Pops open champagne

Not really, but I'm enjoying a very nice glass of Rose.

I've done it! 50,511 words in 21 days. Blimey. However, I think my spelling has become steadily worse over the course of the month. Now I've got 9 days to see if I can actually finish the story. =)

And then I'm going to have a nice lie down.

Nano 08 - 25000 words!!!

Last ngiht I broke the 25000 word point. I really dont know what has happened. It's been really difficult to keep going the last few days after work but I've still somehow been pulling out 1700 words a night. I just don't know where I have been finding the stregnth to keep chippng away at this thing, given that I usually have the motivation of a hungover snail on valium. I'm halfway to falling in love with the bloody thing.

Mind you, I've got to the point where I want to be done with the boring middle and steam right ahead with the final part of the book, but I want to try and write it in the right ordeer. I think after the 15th I may write the last part and when the actual story is finished I can pad it out however much I like.

Read the really poorly spelt, first draft version here: Metaphysical Mindfuck part 2 (up to 25000 words)

I just wonder if I can keep this 1700 a day thing going on after November? I want to set myself a challange of writing 10000 words a week when this is all over and see how I get on.

Day 8 (Mental Mindf***)

What a day... I was incredibly productive this morning:

Drank two cups of tea
Came up with a new title that has a very nasty swear word in it, but which fits the novel perfectly
Created a new 'NaNo playlist' comprising of Snow Patrol, Goldfrapp, Razorlight, The Scissor Sisters, Marilyn Manson, Rocky Horror picture Show soundtrack and Muse
Procrestinated for an hour and toyed with weather I should watch Spaced or start some writing
Sat down and wrote about 1300 words.
Wondered if I'd flipped out a tiny bit. It's only day eight. I'll be a gibbering wreck, crouching in the corner with a bottle of whiskey adnd giggling about bells before the month is out.

Then this evening I decided to get drunk and watch 'Clue' on Youtube. I know... I have this incredibly unheathy obsessin with Tim Curry films at the moment. There are only two that I can think of, but they are both absolute crackers. Anyway, after watching Clue, and getting horribly drunk, I decided to really get down to it and do some real writing. And of course, my characters were already in a creepy old house, so it just ended up being like Clue on steriods, only utterly awful. I do seriously think I've gone bit odd in the head though...

However, I am now about 2500 words ahead of schedule, for once in my life. I think that is due to my wonderful soundtrack, in all honesty.

12627 words!!!

I'm as shocked as you are. I'm actually 937 words ahead. Mind you, yesterday I was 5000 words behind and I've been writing most of the day, when not skipping around dancing.

Here are the first 12627 words for your deliberation NaNo 08 - draft.

The spelling is atrocious, but I haven't done a lot of word padding and I'm really having a whale of a time with this one. I haven't felt like this since earlier in the year when I was writing my Doctor Who Parody series. :) Writing is good when it's on fire.