NaNoWriMo Day 24!

OMG guys...today was such a beautiful day in terms of writing for me! I am so excited to share my stats with you that I'm pretty much skipping over the introduction!

Here are The Last Dragomir's stats:

2014-11-01: 4,055
2014-11-02: 6,326
2014-11-03: 9,000
2014-11-04: 10,401
2014-11-05: 11,467
2014-11-06: 11,489
2014-11-07: 11,489
2014-11-08: 13,467
2014-11-09: 13,736
2014-11-10: 15,099
2014-11-11: 19,023
2014-11-12: 19,023
2014-11-13: 19,023
2014-11-14: 22,726
2014-11-15: 22,726
2014-11-16: 22,935
2014-11-17: 27,000
2014-11-18: 27,089
2014-11-19: 27,274
2014-11-20: 28,711
2014-11-21: 29,291
2014-11-22: 29,291
2014-11-23: 32,081

2014-11-24: 38,919

Yeah, you read those stats correctly! I wrote nearly 7,000 words today! The reason I got this much today is because of WORD SPRINTS. They are literally saving my word count. And while I was kind of shooting for at least, like, an 8k day, I am still extremely proud of what I've written. The story seems to be coming to a close, as it should be, and I am super pumped for the last chapter I have outlined, but I'm not letting myself write it yet since I write chronologically. 

Usually, my outlines are very loose and have some wiggle room, so that, if I need to, I can change a few things around and still come out to the same conclusion. But for this time, I had a really loose outline, that I haven't really been sticking to, now that I think of it. I've just been looking at it to see where I originally wanted to go with the story, and compare it to how I want it to go now.

Alright, guys, that's going to be it from me for tonight! I'll see you tomorrow, and I'll hopefully have at leafs 9k, because tomorrow is....

10k Tuesday!! (Hosted by katytastic, @kat_tastic)

I'm really pumped to do it, so I hope I get a lot of words done tomorrow!

Are you going to participate in katytastic's 10k Tuesday? Tell me in the comments below!

NaNoWriMo Day 21, 22 & 23!

I am a terrible blogger, I know. But at least I'm here today, right? Right now, I am in the middle of writing a pretty cool scene--if I do say so myself--and I just wanted to give an update before the stroke of midnight!

Here are the stats so far for me!

2014-11-01: 4,055
2014-11-02: 6,326
2014-11-03: 9,000
2014-11-04: 10,401
2014-11-05: 11,467
2014-11-06: 11,489
2014-11-07: 11,489
2014-11-08: 13,467
2014-11-09: 13,736
2014-11-10: 15,099
2014-11-11: 19,023
2014-11-12: 19,023
2014-11-13: 19,023
2014-11-14: 22,726
2014-11-15: 22,726
2014-11-16: 22,935
2014-11-17: 27,000
2014-11-18: 27,089
2014-11-19: 27,274
2014-11-20: 28,711
2014-11-21: 29,291
2014-11-22: 29,291
2014-11-23: 32,081

YAY! I wrote 2,790 words for the day! I am still going to continue to write tonight, but I wanted to get this blog post out of the way before I did any such thing. 

As you can see, I wrote very little on the 20-22. Those days I just didn't feel motivated to write my book anymore, and the infamous Doubt was telling me things like this:

"You can't possibly write this book by the 30th of November! It is impossible. You're going to fail miserably and you'll be a failure as an author and as a student trying to prioritize!"

Yeah, my Doubt is real mean...

But anyway, I listened to Doubt those two fateful days (and all those other days that I didn't write, yeah that was Doubt's fault too! [though I guess it's my fault too since I listened to Doubt, but anyway]). 

My piece of advice for today is this: DO NOT LISTEN TO DOUBT! Doubt it a sneaky little bastard and can make you believe things that are totally not true about yourself, and make you want to just be done right then and there. But you have to keep pushing on! I'm going to start taking this advice and write the last 18,000 or so words left of my novel before the end of this month. 

