NaNoWriMo update

I've been soooo busy writing my book, my blog was forgotten about.

I may not have written as much as alot of people out there. But I'm happy as a pig in muck, with 16,656 words.

This time last month was a big fat zero amount of words.

Proud as punch.

Not only that, I have an actual storyline. I'm buzzing. Yesterday, I decided to bring in an additional main character. So I wrote a segment introducing him. Whether he stays as planned or disappears at the end of the sequence, who knows.

What hasn't happened yet, which is a bummer, I haven't used poison to kill any one. Three people dead. No poisoning, nor my heavily researched body disposal methods.

Some would say this was a waste of time but not me. Writing has given me a new lease of life. My mind is constantly flowing with ideas. Granted, some are shit, but some if I can pull it off will be great. For me anyway.

I will finish this book. All started on pen and paper. At some point, I will have to type it up. 16 thousand words is going to take a very long time.

Possible, no, definitely longer than it took me to scribble it down.

My forensic online twitter friend (actually not sure if she wants it known she is helping me, so anonymous she will remain for now), is a great help. I send her some questions, she replies with quick scientific approach.

I hope I can repay her at some stage but who knows. Would she have any pet related questions relevant to her book?

Boys and Girls, good night for now, and stay scribbling.

Coming together.

Finally, my first week of handwritten NaNoWriMo scrawling notes has developed a structure.

My 1st complete murder scene, surprisingly quickly led to the 2nd. I found  a storyline link, which I hadn't planned. I hate to waste freebies so I ran with it. And I feel goooood.

I have quickly realised you can plan and plan til your brain explodes, but end up side stepping at the earliest opportunity. This now means, I can't use my planned plans as planned. What a waste of time.

But if I don't plan. How do I get to the sidestepping stage?

Arghhhhh. What a vicious circle this is. So, I had better plan some more.

After a week, something became very obvious. I'm using a lot of paper, with a very high chance of losing my notes if I don't type them up onto my laptop.

I might just photograph every page and auto upload to Dropbox for now. How long do you think this lot would take to photo?

NaNoWriMo

Been a while since I wrote anything here..
I haven't stopped scribbling. I do it on paper now. I seem to get more done and in a quicker pace. Phones, tablets are away from me while I write. If I can't see it or even reach it, I can't use it.

I joined the writing collective of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) under the name Uncle Eric. If you are part of it, feel free to buddy up.

I forgot about day 1, but managed to write for the remaining days. So far accused 4997 words out of the target of 50000.

I'm not going to bullshit myself, I don't have that much free time to reach that. I'm happy to be taking part in it though. It is pushing me on and I'm throughly enjoying it.

Today I wrote my 1st scene entirely in one go. Genuinely chuffed with myself, even if I wrote start, end then middle.

I abandoned lined paper to write on. Don't know why I find it hard to use, I just do. So blank printing paper it is, and I'm using loads.

Last night a fellow NaNoWriMo participant contacted me. Small chat but lead to great enthusiasm from me today.

I have to admit after 4 hrs of writing, my eyes lost all focus, my brain I'm sure physically hurt and my right wrist went limp and crampy.

One day at a time, I will get this book written. But I'm enjoying the ride.