Comments on: A picture is worth 1000 words (or 50,000 words)

By: Laura Vanderkam

Laura Vanderkam — Sun, 02 Dec 2018 19:26:41 +0000

In reply to Cb. @Cb - just keep moving forward!

By: Laura Vanderkam

Laura Vanderkam — Sun, 02 Dec 2018 19:26:10 +0000

In reply to Ruth.

@Ruth – nice work! Yep, front loading the month is a good idea. That way when stuff comes up — because stuff always comes up — you’ll be on track.

By: Cb

Cb — Sun, 02 Dec 2018 12:17:41 +0000

Ugh, I was doing AcWriMo and was derailed by a series of illnesses – 2 days off with my son who had HFM, 5 days off for my own bout with HFM, and then a double ear infection at the end of last week. However, I made some forward progress on two projects so I’m going to count it as a success. I managed 2000 words on Thursday before getting the call from nursery to collect my poorly toddler. Best laid plans and all that. But there are 3 working weeks until Christmas so I’m trying to stay positive – I’ve got tomorrow off with the sick kid but can do a bit of work at naptime etc.

By: Katherine

Katherine — Sat, 01 Dec 2018 20:46:11 +0000

In reply to Ruth. That is brilliant. Definitely will use that strategy next year

By: Ruth

Ruth — Sat, 01 Dec 2018 20:30:30 +0000

I made over 52,000 – my first NaNo win. I used the “backwards NaNoWriMo” daily goals on ChristenKrumm.com. The daily word count goals are scheduled so you front load the month. That way, you don’t have as many words to try for during Thanksgiving, or when you’re starting to feel burned out by the process. It worked for me!

By: Katherine

Katherine — Fri, 30 Nov 2018 22:03:20 +0000

Hi Laura. I managed about 13000 words, which is 13000 more words of fiction than I have written since I was in high school. I enjoyed the process and found I was able to achieve a sense of ‘flow’ fairly readily. I may just block out and outline so I don’t lose the tread and then return to it as time permits. Now that I know what it is and how to prepare I can see myself participating again next year.