http://writeabetternovel.net/how-to-write-a-first-draft-nanowrimo-style/ Practical wisdom for novelists and other storytellers Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:03:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://writeabetternovel.net/how-to-write-a-first-draft-nanowrimo-style/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Ryan Edel Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:52:58 +0000 http://truevoice-blog.com/?p=97#comment-111 <p>My day one last week was insanely good - a week's worth of those words in one day - but the only reason I can manage that rate at all is because I wrote almost every day while deployed for ten months. That first month of deployment, I was thrilled when I happened to break three thousand words in a single day - that was a rare, rare occurrence for me then. But as I wrote more and more days, each day it became easier to reach down and find that muse and keep the words coming. I won't lie, it's much, much harder for me to find that kind of stamina here in the U.S. - there is always something else going on. But when I type stories, I type as fast as I can - otherwise I wouldn't have enough hours in the day just to get all the ideas on paper. But Bill, I have to totally agree with you on the every day thing - if I write 3,000 words and then skip two days, that next batch of words is a lot harder coming.</p> My day one last week was insanely good – a week’s worth of those words in one day – but the only reason I can manage that rate at all is because I wrote almost every day while deployed for ten months. That first month of deployment, I was thrilled when I happened to break three thousand words in a single day – that was a rare, rare occurrence for me then. But as I wrote more and more days, each day it became easier to reach down and find that muse and keep the words coming. I won’t lie, it’s much, much harder for me to find that kind of stamina here in the U.S. – there is always something else going on. But when I type stories, I type as fast as I can – otherwise I wouldn’t have enough hours in the day just to get all the ideas on paper. But Bill, I have to totally agree with you on the every day thing – if I write 3,000 words and then skip two days, that next batch of words is a lot harder coming.

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