NaNoWriMo Progress, Day 1

[kaasirpent]

I'm charting my daily progress on NaNoWriMo. Since you may or may not care, I'll kindly hide it behind a cut. Thanks for taking the time. :)

NaNoWriMo Progress: These Are the Dreams that Keep Sleep from Me
	Actual	Required
Progress
New Words Today	6210	1666
Daily Average	6210	1667
Remaining Req'd Daily Avg	1510	1667
Expected Total	52000	50010

Notes:

• I was all prepared to begin writing 'A Is for Angel' starting early in the morning on the 1st, but on Monday night as I was getting ready for bed, the word 'Anchor' popped into my head, complete with most of the idea for a story. Well, who am I to ignore my muse my subconscious when it gives me something so clear to work with?


• I originally thought this would take about 2000 to 2500 words, but . . . it grew. And grew. And kept growing. Oy. By midnight, I had 6210 words, and I kept writing for a while after that to see if I could get the whole thing out. I didn't. It is unfinished, but with notes to tell me where I was headed.


• My idea in this is to write each day's letter exclusively unless and until I finish, at which point I can go back and work on other days' words, if I left them unfinished.


• Edit: Note that 'today' doesn't start until after I sleep. So if I go to bed at 10 PM or 2 AM, it's still that day until that time, and the 'next day' starts when my alarm goes off.


• Character names: Ann/Annie, Abigail, Amelia


• Interesting things I had to look up: child development (when they start walking, talking, etc.), common female names at the turn of the 20th century and again in the 1930s, parts of a church.


• Genre: Magic Realism

This table shows each story and how many words I have written on it, regardless of the daily count. Titles or letters in red ("tomato") are ones where I'm not sure, yet, what the story will be.

A Is for Anchor 6210	B Is for Bard 0	C Is for Clowns That Creep Through the Yard 0
D Is for Dragon 0	E Is for Egg 0	F Is for Fangs That Are Sunk in Your Leg 0
G Is for Graveside 0	H Is for Haunted 0	I Is for Investigation Unwanted 0
J Is for Jackpot 0	K Is for Kiss 0	L Is for Lightning A Hit or a Miss 0
M Is for Moons 0	N Is for N_____ 0	O Is for Oath __________ 0
P Is for Prey 0	Q Is for Quest 0	R Is for Rite __________ 0
S Is for Sinister 0	T Is for Twilight 0	U Is for U_____ __________ 0
V Is for V_____ 0	W Is for Witness 0	X Is for Xenogamy For Maximum Fitness 0
Y Is for Y_____ 0	Z Is for Zombie 0

Comments

[song-of-copper.livejournal.com]

Well done on an excellent start! :-D I really love your idea of an alphabet of stories - and the Goreyesque rhyme. ^_^ I hope you post an excerpt or two! :-)

[kaasirpent]

Maybe Gorey IS where I got the rhyme. I could have sworn it was Sesame Street, but try as I might I cannot find video proof that the skit I so clearly recall ever existed.

[ex-prunesnp.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you for the cut!

and good luck!