Last Update Of The Year

75,047 words reached today–and this will likely be the last update I’ll post on this blog before next year, since I’m busy in the next days. Unfortunately, I’m not done yet (although not far from it); this period of the holidays has seen me, as usual, unfocused enough to prevent me from doing any serious writing. With some luck, I’ll write more tomorrow morning in the train. Who knows what might happen in there!

Tags: NaNoWriMo | novel | word count | writing

Shall I Make It Longer?

71,118 / 75,000 (94.8%)

I’ve slightly reworked the string of events in a certain scene, and I’m now wondering if I shouldn’t aim for 80k instead of 75k, because I don’t want to just rush through it without thinking.

Not sure yet, just wondering. In the meantime, I’m getting nearer to the end, with Ruby coming to pick up a fight with Tesla at the core of a security system, while Adrian is running toward the server’s room to take manual control back, and Heiji & Co are pulling the Agents’ tactics against them. Messy, but yummy.

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I can’t Believe I’m Slowly Reaching The End

70,097 / 75,000 (93.5%)

Although the end word count will likely be a little above 75k, I can’t believe I’m going on. No, really. I’m so torn these days between this novel and another idea I want to peruse, that I marvel at seeing myself still writing, against all odds. This makes me glad and hopeful.

I’ve been toying with the idea of changing a few scenes, because looking back on it, I think they suck. However, I swear I will resist this need. I don’t care if there are plot holes left, or if some things have changed since the first time I mentioned them in the story. I just want it finished. The rest, well, will be given as lunch to my Inner Editor after Christmas.

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State of the Novel

Current word count:

66,578 / 75,000 (88.8%)

It’s very weird. These days, I have ideas for other stories, and as a result, I’m itching to start them, putting the rest on the backburner for a short while. Then, as soon as I’ve ranted and written about how lame I am for being unable to finish a novel before starting the next (see the Y logs and other places where I flail myself with noodles), I fire off the word-processor and add 1k or 2k words to the current work-in-progress. I don’t understand myself, but as long as it works and helps me remain focused on said WIP, perhaps I simply should suck it up, take it as it comes, and feel happy?

And I can’t access Zokutou anymore, unless I get through Tor and Privoxy first o_O Go fig, this will probably get fixed by itself in a few days, much like it’s been for every site with which I’ve had this kind of problem. Since I don’t like seeing my own stuff broken, I’m switching to Feath’s counter for the time being.

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Going On After A Break

I’ve taken a short break from the NaNovel. I had mentioned this on my Y Logs (or was it on another of my blogs? I can’t remember now), I happened to be struck with 1) the desire to draw again (characters design were part of this spree), 2) the desire to whip up my project of a blog about vector-based art, that I had put on the backburner for long enough to be seriously itching about starting it.

I haven’t been suffering from burnout, or simply lacking interest about my story. This is good news, since I had this fear, at first, of being disgusted, and of not writing for a long time after NaNo. It’s not happening, which tells me I can do it, I can do it again, and I can write “for real”. All good for me. This past week has also allowed me to think quietly of my story, of the missing parts, and of a few elements that I need to change when I get to the rewriting of the first draft. All in all, nothing wrong here.

Right now, after having started to write again today, I stand at 62,076 words. It may be a little off compared to the last post count I posted, since the last one had been analyzed by NaNoWriMo’s word counter, and not being able to access this one anymore, I now need to rely on the one integrated into my word-processor. If it’s off, it’s probably no more than by 200 words or so, from what I had observed during November. I’m still going to refer to it without altering the “new type of word count”, though. Easier this way.

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