I just thought I would check in on the first day (in my time zone) and say good luck to you all. I hope your first writing day went well.
My plan is to write 1,000 words a day on the weekends and 2,000 words a day during the week. I reached my target of 1,000 words today - hooray! If you would like a handy-dandy word-count-matic like mine (in the sidebar), go here. As you can see, I started the month with just under 14,000 words written. I aim to reach 64,000 by the end of the month. We'll see how well that works alongside the heavy revision I'll be doing on my recently finished draft.
In honour of the occasion, I thought I would ask everyone in the group to share the first paragraph of their novel in the comments, if they feel comfortable doing so. I know that they will be extremely rough and subject to change at a moment's notice - such is the nature of Nanowrimo - but it will give everyone a taste of what you're working on. I would certainly love to see them.
Here's mine:
The world is formless and desolate. There is no raging ocean; just nothingness that pulls at the eye like a missing front tooth, the stump of a leg, the uncoloured edges of a child’s drawing.
Can't wait to hear yours!
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