NaNoWriMo2015 Day 2: A little bit of writing.

Okay, so the amount of writing I have done today is not massive. I got my first scene of the month done at about one thirty in the morning and I feel like that first step is always the ardest. It was a tiny fragment of a scene, mostly scenery itself, but at least it was something.

I did an actual scene around 3PM, a little bit of plot and some mystery to work out. I'm super behind right now already but I'm hoping I'll be able to make that up as things continue.

I also downloaded Scrivener and I've been going through the SUPER LONG tutorial. i've never used the program before but a lot of people swear by it so I thought I'd try it out. I'm kinda writing my scenes in no order so maybe this will give me the ability to slot them into some semblance. Maybe I'll make folders for each power rangers episode the story spans, or something. Which reminds me, I think i'm going to have to rewatch some of these episodes.

Right now, I'm not really at the top of my motivation. I meant to eat something about an hour ago but then my boyfriend called and I got distracted. I probably need some food. Tomorrow evening and the evening after are going to be busy so I should probably try to make sure I spend some time writing during the early morning and day.

I should probably also mention that I a am making my way through a bunch of Mark Reads videos. They're a good way to refresh my mind without it being something so consuming it saps my attention for other things...I hope. I mean, I DID only get two scenes done today. ah well, once I build a framework in scrivener for my story, it should hopefully get easier to move around.

Word count Today: 663
Word Count total: 663

NaNoWriMo2015 Day 1: It's a new year of nano.

Here we are in 2015 and who knows how November will go. I'm not off to the best start yet, I will admit.I am writing this post with only ten minutes left to the first and I haven't started my nano yet. The earlier part of the day was spent in all the little stresses that happen when someone leaves on a big trip, such as my parents are for a few weeks. And after they left, I just felt this huge wash of lethargy come over me. As much as I love my parents, it's important to be alone every once in a while and I reveled in the feeling of being alone without any interruptions to anticipate. I watched some videos, made some food, read some stuff, basically did all that cantering self-care stuff. I felt a pang of guilt because I really should be writing but this was important too. I feel much better now than I have for months, with all the stress of running the volunteers for VCON in September and then stressing over grants and details for the West Coast Fan society in October, as well as elections. I can feel like I can breathe right now.

So, onto my plans for this month. Before October hit, I had pretty much decided to do a fic about the origins of the song "The Hanging Tree" from the Hunger Games series. The idea wouldn't let me alone and I'd promised myself that this October I would be a planner and write outlines and stuff. That didn't happen and I thought I'd get nothing done this year but a plot from a few years ago drifted into my mind and started gaining prominence. So now I'm pantsing it and hoping to write both a power rangers fic and a hunger games fc, whatever comes. Hedging my bets, I suppose.

Another thing I've decided to do is use the Plant Nanny app to motivate me to write. It was doing well as a water motivator before I hit a bad few days. Perhaps it will do better as a writing motivator. I was thinking every 200 words I'd give it a glass of water. Now I'm considering making it every 250. Either way. It has gotten no water on the first day and is probably not doing too well.


Anyway, more on life later.

Word Count Today: 0
Word Count Total: 0