Reflections

  Well, day two in the adventure of writing 500 words a day or more. And naturally I have come across some information that can change the output of my writing. But first I'll tell you the information I was focusing on when I started this project. A quote from the November's official website:

  "Because of the limited writing window, the ONLY thing that matters in NaNoWriMo is output. It's all about quantity, not quality. The kamikaze approach forces you to lower your expectations, take risks, and write on the fly.

  Make no mistake: You will be writing a lot of crap. And that's a good thing. By forcing yourself to write so intensely, you are giving yourself permission to make mistakes. To forgo the endless tweaking and editing and just create. To build without tearing down."

  Sounds really good and a great way to get going, but I skipped over the part in the title that says National Novel Writing Month, after all it's not until November, and then in the middle of the night, about 2:00 am, I know because it was just after I went to bed, that it dawned (almost dawn) on me that this meant fiction. Fiction? Yes, fiction. It actually said fiction in one sentence further down in the instructions, but to my defense, only once. But of course, this makes it a whole other sport – ok a whole other ballgame, but we were in a marathon, remember!

  Now I know this I'm writing now is for August and they didn't specify either, and as this is my first go around, I think I'll be lenient. (There's no way am I going to go back and rewrite!) We will just move on from here and chalk it up to experience. 

  And that brings me to today's count. Including the extra I did yesterday, making a total of 887, add to it today's so far – about 300, equals – drum roll, please — 1,187! Alright! Only 3,813 words to go! And right on schedule as well! Now we'll see if I can keep going tomorrow…..tune in – will it be fact or fiction?

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