Sunday, November 07, 2004

Novel Update (call it writing day 1)

Yes, I know, everyone else has already started and I haven’t. But I went out bright and early (okay, drizzly and kind of midmorning) and got some writing done.

As usual, I found out that I am a freaking writing machine. I’m averaging about 2,500 words per hour. No, really.

CyberJava
I had a large cafe au lait. I sat on the front patio, in the drizzle with my fingerless gloves. I had my iPod but the battery crapped out on my about an hour and a half in. No matter, iTunes on the ‘puter got me through the rest of the session:

time..running tally..words…words/minute
10:45…..0,442…...442…...29.47
11:00…..1,088…...646…...43.07
11:15…..1,719…...631…...42.07
11:30…..2,342…...623…...41.53
11:45…..2,906…...564…...37.60
12:00…..3,525…...619…...41.27
12:15…..4,129…...604…...40.27
12:30…..4,477…...348…...23.20
12:45…..4,999…...522…...34.80

Then I packed up, cuz I’d made my 5K and I was cold and I headed over to Espresso Mi Cultura on Hollywood, just a piece down the pike. There I got warmed up with some Mexican mocha. I found a roomy table in the back and dug in for some major typetivity:

time..running tally..words…words/minute
13:15…..5,025…...026…...01.73
13:30…..5,428…...403…...26.87
13:45…..6,097…...669…...44.60
14:00…..6,547…...450…...30.00
14:15…..7,181…...634…...42.27
14:30…..7,855…...674…...44.93
14:45…..8,486…...631…...42.07
15:00…..9,047…...561…...37.40
15:15…..9,726…...679…...45.27
15:30….10,076…...350…...23.33

Of course I haven’t a clue what I’m doing. I’ve got a character now and a situation and she’s just kind of talking. I’m 20% into the thing, so I think I’ve ended this session on a pretty good note, with my main character flipping out.

POSTED BY Cybele AT 3:57 pm     NaNoWriMo

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