I think NaNoWriMo must be going smoother this year for me. Last year by this point I had already added espresso to the beverage mix, but not this year. Nope, instead today I officially crossed the 3 pots a day coffee mark. That's better, right? OK, maybe not. Sigh. Small surprise that I haven't slept in over 24 hours- that much caffeine is enough to keep even my overly addicted self going.
The better news is that the past 2 days of writing have each yeilded 3-5K word counts. The bad news is that those were not consecutive days- more like every second or third day. Still, I've almost caught up to where I need to be, the writing is flowing easier each time, I've passed beyond the halfway point, and after another intensive session I'll be ahead of the game again.
Of course, we won't go into the quality of my written diarrhea, although I have yet to resort to random soft-core porn. All smut so far has been tastefully written (or a reasonable facsimile) and necessary to the plotline. Heck, I'm even being generous and allowing everybody to use contractions while speaking. Actually, the way this is flowing right now, I'll probably/ hopefully/ please dear God! finish ahead of deadline and in the 60-75K range. At this point, I just want 50K+ And sleep. I think I'll take tonight off and get some sleep during actual nighttime hours- the naps with the kiddies are losing a bit of their effectiveness.
Besides, I'm scared I'm starting to drink coffee just to stay awake. It's a crime against Starbucks and all else that is holy! The coffee police will be coming to my door, especially since I just picked up a pound of the Holiday Blend. * (YAY! YUM!) I shudder to think how many pounds of coffee I've gone through this month...
OK, enough procrastinating. Time to go clean and purge my brain of NaNo for a while.
*As a nifty aside note, I just noticed that the Starbucks website contributes to Upromise. Wonder of wonders- I can be lazing about getting my coffee, and get money back!
Posted by Jenn at November 18, 2005 05:07 PMAhh, The amazing things we have done to make our nano stories longer than they actually need to be. I have not .. oh hell, I'm not even writing one this month so I'll stop here.
Posted by: Nick at November 20, 2005 06:57 PM