I have no intro for this. The past few years I’ve been updating my weekly progress for NaNo. So, I’m doing it again. Here’s my NaNoWriMo 2018 Update One.
My daily goal is always to write 2,000 words. I like the even number over 1,667 words. I also try my best to get it done by the time Thanksgiving rolls around at the end of the month. Here’s how I’m doing so far.
Word Count
Day 1: 2,203
Day 2: 2,125
Day 3: 2,175
Day 4: 2,114
Day 5: 2,061
Day 6: 2,132
Day 7: Haven’t written yet this morning!
Week One Total: 12,810
Not bad, right? I had a steady stream of words each day. Day 3 was Saturday as well as Double-Up Day. I don’t know why I thought Double-Up Day was later in the month, but I wasn’t planning on that. When I found out I had decided to attempt 4,000 words.
I ended up not getting the chance to write until much later at night. I usually write early in the morning but I didn’t make my word count that day until around 10-10:30 at night. It just so happened that other things were going on that day (good things, of course) and I had decided to put my attention towards that instead of focusing on writing.
I thought Sunday, November 4, would be a good day to write 4,000 words and pretend I did it for my own Double-Up Day, but that didn’t happen either. I was at church for a few hours, got my 2k in, and then had other work that needed to be done. Maybe this weekend I can aim to give myself a mini writing marathon.
Projects
I spent the whole week working on my Short Story Sunday 2019 project. That is, if you don’t know, 52 shorts/flashes – one for every Sunday of 2019. These will be under my Short Story Sunday category next year.
I also put the last finishing touches of November’s short story for my patrons. They’ll be getting their exclusive story from me on Saturday, November 10. If you’d like to receive a patron-only short from me each month, then please join me on Patreon for only $1 a month. If you want to see what it’s all about, you can check out my Patreon page here.
I’ve also been working bit by bit on Sunday Morning. I’ll have more information on that as soon as I can, but if you’d like to be the first to know, then Patreon is a great place to be.
NaNo Week One
I can’t believe the first week of NaNo is already done. It was a good week though and I feel like I got a lot done. I’m happy with my progress and I’m looking forward to what I’ll get done in week two.
How did week one go for you? Let me know in the comments below. If you liked this post, please share it around.
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Even though you missed the double-up day, I think your word count for the first week is fantastic. Keep up the great work!
Thank you! It’s been a good one.
I am so glad you wrote about the double up day! This is my first time doing nano and I didn’t know about at all. My word count has been very low for lots of reasons. I am pushing forward any way and I am glad to see someone else doing the same thing! I
thank and keep the updates coming!
I usually try to utilize double up day but just didn’t this year… oh, well. There’s always tomorrow and next year. 🙂 I hope NaNo is going well for you!
Well done! Here’s to a good week two.
Thanks!
Well done Rachel! I base my goal word count depending on what I have going on during the day to make it more achievable, as long as I get to 50 000 at the end. I do like even numbers though and never liked the 1667 word count.
As long as we make it to the end goal, that’s all that matters. Yeah, I get that 50k divided by 30 is 1,666.666666-and so on, but 1,667 just doesn’t makes sense to me, lol.