November 18 update

Just under 38,000 words to go. Its tough. I'm at work all day, then I have dogs to walk, and then drive out to the farm to feed my horses. Back home, dinner time, and then some writing time. I'm going to have to average over 3,000 words a day for the rest of the month. I don't think I'll make it, but I'll have a good head start and just keep going in December. And yes, this is bad writing. Bad diaglogue. But the story is starting to take shape and I think with lots of rewriting there might be potential here one day.

Monday's update for November 10

NoNoWriMo - just under 45,000 words left to write!

Tomorrow is Remembrance Day. We'll be wearing our poppies and going to the cenotaph for the services and remembering our vets.

In memory of all who lost their lives providing us with the freedoms that we live with today.

Writing a bad novel

November is National Novel Writing Month. This is a challenge to all writers is to write a 50,000 word novel before the end of the month. After thinking about it for a week, I decided I'm in.

After my first day (yesterday) I wrote about 2000 words. Today I've written another 500. Its a really bad start. The object is not to worry about how bad it is. Just keep writing until the goal of 50,000 words has been written. And then its edit time. Or garbage time. Or seeing as how these are computers, hit the delete button time.

My novel is something I've thought about for awhile. A husband and wife who solve murder mysteries. Kind of like Murder She Wrote, but a duet not a single. I was a big fan of Jessica Fletcher. I'm planning a series. Its just getting started that's the hard part.

Hmm, or maybe this has already been done. Anyone remember Hart to Hart?

I need to pick up the pace. Just over 47,000 words to go.....