NaNoWriMo - Day 1
Chronicles of a First Year Participant
Day 1:
1,696 words
5 pages (Times New Roman, 12 pt)
Not quite two hours, and got that much done? Wow! I usually do about 3 pages in a two hour period. I didn't even have the entire two hours this time - I had to get up for real food. (Tea and unfinished toast all day just isn't conducive to writing.)
I spent the first few minutes wondering where the heck to start. Then I heard dialogue, so I wrote down random snatches of it. I get up for a bathroom break, and suddenly I've got all these scenes coming out of mental storage wanting attention, now. Unfortunately, I can't type fast enough to keep up with them all.
I splurged on two new writing music cd's for this project. Then discovered one of the soundtracks contains lyrics. I can't write to music with words in the background. To make matters worse, it's music I don't like. Sigh. I guess I liked the movie so much I forgot what kind of music was on in the background...
Looking forward to tomorrow to see if I can do so well, word and page wise. Also hoping I can get a real scene finished, instead of just bits of three and lots of random dialogue.
Day 1:
1,696 words
5 pages (Times New Roman, 12 pt)
Not quite two hours, and got that much done? Wow! I usually do about 3 pages in a two hour period. I didn't even have the entire two hours this time - I had to get up for real food. (Tea and unfinished toast all day just isn't conducive to writing.)
I spent the first few minutes wondering where the heck to start. Then I heard dialogue, so I wrote down random snatches of it. I get up for a bathroom break, and suddenly I've got all these scenes coming out of mental storage wanting attention, now. Unfortunately, I can't type fast enough to keep up with them all.
I splurged on two new writing music cd's for this project. Then discovered one of the soundtracks contains lyrics. I can't write to music with words in the background. To make matters worse, it's music I don't like. Sigh. I guess I liked the movie so much I forgot what kind of music was on in the background...
Looking forward to tomorrow to see if I can do so well, word and page wise. Also hoping I can get a real scene finished, instead of just bits of three and lots of random dialogue.
posted by Tiffany | 5:15 PM
2 Comments:
Yeah, I like to write to instrumental only, too. Otherwise I get too caught up in the words.
I also can't write to movie soundtracks, or I start falling in to the rhythm for what it was originally written.
Good luck!
I second the instrumental music!
I would have to disagree with Devon about soundtracks, though. I'm a big fan of using them during Nano for inspiration--but I'm usually careful about getting scores that are entirely instrumental. Lyrics throw me off too.
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