Blog Everyday in April...

... or something like that. Katie has convinced me to give it a shot, but I don't have nearly enough to say to do something every single day. This should be interesting.

So there's one other event in April: Script Frenzy. It's like National Novel Writing Month, except you have to write 100 pages of script in 30 days. It's not nearly as hard as writing a 50,000 word novel, and I found last year that it wasn't that great of a challenge. I probably won't be doing it this year, just because with graduation and such coming up there are more pressing things. Last year I finished it in... about a week? Mariah finished it in well under a week, so I don't think either of us are doing it again.

Yesterday I bought a new album, Barton Hollow by The Civil Wars. I've been listening to their music for a couple of years now, since I got one of their live albums for free. Most of their songs are duets, and I'm always fond of that kind of music.

Now, today was April Fools Day. April Fool's Day? I'm never sure if there is an apostrophe or not. There weren't nearly as many pranks as I had expected, but there were a few, including some cupcakes that weren't actually cupcakes (cold mashed potatoes and meatloaf in disguise), taped sink sprayers, and the like. This day isn't as epic as I remember it being, but then again, I've never been much for pranking.

NaNoWriMo 2010!

Success! I even finished with more time to spare than I did last year. I always love doing NaNoWriMo, but it's such a wonderful sigh of relief when it's over. I actually have free time again. I might post a review of a movie soon.

Day 3

No writing today. Too busy. This is when my head-start comes in handy.

Day 2

So, I was just going back over what I've written so far and got so distracted by what I had written in one scene that I forgot that I was formatting it. That's a good sign that I'm writing something I would enjoy, right?

I went to the doctor today and couldn't go to school since I was trying to rest from being sick, but of course I didn't get any writing done with all of that extra time. Even though I didn't start writing until 9 at night, I've still managed to keep my lead on the daily word count, but only just. Hopefully, I'll pull even farther ahead with my buffer tomorrow.

Now with chapter 2 out of the way, I'm finally getting to the wild, unplanned frontier of my main story arc. I feel like a pioneer wandering out into the wilderness, armed only with a flashlight and a vague map that has landmasses shaped like food stains, "Here there be plot bunnies" marked in blank spots, and lakes that vaguely resemble character deaths. This should be fun.

5911 words (1855 words ahead of last year)!

Day 1

Day one for NaNoWriMo is drawing to a close. It's been a productive day writing so far. It's all I've done this afternoon since I'm determined to get ahead in the very likely case that I won't be able to write some days. I'm 2548 words ahead of the minimum for the day, which gives me about a day and a half in case something happens. I'm also 1177 words ahead of where I was at the end of the day last year, so that's an improvement.

I've finished the prologue and chapter one, so I think I've (somewhat) set up the backstory and I've started my plot on the event that sets off the main course of events.

Let's see where this goes from here.

4215 words!

7 hours to go...

Just a little over 6 hours to go until NaNoWriMo 2010!

For the uninitiated, NaNoWriMo is National Novel Writing Month. All throughout the month of November, several hundred thousand people--writers and non-writers alike--get together while still crazed on sugar from Halloween candy and write 50,000 words in 30 days. If you know me, you've probably seen my NaNoWriMo winner shirt from last year. It doesn't matter what's going on in November, it's not November without this event for me now.

I might give you updates on my story occasionally through the month here. It all depends on how utterly exhausted I am after writing, working on my thesis, and all that other stuff.

Wish me luck!