Today marks the end of week 3 of NaNoWriMo. I still need to work on my novel today, but I am expecting tomorrow to be chaotic, so I wasn't sure when I would have a chance to blog about it tomorrow.
So far I've managed to hang on throughout week 3, but sometimes only by the skin of my teeth. I've made an effort to get to par every day, but I'm still just making revisions. I'm still counting every hour of work as 1,000 words, but I haven't done any actual writing yet this month... yet.
That being said, I'm putting in time on this novel and making progress, so I am okay with my NaNo Rebel status. Plus, I'm making a significant effort not to fall behind par, and even if I'm counting par a little differently than most people, it still represents a consistent amount of work each day.
You can see my past weeks' progress here: week 1 and week 2.
Now is when we get to the difficult part, however. Last year I managed to work on my novel every single day, except Thanksgiving. This year I've actually done better than last year, and not only worked on my novel every day but met par every day. (Last year there were some days where I did only a little bit just to get a word count for the day.) This year I want that badge for updating every day, though, so I need to make sure I work on it Thanksgiving too.
To make it happen, I have a couple hours blocked off early Thursday afternoon for working on my novel. Last year I intended to work on it after our Thanksgiving celebrations, but by the time I realized how much we'd lost track of time, it was after midnight so I couldn't get my update done in time. Hopefully blocking off some time for it earlier in the day will ensure I don't make the same mistake this year.
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