First Week Word Count

5118

I should be somewhere around 13K words, but given the week I had, I think I'm good to have my first 5K. Also, I finished off my first chapter, which contains background story (almost exclusively). Remind me next year to write a story that occurs in real time and doesn't require any flashbacks. My back story is pretty weak right now, but I haven't allowed my inner editor to take over and scrap it all.

Tomorrow, I'll have a couple of hours in the morning to work, and then I'll be heading to a Write-In in Fayetteville at 3. I'm hoping to at least double my word count tomorrow (yeah right? haha!). Then, on Monday, I'm meeting up with a fellow NaNoWriMo'er I met through the site. She and I will be partaking of sugary sweet coffee and the Barnes and Noble atmosphere in search of inspiration. I just hope we get there early enough that we beat the AT&T guys to the tables by electric outlets (my laptop battery is shot).

So, yes, I am behind, but at least I have a plan. Besides, I work best under pressure. I wrote 100% of my graduate research papers within three days of their due dates, with the majority of them being finished mere hours before they were due.

Oh, and according to the e-mail I got today from Chris Baty, founder of NaNoWriMo, he's only at 4012 words, so it's not as if I'm alone in my slow pace/procrastination (though none of my writing buddies seem to be so far behind--bitches!).

On to Week Two!!!