And I'm going to win NaNoWriMo. And I'm going to be proud of myself. And I'm probably going to drink a lot of coffee and get very little sleep (but what's new?)

Good night everybody!

Have you ever listened to Doubt's ministrations? Any advice for pushing that little voice away?

NaNoWriMo Day 18, 19 & 20!

Hey all, and I am sorry because, once again, I have failed in my duties as a blogger. I have been lax in my duties to you, and for that I am extremely sorry...forgive me? Also, I have a legitimate excuse: I didn't write anything in my book, so I had nothing to update on. Because that was my whole point for this blog: to document my journey as I try to write and publish one of my books, whether it be The Last Dragomir, or All Of My Beautiful Wickedness, it WILL be one of them!

Alright, let's take a look at the very sad stats so far:

2014-11-01: 4,055

2014-11-02: 6,326

2014-11-03: 9,000

2014-11-04: 10,401

2014-11-05: 11,467

2014-11-06: 11,489

2014-11-07: 11,489

2014-11-08: 13,467

2014-11-09: 13,736

2014-11-10: 15,099

2014-11-11: 19,023

2014-11-12: 19,023

2014-11-13: 19,023

2014-11-14: 22,726
2014-11-15: 22,726
2014-11-16: 22,935
2014-11-17: 27,000
2014-11-18: 27,089
2014-11-19: 27,274
2014-11-20: 28,711

I didn't write as much as I would have originally liked (~2,500 words or under) but I wrote something, and that's all that matters, right? That I write something to further myself in the finishing of my novel. 

Okay, that'll be it for today! I'm not going to promise tomorrow, because WHO FREAKING KNOWS? I hope I'll write on this blog, but I can't count on anything because I have no idea how my day will look until I sit down and right... Actually, that was a lie, I do know something I'm going to be doing to tomorrow: going to my school's production of Pippin with my friends, and get Extra Credit in English and Health 1!

Bye guys!

Do you forgive me for being a crappy blogger?

NaNoWriMo Day 15, 16 & 17!

Hi guys! Sorry the last two days haven't had any posts...it's just that I haven't written anything. That is, until today...I had the goal of writing 5,000 or so words today, and while I did not meet that goal (looks like no binge-watching Revenge tonight!) I still wrote quite a lot of my NaNo book. In case you didn't know, it's called The Last Dragomir. And here are it stats:

2014-11-01: 4,055

2014-11-02: 6,326

2014-11-03: 9,000

2014-11-04: 10,401

2014-11-05: 11,467

2014-11-06: 11,489

2014-11-07: 11,489

2014-11-08: 13,467

2014-11-09: 13,736

2014-11-10: 15,099

2014-11-11: 19,023

2014-11-12: 19,023

2014-11-13: 19,023

2014-11-14: 22,726
2014-11-15: 22,726
2014-11-16: 22,935
2014-11-17: 27,000

Guys! I passed the halfway mark! I am so, unbelievably happy about this, I can't even! Okay, and now, I am going to share a very small excerpt from Chapter Four, where a little bit of action comes into play and such. Here it is:

"A man came out from the shadows then, right behind Joel. Joel was expecting it, though. He dodged the blade outstretched towards him, and he pulled a dagger out from his side and stabbed it through the man’s head. He fell to the ground, dead.

Cortana could barely think, could barely breathe. Everything was happening so fast, and now Joel was leaving.

“Wait! Please, don’t go! I want to know more!” called Cortana. But Joel didn’t stop, and continued running up the steps.

Leaving Cortana with her thoughts and a dead body."

Yes, I am particularly proud of that section because it is kind of creepy, action-y, cool-y, and things like that.

Also, I wanted to give you all a heads up: I may not post here tomorrow, because I have GLEE tomorrow until 5:00pm, then I have to come home, get dressed, and go to an alumni dinner for my old school at 6:00pm, get home by 8:30pm, and then try to get some of my homework done somewhere in that time. So I may not get a lot of writing done, but it will be some, I can guarantee you that. I don't want to get 5,000 words behind again...now I'm only 3,000 words behind! Yay....

