Monday, November 29, 2010

Writing Progress - 11.29.10 or I'm a WINNER!

This past week I made tons of progress. The most important thing would be that I FINISHED MY NANO PROJECT! *cue applause*
It topped out at just over 50,000 words, but I know that I need to go back and add details. I tend to forget to describe things like the setting when I'm drafting. I think it's because I already know what everything looks like in my head so I just skip over the description. This doesn't really help you if you're not in my head, though.

After I finished up my draft, I printed out the third version of last year's NaNo and started on (more) edits. I've gotten through 24 pages so far. Let's hope the momentum keeps up!

This week, I plan to:
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8 comments:

  1. MeredithNovember 29, 2010 at 11:17 AM

    Congratulations!!! It sounds like you're being super-productive :) Good luck with edits and have an awesome time at the David Levithan/Rachel Cohn signing!

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  2. Melissa HurstNovember 29, 2010 at 11:34 AM

    Congrats on the Nano win!

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  3. TamekaNovember 29, 2010 at 2:37 PM

    Congrats on winning! I can't wait to read your thoughts on The Book Thief!

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  4. Lisa GalekNovember 29, 2010 at 4:46 PM

    Yay! That's awesome! Congrats - what "goodies" do you get?

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  5. Julie GNovember 29, 2010 at 8:50 PM

    Way to go! That's awesome and very impressive!

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  6. Jessica LawlorNovember 29, 2010 at 9:49 PM

    Congrats Melissa!!! Go You! :)

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  7. Misha GerrickNovember 30, 2010 at 5:05 AM

    Congrats!

    Good luck with the revisions!

    :-)

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  8. JennieNovember 30, 2010 at 8:24 PM

    Congrats!!!!

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