01 November 2005
Day One
Well, the first day of Nanowrimo has come and gone and I beat my daily goal of a 1667 word count by three words. I am a literary rock star. It’s really tough turning off the Inner Editor though…man alive. That’s one of the rules, by the way: delete nothing. Also: anything goes. So two of my characters were involved in a very long, somewhat repetitive discussion over the period of six pages. I have only the dimmest idea of what goes next. But it’s all in good fun and hey, after writing 250 pages of long, somewhat repetitive prose, I should have at least (hopefully) 100 good pages. That's right: forever the optimist.
Surrey! I just realized that I haven’t written about Surrey. Man, what a trip. It seems so long ago, but it was only a week and a half. It was everything I hoped it would be…and I had high hopes. Friday and Saturday were packed solid with workshops from 10 am to 5pm and Sunday went from 9 30 to noon. There were 2 workshops in the morning and 2 in the afternoon.
These workshops were sandwiched between buffet breakfasts with the two members of my Ottawa writing group who came as well, buffet lunches and banquet dinners. Each lunch and dinner had a keynote speaker, most of which proved to be very inspiring. Then at night there were Night Owl sessions from 9pm to 10ish.
I learned so much and by the end of Saturday I had the shakes from being around so much…information…so many interesting people. It was an overwhelming combination and by the end (Sunday around 2 30 pm) I was dazed and ready to renounce writing. By Monday I was fine though, and ready to write again.
If I can save $3/day for the next year, I can go again next year (without having to break my piggy bank, as well as the piggy banks of my nearest and dearest). Now I bring my lunch to work.
Right: work. Buzzkill. It’s 10 15 pm and I need to be up … well, not soon, but must keep my strength up for nanowrimo. So bon nuit for now! I promise that by November’s end, after I have written my 50,000 words, I’ll write about more interesting things. Like Portobello mushrooms and knitting. Ooh la la.
Ciao,
Erika.
Ps. If I could count my blog as nanowrimo fodder, I’d be up by another 446 words. Whoa.
Pss. I checked out Sarah Slean's website and found an interesting addition: Vitamins. The quotes that are found approx halfway down the page got me revved for my own creative aspirations. Thanks Sarah! :)
http://www.sarahslean.com/main.html
Surrey! I just realized that I haven’t written about Surrey. Man, what a trip. It seems so long ago, but it was only a week and a half. It was everything I hoped it would be…and I had high hopes. Friday and Saturday were packed solid with workshops from 10 am to 5pm and Sunday went from 9 30 to noon. There were 2 workshops in the morning and 2 in the afternoon.
These workshops were sandwiched between buffet breakfasts with the two members of my Ottawa writing group who came as well, buffet lunches and banquet dinners. Each lunch and dinner had a keynote speaker, most of which proved to be very inspiring. Then at night there were Night Owl sessions from 9pm to 10ish.
I learned so much and by the end of Saturday I had the shakes from being around so much…information…so many interesting people. It was an overwhelming combination and by the end (Sunday around 2 30 pm) I was dazed and ready to renounce writing. By Monday I was fine though, and ready to write again.
If I can save $3/day for the next year, I can go again next year (without having to break my piggy bank, as well as the piggy banks of my nearest and dearest). Now I bring my lunch to work.
Right: work. Buzzkill. It’s 10 15 pm and I need to be up … well, not soon, but must keep my strength up for nanowrimo. So bon nuit for now! I promise that by November’s end, after I have written my 50,000 words, I’ll write about more interesting things. Like Portobello mushrooms and knitting. Ooh la la.
Ciao,
Erika.
Ps. If I could count my blog as nanowrimo fodder, I’d be up by another 446 words. Whoa.
Pss. I checked out Sarah Slean's website and found an interesting addition: Vitamins. The quotes that are found approx halfway down the page got me revved for my own creative aspirations. Thanks Sarah! :)
http://www.sarahslean.com/main.html