Okay, see you (maybe) tomorrow, or Wednesday!!!

NaNoWriMo Day 14!

Hi guys, sorry this is up so late, but I was hanging with my family and writing like a madman, so I didn't have a chance to write up this post. Alrighty then, now that we're over with the apologies, here are the stats so far:

2014-11-01: 4,055

2014-11-02: 6,326

2014-11-03: 9,000

2014-11-04: 10,401

2014-11-05: 11,467

2014-11-06: 11,489

2014-11-07: 11,489

2014-11-08: 13,467

2014-11-09: 13,736

2014-11-10: 15,099

2014-11-11: 19,023

2014-11-12: 19,023

2014-11-13: 19,023

2014-11-14: 22,726

As you can see, I wrote A BUNCH today! That's 3,703 words written today! I almost caught up the entire way, but I got lazy towards the end and decided I'd just write the 2,000 or so I have left tomorrow, and probably a little more so I can get ahead. 

In other news, I went back to school today after having been absent all week. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, and right when I walked into my first period class everyone screamed, "KAM IS BACK!" and ran to give me hugs. And then they backed away and asked if I still had Ebola...oh teenagers!

Okay then, I'll see you bright eyed and bushy tailed tomorrow with an all new word count!

Do your friends do weird things when you come back from being sick? Tell me in the comments below!

NaNoWriMo Day 12 & 13!

Hey there, and sorry I didn't post anything yesterday: I spent the day with my family and went to the doctors, so I didn't get a chance to do much in terms of writing. BTW: I am fine, just got a nasty virus that decided to LEAVE MY BODY WHEN I GOT TO THE DOCTORS OFFICE LIKE WTF?

Anyway, today, I haven't written anything either...

BRING ON THE JUDGEMENT, I KNOW. But I just wasn't very....inspired...to write. I mean, I wanted to write, but it just didn't seem like enough. So I didn't write today, but I promise I'll write tomorrow, at least enough to get to what today's goal was. 

In other news, my fav show (not The Flash, but The Vampire Diaries [judge me...I don't care....I like the drama and the romance and..yeah, you get the picture]) is starting to get pretty serial. On tonight's episode, I was literally sitting on my couch just chanting this: "KISS HER DAMMIT IT WILL FIX EVERYTHING COME ON YOU'RE ALL STUPID AND I AM SMART I DON'T LIKE YOU NEVERMIND I LOVE YOU OMG WHY WON'T YOU KISS HER YOU SON OF A B**CH!"

Note: If you've ever wondered what my mind is like, the above is pretty much what it is word for word. 

Alright, that's it for me tonight. I'll see you all tomorrow with a new update!

Have you ever felt uninspired to write? Tell me below!

NaNoWriMo Day 11!

Hi there! Today was a very successful writing day for me!! I got 3,924 words written today (score: 1 for me, score: 0 for Doubt) and I'm all caught up with what I'm supposed to be at. Anyways, here's the stats so far for me, all compiled in a nice, organized list:

2014-11-01: 4,055
2014-11-02: 6,326
2014-11-03: 9,000
2014-11-04: 10,401
2014-11-05: 11,467
2014-11-06: 11,489
2014-11-07: 11,489
2014-11-08: 13,467
2014-11-09: 13,736
2014-11-10: 15,099
2014-11-11: 19,023

YAY ME! I GOT THINGS DONE TODAY!

Alright, I'm off to bed because I'm planning on going to school tomorrow and I need to feel better to do so. Call me crazy, but I don't want to miss more than I have to in my ALL HONORS CLASSES...once, my friend missed only three days (she has all honors like me) because she was sick, and she had to stay after school ever day for a week to make up tests, homework, labs (in the case of science), and classwork. I don't plan on having that happen to me...

How are you feeling? Better than me, I hope...