I just spent one morning in Maine's Scarborough Marsh, but it was long enough for me to fall in love with its landscape. -- Photo by Pat Bean
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It was fall when I discovered the Maine marsh -- Photo by Pat Bean
“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller
NaNoWriMo Update – 6,268 words
I’m trying not to go back and edit as I go, but old habits are hard to overcome. The red-line that my writing program puts under misspelled words mostly takes care of spelling mishaps and typos, but what I’m finding I’m doing most is skipping words. I see them in my head as I want to write them and the fingers often assume they are already on the page. I’ve always done this, but usually catch the mistake before I move on. You don’t get 1,500-2,500 words written quickly enough this way, however.
My writing is also all over the place with verb tenses. I switch them way too often, and making them all agree is another thing I do while editing as I go. Writing so fast is really getting on my nerves, I must say.
Today was the day the dead body appeared in my story, and a new character suddenly introduced himself. I now think I need a character chart to keep all the names and descriptions of them straight. I found I had to go back to discover the name of the husband of one of the characters. I sometimes have problems keeping names straight when I’m reading the books of other authors. I didn’t know I would suffer the same thing with my own book.
Like yesterday, it took me five hours, with a couple of short breaks, to write 2,500 words.
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Go, Pat, go!!
I’m going, I’m going.
Hi, Pat. I’m a new follower, but love your pictures and the way you relate to the great outdoors. You are taking me places I probably won’t get to see, since I live in north central Texas!
I did NaNoWriMo in 2009, and it is an incredible challenge. ( You’re right about the character chart, in my opinion.) Keep slugging away, it really does get easier after the first week, almost, but not quite, a routine.
Nancy
Thanks for the pix of Scarborough Marsh. I walk the area and Scarborogh’s beach every time I visit my sister.
I am impressed with 2500 words in five hours. Hope it is fun, sounds like hard work to me.
AL
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It’s actually been easier than I thought it would be, although I do find myself checking word count a lot. And you have to realize this is unedited copy. I loved every bit of Maine I saw, but Scarborough Marsh was fantastic. I meant to just stop for half an hour, but ended up staying much longer, and than I had to rush to escape a storm that was coming into the area. Thanks for the kind words.
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