So NaNoWriMo has been a thing the last few days. So has complete exhaustion on my part, though I did manage to get a day ahead on the weekend and have mostly stayed that way. Here are some stats:
Day 1: 3355
Day 2: 1946 (5301 total)
Day 3: 1377 (6678 total)
Day 4: 633 (7311 total)
I am yet to call it a night yet tonight, so I’ll leave it there for now. The story is pretty much sticking to plan, though it is moving very quickly. And even so, I still feel there’s a lot that will be junked come December. But we all know that I tend to write novels on the shorter scale of things anyway. There’s also a lot of world-building I need to do, because I decided only a week before NaNoWriMo that the story would actually work better set in a magical society rather than a non-magical one. While I’m making a few things up as I go, it’s mostly still non-magical. I’m actually thinking of taking maybe Friday evening and letting myself get behind but do some more detailed planning so that I know what the hell I’m doing.
Anyway, today’s WIPpet is 5 lines from this NaNoWriMo, which is still untitled. Armand works as a tour guide in his country’s house of parliament, and this is him going through security in the morning as he heads into work. As someone who works in a government agency, I can attest that this is how we chat with out security guys. 🙂
“After all my time working here, I can’t believe you still think I might blow the place up,” Armand replied, shaking his head dramatically but grinning at the guard. This sort of banter was usual between them.
“It’s your honest face,” the guard replied. “I don’t trust it.”
“You wound me.”
I’m going to leave this here for tonight and see how much more I can get written before bed. To join in on WIPpet Wednesday, simply post an excerpt from your WIP that somehow relates to the date, then link up here. I’ll catch y’all later. Hopefully. I’ve been a bit flaky lately.
A Keyboard and an Open Mind 
love it!!
I was quite a bit behind over the weekend, but I’ve caught up during the week, which is normal for me. I’m actually ahead today and it’s only 6 a.m. here.
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Ha! “It’s your honest face.”
I’m about on track because I wrote extra on the weekend, but I have a feeling I’ll be falling behind if I can’t get motivated. Those look like some pretty good word counts, though!
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Nice excerpt Emily. I like the casual manner they’ve got of speaking to each other; it’s relaxed and easygoing. 🙂
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I like the irony of the honest face being untrustworthy. Happy NaNoing!
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Ahh I love it!! As someone who has spent A LOT of time in parliament house recently, I really relate to it!!
Great NaNo work too! 😀 Much celebrating!
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Love the line about not trusting an honest face – it seriously happens. If you look too innocent it means you must have something to hide! I think your plans for planning (could have worded that better) on Friday are spot on. It will make the journey so much easier to have a clear destination in mind 😉
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LOL – and I did, really! Great snippet, short and sweet and with a punch. 🙂
Congrats on your Nano progress! I’ve been doing pretty well until now, but I have a workshop next week which is going to take a huge chunk out of my writing time.
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I had grand plans of getting way ahead in the first couple of weeks because of choir commitments in Week 3, but I don’t think it’s going to happen. At least I’ll have week 4 completely free to catch up.
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Nice word counts! 🙂
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That snippet is hilarious! 😀
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