And it's gone remarkably well! I had a bit of an internet dilema in the morning though....I have no idea why my connection decided to pack in today of all days! A very helpful man got me working again and I was able to update my word count and research a few designer brands to name drop into the chapter. I've given todays total as 3813, but it's actually now 4702. Not bad for one day.
I think the volume is down to the fact I changed my mind at the last minute and wrote in 1st person. It gives me much more freedom and is better at getting closer to a character's emotions than simply reporting "Anna did this and then she did that and she felt this". That's the idea anyway.
I don't know whether to keep going with the writing or wait until tomorrow afternoon. I guess it depends on how bad the television is tonight! Tomorrow will be a busier day as I have 2 gym sessions instead of just the 1 I had today (first time at Body Jam - my muscles hurt but it was good fun and I wasn't the worse there by a long stretch). I also have to get some food in...gym sessions and thinking up 3000 words a day burns a lot of energy.
I'm also still working on Hospital Corners where I can. I've edited the first 10 chapters of the original draft, and it's now been slimmed down into 8 chapters. I'm currently at 250 in the chart with 11 backers (thank you guys!). I'm using a great free software from www.prowritingaid.com to help with the editing. It picks up on commonly overused words, repeated phrases, sentence length, cliches etc. Apologies if I've mentioned it before - my head is mince from all the work I've been cramming in these past few weeks! Researching, outlining, editing and writing all at the same time....phew!
Oh - another nice software I'm using is WriteWay. I get a free trial of the professional version for NaNo and it's fantastic for pulling together all your characters, scenes, research and notes in one place. I'm still pasting what I've written into Word for backing-up, but it's nice to have all my notes in one place instead of ferretting around between different Word files.
That's it for today...possibly more tomorrow....probably not. I don't think my blog counts towards my NaNo total, unfortunately!
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