Boring NaNoWriMo update #15

I wasn't going to post anything today, as having another update saying "wrote X number of words today, am now at Y total" would be too crushingly dull even for people avidly following my progress. But then, I decided, that it was necessary to make it absolutely clear to all readers that at no point in my efforts have I resorted to the BLOODY AWFUL FURRE GENERATOR

Boring NaNoWriMo update #9

I've slacked off a bit this weekend – I wasn't in the form for writing yesterday, and I kept managing to do other things today (like write about NaNoWriMo writing, which is what I am doing now). My running total is now only a paltry 17,801 words, way less than it should be at this half-way point.

Nevertheless, I got this. As you know, I am kind of busy next week, but I will still squeeze some writing in each evening. I also intend to get up slightly early each morning before work, and I reckon I can probably get a bit done at lunchtime each day. Stakhanovite labour on Friday* and next weekend should see me back on target.



*apologies in advance to anyone I know playing in a band next Friday night.

Boring NaNoWriMo update #7

On my way home from work I ran into my old friend and quaffing partner Joe Smyth. "What's this about you writing a book?", he said.

"I'm doing that NaNoWriMo thing, where you write a novel in a month".

"I see, what's it about?"

"Eh, people who dress up in furry animal costumes".

I then explained that I didn't see it as having much commercial potential.

After that I came home and wrote 2300 words, bringing my total up to 13,869.

Boring NaNoWriMo update #4

Hello readers. I expect you are wondering how I am getting on with the novel I am writing. Sadly, I am still on 8,016 words, as the last couple of days I have had to write about music and stuff for Frank's APA. Having said that, I have written just over 7,000 words for Frank's, so maybe I could just paste them into the novel and bring myself up to 15,000 words. I'm not sure how I could work this so that it would not look too obviously like padding. Maybe I could do it like in 1984, and the main character could find a copy of Frank's APA lying around, pick it up, and decide to read my zine. In fact, given that I am writing a detective novel, maybe he could somehow be led to think that the zine might contain important clues for the case he is investigating, so the rest of the novel could be an in-depth analysis of my thoughts on Luke Haines, Nazi Jazz, Nurse With Wound, and other favourites.

Or maybe not.

One big problem with taking any kind of break from NaNoWriMo is that it is very hard to get back into it, and you find yourself wondering if what you have done so far is so rubbish that there is no point bothering with any more. Well, that's what I find anyway. Ultimately you have to wonder, does the world need any more novels about people who dress up in furry animal suits?

Boring NaNoWriMo update #12

Right now, word count is 24428. Still not half way there, with only just over a week to go. But I got this.

My writing plans last night were scuppered by having to meet some friends to receive some "stuff*". As is customary, this handover took place in a public house, leading to the consumption of hearty ales. My interlocutors turn out to be not entirely down with NaNoWriMo. Harsh words and phrases like "stupid", "waste of time", and "contributing to the ever growing mountain of shite books" were used. But I am in too deep to stop now.

In mere minutes I will be heading out to do my field research.


*the shady contraband that is the latest issue of Frank's APA.

Boring NaNoWriMo update #10

So now my running total is 19435. That means that my novel has more words than my thesis, though it is not quite as interesting. I am, nevertheless, getting a bit worried about how sleazy all my characters are.

I have, meanwhile, found the solution to plots that go nowhere: PLOT TWIST GENERATOR

Boring NaNoWriMo update #5

9509 words. Way behind schedule, but I am at least back in the saddle.

Boring NaNoWriMo update #8

Now I am on 15,520 words. This is a bit under a third of the target, but I have used up just under a half of my allocated time. Uh oh.

Boring NaNoWriMo update #16

Home stretch! Just under 5000 words written today, bringing me up to 40,015. Can I write 10,000 tomorrow and Sunday? Yes, I can.

Boring NaNoWriMo update #13

Having written 8,157 amazing words this weekend, my total word count is now 31,310. Over three fifths of my great book written, with a quarter of the time left.

My field research yesterday went well, providing data that have fed into the verbiage produced.

Boring NaNoWriMo update #6

11,553 words. In terms of verbiage, I've had a good evening, but I am getting a sinking feeling about the novel and starting to wonder if finishing it might prove to be a terrible chore. But it is a chore that I will do!

Boring NaNoWriMo update #1

Welcome to the first of many updates of how I am getting on with my attempt to write a novel of 50,000 words in one month, something no one in the world has ever attempted to do previously.

Current wordcount: 2,782. That's 218 words short of my target for today. I might write a bit more before I go out later, or try to pick up the slack tomorrow.

Boring NaNoWriMo update #2

I'm not sure how long it will take me to start pretending to have written way more than I actually have, but my current word count is 6,681.

My novel also has a working title, Furry Folk*, though this will probably change. I'm still rolling with the plot idea that came to mind over breakfast on saturday, though I expect to have hit a wall by the weekend, in which case I will either have to bring on the zombies or abruptly switch to another time and place.

Picture from my pictures taken at a Halloween party.


*a homage to the classic Funny Folk comic by Al Ewing.

Boring NaNoWriMo update #14

Wow, I somehow managed to write eighteen hundred words today, and now am up to over 33,000 words.

I found today's episode very exciting. I am in fact absurdly pleased with it.

Boring NaNoWriMo update #3

Not that much to report, except that I have crossed the psychologically significant 8000 words barrier. I don't think 8000 words is even that significant, so as you were.

Boring NaNoWriMo update #11

So I managed to get over 2000 words written this evening, so now I am at 23,153 words. I cannot in all conscience claim that today's work represents over 2000 good words, but this is one situation where quantity counts.

I'm probably not going to get so much written before the weekend, which is a shame. I am still obviously well behind schedule, but I reckon that a 48 hour write-a-thon over the last weekend should see me reach the finishing line.

This weekend I am planning to get on my bicycle to do some field research for my great work. A fascinating development, I am sure you will agree.