NANOWRIMO DAY 2 | fighting hard for 486 words lolol | WRITING VLOG
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- A true comedy of errors! Nevertheless, I managed to complete another scene in Project ☠️☠️ and now I'm going to take a nice, long nap!
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My goal for NaNo is 10 000 words in my current WIP, and today I wrote 1000. I am AHEAD!
I once read that an author (can't for the life of me remember which one) couldn't tell which words were written on 'good' days and which were on 'bad' days, and I've found that to be the case myself. So I tell myself that I'm producing the same quality of words, just maybe not in quantity. And as far as my own project- since I'm counting working on it in a few different ways, I managed to hit my goal before 9 A.M.! Thanks in large part to Shay's stream, lol.
i think i’ve seen this quote before! im 90% its neil gaiman, he said something along the lines of “words aren’t going to wait for you, whether you’re inspired or not, you have to write when you’re not ‘inspired’… and the weird thing is six months later, you’re going to look back and you’re not going to remember which scenes you wrote when inspired and which scenes you wrote because they had to be written.” it’s really stuck with me too!
Also, that green notebook with the gold hummingbird is giving "Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" vibes.
Ooooh I can see that! I never read that book (or watched the movie) but did love the OG Hunger Games trilogy!
I got 3k words today, 1300 for my morning project and 1700 for my evening ptoject. My feelings about "bad" days is this: I write often. I write almost every day, all year long. I don't strictly need Nanowrimo to get me writing. I am always working on writing. I know this is true for you too Kate, I've followed you for years. Hence, nanowrimo is just a fun community thing, and winning is a little meaningless, thus a bad day here and there are just "meh, I will try again later, or tomorrow". Butt in chair gets words on page but I don't force myself for hours upon hours if the magic isn’t there for one day. If there are several days like it, I try to evaluate if there's a problem with the story, but that's it. Some people only write during nanowrimo and camp, and for them it's different.
This year i've been using your videos as a reward for hitting my word count for NaNo. Keep the content coming!
Now I've got "this is the train that never ends, it just goes on and on and on" in my head.
I've just got off work so I'm trying to amp myself up.
Thank you for the vlog! I’m struggling with my own project and this was inspiring. Small progress is still progress.
ABSOLUTELY YES. That'll be my mantra for these days too. Small progress is still progress! :)
I was a bit on the struggle bus today as well. I’m really trying hard to get more exercise in my life so I did a workout video after doing some work in the morning. My thought was to get all the stuff I needed to get done, exercise and then be ready for a productive afternoon of writing. I did feel fantastic after the exercise video, but then when I took a shower and got in my cozy clothes, all I wanted was to lay down and sleep! My brain didn’t want to engage. Plus a character that I was really looking forward to writing did not come across well on the page. I envisioned her as feisty and a little snarky, with sarcastic remarks that were going to make her lively and fun. Instead she came across as grumpy and dour. Hopefully tomorrow will be better. Wednesday and Thursday are 2 of my busiest days of the week and writing those days are always hard.
Today is terrible. I'm feeling anxious and haven't written anything!
Day one for nano I only got 367 words. I'm just happy with myself for showing up and doing a sprint. I'm counting it as a win for keeping my commitment to myself. Hopefully I can keep that outlook for the rest of the month.
My favorite author tuber! I can't wait for one of your many stories you've talked about on the channel to be on shelves! I've been following your journey for years, and I am excited to finally be participating in my first NaNoWriMo this year!
AHHHHH YOUR FIRST NANO!!! I hope you have so much fun participating this month! What story/stories are you working on??
And thank you! 💜
Writing a cozy mystery! I need to finish that book, but so far it's good!
Ooooh I love to hear that!!!
Struggling is part of being a writer, and it's great you're happy with the results you got regardless.
I have 1300 words so far today, have deleted a scene because it contains a plot point I no longer want, started writing the next scene and have decided that the scene (which is new to the outline,) doesn't actually fit, so I won't be keeping it. Still counting the words though.
I kind of have been saying "it is what it is" or "ces't la vie" about everything for the past year or do being better at being kind to myself.
As for food I did meal prep on Sunday so that I would have meal ready for the week and yesterday I made some more meal prep stuff.
1st meal prep is hamburgers, rice and kimchi.
2nd meal prep is noodles in sauce, with potatoes and mashed squash.
