{"id":2455,"date":"2013-10-07T14:38:48","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T18:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/?p=2455"},"modified":"2013-10-11T15:26:51","modified_gmt":"2013-10-11T19:26:51","slug":"that-certain-something","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/07\/that-certain-something\/","title":{"rendered":"That Certain Something"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nanowrimo.org\/participants\/myrrh\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2464\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/07\/that-certain-something\/2013-participant-vertical-banner\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/2013-Participant-Vertical-Banner.png\" data-orig-size=\"120,240\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2013-Participant-Vertical-Banner\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/2013-Participant-Vertical-Banner.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/2013-Participant-Vertical-Banner.png\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2464\" style=\"margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px;\" alt=\"2013-Participant-Vertical-Banner\" src=\"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/2013-Participant-Vertical-Banner.png\" width=\"120\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a>So, normally around this time of year, I would post about my plans for <a href=\"http:\/\/nanowrimo.org\/participants\/myrrh\" target=\"_blank\">NaNoWriMo<\/a>. This year, I guess you could say I\u2019m taking part, but only in a roundabout way.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m already part of the <strong>Million Word Challenge<\/strong> (writing 1,000,000 words in 2013), so if I were to keep to that daily goal, my word count for November should be 82,200. That\u2019s dependent on me writing 2740 every day of the month with no breaks.<\/p>\n<p>So far, I\u2019m <strong>just under 1\/3<\/strong> of the way to my million word goal for the year &#8211; which isn\u2019t bad, to be honest, but definitely not on the mark.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s just normal that some days are better than others; some are writing days (and even then, my output can vary greatly depending on the project or stage of writing I\u2019m in), some are editing or planning days (when I usually cut more words than I add). It all varies. I think I would have burned out by now if I didn\u2019t have those lower word count days or a break in between.<\/p>\n<p>So, although I\u2019m not \u201cofficially\u201d writing a new novel during November, I do have plans.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>I want to finish the book I started for NaNo 2007! Yes, the first book I ever started. There are a number of scenes that still need to be written at the end, and since this is Book 1 in a series, I kind of need to do just that &#8211; finish it!<\/li>\n<li>The bulk of the writing will probably be done on a novella, which is the sequel to the one I just finished writing (and which I am starting the edits on this week). I have most of it mapped out already<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>I don\u2019t know about anyone else but that seems to be one of my flaws &#8211; finishing.<\/p>\n<p>Not that I abandon the project intentionally, but that I seem to have trouble wrapping up the story in a way that I think will leave the reader satisfied. Maybe I\u2019m waiting until I edit the work, to see how the story changes from the first draft to a cleaner, more cohesive version (since my first drafts are really just about getting the basics down, and using the edit to improve, enhance and polish the story).<\/p>\n<p>Either way, that\u2019s something I want to work on. Whether it\u2019s about better planning or just accepting that as part of my process, I don\u2019t know yet.<\/p>\n<p>But before I buckle down on those 2 projects, I have a <strong>novella to edit<\/strong>, and <strong>2 short stories<\/strong> I want to write this month. The concepts are there. The stories are just missing something. Maybe a little brainstorming this week will help me figure out what that \u2018something\u2019 is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maybe a little brainstorming this week will help me figure out what that \u2018something\u2019 is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":2458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[10,297],"class_list":["post-2455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-on-writing","tag-nanowrimo","tag-nanowrimo-2013"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.8.1 - 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