It is day 8! I pause to make out a list of the top five things I have learned about myself thus far from National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo):
5) I really stink at names. If I have time, I am going to go back and rename everyone in my novel.
4) Once I start writing, the endorphins kick in or something and I really look forward to sitting down and doing it again. I've been able to write around 2,000 words a day, which not a bad. I have not slept much, mind you, but it feels good. Maybe this happens when one reaches a new level of insanity?
3) The answer to whether I write by just sitting down and doing it or if I plot out the events in an outline first is "YES".
2) An energy drink with caffeine in the middle of the afternoon will wake me up at about 2AM - which is a good time to think through a chapter and write the notes down before falling asleep again.
...and the #1 thing I learned thus far is...
1) Having a deadline and a community of support so I could write my first novel is simply brilliant.
Feel free to follow the insanity on Google+ and Twitter. My handle on the NaNo website is BlueJago.
Also, I'm using Pinterest to store some of my research images (and some writing motivation).
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