Thursday, November 20, 2008

they'll build statues in our likeness.

Holy fucking hell.  Playing let's write far enough ahead that we can take a weekend off is a DANGEROUS GAME.  Like, my back hurts pretty wicked now, but my plot's got enough fuel to pull me through another 2k+ day tomorrow, which I needdd.
Anyway, my new amazing word count total is 36,005 words, which puts me ahead of the general NaNo curve by like, 3k or something?  Almost enough for my lovely weekend of concerts and memories and rest.
I'm pretty fucking happy with myself, my plot, and my characters right now.  I had totally forgotten how amazing week three and beyond feels, but I remember now and I love it.  I think forgetting what it's like to feel this way is part of the magic of NaNoWriMo.

Music today was Cobra Starship, Hit the Lights, and a little Hey Monday, who may not be that bad afterall.  Noveling is great for keeping your mind and all your options wide open.
Happy week three!

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

you're gonna need a bodybag.

No update for yesterday, very lame day, but I finished off yesterday with 32k on the dot.
Today I finished with 33,767 which I believe shows that I have my groove back, and I want to write at least 2k on Friday and make my goal tomorrow so that I'll be totally covered for not being able to write at all on Saturday.  Yay concert!
Anyway, I split the novel into two "books" today because I started writing in H. Chiller's p.o.v. which is odd and very, very odd.
Fun day though, time traveling scene ftw.

Music was Cobra Starship, Hit the Lights, Forever the Sickest Kids, and Sing It Loud.
a.k.a., all the bands I get to see live on Saturday!

Sunday, November 16, 2008

hold on tight.

So, I almost forgot to update here today because like, I gave like, so little of a shit about anything today.  I gave up today after about 3pm when I hit like, just my bare minimum requirement of like 1300 words and some.
I don't carreeeeee.
Word count total now is 30,595 words, so hey, at least I hit that milestone a little bit ahead of the curve.

Anyway, I ran on only one cup of coffee and Tokio Hotel today.
Tomorrow is for Diet Coke with Hey Monday and nevershoutnever! for music.
If you've never heard of nsn!, please check him out, he's amazing.  Don't check out HM, please, they're terrible, I just sometimes listen to bad music to inspire good novel.

Saturday, November 15, 2008

and you walked for miles down the shores of california to the coast of mexico, where we could hide and no one had to know.

New word count total is 29,016, and my plot has constant vigor to just keep going.
Thank god that week two is washed away from all of us.
Today was mango-Rockstar energy drink + over 3k word day.  My favorite.
This may totally be a 6k weekend, that would be amazing.  Being very ahead all week would be amazing, since next Saturday I won't be writing at all because I'll be at a concert!

Anyway, music today was Forever the Sickest Kids, Paramore, The Matches, and Bright Eyes.
I'd recommend them all to anyone, as they're all in my all-time-top-20 favorite bands list.

Friday, November 14, 2008

like the cat that caught the cream.

Okay, so today's noveling efforts started off rockin', because I blew eight dollars on two Rockstar energy drinks, a Coke Zero, and four bags of candy.  Yay, this is how we do.
I've been getting worse and worse about remembering my totems, which were more attached to me last year for NaNo.
Anyway, it's still awesome that I'm already halfway through.  It just kept getting easier to write when I you know, found something to write.
So my new word count total is 25,600 words.  Fucking awesome.
Started a new chapter, ten I think, today.

Music was old, rare Panic! at the Disco demos that I've had for years but rarely listen to anymore.  Memories are conducive to noveling.

Thursday, November 13, 2008

i'm free, free falling.

Well, I ended off today on a fucking roll!  But I had to stop, so I'll just continue the wild crazy, semi-depository of all this information from H. onto Chris tomorrow, and that'll propel me hopefully to 27k, because I need to start getting a super solid lead, since I won't be able to write on the 22nd at all, and I have no idea what's going on for the next eight days or randomly after that.  So it's best to be prepared.
New word count total is 24k on the dot.   Like, exactly.
So I wrote at least more than 100 words over what my spreadsheet told me that my goal for today was.  Thank you little spreadsheet.  I'll start copying things into the booklet too, and add my new characters and stuff into there.
Who knows what's going to happen next?  Or even where will my next source of caffeine come from?

No music today, oddly enough, apparently I write just as well set to Fight Club, the movie.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

i bet it burns; it's numb in my head.

Today sucked. God, week two is like, longgg.  Because it's only Wednesday but I need it to be over now.
I also need: to stop biting my fingers, to buy ten dollars worth of energy drinks tomorrow, to live in a warmer climate.  That's ALL.  It doesn't really seem like a lot to ask for to not have anxiety issues, not have a brother who steals my pop, and for Ohio to stop being colddd.  Really, not a lot to ask for.

Anyway, new word count is 22,367 which I hate, because it's misleading.  I watch my word count when I type and I thought, yes, I have typed like, 2k words today, but no, it's actually only like 1.5k something, how fucking lameee.
I just continued whatever chapter I was last working on.
Somehow, his boss is finally an evil brainwasher and now he's being followed and leaving secret messages with a Starbucks barista.
Now, THIS is more like a NaNovel.
Seat of the pants is fun!

Music today was Tokio Hotel, EMPIRES, and well, that's it.
I need to up my variety, but I have no clue where to start.  Probably with Modest Mouse.