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We are only on the second day of NaNo and I am already behind. My total word count for yesterday: 326. The saddest part is when I went to verify the word count on the official NaNo site. They keep track of writing streaks and failure streaks, so I am already showing a failure streak of 1 day and I'll need to write 1710 words a day for the rest of the 29 days to make up for not meeting my 1666 word count for the first day.
On one hand, it's a very handy calculator that helps me adjust my goals. On the other it's kind of depressing to see how far behind I've already gotten. The problem is that I already hate where my characters are and I don't want to start all over again, though that is probably the best course of action. Let me know if you have any helpful hints.
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Since you've barely started, simply kill those characters off. Their relatives or friends (read: new characters) can come and ID the bodies and weep and then the real story can begin. Presto! No need to worry about them after this until you go back and edit the finished 50,000 word manuscript!
ReplyDeleteIt makes you feel lame at first, but I totally did it in about my third Nano, and didn't regret it since I finished.