Category Archives: Fiction

NaNoWriMo Day 5

Posted on 5 November 2009 by dlhitzeman

10,061 words. Now bed. DLH

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NaNoWriMo Day 4

Posted on 4 November 2009 by dlhitzeman

Tired of this yet? Only 26 more days to go. At least I go caught up today. I didn’t reach my goal of 10,000 words, but I did get to 8,186, which is a 36 percent increase and puts me … Continue reading →

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NaNoWriMo Day 3

Posted on 3 November 2009 by dlhitzeman

5,256 words seems like failure after two productive days, but they really represent discovering a hole in my plot development, adding a character, and retooling what I’ve written so far to accommodate the change. Not bad for three days in, … Continue reading →

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NaNoWriMo Day 2

Posted on 2 November 2009 by dlhitzeman

4098 words in two days aren’t bad, and the story is still moving for me, so I still have hope that this is doable. 28 days to go! DLH

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NaNoWriMo

Posted on 1 November 2009 by dlhitzeman

Today begins the thirty days known to many writers as National Novel Writing Month, “a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing November 1. The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30”. I … Continue reading →

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