widgets – Polilla Writes

Okay, so I said I wouldn’t be blogging every day about NaNo, and I probably won’t, but tonight I just want to say .. I am actually having fun with this! Who’da thunk? 🙂

As of today’s writing, 13% of my projected goal has been completed, so says my widget. I must admit, I was a little exasperated with myself today, though, when after writing over 1000 words I realized that in so doing I had included a scene/time frame from yesterday’s writing. That isn’t so bad in itself, but I had written the same thing but in an entirely different way and didn’t even realize until one of my characters was about to explain something. Then I go … “huh? oh nooooo!” (haha) So, I just kept on going. In the editing when this is all said and done, one of those has to be cut. But for now the words all count because we are not allowed to go back and edit anything. When you can’t read over what you did earlier, except maybe the last line or two for your starting point the next time, it pays to have a good memory. 🙂 Double the challenge for me!

I know that I accidentally changed (misspelled) my main character’s name in a few places, but that’s okay and easily remedied … later. That’s no worse than calling a young girl by the wrong name on Sunday. Called her Veronica when her name is Victoria. She looked a little puzzled but was polite about it. 🙂

So, having said all that, aren’t you just so eager to read my story when it’s done? (having a good laugh at myself here!) 🙂

Now, another thing I want to share is that for today I made note of an idea for PiBoIdMo (Picture Book Idea Month) from a personal experience. Then later I was watching tweets of persons I follow on Twitter (and making occasional comments) when someone said the funniest and cutest thing. I immediately told my husband and then said, there’s a story in that! So, there are two ideas for PiBoIdMo today. Gotta love that!

By the way: the website, should you be interested in checking out the PiBoIdMo challenge just to see what it’s all about, is: Writing for Kids (While Raising Them) — http://taralazar.wordpress.com/

Are you having fun these days?

Thanks for reading, and … Creative Musings! 🙂

I will not be blogging every day through NaNoWriMo, that would get old pretty quickly, I think – boring for you. But my story is coming along, a little spooky, a little mysterious, a little jumbled up. 🙂 I’m hoping it all gets sorted out eventually. So far I’m in the first part where the character shaping is happening and the story is gradually unfolding. Usually, I don’t even know ahead what’s happening until I start writing it down. The ideas are coming and I hope they keep doing so all through November.

I am writing longhand for this, too – not doing it on computer – so at the end I will have to move it all over in order to submit it to the NaNo website for verification of having met the goal of 50,000 words. (And I plan to make it!) Apparently there is a program or site that helps do that. It must work okay because I’m not the only one using the ‘old fashioned’ way to meet the challenge – you know, pen and paper. 🙂

Tonight, with a friend’s instructions, I loaded two widgets –>there on the right side of the page. These will keep a count of my words for NaNo, and I will make note on the special page I set up for that, as well.

I also came up with a second a picture book idea for the Picture Book Idea Month challenge. So I am doing okay so far. Only 28 days to go! 🙂

So, no blog posts such as this every day, but a daily count and maybe a few thoughts on the NaNoWriMo Updates (2010) page.

Thanks for your interest.

How is your Autumn shaping up? Any creative musings going on?

Thanks for reading, and … Creative Musings! 🙂