october sure was a month that existed, huh

[quillpunk]

First up, I've got 2 more fics!

• e'er the sound (5092 words): a Bleach fic (Kisuke/Grimmjow)
• block patterns (1635 words): a SGA fic (Ronon/Rodney)

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Secondly; so once upon a time I said my writing goal for October was to write 5k words every week.

And this goal has been met!!!

In total, I wrote 22k words in October XD I am obviously extremely pleased, especially because I think I proved to myself that 5k words a week aren't out of my wheelhouse. It didn't feel like a struggle—I mean 2 Sundays in a row I had to write over 2k words but actually I can do that just fine, and have always been able to. 2k words in a day is perfectly okay every once in a while!

(I wrote like 300 words in ten minutes last Sunday, but I made it! Like 1 second before midnight! Woohoo!)

Making this goal means that in November, my goal is 6k words every week. I feel like that should be cool? According to my old spreadsheet, I ended up at 26k words/month a lot, so. Well, I'm not flexing muscles I've never used before, at least.

I have tossed my project up on the NaNoWriMo site (I'm quillpunk there too!) and associated it with the event, but I don't intend to go for the full 50k, I'm aiming for my ca 25k. It feels a bit weird to say this, but I don't want to get swept up in NaNo's hype and accidentally write too many words, LOL, because that jeopardizes my evil scheme (as laid out in that other post). I would like to kind of get buoyed by the hype though, if that's possible.

I'm really excited for November pumps fist

Also! I've been fiddling with making a new writing log spreadsheet the last few days, and I am so incredibly pleased with the result! You can check it out here (though everything has to be done manually, I don't know any spreadsheet magic, LOL).

Comments

[senmut]

GOOD LUCK!

[quillpunk]

Thank you!! XD

[spacedogfromspace]

Congrats on hitting your goal! That's awesome!! Good luck with half-NaNo, you'll do great!

[quillpunk]

thank you!

[x003]

Aaaah, congratulations for hitting your goal!!! 6k words a week is a lot, but you're looking like you're easy breezy with it.

And yesss, I also feel you about NaNo hype. I'm aiming for a modest 20k, so I equally don't want to over-write, as I'm mainly writing this as a discovery draft. I'll be sure to cheerlead if you post more, though! 🎉

[quillpunk]

thank you! i think so far i've successfully managed to smother the nano hype in my heart, lol, and am making good progress toward not doing nano at all, actually. (my poor nano project... i'll get to you eventually! maybe)

good luck on your goal! i hope you're happy with your progress so far! XD

[mistressofmuses]

Congratulations on the words!

I hope you get exactly the right amount of hype and the right kind of boost from NaNo!

[quillpunk]

thank you! i hope so too XD