I know that the NaNoWriMo website SAYS I've written 4,000 words today.
Although I appreciate their prediction that I'll finish the 50,000 word goal by tomorrow, I would like to point out that, for the record, the words-today count isn't entirely true.
See, as I've begun typing up my novel (or beginnings of it, anyway), I've found that my words per page average was not, as I so long believed, 250 words - in fact, it is closer to 260. So, having started on page 176 today, I'd actually written closer to 46,000 words, not 44,000, before I began my writing today. So I updated my word count for that. And I just spent a TON of time writing (nine pages, punks! You do the math of how many words that is, I'm too brain dead to figure it out), so that means I put in another 2,000-ish words.
And that means that, according to the NaNo website, between the 2,000 word sitting and my true word count update, I wrote (not really) 4,000 words today. And that means, according to the When You'll Finish Predictor, I'll be meeting the 50,000 word goal tomorrow.
Even though I'm going to end up going for 60,000, and "Thanksgiving Break" means "Ink-Staining Break" for me, I'm going to stay with 50,000 for now.
Why? Because, unlike most people, I hand-wrote my novel. Which means that, after tomorrow, when I officially get my ink tattoo, I'll have to type the whole thing up so I can actually verify that I wrote 50,000 words. Even I don't know for sure.
And there's another thing: you HAVE to verify between tomorrow and the end of the month. In other words, I can't meet my personal page count during my free blocks and then finish typing up the thing on December 2nd and verify then - it has to be by the 30th of November.
So I'm going to finish this notebook - I'm on page 187 - hopefully by Friday and type it up over the weekend.
Which means that, for the record, although I'm not entirely allowed to say this yet, I'm going to say it anyway:
For all ye doubters, SUCK IT!!!!!
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Day 24: the end is near
Pages Today: 3
Pages Left Today: 13
Current Page: 179
Page To End On: 192
Location: Shakani's house is very, very interesting. And big. And has a lot of doors. And is very confusing. And I don't know what to throw at them except for having them split up to explore, which they have now done. This is supposed to be a benign place, but still. SOMETHING has to happen, or else the readers will just leave after Chapter 35 (which is my current chapter. I abuse chapter breaks, I know). And that won't be fun. SO yeah. I'm having writer's block because of this. They need to get through Shakani's house (which is very old and was built in feudal times and is therefore very large and complicated), but I need to have something big happen to them. Like, I don't know, a minotaur storms them or something. But I CAN'T have a minotaur storm them, because Shakani, although she is immensely cool and her house is historic enough to become a national monument, the house isn't big enough to fit a minotaur without knocking down a few walls and some ceilings. Also, minotaurs are Greek, and Shakani comes from the equivalent of an Asian culture.
So does anyone know about any Asian mythological creatures that live in houses without the necessity of knocking down walls and/ or ceilings and/ or killing the inhabitants?
Pages Left Today: 13
Current Page: 179
Page To End On: 192
Location: Shakani's house is very, very interesting. And big. And has a lot of doors. And is very confusing. And I don't know what to throw at them except for having them split up to explore, which they have now done. This is supposed to be a benign place, but still. SOMETHING has to happen, or else the readers will just leave after Chapter 35 (which is my current chapter. I abuse chapter breaks, I know). And that won't be fun. SO yeah. I'm having writer's block because of this. They need to get through Shakani's house (which is very old and was built in feudal times and is therefore very large and complicated), but I need to have something big happen to them. Like, I don't know, a minotaur storms them or something. But I CAN'T have a minotaur storm them, because Shakani, although she is immensely cool and her house is historic enough to become a national monument, the house isn't big enough to fit a minotaur without knocking down a few walls and some ceilings. Also, minotaurs are Greek, and Shakani comes from the equivalent of an Asian culture.
So does anyone know about any Asian mythological creatures that live in houses without the necessity of knocking down walls and/ or ceilings and/ or killing the inhabitants?
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