writing vs taking pictures

again, nothing written ;(
ok, I walked through the botanical garden and the colors of the trees are so amazing at the moment so I took many pictures instead of sitting at home. And through walking I moved my body to burn some calories;)
so hard to motivate myself to stay inside and write. The last 2 years November was so cold, rainy and windy. It was easy to decide to stay at home.
This year the writing month is so beautiful and warm, no real November weather, and the leaves on the trees are so beautiful and because of no freeze most of the trees have their colored leaves... so as a photographer I have to go out - as writer I should stay at home.
My excuse for not writing--I´m no real writer;)just a drafter..
so keep writing out there, I´ll take the pictures for you;)
Here one is

NaNoWriMo 2011

the novel writing month!
OK, it´s the first day of this month and I nearly forgot it:)
I know the main characters of my story but I´m not sure how to start the whole plot...
Today I have to cook for guests, talk to them so when will there be time to write 1700 words?
Ok, now I´ll stop blogging and start writing my draft.
To all the other NaNoWriMo-ers out there- keep writing!
See you;)

Time to stop writing

Think, I have written enough today. The funny thing is, I couldn´t stop writing;) The story is nearing the climax, so I have to write that down and find an end. I can´t write a novel without climax and end, you agree with me, do you? It´s so thrilling at the moment, my MC is in troubles, problems are solved now, so no time to stop. Even my cold doesn´t slow down my writing. I need an satisfying end for the draft, I don´t want to stop because NaNo is over. I need it;)
But I have to focus again on my other writing, my assignment. Have to start the 3 chapter at the weekend. Maybe I also want to write and write - and finish soon. NaNo helped me to get prepared for my next challenge as well. And another good thing about writing is--besides the fun and reflections--,  you forget about problems.

Doesn´t want to give up and dares the cold.

Enjoy you day!

                                                                                                        

Good news:)))))))))))))

Yes!!! Hooray! I did it again- just crossed the finish line!
Nearly 27 hours earlier than expected:)) I wrote faster than last year!!(Thanks B., for the extra motivation today;)
What a feeling!
As participant of this writing marathon, I was so happy to have great writing buddies on my side. Special thanks to Citycyclist and Beth TH;) Without you it wouldn´t have been such an thrilling and funny experience;))
It´s great to win a challenge, so satisfying;)

    It´s unbelievable, what you can achieve with great friends on your side and believe in yourself.

    Thank you all, who made it possible for me to win and have fun;)

This photo-taken today- is just for you;)

Just 6 days left

Yes, I´m on my way. I just need to write about 10.000 words, they are doable. I hope so.
After the last three days I realize a little bit of tiredness.
No, I´m not tired of writing, I went to bed too late and had to stand up at 6 in the morning. So, my fault;)

Wrote my daily work, went to work,met MD to celebrate again, next b-day celebration is on friday, again I´ll go out,..at the moment my life is just working, writing and celebrating 1-2 b-days a week.
So, think ,  that explain  why I´m so tired now.

And that´s one explanation why I haven´t finished reading my newest book.
Well, not so new anymore, one of the banned book collection,"Life is Funny"- anyone read that before? I needed some time to get used to that style of writing,...many cursewords, but it deals with real teenager problems (pregnancy,..)

Just 6 days left of NaNo, just 6 days and nights for finishing the novel.
Is that too much time? Or do I need more to find an end?
I don´t know. I hope to be able to write about 1700 words that week to finish with 50.000 words.

It´s  so cool to realize that writing 1700 words in some hours doesn´t feel impossible anymore.
If that is the only thing I have learned through NaNo, I´ll have learned a lot.
Good to know what is possible!

So, try to be a lifelong learner, never give up, believe in yourself, and see what will happen!
Enough wise words for now, have a good one;)

S (o) T (errible) U (nsatisfying) C (haotic) K (aput)

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The last pumkins of the season seem to have more fun than I have at the moment.
I´m stuck, still. :(
No ideas for the story- have to stand up, go out, walk a bit..maybe I´ll find a way to go on with my writing.
So frustrating,  and my MC really turns out to be no hero, just a boring person. Think, I ´ve chosen the wrong theme, the wrong MC:(
You have an idea how to get unstuck?

