NaNo Update! Week #1

*crazy laughing*

*more crazed laughing*

*can't stop*

Welcome to NaNo, friends. OuO

Okie, honestly, I don't feel THAT crazy, because NaNo is going pretty well for me at the moment. It's only the end of day four and I'm ahead of my goal, my story is moving along nicely now that I'm into some early on plot twists and THE STORY IS ROLLING.

So, even though I don't have my entire plot figured out (ha, ha, October was SO not a prepping month.)

This happened right before NaNo---

Tuesday, the day before NaNo...

"Procrastination at it's best. XD XD XD"

So, yeah, I don't have my whole novel planned out...and I kinda wanna finish this novel by the end of the month or year.

(I've never actually finished a book though, so I have no idea how hahahahahha)

But anyway! Let's get into the recap of the first week!

Day 1

2,343

The first day was a Wednesday, so that means Jaclynn and I worked! WHAT'S MORE AMAZING AND INSPIRING THAN SWINGING KIDS AND HOLDING CRYING KIDS AND TRYING NOT TO DIE INSIDE??? XD XD

This was me and Dee's first day of NaNo selfie...

Can you see the inevitable doom in our eyes? XD

(AND ALSO NOTICE MY WRITING SWEATER. I legit only wear that when I write... especially in November. ;))

But the first day was hard, since Jaclynn stayed over a bit after work and when we are together there is more screeching and ultimate DEATH happening than writing. Once she left, I got a lot more words in. ;)

I always like to start the first day off with more than just the daily goal, and I got to accomplish that! Yay!

Day 2!

2,281

I honestly don't remember what I did this day. Obviously I wrote...O.O

OH!....

Wait........

WAIT.

*three minutes later*

Um. I went for a walk and drew...I think. O.O

Day 3!

4,798

OOH! This was quite a day.

When I wasn't doing this-

I was doing this--

I was pretty productive. OuO

And yes, I know. I'm a major creeper. I promise, I'm not a psychopath. XD XD

Quote from the day:

Dee: *having a laughing attack/mental breakdown/being Dee*

Me: Jaclynn, you've been a mess for the past weeks. I don't think I wanna be your friend anymore.

Dee: *can't even*

Day 4!

1,067

Now, today....WAS SO LOW MOTIVATION FOR ME. I didn't want to write or draw or do anything. I just wanted to watch shows. So, at like 9:30pm I scrambled and wrote over a thousand words in like a half an hour. My goal is to write every single day, even if it's only a sentence or two. GOTTA KEEP THE STREAK ALIVE!!! XD

So, now that the first week is over of NaNo, my altogether word count isssss......

10,489 WORDS! I am 20% of the way done to my goal, and I feel really good about it! I'm only four days into the month and I'm nearly a quarter of the way to my goal!! LIKE WHAATTT?
That seems so close in such a short time, but in reality I know I'm still so far away. 

*more crazed laughing from the beginning of this post*

So, yeah. That's how this has gone for me. Dee and I have been warring and stuff, which is super helpful, and the main reason I've written so much!
*does cheerleading stuff*

*collapses cuz so tired*

SHARE WITH ME YOUR WORD COUNT AND STUFF SO I CAN FEEL CHALLENGED AND ALL THAT STUFF. :D

-Emma-

P.S. Next week I'm gonna try to share snippets of my story with you guys, but it's really late tonight AND I MUST SLEEP.

#GOALS

Hi everyone!

This post's title is totally a joke, I am not a basic hashtag peep. If you are, that's fine though...I'm just not...Even though I use hashtags a lot in texts and conversation, it's just as a joke....O.O

So I was inspired to make a list of my blogging goals from Katie's most recent post over on Scattered Brained Seamstress! :D

I thought I would share it with you guys, because why not? It would make sense for you all to know what I am trying to do! :)

Here is my whole list, but let's start with blogging goals for DTW first! :D

Post once a week (or more!)

Make & post writing prompts again

Post Glazed at least once a month

Reply to comments promptly!!!

Do something about hermitting- cuz it's important

Customize blog by making a header (Something I really have been wanting to do lately but have no idea how! Does anyone know a good place to make that kind of thing?)

Change the font (cuz apparently it's something people dislike even though I like it. :()

So those are my goals for this here blog that I want to do! :) Posting once a week is probably gonna be the hardest thing, because I don't want to just post the same old stuff over and over again. OOH! That reminds me. I need to do another Recreations, one of my favorite things ever to do! Maybe I'll work on that today...;)

My blogging goals for Wacka (Wack-A-Doodle-Dolls, but Wacka for short. ;D) are...

Post at least once every 2 weeks

Let Faye post once a month

Find new doll blogs to follow!

Comment on all the posts I read

Look into customizing blog some more

Make a new announcement about that one specific thing you have in mind once you have everything in place

Post new and original content along side classic format posts

And my random goals arrreeeee...

Read daily

Draw at least one new drawing per week (definitely a problem I am having right now. All I am doing is drawing. O.O XD)

Write 1,000 words a week

Finish Wings of the Banished B4 November

That last one is definitely going to be the hardest one... I need to finish it by November, but what would be most preferable would probably be like August. But I have no idea if I can make it that quickly. I'm almost 60k into the book and so much more needs to happen...O.O At LEAST 20k more words...Let's hope I'll finish it on time for NaNo... Hehe.

So those are my goals! Do you have any specific goals for yourself or your blog? I really loved doing this and I feel inspired to go get this stuff happening! XD

But I badly need someone to help me find a place where I can make a header for my blog...I don't know where to even start, so if you can help me make a collage a rectangle and not a square, please tell me. XD

-Emma-