters have no depth whatsoever, and when they interact, they do it in a ridiculously unrealistic way. None of them are likeable - understandable, maybe, but likeable? No.

I forgot half the points I wanted to make in it, and the things I wanted to do.

There are at least two horrible cliché moments in the plot that I'm consciously aware of at this moment.

The writing is beyond bad. Subject Verb Bla. Subject Verb Bla. Suddenly, Subject Verb Bla.

I had a happy ending in mind for one of the characters I identify most with, until I realised she's a whiny, angsty bitch. She doesn't deserve a happy ending, so she's getting what's coming to her. (I don't care if that breaks traditional conventions or reader's expectations - if I think she's obnoxious, then surely so will anyone who reads it, which means we'll all get to feel really happy about the way she's going to end up.)


God, I love NaNoWriMo. It's going to be so much fun editing this mess. (And I mean that! It's not sarcasm. I'm having the month of my life.)

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