National Novel Writing Month

I am participating in National Novel Writing Month. The goal is to write a 50,000 word novel in the month of November. That's an average of about 1,700 words a day, which, for me, is about two to three hours of writing.

Many people are doing this all over the world, including here in Chicago, where the average number of words completed at this point is, I estimate, around 15,000. Currently my word count is 17,733, which, as you can tell, is still far behind the goal.

I will be writing for the next six hours with the hope of catching up for some lost days. I will post periodically on the blog because I think keeping a record of my thoughts while writing for six hours straight will be amusing to others (and to me in the future).

I will also post about book-related music when it crosses my mind -- and when I need to take a break from my fictional world!

6:42pm:

At 900 words and Creedence's greatest hits is just getting started. I'll take it.



9:07pm:

My back hurts. This cafe put on a cover of this Nina Simone song. I can't find the version. The original is better anyway.



9:46pm:

Tried to see how long it would take me to write one page of text. After ten minutes I am halfway done with the page, but I've also gone to the bathroom and found this pretty cool music website called Passion of the Weiss.

10:11pm:

I wrote a page in twelve minutes, but it included the phrase "docking along the shores of friendship." What is happening to my brain! Best Coast is playing now. They good.