I so wish I could remember how to crochet because I love that you are doing a word scarf lol. I think you did great for day 2 and yeah I understand about those ebbs and flows where one day is really productive and then the next feels like, not so much lol. The interesting thing about me and my not-nano project (okay my unofficial NaNo lol) is that not logging it on the sight has taken the pressure off for me so that I can truly feel proud of even getting just 5oo new words in. Could also be because I'm being made to slow down due to recovery and all but either way, it's making me take stock in what I can get done instead of focusing so much on what I'm not able to get done. That said I can't wait until next year's NaNo when I will hopefully be more settled and I can get back to my strict structured hardcore deadline that I love so much lol 🤣🤣 Until then though I'm grateful for what I can get done. Can't wait to see what you get into tomorrow lol. Take care Kate! ❤
Ooooh I love that epiphany! I can totally see how the NaNo site adds pressure! I've had a version of that in my own way, where I forget to log one day and then two and it very quickly becomes I'll just forget about it entirely bahaha. It can be sorta disheartening! I'm glad you're not letting that be a deterrent this time. (Also had to look up how to spell deterrent because I kept getting it wrong! Who knew all the vowels were e's? Not me!) I'm also very glad you're taking it slow amidst your recovery! 💜 I know that can be a lot harder done than said.
Also I am a litttttttttle sore from yesterday's yoga bahaha. Like in my upper abs? (Who knew those were there!) But I'll be doing today's yoga after the Twitch stream! :)
I do get that way. Nervous wreck always. Kinda like horror movie thoughts. LOL
Day 2, as opposed to Day 1, has been bad, overwhelming, characterised by a lack of will to live and a lack of words. Midnight is approaching, but I am better, and I hope to finish the chapter before sleep and stop dwelling on my sadness for a while.
EDIT: Writing made me feel great. I finished the chapter a few minutes before midnight. 2,010 words (3,727 total). I must go to sleep.
I'm so proud of you! You did great
@@castiel940 Thank you. See you 💗
Yeah, I haven't started nano yet. And I think I'm skipping this year.
But I'll keep cheering your progress!
I like the calendar type scene board on here with the blue sticky notes. The clothesline method works too, hanging index cards with clips etc. The stair step method as well, putting each scene clipboard on each step etc.. I like the basket method, by putting everything for a scene in a basket and stack them all up etc.. It works well for keeping organized, which is the hardest part for most writers. In a way we are all stacking up parts of speech in every moment in a similar fashion when you think of it. I bought all my paper baskets at a dollar store for 60 bucks etc, Very versatile tool. Color coded as well.
Ooooh, I hadn't heard of the basket method, that sounds lovely!! (And I do love color coding.) You're giving me ideas for next time!
@@KateCavanaugh Yeah the nice thing about it is you can see what scene baskets have paper or 0 zero scenes etc in it already and holds all the drafts etc or research info etc. You can use it to built chapters and Hero Goal Sequences. (Eric Edison. "Story Solutions Book'"
@@KateCavanaugh I forgot to add, I bought the baskets you can use in the kitchen closet type - Their Red, Green, blue, white, black etc. a 1.23 at the Dollar store. I bought a boat load of them. You can have different colors for the Quadrants, or just plot points etc, you can set them up all kinds of different ways. Even sticker on the side, just a fast way to build a story fast in rough draft stages etc.
I’m currently handwriting a novel and I’m a little over 10k words in after typing everything but I’m still writing it. Have fun writing!!!!!!!
Right now, I’m killing it! I got my chapter 2 in and got to a pretty good point to my next plot point. I’m feeling great about things so far.
I’m struggling a bit more with writing today, but I managed to write about 500 words so far and I’m going to try at least one more session before the day is over.
All my character did so far, was put his hands in his jacket pockets.
LMAO.
Bahahah! Well now I need to know about this jacket. Does it hold all his secrets?? 🤣
@@KateCavanaugh lol.
I do not know. Did not think that far ahead.
You make my day with this blogs.❤
For me, because I know I have a vacation week in November (wasn't committed to NaNo at the time), I already planned ahead which days I could write and how much I'd have to write to reach 50k. All I can do now is follow the plan, if I don't get the words I don't get them but at least I know that I'm writing every day that I possibly can.
As for veggie recipes, it's pretty basic but lately I've been loving making an omelette with cheese spinach and bell peppers! I'm not vegetarian so sometimes I have it with tuna but on it's own it's filling and pretty easy - I can make it in like 20 minutes during my lunch break!
I feel the ebb and flow statement in my bones! ❤
I hand write all of my projects because I just think better that way. When the writing gets hard on some days, I make myself write anyway. Even if it is notes to myself about what I have written or what I need to write. I will also brainstorm some ideas if something isn't working, or I will write a future scene that I know of and that might job something that could come before or after.
Great job on putting in the work! I've gotten my opening image rewritten so far. I still have about 2k more words I'd like to get in for the day to stay on target.
As far as giving myself grace, some days I just open up Writer and free write, and if anything emerges that can make it into the story, I'll count those words. If not, at least I showed up.
