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Permalink Reply by EJ Runyon on November 5, 2011 at 11:22am

I should be at 8335, I'm at 4193.

Behind, and I'm weaseling out and blaming it on the edits I'm working on with my publisher.

I've been doing this since 2001, and this is the best excuse for falling behind I've ever had the joy of using.

I intend of taking the Thanksgivnig week break from university to play catch up.

That being said I'm thoroughly enjoying the story I'm creating.

Link >  My NaNo Page

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Permalink Reply by Annie Seaton on November 5, 2011 at 11:55am

It's Sunday over here in Australia and many busy weekend things happening today, however I will try and squeeze out 1000 words tonight!

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Permalink Reply by Conda V. Douglas on November 5, 2011 at 4:10pm

My writing goal is to finish the plot outline. I've written the first scene, but don't want to go too much further until I'm certain my complex plot is correct.

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Permalink Reply by Evalyn Lee on November 6, 2011 at 3:14am

Good luck!  I wish I'd started with a plot outline years ago!  Bravo on finding the first scene!  Maybe I can use working on my plot outline as Nano words too!  Hadn't thought to do that!  Thank you!

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Permalink Reply by Evalyn Lee on November 6, 2011 at 3:12am

I'm at 8,324 but the story is beginning to work more clearly which is very exciting.  I'm still thousand behind but it is great to know other people are up and writing too!  On to week two!

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Permalink Reply by K.D. Storm on November 6, 2011 at 5:41am

I am at 12455 as of this morning and want to be at 15,000 by bed time :)My NaNo Page

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Permalink Reply by Paulette Livers on November 6, 2011 at 6:03am

Man I hope I can get to my goal by tonight. I just passed 7,000 words. But hey, I ALWAYS feel like I'm behind. I really want to go for 2000 words a day from here on out. That means my goal for tonight would be 12,000. My synopsis holds a plot that I'm afraid I've already diverged from! Oh well, this is the one where I just write without an outline.

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Permalink Reply by Joanne Huspek on November 6, 2011 at 8:21am

Wow. I took two whole days off and I feel like I should flog myself. The upside is my husband is going out of town for three days so I can make it all up. I hope. :-)

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Permalink Reply by Annie Seaton on November 6, 2011 at 1:18pm

Me too, Joanne. Life intrudes. I have to get at least 3000 down today to catch up. Currently sitting on 10044.... and I have a busy week. I will NOT procrastinate and am banning myself from Facebook and twitter!

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Permalink Reply by Heidi R. Moore on November 6, 2011 at 9:31am

I feel like no matter how much I write, I am always behind.  The blog posts are coming easily.  I can think off a thousand things to write in the blog.  So, maybe I'll do that last.  First, I'll do the 2 thousand words on the chapter that keeps on going forever....

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Permalink Reply by Nina Amir on November 6, 2011 at 1:43pm

If you are doing the Write Nonfiction in November challenge, there's no need to worry about word count. Simply start and finish your project by month's end. Word count is up to you. Anyone out there doing WNFIN?

By the way, I'm not doing a November writing project because my project is WNFIN! I have to get 30 blog posts edited and published--and write a few myself--by month's end. Plus, I have to promote the blog, watch comments, and this year get a few teleseminars launched in conjunction with the challenge. I used to do a writing project at the same time...can't!

I am, however, still writing posts for my other two blogs and two examiner columns and finishing up line edits on my book, which will be released in April -- How to Blog a Book (Writer's Digest Books). So, I am writing, editing...working!

Good luck, ladies, and I'd love to know if you are writing nonfiction as part of WNFIN!

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