NaNo 2011 Week 3 round up

Well folks, the whole thing's done and dusted at 56858 words. Now it's just a case of waiting for the validation, which is usually from 25th November, and seeing how much the official word count differs from Word's calculation. From what I remember of previous years the offical count is usually a bit higher, so maybe it will give me a round 57k! :) As soon as the final stats are available I'll update this post and the bits and bobs on the left hand side accordingly. Other than that NaNo is over for another year. Now, what can I come up with for 2012...?

UPDATE! The official word count validator knocked just two words off, so my final 'proper' count is 56856. Not bad at all :)


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NaNo 2011 Breaking News!

At 23.05 GMT (give or take a minute or so either way), I crossed the 50k barrier to finish Day 19 on a grand total of 50146 words! Word number 50000 was 'if' which was fairly easy to find as I only to write 2468 words today to reach the target. I'm about half way through the current chapter, but will have an early night and conclude it tomorrow between watching parts of the first day of the ATP tennis finals from the O2 Arena on TV. After that one more chapter will probably finish the story.

Very best of luck to those who are still writing, and well done to those who have already finished :)

NaNo 2011 Week 2 round up

Week 2 has been pretty good in this little corner of NaNo land. The word count at the close of today has reached 38295, and there's enough of the story remaining to send it a little way past the 50k goal line. I very much doubt that it will go past by an extra 10k or anything spectacular, unless a last minute plot twist appears out of nowhere, but an extra 5k is not outside the realm of possibility. According to the stats counter on the official site I should reach the goal post on 19th November. Sounds to me like an invitation to test a theory....

NaNo 2011 Week 1 round-up

Well folks, in the land of good old Greenwich Mean Time it's just past the close of Day 1 of Week 2 (unless your clock is slow of course). Time zone oddities aside, I'm very pleased to announce that so far this year's attempt at NaNo has gathered pace since since 1st November to give a current total of 17586 words :D Until I look back at last year's posts I don't know how the two compare, but I'm chuffed to bits all the same. According to the official stats I should reach 50k on 22nd November if I stick to an average of 2198 words per day, so for all intents and purposes things are on a pretty good track.

Over and out until next week!

NaNo 2011 Day 1

Well folks, the day we've all been waiting for - or possibly dreading, depending on your point of view - is finally here :) At the moment the word count widget thingies that I'd normally post from the official NaNo site aren't available, so until they get them ready to use I'll make use of the progress bars from Critique Circle (see left). As it says, I'm finishing Day 1 on 1752 words. Not a lot I know, but aside from starting later in the day than planned and having a few distractions, it usually takes a few days and a couple of chapters to really make any progress. With that in mind, my next post a week from now will hopefully have a progress bar that actually looks as if I've made progress :D Perhaps the official widgets will also be fixed by then *crosses fingers* Either way I'll be updating the bar at the end of each day, even though the posts will be weekly.
That's all until the next installment!

By the pricking of my thumbs....

...something NaNo this way comes.



Sorry Bill, but you have to admit that the slight change of wording fits.