NaNoWriMo check-in 1

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The first five days have passed, and I am behind already! :o But only slightly! I'm not worried.

I'm really glad that I decided to aim for 30K instead of 50K because I truly don't have much energy. Usually, at this stage of NaNo, I'm excited and eager. I sit down to write first thing in the morning to knock out a bunch of words and then knock out the rest at night.

But what's been happening is that I get NO writing done in the morning and do my best to meet my word goals in the evening, staying up late. :/ The last few months at work have been busier than usual, so I think it's partly due to that. Hopefully, I will gather more energy as the month goes on. I scheduled a bunch of PTO to help revitalize me--and ideally, get a lot of writing done on those days off too.

Anyway, this is the current status of everything:

trans!Ateez: 982 words this month
Yuletide: 496 words this month
Ateez Bingo: 1555 words this month
johnmark fest: 868 words this month
minkey OFD: 905 words this month
TOTAL: 4806 words this month

None of the fics are giving me too much trouble, although the Yuletide one has definitely been the slowest so far. I expected that though since it's the newest fandom for me. I fully expect to hit a wall soon on the johnmark one and the minkey one since I'm running out of pre-planned scenes. I'll probably go for a drive tomorrow and see if I can have some creative breakthroughs on where to take those fics before I come up against that wall.

To anyone else who is doing NaNo, I hope things are starting off well for you!

In other news, I've been watching Seventeen in the SOOP and having a very relaxing time with it. I wanna go with some friends to a cabin in the woods and write...

Comments

[celli]

*pompoms*

[dreamersdare]

I think new fandoms are always the slowest to start, because for me it takes a while to settle into the voices and who the characters are.

Good progress though! Especially if you're lacking the drive.

I wanna go with some friends to a cabin in the woods and write..

My life goal is to get to a point where I can do this whenever and however often I want!

[arundels]

cheering you on! I'm the kind of writer who can only focus on one thing at a time so whenever I see people working on multiple projects at once I'm always so impressed... good luck!!

also this reminds me I need to finish watching the last two eps of svt in the soop... it's really so relaxing and soothing

[averytree]

That sounds like really good progress to me!! I haven't even had one thought about my Yuletide story yet... and I have only written on 4 of the days of November so far. But, I hope to write more this week!

[sangchus]

I decided to join NaNoWriMo this year too, albeit belatedly. Since I'm going to be busy the end of this month and starting a new job I decided to only aim for 10k, which just feels like a more sustainable goal than the actual challenge sets.

I hope you're able to get a bunch of writing done on your days off! The Minkey fic looks especially interesting. I love Groundhog Day AUs, they're one of my favorites.

[misspamela]

I just saw these and I am so excited that you're writing for ATZ!!