NaNoWriMo 2015//Day 10

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The word count for today was 16,666. I have ended up writing about 17, 215 words. Go me! I'm trying to type as much as I can each day without burning out. Some scenes are random. Others were written with some kind of intention to string them together and create a novel. A novel whose whole theme and storyline has drastically changed. Now I'm really confused on where this story is going.

 All I know is that there is a girl who is not okay, imaginary beings, and a guy who seems very dangerous. I don't think that my novel is going to end up as a love story because what is going on is definitely not love. As I write my novel, I notice that I don't really write it down in my journal anymore. I think I'm going to write in it during school hours and when I'm not near my laptop. My typing skills have improved to a more reasonable state after typing for so long on my novel.

Well, back to adding more words to my word count!

What scenes in your novel have surprised you during NaNoWriMo?

That's it for today! Thanks for reading! 

NaNoWriMo 2015//Day 9

Oh hello!

15,000 words was today's word count and I have definitely surpassed it. I am also still writing a little bit more for today as tomorrow I have a math test that I really need to study for in the morning. Yay for afternoon math classes!

I know I said yesterday that I usually listen to one song as I write, but today I ended up listening to 5 Seconds Of Summer's new album "Sounds Good Feels Good." I didn't notice before, but I like how the songs go from a nice, upbeat tone to a more dark, sad feeling. It really got me into the mood for certain scenes that have come about.

What do you do that gets you into the mood of writing? 

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NaNoWriMo 2015//Day 8

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The word count of the day was 13,333 and I was able to pass it with 13,640 words and counting. I think I'm on a role today, but I still have a lot of college work to do. Oh the life of a student. I decided to extend a scene I started yesterday as I felt like it needed to be expanded upon. The scene has become a very long piece and not what I expected to happen.

I'm not even sure what's going on in my novel anymore. My characters have taken the reigns and I have no idea where we're going. I'm hoping it's not as dark as I'm thinking it's going to end up. I swear that I knew where I was going with my piece, but now I'm not very sure. My main character still doesn't have a name. Whenever she needs to introduce herself, I just put a blank space or dashed lines. Until my character decides to name herself, I'm going to go along with her decisions.

Something that I notice when I write is that I tend to try to listen to one song the entire time I write. The repetition helps me focus on my work since I get tired of listening to it after a while. If I change songs, I'll end up singing along and lose my train of thought. The song I've been listening today is "Broken Home" by 5 Seconds Of Summer. I wasn't expecting to like anything from them, but I do like that song off their new album Sound Good Feels Good. I also like "The Girl Who Cried Wolf." I'm usually a fan of theirs, but those are good songs in my opinion.

Do you listen to music when you write? What do you listen to if you do? Leave a comment down below! I'd love to hear from you!

That's it for today! Thanks for reading!  

NaNoWriMo 2015//Day 7

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I passed today's 11,667 word count with 11,716 words. I may write a bit more since it is Double-Up Donation day. I still have about two more hours until midnight. I did donate $25 today which means that I'll be getting the $50 donation bundle. I can't wait until I get that in the mail.

My writing is going pretty well. The plot seems to have left me and my characters are developing on their own. They're really diverging from the path that I thought my novel was going to. It's kind of sad as I liked where I was going the first time. I think once I edit everything I'll have some hybrid novel where I'll need to find what I should keep for the novel I'm working on this year and maybe another one that I'll write in December. I am a very busy bee, aren't I?

I found that rewarding myself goes a long way to getting to the word count. I went to my local comic book store and told myself that once I get to the word count, I'll read the new issue of Paper Girl. I made a Style It post if you don't know and don't follow fashion-lifestyle blog. I think rewarding yourself is a good way to try to get the word count.

For daily word count, I try to give myself a piece of candy or something similar. Weekly rewards would be ZNation spam as I already do it every week, why not make it harder to do? I also reward myself with new comic books. I'm not sure what to do for the end of the month reward, but I'm thinking of watching a new series or reading a new book series.

How do you reward yourself during NaNoWriMo?

That's it for today! Thanks for reading!

NaNoWriMo 2015//Day 6

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The word count for today was 10,000! That's a really huge number for someone who hasn't written a large piece in years. I did make it though with 10, 207 words. I was suprised that I ended up writing so much. I'm hoping to keep up this streak for the next few weeks.

I also joined the NaNoWriMo CD Swap this year and I got my group a few hours ago! I bought some blank CD's at Target since all the ones I had mysteriously vanished. I'll be sending them out on Tuesday or Thursday once I'm done burning the songs on the CD's.

Since I'm reviving this blog, I'm trying to figure out what kind of posts I should do. Once I figure that out, I'll be hopefully posting a lot more in December.

That's it for today! Thanks for reading! 

NaNoWriMo 2015//Day 5

Oh hello!

Today's word count is 8,333. I ended up writing 8, 405 words! Go me! I'm hoping to actually finish strong this year so I hope that I continue to pass the word count each day. I find that if I try to write pass the word count every day, I'm more likely to get to the word count. I think I'm more motivated to succeed if I see some more progress every day.

I also like to listen to certain songs to help my creative juices flow. One of the songs is Lauren Babic and Tyson Dang's cover Drown.

 

I love her voice and their cover really gets me into the mood to write most of the scenes in my novel. She's also in a band called Red Handed Denial.

What do you listen to when writing? Do you have a favorite song that you like to write with playing in the background? Leave a comment down below?

That's it for today! Thanks for reading! 

NaNoWriMo 2015//Day 3 & Day 4

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Day 3
Last night I was trying to reach the word count which was 5,000. I did get to write 5, 032 words by the time it was eleven. I rewarded myself by reading a bit of my comics that I got recently. By the end of the night, I was too tired to really do anything else.

Day 4
Today I was able to get to 6,687 words. I passed the 6,666 word count early at about 9p.m. I'm not sure where I'm going with my novel, but I do have an idea. I think the characters are starting to have minds of their own as I wasn't planning the scenes that I wrote today. At least my characters are having fun, right? Well, some of them are having fun. Others are having a very terrible time to be honest.

How many words have you written up? Have any surprising scenes that suddenly fit any missing pieces in your works? Tell me about it!

That's it for today! Thanks for reading!