 Music corner:

Lucinda Childs Dance-performance in Vienna at the end of the month, music by Philip Glass. Just found out that Glass wrote "Truman sleeps" of  the movie the Truman Show. Enjoy!

NaNo wordscore list

Phew! It was hard to get to 26.704 words today- the first time, I didn´t write more than the expected daily wordscore.( P. came back from Turkey, he had great holidays , could relax and looks great , too-glad about that. )  I love the wordscore scale, but last years scale was better for me- there I could see the expected wordscore on the scale, I wrote my own list to have the overview. Tomorrow´s aim are 28.403 words-let´s see. (Visit my fam and bring M. to the doc,...)
Ok, deep breath and go. No, write!

NaNoWriMo pros-cons---a MUST READ

12 reasons to ignore the naysayers-do NanoWriMo, LA-Times




P.S.: Interesting for me to know, that now this blog has more pageviews a day (about 60) than my other blogs- although I have 52 followers on my photoblog. Hmmm, why? Is writing about my NaNoWriMo challenge so interesting? Just wondering...But it´s cool, in other words: I´m happy about that fact;-)  Have a good one!

Self-belief +Strong Will

Quotes of the day:

Faith can move mountains.  Correct.

Self-belief is important- especially during NaNoWriMo.  True.

It´s unbelievable, what you can achieve, when you believe in yourself, your abilities.  Right.

A strong will is essential for everything. (Something I have to work on;)) So true.

At the moment- it is a lot easier to write 1699 words a day than resist these yummy calories.

But I chose tea instead of juice- so no calories;))

So forget about the calories- I just count words;-)

So, enjoy your lunch, brunch or whatever-( just count words as a WriMoer)

have a great day;-)

                                                                     
P.S.: Interesting posts about NaNoWriMo

There are times for...

writing, and times for doing other things.
I´ve written enough this weekend- so time to go out today;-)
In an hour I´ll drive to the city and meet a friend there. First we´ll spend some time outside- I need fresh air!!!Then, in the evening we ´ll go to a cabaret.
Looking forward to that.

Remember, everyone needs a break sometimes! Don´t forget that-even during WriMo.
So, relax and have fun!

How do you relax today?

Troubles in Composing Funny Lines;-)

Enough writing for today.
I have never realized , how hard it is to write funny stories, or  at least somefunny parts.
And another great insight- I have never written a humorous piece before.
Firstly, at school, where all my previous writing took place, I had to write essays, summaries,...but never a piece of writing , where humour was essential.
Secondly, I have started to "write" more than a year ago- so not enough time to get experienced in jolly writing. But I need funny parts in my draft!!!
But all the characters have to get through their hard lives, no time for fun.
Well, there would be some space that could be filled with great jokes, funny moments-- but I have no idea how to write these funny lines.
Wait for tomorrow´s flash of inspiration.

November 5-

just learned about Guy Fawkes’ Day celebrated in England, and here it´s Tea Day- celebrating black and green tea. I have never heard about both days before, well, time to introduce another tea-song

Music-corner: Tea rap

 I love the rhythm , the bass line and the way they integrated classical music;) (Vivaldi´s "spring"/ 4 seasons) That are the reasons for posting it. The refrain is not mine (... too many F- words-but it´s funny in way:-)) but I am in a good mood after listening to itHelped me to get over 9ooo words. Yeah! 5th day of WriMo-writing is fun, but it´s getting harder and harder. But I topped today´s aim of 8335 words- so I´m satisfied.
So, rock, write and enjoy music;-)
maybe the classical version: Vivaldi´s spring
Have a great day / night!

Numbers

I love even numbers- time to celebrate my 10th follower here, my 20 th on my art-block and a big welcome to all 50 followers on my photo-blog! It´s nice to have you around;-) ..and thanks for all comments!
So, can you imagine, how hard it is for me to write down my daily words score- often uneven numbers;)
But today I wrote as long as possible to get 7010 words done.  Joke!!Lol!
Tomorrow´s goal of 8335 words is not that nice- so maybe I´ll get 8444 done:-)
but honestly, I´ll be glad to write the 8335th word at all!
So, wish you a nice day/night and enjoy what you are doing.
Rock and write!

