NaNo November

gosh, what a month it's been. 

i started out my nano piece late this year, with no intentions of reaching the target, actually. it was honestly just an itch that wouldnt leave me alone, so almost a week into november, i finally sat down and typed it all out. 

it started out pretty wobbly, and i'd only write every other day. when i surpassed the daily target, i was ecstatic. 

things took a turn for the worse and i barely wrote after that haha... 

but yesterday and today were awesome. i think i spewed out about 6000 odd words yesterday and another 4000 plus today... 

i'm not proud to admit that i may have let my school work slide a little these past few days... what can i say? one thing led to another.... anyway. i'm pretty proud that i had started from a draft that i didnt even have any intentions of pursuing properly in the first place and now i've gotten to the 43k mark :) and i've got a whole week to spew out my remaining 6500 words. easy peasy, right? touch wood just in case.

nonetheless, i think i can venture to say that i'm pretty confident about reaching the 50k mark soon.

day 22

i'm actually afraid of finishing this novel because that means i have to face reality again. december is going to be hardcore study month for me D:

it's my second time doing nano, and i can honestly say that this time round it was harder for me to balance things. 

My mom wasnt around to make sure i had to go to bed at a decent time. i could be writing all the way up to 3am and i'd have to make the choice. Should i plough on, on one hand letting my inner writer feel extremely satisfied but at the cost of messing up my already-temperamental sleep cycle; or should i force myself to save my work and stop there for the day.  but most of the time when it's already so late at night/early in the morning(depending on how you'd wanna look at it), it's hard to give up and go to bed. But most of the time my battery is almost flat anyway so i didnt really have a choice but to tuck in my laptop at the foot of my bed and continue the next day.

i managed to get through two days of eating only dinner by keeping myself busy with uni or writing in the day... most of the time, i'd only take a break because my laptop is running low on battery and i have to stop and charge it.

so yeah. this time round i didnt really pace myself, instead i kinda just dived head-first, and it works great for my writing, but i guess i'll have to be more disciplined next year if i dont want to let my other priorities slip so much.

on a side note, i fell in love all over again with my character today when she got all jealous over something stupid.  ;)

the end is near! cheers