tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555277.post5696938819296731364..comments2023-07-14T06:50:34.013-06:00Comments on KatharineSwan.com: 5,931 words: Time to start catching upKatharine Swanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16805523619692744514noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555277.post-43224907446282834802008-11-08T06:03:00.000-07:002008-11-08T06:03:00.000-07:00I tried joining NaNo again this year, but I knew f...I tried joining NaNo again this year, but I knew from the outset it was impossible. I was just too swamped with work. My only goal this year is to think up a plot and create an outline; I'm not sure I'll be able to do even that!<BR/><BR/>But anyways, I'm so happy for you Katharine! This one is turning out much better than the last, isn't it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555277.post-65999296129185604622008-11-07T13:36:00.000-07:002008-11-07T13:36:00.000-07:00P.S. You are faster than I am, by the way. I can...P.S. You are faster than I am, by the way. I can do two thousand words in an hour when I am really in the zone, but normally it's somewhere between 1,000 and 1,500 words an hour.Katharine Swanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16805523619692744514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555277.post-78633874867272336292008-11-07T13:34:00.000-07:002008-11-07T13:34:00.000-07:00Devon,Thanks for visiting and sharing your suggest...Devon,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for visiting and sharing your suggestions!<BR/><BR/>When I did NaNoWriMo two years ago, I did my business writing in the afternoon and worked on my novel every night, usually from about midnight or 1 until 3 or 4 in the morning. That seemed to work exceptionally well: My motivation was the opposite of yours, and knowing that I had to get my "real" work done first so that IKatharine Swanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16805523619692744514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555277.post-24044390906131486492008-11-07T12:18:00.000-07:002008-11-07T12:18:00.000-07:00The best way I've found to keep up is to do my dai...The best way I've found to keep up is to do my daily quota before I get started on the rest of my writing day and business writing. The business writing head is quite different, for me, than the fiction head.<BR/><BR/>My daily goal is 2500 words/day, because I need to hit 50K before I leave for Maine for Thanksgiving. The first few days were tough, but I'm not allowed to start my day until I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com