Overchallenged!

New media are really helpful in writing. I love to write on the laptop, google certain subjects, love to see my words scale grow (NaNoWriMo) , the more I write- the higher the words scale. The scale and writing buddies are the motivational part of WriMo.
But new technilogies can hit the wall-experienced yesterday and today.
I cannot update my wordscore--" Too many connections" at the same moment are the reason.
......frustrating, not being able to see the progress in my writing on the scale.
This year, the NaNoWriMo site is soooo slowly.
But to see it in a positive way- sooooooooo many users are interested in writing a novel.
Hope , they can solve the technical problems soon. Otherwise it will be difficult to motivate myself to write a lot.
Have a good one!

Success on the one hand- frustration on the other one

Aaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!!
Just have to write about my anger- maybe I feel better than.

You know about my 2 writing projects - the crazy fun approach of NaNoWriMo (where I want to write a novel-draft within 30 days) and my course-assignment.

First I´ve thought that I wouldn´t be able to write the novel besides my daily work (ok, I´m still on holidays here, it´s my last day and tomorrow I´ll face reality;)
The fact is, that at the moment (during holidays- please note) I have no problems with my WriMo- project. Success here, failure there.

Well, that brings me to my course writing.I ´m having the same troubles as I had once before -- I  find fitting articles - but nearly all of them must be paid for or I have to be registered as a member of a certain website!!!!!!! Internet is great but I don´t want to pay for articles where I can read just an excerpt. I pay for books, ok.
Is everything commercial out there?

Horrible, but I´ve already ordered the next book, hope it won´t be delivered again to Australia- and I won´t get it with a 3 weeks delay... that´s the frustrating part of my writing at the moment, the lack of access to literature.
Well, however, the good thing is, that my other project motivates me to write each day, so I am not that frustrated. I know (most of the time;-), that I´ll do it anyway , but it could be a lot easier...

So, enough self-pity for today! Now I feel ready to search for more lit;)

Time to go back to my writing- for both projects.
Enjoy your day, rock and write!

I rocked it today!

First day of WriMo is a holiday here, where these long plaited buns are given to friends. The free day is the reason, why I could write a bit more than expected. I won´t be too negative, but I´ll celebrate this day by eating a piece of the bun (no, not just 1). I´m sure , during the week besides the job and all the other stuff I have to do, I´m not able to write the expected word account. But today I could do it! Yes!!
Now after a 7 hours writing marathon , I will stop for today. (No, I haven´t used all time writing my novel:) I also wrote some pages for my course:)  I don´t want to praise myself but today I´ve done a good job so I´m proud of my achievements.

So, writers, let´s rock and write!! Have a good one!

Countdown!!!!!!!!!!!!

NaNowriMo will start in more than 1 day!

The last weeks I wondered about how I could handle the writing required for my course, my daily job and how I could participate on NaNoWriMo (to write a novel within a month) as well.

Doesn´t that sound crazy?

It wasn´t easy to find a solution.
You know, I love writing and I want to write a novel like last year, because NaNoWriMo is fun.
I also knew that I have to write many pages for my course But I tried to see it as a realist--

Fact 1. I have do all the work for my job.
Fact 2. I have to write a lot for my course.
Fact 3. I LOVE WRITING! There is my desire, this "need" to write down my ideas.(Sounds weird, doesn´t it?)
Fact 4. My day doesn´t have more than 24 hours (unfortunately).

So, what about writing just for the course -- writing an assignment instead of a  novel?  Nope.
Or quiting writing at all? No way!
Or writing about 1500 words a day, writing some pages for the assignment every day, too and going to work? The final solution? Too unrealistic??

Well, my solution :
I won´t quite my job, so I have to go to work, I have to write something for my course each day and after finishing the writing for the course I´ll spend the rest of the day (at least 1 hour) on writing my novel.
That seems to be a realist way to handle everything.

I´ll see in some days, if this is true;) Then I can tell you more about my writing experiences;-)

So, if you want to become part of this writing community, check out the button on the right and participate!
Let´s rock and write;-))

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