Nope. No. Just no.

THIS IS DRIVING ME CRAZY. I've reached 40k, which is awesome, but I'm so tired of my text. Tired because it changes and is super inconsistent and crappy. Tired because I want to go back and rewrite the whole thing, or, better yet: scrap it.

This is the time to stick with it though, isn't it? Aw, I don't know...

I'm not dead!

I disappeared again! I’m starting to see a pattern over here. So, Nano this year started of really good, with 10k done already after one weekend. Everything was going fine. I came across a bit of a bump in my story, not a real Writer’s Block Oh-No-I-Can’t-Write-At-All, but still enough to make the words flow a bit slower. But it was all okay, because I was ahead of the word count and so on. So what happened? School, that’s what happened. I have had like the shittiest two weeks, and I was just stressed out and everything sucked. We had to do this Projekt Prüfung thing, and I think we had like 8 tests in the last two weeks. I have literally only been studying and doing hw these last two weeks! Which is not like me at all! I usually don't have to study to get okay grades.

But, now it’s kind of done. And I say kind of, because I still have two tests, a presentation and a vocab next week, BUT it’s not as bad as it has been the last weeks, so I will *hopefully* have the time to catch up :) And the next weekend is supposed to be relatively hw-free, so I guess I will have time to write. Anyways, I need to get back to writing now, Amanda is on 30k!

Xyssify, who is definitely gonna make it this year!

Morningrushes and words per hour

This year's Nano is going great! It's feeling really good so far, I'm already at 15k! Last year I think I got stuck at 10k and then started over again. This year I am really hoping to make it.

Me and Xyssify's been a keeping track of a few other Wrimos and jeesus! - 14k already at day two? I guess it's impossible not to be jealous of that. But we also saw people who were just on the line or trailing behind a bit... that kind of thing gives you quite the egoboost ;)

So far, I think mornings work really good for me. The half hour it takes before you are completely awake is the perfect time to write, because it's so much easier to focus on only one thing. So I've been waking up at seven everyday so far in the month (which is four, so it's not too impressive to be honest.)

Lastly, is it important to know how many words you write in an hour (in average) or is it just a matter of when you are on flow or not? What do you guys think? I've been trying to time myself today, but the results are so varied that I don't think it's very much to go by.

- A.

Late mornings, low blood sugar, and 10k

I reached 10k! And I did it before Panda :D Well, she’s leading now, but I got to 10k before she did, and that’s enough for a celebratory sandwich.

So the waking up early didn’t really work out, I ended up staying in bed ‘til ten, and once I finally started writing, the first 200 words were so slow… I’m talking like hours in front of the computer, writing one paragraph. But then it kicked in, and I got reminded of why I love writing so much. I really do. It’s hard to pinpoint exactly what makes it so awesome, but I know that those times, when the words are just writing themselves, I can’t help but love every second of it. It’s the nano-spirit y’all.  

It’s not like this was a particularly good day. I have a bunch of school stuff I should be doing, I forgot to buy a bunch of stuff I’m in need of, and I really should clean some animal cages. I also kinda forgot to eat, so once I had done my 10k I realized that my hands were shaking. But, you know. I just wrote like 3k words! I'm too happy to feel stressed :D
I'm really considering writing something useful or interesting on this blog, but... eh... tomorrow maybe?

Hugs and stuff
Xyssify

Honeymoon happiness!

First off, I totally forgot about this blog! But I'm alive, and I'm doing this, and this year, I'm gonna do it right! Damn straight I am! (Also the whole school/German thing, yeah it's gonna be a pain, but I will handle it 'cos that is what awesome people do xD)


So far it’s all great. Sure, in all honesty, I am writing this blog stuff because I’m stuck at the moment, but I’m past today’s goal anyway, so I guess I’m allowed to have a quick break... Delia might be leading, but I could try waking up before her tomorrow and see if I can up my word count a bit. But I’m still super excited and happy about this. I get to eat chocolate and pat myself on the back because guess who isn’t behind on her word count? It’s just all fun and games right now.


Okay, I can hear Amanda (or Bokpandan, whatever) tapping away on her keyboard through Skype. She’s stressing me out. It was so much more fun when I was winning.  But I’m going to try updating this blog thingy daily, so we’ll see if I’ll stick to that.

Xyssify