NaNoWriMo 2008 #6
Tuesday and Wednesday, I wrote very little; only just 1000 words over the course of both days. And despite another very lively and enjoyable session at Queens yesterday (featuring soon-to-be-published NI writer Stuart Neville), I had reached that terrible place. Yes, I was being blocked by the Week 2 Wall, when your novel seems like utter crap, writing seems like too much effort, and you can’t believe you’re doing this (again).
Thankfully, today I broke through that Wall, using the sledgehammer of fellow NaNovellists in our WriMo Ireland chat room and the crowbar of 10-minute word sprints.
I reached my 25,000 words – the halfway mark! – and then went on to surpass it, ending up 3 days ahead of schedule again with a pleasingly palindromic count of 26762.
So thank you all for the support today – and especially Marion, who told me I needed to put in a parrot (so I did, and named him Freddy after the potty-mouthed one in my local pet shop).
[Photo by Happy Via, used under Creative Commons license]
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on November 14th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
Congratulations on passing the halfway point – no mean feat indeed. Hope you don’t mind but I’ve tagged you (for when you have time). Check it out on my blog.
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on November 16th, 2008 at 12:12 am
You’re doing great! Keep going.
Maybe call the parrot ‘Fast Freddy’ that’s one extra word, right there.
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on November 16th, 2008 at 2:04 am
I must be tired. I was just about to leave a comment congratulating you on the new feathered family member. I read the post. Thought, I wonder how a parrot will help with writing. On the third pass, I figured it out. A parrot in the book is a wonderful idea. Keep up the good work.
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on November 16th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
Thanks Jill – I don’t think I have time at the moment (unless I need to procrastinate, which is always likely), but I will check out that tagging some time soon!
Ken: ‘Fast Freddy’, I like. The one down the shop calls himself ‘Freddy you f**ker’ all the time, which is another word again… Although the parrot isn’t actually going to feature that much in this novel except as a song critic.
Tina – oh dear on the misreading, although you did get there in the end.
I would actually love a parrot, or even a budgie, but I suspect my cats would like it even more…
on November 16th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
If the Parrot is a song critic he should perhaps get another word in his name
‘Fast Freddy Cowell’
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on November 17th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
Just for you, Ken, I added a few words (31, to be precise) to extend this bit of dialogue:
“Great gig, loved the new stuff.”
“Did you? So did Freddy – at least, he didn’t screech too much when we were rehearsing.”
“Freddy? Matt, he’s a parrot, not Simon Cowell! Well, I suppose everyone’s a critic, even when they have feathers and a beak…”
on November 18th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
Delighted to see you’re still making headway – I have absolutely no doubt you’ll get there now. Would love to know what else (besides the screeching feathered music critic) is involved in the story, but I suspect that’s under wraps.
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