NaNoWriMo Progress Week 3

Week 3 of NaNoWriMo is over! I don’t know if November has been going slowly or quickly. On the one hand, it feels like it was just the first of November and I was stressing about my future (seeing as the day before I had finished uni). On the other hand, I’ve been writing like EVERY DAY and it feels like it’s been taking SO LONG!

Last week I complained a lot about lacking motivation and a few commenters were really sweet with helping me through it! Perhaps I was a little too dramatic. I could have been in a bad mood that day? I can’t remember; my memory is actually awful. Guess what, though? Today I’m in a GREAT mood!

Week 3 Progress

This week I actually remembered to document my writing!

Day 15

Today I was emotional because of the Yes vote in Australia. I was not busy during the day, but was in the evening, so decided to get my writing done throughout the day. I was listening to the radio and that was distracting me a lot. Even so, I managed to write 820 words.

Day 16

I was able to write 828 words today. I think I would be able to write more if I made my room quiet and shut off all my distractions but, alas, I am unable to do that.

Day 17

I waited until 6:30pm to start writing today. I had an idea for something I was stuck on previously, which helps move my plot a bit better. Today I was writing a scene that I was really enjoying, and managed to write 1,598 words!

Day 18

It was Saturday today and I was pretty busy all day. I did find time to write still, and managed to churn out 549 words.

Day 19

I had another busy day and started writing at 7:30pm. I wrote a scene that I really liked. I wrote 1,101 words.

Day 20

I started training for my new job today. I didn’t really feel like writing much when I got home! *A few hours later* Okay, I’ve learned a trick that really works with me. Basically, instead of ending a day’s writing on the end of a scene/chapter, I end it during the middle of a conversation or paragraph etc. This really helps when I want to start writing the next day because I’ll know how the scene should end, which will keep my writing going. Anyway, today I only wrote 387 words, oops.

Day 21

Guess what, everyone? I started my writing today before 6:30pm! I had a non-busy day and had my word document open for most of it. In the evening I had to build a hammock, among other things, which was quite challenging to do in the heat. I wrote 1,378 words today!

Stats

Week 1: 7,991 words

Week 2: 4,499 words

Week 3: 6,706 words

Total: 19,181 words

I do kind of wish NaNoWriMo wasn’t all about reaching 50,000 words, because when I look at my profile, this is what I see:

Seeing this is really discouraging! I’m nowhere close to the target lol.

Quotes

Here are some quotes from my WIP!

This was after a big event in the story:

My main character has anxiety:

Who else loves writing similes? I love including them and then when I edit I can pick the best ones in the chapter. If you were to read my WIP before I edited it, you would tell me to cut back on the similes.

EDIT: I was going to wait to post this but when I closed my word document it just disappeared. I go my recent folder and the document is there and it says ”