Day One of Nanowrimo. Still wasn't even convinced I was going to do it yesterday -- still not convinced today that I'll finish this year. Last year I really had no doubts. This piece, this work, feels more troubling -- not as strong. With fiction, I can imagine and keep going. I can throw in a bomb blast or a car crash if I need to (not that I have), but with non-fiction (yes, I'm breaking the Nano rules), it's harder. And at the same time, easier. I'm just telling tall tales. I do that all day long. Shouldn't be too hard, right?
1. 08:00
2. Will work for four hours, till noon, between calls and things to do at work.
3. Will work on the beginning!
4. Stopped at 15:37, 8.5 hours after I started, approx 1750 words. Have to guess, since I'll have to scan the pages in later. Spent very little of that time writing, got a second alarm structure fire which took up a lot of our time, and then it stayed steadily busy.
5. Worked on the beginning! Went smoother than I thought, although I think I'm already off-track. Oh, well. It's Nano.
6. Will work on N scene tomorrow
7. Will work at work. Seemed to work today okay.
Thank god it worked out today. I was worried I wouldn't have any time to write today -- have to go out tonight after work -- but I got it done, and it kind of made the time fly by. Not ideal, but it works.
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