two things on a tuesday

1. November is almost over, as many of you Nano writers know. I always feel incredibly underachieving when I look at the stats of writers who are actually participating in the 50,000 words in a month blitz. With tweets like, "I just wrote 4000 words today" and "I'm 30,000 words in just ten days after I started," what non-Nano-er wouldn't feel lazy? Truth be told, I have no idea how these wordcounts come into being. For me, a really good writing afternoon will produce about 1500 words. And that's a good day. Some days when I'm distracted or wrestling with writer's block I can't even pass 500. Often time I'll make myself feel guilty about this, but then I realize that it's just the nature of things. If my brain doesn't want to write more than two pages. Then it won't.

So, Nano-ers, please explain to me the great mysteries of your several thousand word sprints! What is your pace when you aren't in Nano mode? (Or deadline mode, since I'm sure that's similar to the Nanowrimo adrenaline rush).

As this little blurb just showed, I'm still a word-count ho at heart. (And I think I always will be.)


2. I.... I don't have a second thing. Not today. This makes me a little sad, but I should go write my 1500 words now. Today's a good writing day. I declare it so! *knocks on wood*