Actually, I seem to recall that we were both pretty neck-and-neck with regards to word count; we both finished in about two weeks.
Yeah, I remember that because every time you shot ahead, I was determined to catch-up, if not pass you! It was never really a contest, but my competitive side came out determined to get to 50k first. Didn't happen, but it was fun! ;-)
Last year, I had to cope with moving near NaNo (well, August, but that's still kinda close) and trying to get used to the longer travel times to work and back, not to mention getting a new routine going after said move. So last year, I think I only made it to 35k and I was working on trying to finish the '05 NaNo, which is still unfinished...
I plotted out my '05 NaNo. Had an outline (sorta) and everything. My muses went with it for a while, but then decided to hang a left off the planned path. So this year, I got the idea, wrote out my suggestion for what I'd like to happen, but I'm letting the muses decide where to go with it. So far, they haven't veered much. They aren't going very fast (story-pacing-wise), but they haven't veered much... so that's good enough for me. ;-)
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Date: 2007-11-12 08:59 pm (UTC)Yeah, I remember that because every time you shot ahead, I was determined to catch-up, if not pass you! It was never really a contest, but my competitive side came out determined to get to 50k first. Didn't happen, but it was fun! ;-)
Last year, I had to cope with moving near NaNo (well, August, but that's still kinda close) and trying to get used to the longer travel times to work and back, not to mention getting a new routine going after said move. So last year, I think I only made it to 35k and I was working on trying to finish the '05 NaNo, which is still unfinished...
I plotted out my '05 NaNo. Had an outline (sorta) and everything. My muses went with it for a while, but then decided to hang a left off the planned path. So this year, I got the idea, wrote out my suggestion for what I'd like to happen, but I'm letting the muses decide where to go with it. So far, they haven't veered much. They aren't going very fast (story-pacing-wise), but they haven't veered much... so that's good enough for me. ;-)