I have a plot!

Okay, so it's been awhile. I have a plot now, it's actually one that I did in 2004 and hated so much afterwards that I deleted any thought of it on everything. I started to plot it out, decided that it sucked, and then my sister asked the right questions so I'm going for it again. I'm really excited to start and I don't think I'll do anymore outlining. I think I'll just see where it goes. Nano starts in 3 days, so I don't really have much time to do anything. My birthday is tomorrow, I know I'm getting shoes. I'm happy about that.

Should I try more?

I did another writing challenge and got 364 words in 10 minutes. I'm going to keep upping it by 5 minutes until I'm writing for an hour, hopefully with around 3k by the end of it.

You know, I've been looking at the numbers and I could conceivably go for far greater than 100k. That's only 3334 words a day. Last year I was writing about 3k an hour. I have more than an hour of free time a day. If I really pushed myself I could go for 200k or even more if I did more on weekends. I'm getting ahead of myself though, I don't want to give myself a goal that I won't be able to motivate myself to reach.

I'm going to hang out with Destinie tonight; she's bringing over a bottle of wine and we're going to work on our respective projects. I'll save todays challenge until then.

Figuring out an outline

I've never really had an outline to work off of before and this year I've decided to try and make one. I just don't have a plot. I've looked at the snowflake method and Zette's 'It's just a Phase' article but nothing is going to help if I don't get a plot. I guess that should be my first priority instead of outlining.

I did a short challenge that they had on the nano forums. Just five minutes of writing and I only got 160 words so it wasn't a big deal. I need to start doing that more often because it's going to be a pain in the butt to have to pick up my speed during November. I'd like to be up to my full game at the beginning instead of taking half the month to teach myself not to type the wrong words. Holding myself accountable will be a big part of these next six weeks. I want to get into these habbits now, not when it's to late to figure out why they went wrong.