Hey hey, SGland!
How are we doing this fine day?!
I am here to give a little bit of an update after nearing the end of week one of tackling NaNoWriMo 2021 this year, and so I thought I would share what my plans/goals are for November, as well as log how writing has affected me.
Get ready for a month of excerpts!
Because…guess what?!
I will be publishing at least two excerpts with updates at least twice a week for the duration of NaNo. I also will be doing little life blogs too so you can really have an inside look/get to know me as a person.
I genuinely try to respond to everyone that reaches out or comments, as I especially appreciate all the kind words I have been receiving. ❤
Today marked the start of day one of NaNo which, for most means that they will tackle writing 50k words for a novel first draft in thirty days. But, I, on the other hand, am insane so I am doubling my goal as a newbie!
Day One, I succeeded with a total of 3,405 WC.
Day Two, I did not quite succeed at 1,711 WC.
Day Three, I hit 2,649 WC.
Day Four, I hit 3,027 WC
Today, so far I have hit about 2,400 WC, + the 1,450 ish WC this blog is, though I don't include anything outside my WIP to be included in my daily NaNo WC! I am aiming for 5,000 WC today, so that is what I will do--write my soul away until 5 k xD
That isn’t even counting the writings I attempted for my blogs.
I think I am… burnt out? I honestly font know. What I do know, is that being on the brink of the end of the most severely fucked up 3-month depressive episode, proceeded by a 6 Month manic episode due to my Bipolar Disorder, is a fucking lot to handle.
But, I am making it work, as usual.
When you suffer from over a dozen mental illnesses, you NEED to be able to look at the positives, if any at all. If you do not do that, that is when things get bad, trust me.
I actually started writing this post the other day and completely spaced finishing it.. Oops haha. 😂🤷 oh well, it is bound to happen, especially considering I am trying to maintain not only my usual two blogs both on here/Medium but aiming for over 100,000 words for my novel this month, which.. Drumroll, please…
I HAVE NEWS ABOUT IT!! + an excerpt. :)
I ended up re-starting earlier this week, to re-write from start to finish, my official manuscript draft one— and I could not fucking be happier with how it is changing and coming along!! :D
But, that is not my news about my wild new idea for what type of novel this is going to become.
Elemental Enchantress is going to be, a visual/interactive adult novel, with several chapters ending with the choice of the reader, to choose how the story will end!! I have now more than tripled my original amount of chapters, and have written over 20,000 words so far out of my 100,000 WC goal!
That's over 1/5 of the way complete, that is fucking nuts to me. I cannot wait to see where my story takes me and takes my readers too!!
Oh, and of course my blogs, with excerpts would not be complete without a hand-picked photoshoot photo that I must say, I almost forgot was taken— and is now my fucking favorite one! 😍😁💕
I hope you can enjoy what I wrote for this scene, and I hope all of you are as excited as I am to be able to read an interactive adult novel that I cannot even believe I am writing, honestly!
I hope everyone has a dope ass Friday, and I will try to throw in an extra blog over the weekend if my hands can manage, carpal tunnel is rough haha.
But, without further ado, I present to you…
Elemental Enchantress, Chapter One: The Summoning Scene Excerpt #1
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I loved!