First day of National Novel Writing Month 2010

So I reached 8,018 words before midnight of November 1. I’d wanted to get to 10k, but I didn’t quite make it. I’ve been averaging about 400 words in the ten-minute sprints, and 600-800 in the 20 minute sprints.

But I’ve been spending far too much time trying to get the poor NaNo forums to stop wheezing under the load, and appear on my screen already.

Still, I’ve never, in the previous three years, written this much on the first day. I always start right at 12:00am the first, but only get about a thousand words—sometimes fewer. I’m still gunning to get to 50k by midnight on Friday. Yes, I know I’m insane. Helping #nanowrimo trend on Twitter probably won’t be conducive to that, but it’s so addicting to hype it up with fellow writers!

I’ve got my basic needs to hand: cold water with lemon juice, white wine, candy corn pumpkins, Burt’s Bees lip balm, eye drops, postcard of Oscar Wilde in a bitchin’ cape. My external hard drive (for backups—DO IT NOW) is also nearby. Eurythmics on the headphones, awesome rainbow writing gloves on my hands, glowstick bracelet on my wrist, NaNoWriMo 2009 noveling machine shirt on.

I’m good for another few thousand before I pass out, I think. All in all, a fine first day.

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