The Words: 159 written today.

Thanksgiving is always a low word-count day for me. My family’s get-together is on Saturday, so it will also be a low word-count day. Though I didn’t go anywhere today, I still enjoyed a very lazy day and a lot of family time on this mid-week day off work.

The Story: Justin started to relay what had happened with Vin to Penny, Rogan, and Cathy. Though I’ve already forgotten how much detail he heard before he left. Tomorrow, I may have to read back over yesterday’s writing just a little, so I know how this should go.

Total word count: 67,041

Don’t forget to check out today’s NaNoToons if you haven’t already: 2017 – November 23rd

The Words: 1829 written today.

I was determined to reach at least par today, despite yet again not getting to writing until after 10pm. I’m amazed by how much I wrote early in the month, and how hard the words are now. It’s partly because I’ve been busier, but even in the time I have, I’m not writing as many words as I could be. But before the month started, I knew this story would be a difficult one to write, given the nature of it. The only reason it went so well earlier in the month is because I did so much fluff writing (characters telling stories about events that had happened in earlier books).

The Story: Vin seemed to be getting talked down, but then had one final surprise for everyone. I won’t say any more than that.

Total word count: 64,900

Don’t forget to check out today’s NaNoToons if you haven’t already: 2017 – November 21st

The Words: 937 written today.

This is my 5th day in a row of not writing at least par. It’s getting to a point where I almost feel it’s not worth continuing to post about my writing. However, I’m still writing, and considering the times in the last 5 days I’ve thought about just not writing that day, I think it’s worth sharing that I still have written something.

We had a company meeting at work this evening, from which I got home after my daughter’s bed time. I was yet again happy to have enough time to write what I did.

The Story: I finished Vin’s last letter to the pastor. He definitely held nothing back.

Total word count: 63,071

Don’t forget to check out today’s NaNoToons if you haven’t already: 2017 – November 20th

The Words: 1133 written today.

I don’t have much to say about the words today. I wrote some, played a game with my daughter, and relaxed the rest of the evening. I do have a back-up plan for if the story ends with more than a day or 2 left of November, but at this point, I doubt that will happen. And that’s okay.

The Story: I started on Vin’s final letter to the pastor. He’s decided to come clean about why he started all of this in the first place, and share a secret that he doesn’t actually expect the pastor to believe. I’m trying to decide if there’s anything that he’ll hold back, or if he’ll really tell the pastor everything about himself and who he is.

Total word count: 62,134

Don’t forget to check out today’s NaNoToons if you haven’t already: 2017 – November 19th

The Words: 668 written today.

It’s been a rough few days for writing recently. I worked this evening and got home around 10. Then I still had about an hour’s worth of work to do, and supper to eat. I wrote for a bit after 11pm and was happy to get this many (again).

I know I’ve hit the 50k words…and that I’m almost out of story. But I’d rather finish the story early and decide what I want to write about for the rest of the month (if anything), or I’d rather decide for myself to continue slowly, rather than be forced into it by having so many long days or late evenings of work.

The Story: I started to continue where I left off during the climax yesterday, and realized that I needed to write the rest of Vin’s letters first. I want to be sure I know what he has told the pastor before I continue the climax. So I wrote 1 of his last 2. I’ll write the other one tomorrow (or at least start it).

Total word count: 61,001

Don’t forget to check out today’s NaNoToons if you haven’t already (I haven’t yet!): 2017 – November 18th

The Words: 124 written today.

I didn’t expect to beat yesterday for how few words I’d written so soon, but I shouldn’t have been surprised.

I was gone from 11 this morning until after midnight. I was able to write a little in a notebook while I was out, and it came to 124 words. I have a difficult time letting a day of NaNoWriMo go by without writing something, so it counts.

The Story: The climax of the story took an unexpected turn when someone new showed up. And considering the way that the rest of them got to this underground lair, they certainly weren’t expecting to be joined by anyone.

Total word count: 60,333

Don’t forget to check out today’s NaNoToons if you haven’t already (I haven’t yet!): 2017 – November 17th

The Words: 643 written today.

I was at work for 8 hours today, which was at least 3 hours longer than I expected to be there. By the time I got home around 9, I hadn’t eaten anything all day, I had about another hour of work ahead of me that needed to be done tonight, and I have to get up early for other work tomorrow.

I am happy to have written at all!

The Story: I managed to figure out how to continue the fight scene that began to make a little more sense in my mind. I got right to the point where Nathan had to decide if he could kill Vin, even as Vin was about to kill him.

Total word count: 60,209

Don’t forget to check out today’s NaNoToons if you haven’t already: 2017 – November 16th