Good second day. Wrote 250 words...yay. tough day.
Day 1: I can probably skip these first six chapters I've written and jump in for NaNo with chapter 7... maybe I'll reread them though.
Day 2: Oh no. Now that I spent all of October outlining I have drastically changed my timeline and chapter 1 needs some serious edits to make any of this works.
So yeah, things are going great. Just gonna rewrite these chapters...
I’ve done it! Made 2,000 words today I’m currently 4,000 in!
WOOOOOO WAY TO FREAKING GO!
My family makes something we call veggie pizza. It's also known as veggie squares. It's cresant rolls, flattened, as the crust with cream cheese and sour cream as the "sauce" (my family likes to add taco seasoning to this) and then you pile on your cheese and veggies. It's a great cold meal/snack and it's easy to adapt to vegetarian/vegan diets.
My favourite easy veggie dish is broccoli soup:
Boil one broccoli (cut into chunks), one drained can of chickpeas, and one can of coconut milk, and a splash of water, and a teaspoon of currypowder, for 10 minutes. Throw in blender till there are no chunks, and add salt and pepper to taste. It's extremely easy and perfect for low energy days.
(UK cans are about 400 grams, maybe you need 2 broccolis if US ones are bigger)
YUUUUUUM that sounds so good!!! I'm also a huge soup fan but tend to "fail" every time I try making one bahaha. I will absolutely give this a shot, it sounds wonderful.
wait nano day 2 i also literally got a vaccine in each arm !! day 3 was a tough one ahahha. glad you were considering a rest and hope you did!!!
Bahaha NO WAY. Twins! My arms were definitely feeling it that next day and I did go to bed early bahaha. Hope you're doing better now on Day 6! :)
So glad I've started refollowing your writing journey as it's really reinspired me back to my novel. Thanks!
Awww, yay, I'm so glad! GODO LUCK, YOU'VE GOT THIS!
So far today I've written about 1400 words so I'm sitting at about just over 6k words for nano so far. My main character just met his, admittedly psychotic, love interest for the first time so i'm hoping to get more written of their first interaction before I call it a day on this project because, tho this... isn't necessarily for nano, i had an amazing idea for an entire world that I'm thinking maybe if i finish draft 1 of this, i can move the story to either A) take place in this future-punk-esque world i got in my head or B) have it be connected in some way TO the future-punk world. I'm wanting to start writing like a biography or smth all about that world so that i don't forget anything but i want to make sure i get the daily count for nano in at least before i work on that
I’m surprised to hear you want to hand write since in your writing experiments it seemed like you didn’t like it. It’s so cool how people’s processes can change. Wishing you the best for Nano. I bought myself some craft books for nano inspiration too
It really is!! I love handwriting for brainstorming so I’m excited to try it while drafting when I’m not pushing myself to write at a certain speed. Like a throwback to how I did it in high school and college, just writing with no expectations. I enjoyed handwriting then so clearly something in the meantime has changed (and I’m betting it’s the personal pressure to sort of “hurry up”). It’ll be fun to see whichever conclusion I end up reaching!!
And good luck to you too!! Which craft books did you buy??
@@KateCavanaugh I bought three books. Probably they will be more useful once I get to revision but I find them inspirational and reassuring as I work on my first draft. Like “look at all the things you can do to improve this”.
I got:
The complete writers guide to heros and heroines, which Sarra Canon recommended in a recent video.
The compass of character by David Corbett, which after a quick flip through I think will be a game changer for me
A writer’s guide to active setting by Mary Buckham, which I hope will help my white room syndrome
Re vegetarian/vegan recipes: Sarah's vegan kitchen on youtube got some great Vegan recipes!
I particularly like the tomato-soup recipe from her "cozy soups (to get you through the end of winter)" - video. (I love soups!)
Otherwise, tips for getting better at eating vegetarian: meat-substitutes are great, especially if you have a hard time coming up with non-meat foods. The other helpful thing I've found, is to find a bean you like (I'm partial to chick-peas), and look up recipes featuring that.
I loooooove chickpeas. And I love soup too! I will definitely check out Sarah's Vegan Kitchen, thank you so much for the rec!!
I try to think of it as small progress is progress, but I also have days where the lack of words gets to me or I’m unhappy with what I wrote for whatever reason. Those are the days when I throw something like Great British Baking Show on the TV and try not to beat myself up about it
Do I have way too many notebooks already? Yes. Am I going to check those out anyway? Also yes. I'm also not having a great writing day today. I guess this is the NaNoWriMo Day 2 struggle?
