Where I Am and Where I'm Going

[fangirljen]

My poor LJ. *pets it* It's gotten all dusty. I've been either offline hanging out with friends doing writing things (whee, writing things!) and posting regularly to writerfangirl, my writing journal. I have regular NaNo updates. I'm very serious about this NaNo, more serious about it than last year. And I'm chugging along. I'm over the quota I need today and I still have six pages I need to type. That'll number be larger, too because I'm going to be writing more.

It's kind of sad: despite being ahead, I'm feeling behind. There are more than a few people I know who have already surpassed the 50,000. One woman I saw has over 80,000. It makes me want to work twice as hard. I'm only shooting for 20,000 by Monday, but I'm wondering if I should make that 25,000 and then try to finish the novel by next Sunday. :D All written by the 15th or the 16th and then I can get back to the novel I was working on last year. That second one will strictly apply to the autumnwrite. I like knowing that I can do 150,000 in four months. I'm devoting my life to writing and it's a really wonderful thing.

Comments

[gloriatempest.livejournal.com]

I think some of the people who have around 80,000 already are probably working with old novels. It's hard to imagine that you can start fresh with no idea what you're going to write and come that far in just one week. I'm going to go check out your other journal too. I'd love to write for a living. I wish I could do it. I can see myself, living in a loft and typing out on a lap top or something.

although I'm beginning to think, I need a lap top that doesn't connect to the internet...at least not during writing hours.