Well. O.O

[ellenmillion]

Okay, first chunk of NaNo novel written, and it totally got away from me. Not a full wordcount yet - I have more writing time alotted for this evening - but the character! Where'd he come from?? Not at all what I was expecting or intending to write. All I knew was that I needed a couple of specific roles filled, I needed a 'narrator' and that I needed to layout some plot stuff. The next thing I know - who is this guy and where did these ideas come from? Not at all the direction I was planning to take, actually. But I like it alright, and it doesn't actually conflict with anything I'd planned... so, okay. I'll run with it.

I've posted the first bit to the NaNo filter - if you're not on it and would like to be, just let me know.

(NaNoWriMo, for those in the dark, is National Novel Writing Month - a crazed month of attempting to get to 50k words on something, anything (well, hopefully an acutal novel). Lots of folks are doing it, and they have an official site here: http://nanowrimo.org )

I've got some orders to fill - a handful or so - and some backend admin work to take care of, but most of the day will be trying to get ahead on my wordcount in anticipation of crazy work days when I won't be able to get to it.

Edit:

2,298 / 50,000 (4.6%)

Comments

[ohiblather.livejournal.com]

Good luck with the NaNo novel!

[ellenmillion.livejournal.com]

Thank you!! (*refuses to think about my track record of previous years...*)

[autumnstar1.livejournal.com]

YAY NaNo! I'm just too darn busy this year to participate, unfortunately.

I'd love to be added to the NaNo filter, if you feel comfortable with that.

Good Luck!

[ellenmillion.livejournal.com]

You're in! It's a dubious honor, but I hope you enjoy it. :)

[autumnstar1.livejournal.com]

after I posted my comment, I laughed a bit...here I am commenting that I'm too busy this year to participate ... and yet, you're probably the busiest woman out there, and you still have time for nano! lol! I don't know how you do it.

Thank you for the honor. :D

[renatus.livejournal.com]

You can do it! I know you can.

[ellenmillion.livejournal.com]

Rah rah rah!! :D

[marina-bonomi.livejournal.com]

Fingers crossed for you, Ellen! :-)

I'd love to be added to your NaNo filter as well, pretty please?

[ellenmillion.livejournal.com]

Done! :D And thank you!

[marina-bonomi.livejournal.com]

Thank *you*, Ellen!

[yasha-chan.livejournal.com]

Please to be adding me on the NaNo filter XD Or add manesium which be my NaNo journal, yar.

[ellenmillion.livejournal.com]

Done! Yar!

[pixiewildflower.livejournal.com]

*hugs* Good luck!

[ellenmillion.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[celticwren.livejournal.com]

Me too to the Na No filter. :) I found my story from 2003 that I'd started, I was surprised I didn't feel like stabbing it with a knife as I read it! I know that for the Na No Wrimo they say don't use any story that you've started before, but my word count is about as much as you said yours is. It might be nice to just get going on it again. My trouble is thinking about it too much, so just writing writing writing would be good.
I like the little chart you have for your word count. :)

One of my first stories, that I got the farthest along with (and is probably written really badly) I started when I had to do homework and it was English. I decided to do it on the typewriter and I just started a story out of fun, because I like typing, the way the words popped onto the paper(though when I made a mistake or my finger went between the keys, ow I wasn't happy) and I was bored with my homework. :)

[ellenmillion.livejournal.com]

You're in! :P