So far so good
by Richard PerkinsI’ve now reached the end of my third official day of NaNoWriMo. My new novel is churning along nicely at a little over 10,500 words. Not bad for three day’s work.
I’ve been tracking both my cumulaitve word count totals and the amount of time I’ve spent actually writing, purely for interest. I’m finding that with a fairly detailed outline and a relatively high level of interest in the story I can draft fiction at an average rate of a little over 500 words per hour. (Note the key word in that sentence is draft.) There will undoubtedly be a lot of rewriting, polishing, and editing before I could ever consider publishing this story. Right now the focus is just on generating word count.
I do plan to polish up and publish some of the better excerpts as I find the time this month. I know, I’ve been promising that for the last three journal entries, and have no new series to show for it yet. You’ll have to be patient I’m afraid.
And for the stats geeks in the audience, here’s the updated pretty trending chart. Enjoy and happy noveling for all my fellow NaNoers!
