So we are already a week in, and I am catiously optimistic. I fear being too comfortable with my position as it is the perfect opportunity to loose steam and let procrastination burst through the door.
In contrast to yesturdays post ( read it HERE,) where I used the analogy of writing being like water drops in a bucket, I found myself in a very different situation.
In Japan there is a waterfall in which people take a pilgrimage for spiritual clensing. They donn basic white cotton fabric, and place themselves under the torrents of the falling water as they meditate. In contrast to the few hundred words from the day before, I alowed 3k words wash over me. I completley rewrote an entire chapter in two and a half hours ( and a very tricky one at that!)
To a writer, that is the equivalent of a spiritual clensing. Especially when the scene actually works, is conductive to the pacing, and story. I am not naive in thinking more days like this will follow. In fact, I know in a writers life these days are few and far between. It is for that, that I will allow myself to celebrate the accomplishments I achived in only one week of continued focus. It is days like this that writers are reminded why they write. Why they care enough to create. I am thankful for not only this week, but today. Today.
How did your first week of NaNoWriMo go? No answer is bad. If you are still struggling to get the first thousand words, you are still winning. Why? Because you willed something into existence. Tell us about your own journey in the comments below!
Also be sure to catch up with my Nano prep series:
So what did I cover?
- NaNoWriMo 101
- Why are you choosing to write?
- World building/ making your world rules.
- Plotting/Plot chains/Beat Sheets/ References
- Pinterest Boards for your Nano Novel
- Developing Characters
- Developing Settings
- Antagonists 101
Author R.A. Gasparac 
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