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Oopsie! A NaNo Failure Alert!

November 7, 2013 By: Patricia

Well, darn. I’m not going to make my word count today.

I had to clean house before the cleaning gal came, take Katie Cat outside on her harness and leash, take a nap, and get caught up on my Northern Colorado Writers and Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers chores. And then I pooped out.

The good news: I’m going to do a two-day NaNo sprint tomorrow and Saturday. I have high hopes I’ll not only get caught up but will have lots of words stored up for another day off a little later in the month. Like Thanksgiving Day, for instance.

This evening I’m going to take stock of what I’ve written so far and do a little planning with the hopes of laying out the rest of the story.

I know. That’s very unlike me.

But it’s also unlike me to write every day.

Having 10,000+ words down in six days feels awesome. On a Friday evening to Sunday morning retreat I can churn out 13,000 to 15,000 words during the quiet writing sessions. If I could do that during my two-day sprint, I’d be close to halfway done by the end of Saturday.

I sure wish I could keep that up for the next year. Just think how many first drafts I could finish.

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Comments

  1. Patricia Stoltey says

    November 9, 2013 at 10:04 am

    Lizy, I’m going to do the A-Z Challenge too. I’m such a glutton for punishment.

    Thanks, LD. I think I’ll make it.

  2. LD Masterson says

    November 8, 2013 at 10:16 pm

    Keep at it. You’ll be caught up and even ahead of schedule.

  3. lizy-expat-writer says

    November 8, 2013 at 4:42 pm

    ~I have enough difficulty with the A-Z Challenge!

  4. Patricia Stoltey says

    November 8, 2013 at 3:08 pm

    Making progress, Susan. I’m caught up to yesterday and ready to start on today. Must rest first. ๐Ÿ˜€

  5. Susan Gourley/Kelley says

    November 8, 2013 at 11:28 am

    Clean the house before the cleaning lady arrives?
    Have fun with all those words this weekend.

  6. Patricia Stoltey says

    November 8, 2013 at 9:42 am

    Thanks, Elizabeth. I’m already doing warmup exercises.

  7. Elizabeth Spann Craig/Riley Adams says

    November 8, 2013 at 4:25 am

    You’ll catch up! Good luck with your sprints. ๐Ÿ™‚

  8. Patricia Stoltey says

    November 7, 2013 at 8:27 pm

    Alex, most women seem to understand but most men laugh. I guess it’s a woman thing.

    Margot, it was just too beautiful outside not to take Katie Cat outside grasshoppers. All the rest was fluff.

  9. Margot Kinberg says

    November 7, 2013 at 5:06 pm

    Pat – I know how you feel. I have days like that too where life gets in the way of my writing life. I give you so much credit for doing NaNoWriMo. One slip ain’t going to mean you don’t get there.

  10. Alex J. Cavanaugh says

    November 7, 2013 at 5:05 pm

    Sounds like you’ll have no trouble catching up. Just keep writing!
    Clean the house before the cleaning girl came? Funny, my mother does the same thing…

Meet Patricia

I read, I write, I blog, and sometimes I do the laundry and cook. My 2014 novel, Dead Wrong, was a finalist in the thriller category of the 2015 Colorado Book Awards. Wishing Caswell Dead (Five Star/Cengage, December 20, 2017) is a historical mystery set in 1830s Illinois in the fictitious Village of Sangamon. The novel was a finalist for the 2018 Colorado Book Awards for General Fiction. Read Moreโ€ฆ

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