I'm not doing NaNoWriMo this month, but I am participating in NaNoWriWs4U as part of the Writers Support 4 U Facebook group. Today I announce my goal for this month, and I'll check in with the WS4U group daily on Facebook and here on my blog once a week to let you know my progress. If you'd like to join in the fun, it's not too late! And if you're not a member of WS4U yet, hop on Facebook and join us!
My Project: The Cottage (working title)
Genre: Mystery
Category: YA
Goal: 80,000 words
Current Word Count: 30,000
Words Left to Go: 50,000
This is a total guesstimate, since my ultimate goal is a 90,000-word draft, but I know my rough drafts are always short so I'm guessing it will end up at more like 80,000 words. So my real goal is just to finish the rough draft, whether I've achieved that word count or not.
How about you? Are you doing Nano? Do you have a writing goal for this month?
Check out some other great progress this week:
http://www.writersally.blogspot.com/
http://jc-martin.com/fighterwriter/
http://waibelworld.blogspot.com/
http://nicolezoltack.blogspot.com/
http://susanfieldswriter.blogspot.com/
http://skmayhew.blogspot.com/p/tuesday-wip-status.html
http://margoberendsen.blogspot.com/
http://www.sherryauger.blogspot.com/
http://www.susanoloier.blogspot.com--in/
http://carrieannebrownian.wordpress.com/
http://lynneawest.blogspot.com/
I love that you did a separate post about our group! Thank you! Great goals and here's to you achieving them!! I'll be posting my goals on Friday.
ReplyDeleteNo I really do not consider myself a writer, much more into reading!
ReplyDeleteThanks my friend for your kind words on my Book Review Blog,much appreciated. We had a wonderful trip and I will be posting my first book review of the month hopefully tomorrow.
Good luck with those goals! I've been doing everything BUT writing lately, I need to get my butt back in the chair.
ReplyDeleteI'm not doing NaNo. I'm finishing the edits to my wip and planning my next project, which I hope to start in December. :D
ReplyDeletegood luck with the project, Suzy!
ReplyDeleteLovely Susan Field!! Good luck and all the best with your writerly goals!! You can do this - go go go go Girl!! Take care
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Best to you on hitting your goal. I know you'll knock it out of the park. Go you. Rah.
ReplyDeleteThat is amazing! I don't even know that many words!
ReplyDeleteI don't have the self discipline to be a writer, I end up gawping out of the window.
ReplyDeleteSusan, good luck with your writing goals. I have a 25,000 word goal. If I achieve that I'll be very happy.
ReplyDeleteGo forth and conquer! Not participating this year, but at least I have an idea for my next book now.
ReplyDeleteI really should commit to this too--not the NanoWriMo but the WS4U one. Good luck on your project!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your goals! :)
ReplyDeleteGreat goals!
ReplyDeleteYep, I'll be doing NaNo withthe 50k words in 30 days. Fun, fun!
Wow, that sounds like such a great support group! :) I'm not doing NaNo either, but I'm going to be the biggest cheerleader I can be for everyone who is! Good luck with your goals!!
ReplyDeleteI'm not doing NaNo either, but I'll cheer the participants on! However, I am doing PiBoIdMo (picture book idea month). It's more on my level of do-able. :)
ReplyDeletePS - I haven't seen you on Twitter for a while. Did you give it up?
This is a great project for writers! Awesome. I will be checking in on the progress.
ReplyDeleteCheers.
Velva
No NaNo for me either...
ReplyDeleteBut it sounds like you're well on your way with your current project :)
No to NaNo.
ReplyDeleteMy goal is to try to stay awake on the train and write (unlike lately)
Good luck, Susan! Go go go! My goal is to get all my editing done this week.
ReplyDeleteThat's great, Susan! What a wonderful alternate option to NaNo! I think I might do this one next year. Thanks for spreading the word. :)
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Not doing NaNo, but I'm here to cheer on anyone who is writing. I hope to get a little writing in tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your goals, Susan!
I'm with Theresa. No NaNo for me. Go for it and good luck. I'll be around to give a few cheers along the way, Susan.
ReplyDeleteGood luck finishing that first draft! You'll do it!
ReplyDeleteI am not doing Nano, but I am hoping to finish revisions. And, I haven't heard of WS4U group on Facebook, so thanks for mentioning it.
No NaNo...and No writing goals. I'm more of the I'll get there when I get there philosophy. :)
ReplyDeleteGreat that you are already 30,000 words into your novel! I am so far only 1,000 into my NaNo novel. A shaky beginning. Waiting to hit my stride...
ReplyDeleteI hope I'll get a sneak peak at The Cottage this weekend????
ReplyDeleteMy computer crashed and I had to buy a new one this weekend. I've been busy copying and transferring files until today....I hope to work on my Nano project tomorrow.
I'm doing NaNo this year, since my rough drafts are VERY short. As in 40-50k words.
ReplyDeleteI only flesh out in rewrites.
That sounds like a great group!
ReplyDeleteI'm doing NaNo this year, partly because I needed a break from revision my "other" WIP. I'm actually learning things in the process of writing this new book that I think I can use for that revision, when I get back to it in December.
My goal is to REALLY get done with my revisions. Good luck with yours!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your project.
ReplyDeleteI check out the Facebook page several times a week, but I'd like to be more active.
Go Susan! I'm sure you can do it. My goals are smaller but I'm hoping to hit them anyway!
ReplyDeleteGood luck, Susan! Very ambitious! :)
ReplyDeleteGo, girl! (=
ReplyDeleteI like the break down of your latest project. I may have to emmulate that on my blog. I'm not doing nano though I plan to have an unofficial go at writing as much as possible this month on a new project. Go girl and good luck!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with all your goals!
ReplyDeleteAll the best with your goals, Susan!
ReplyDeleteHi. I'm back, but this time to tell you I've left you a little award over at the Write Game. Stop by and pick it up when you have moment.
ReplyDeleteNovember is probably the worst month of the year for me to try writing 50,000 words in 30 days. After an epic fail last year, I'm not attempting it this year, but this month I'm doing a final edit of ORACLE, planning book 2, and starting on some short stories that have been stewing for some time.
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