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Day Three, 5344

Last night was interesting. I took my laptop to see Lyle play, and worked on it there.

Wasn’t as easy as I had hoped. It was a little bit difficult to work there, and by the time I got home I was so tired it took me forever to get my word count.

I’m starting to worry that I will run out of ideas. I really feel like I shouldn’t be finishing this part of the arc so quickly. But maybe so.

At any rate, I’m not that far ahead on my count… only about 340 words… and I added in 500 words that I had written previously which I’m not sure really count. Still I’m about done for the night.

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Day One, 1924 words

Okay, first day down.

Had a slow part. Added a new element to the story I liked.

I knew Zorashi would be there, but didn’t realize Highbourne would show up.

I had an idea of what my general plot would be–what the question I would follow, or that my characters would follow, would be.

But I added a new element into it. Might have it come back. I liked it a lot, would give a foil, but I’m worried it would be too “handlebar mustache, tied to the train tracks” type melodrama.

Nothing wrong with melodrama. It just has to be good.

The hardest thing today was STOPPING. I guess i”m worried about burnout. This is about process. This is about process.

Process and Completion, Process and Completion
Done is Good.

There. Now I have mantras.

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Here we go….

I’ve decided this year, quite unsensibly, to do NaNoWriMo–National Novel Writing Month, where you write a 175-page novel in a month.

Why I decided to do this, is beyond me. And why I decided that it would be a great idea to BLOG about it [more writing! yay!] is even further beyond me.

And to increase the absurdity, I’ve decided to write the entire novel as World of Warcraft FanFic.

How embarassing.

But here’s the method to the madness: For me, the importance is completion. Sure, my WoW Novel won’t go anywhere, except perhaps to my Guild if they care to peruse. But that’s a good thing. This is about getting something done.

In the words of Karen Tidmarsh, my college dean–the best advice I ever received: “Sometimes, Done Is Good.”

If I’m writing about Supermonkey and Shalom, well, then, Done Is Good.

No content expectations, No fear–and a group of people to harangue and encourage me. At least I hope.