You shoooould! The vegan leather on the green one feels SO nice. And I love that all the pages are numbered! It’s super small, so not obtrusive, but will be so helpful later! (Why have I never bought one with this feature before?? 🤣)
What’s your favorite notebook you own??
And yesssss I can definitely understand it being a general Day 2 struggle. All the excitement for Day 1 and it’s a bit of a shock doing it again a second time bahaha, not quite a routine yet.
Love the purple keyboard! My mantra is just to have fun this month, no pressure to hit the 50k word goal, as long as I sit down to work on my second draft every day. Good luck with Project Death!
Loooove the mantra to just have fun! Despite my series of unfortunate events this morning, it WAS fun bahaha. So I think I’m still in the right headspace!
Good luck with your project too! And with having a blast this NaNo. :)
You've got this, hun! And Thanks! I've been neglecting my fantasy novel for a while now, so it feels good to get back to it @@KateCavanaugh
I hit the word count yesterday, but today I only managed about 300 words. At least I did something. I do beat myself up sometimes, but I’m hoping tomorrow and other days will be better.
Wonderful vlog, thanks for sharing the day's adventure! For vegetarian recipe ideas, I recommend checking out Minimalist Baker, Cookie and Kate, Pick Up Limes, and Nora Cooks. There are a lot of vegan/gluten-free options in those, but it's flexible to modify however you need. I hope you find something you enjoy!
Ahhhh thank you SO MUCH for the many recommendations! I've now binged a bunch of Pick Up Limes videos bahaha.
So far I can keep my daily wordcount goal... I just hope it will stay like this and I can finish this year's nanowrimo. But! I reached the point you did yesterday xD my originally standalone book is now a duology.. And I'm only 2 chapters into it lol
I tried my best for day #3 or nano. Tomorrow is another day
If you're looking for veggie recipes, I'd recommend checking out Pick up Limes, Rainbow Plant Life, and Caitlin Shoemaker/From my Bowl. All have youtube channels and blogs with delicious vegan recipes. I also like meal boxes like Hello Fresh and Green Chef. Even if you don't want to get the plans you can peek at the recipes online. All of these have really helped me fill up my mental cookbook as a vegetarian, both when I first started out and now that I'm 7 years in! :)
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this is my 1st Nanowrimo, I think today I much better if I work on only 1 project at a time. lol but I'm taking it one day at a time
day 2/3 was a struggle (not that day 3 is over) I had a migraine and my throat was swollen so it was a struggle. I couldn't take anything to lessen the pain. but I finally could so I my goal today is just to write something even if that is only 100 words.
Oh noooooo! :( I'm so sorry you had a migraine! (My new meds actually just came in too, so I feel you.) The goal of just 100 words is a great one. Don't push yourself too hard in the post-migraine recovery! 💜 Good luck!!
I had 2,369 words for my first day, HUZZAH!
Today was a rough one for me but consistency is key
Yesss, butt in chair consistency will eventually get it done! :) Sorry that today was rough for you too, sending a virtual hug!
i am sooo struggling haha its november 5th and i am still writing the synopsis haha
Day Two I got over 1000 words 🤩
WOOOOOO! CRUSHING IT :)
Yay!
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2800 words day 1, 1300 day 2 and on it today. but I'm mostly writing garbage
There's no editing a blank page! Sometimes we just gotta write garbage to get the story down (though I'm sure it's better than you think). Good luck for the rest of the week!!
Barely slept and took ages to get into writing this morning, but accidentally banged out 3k words anyways :)
Hey Kate, I love your content. I'm sure you're already aware of this but Starbucks had been union busting and their staff is currently striking in some locations and those that aren't are planning to soon. I ask that you look into it in case you aren't already aware. They also fund Israel so... I personally wouldn't recommend supporting them.
Oooooh I did not know that. I was completely out of the loop!! Thank you for letting me know, Cad!
boycott Starbucks
I was totally unaware of what all was happening! 😭 thanks for letting me know!
@@KateCavanaugh your good! Love your videos they serve as great inspiration to me as a writer🫶🇵🇸
Oh, I thought you didn't like hand writing. When did you change your mind?
Bahaha I might rediscover this about myself! My hope is that since I'm drafting the story for the first time and not putting stress on how quickly it needs to be done, I'll really enjoy the process. It's how I used to write sooooo many stories as a kid, so I'm hoping I'll tap into that vibe!
Still working Day 2 but I'm at 5105 right now. I'm looking forward to lots of words on the stream today.
HOLY SHIT YOU'RE KILLING IT. (Also hi if you are in stream as I respond to this comment lolol.)
@@KateCavanaugh yeah I was there from the second sprint forward. Got a lot of words. Ended the day with 6946 (woot!)🥳
I have a few recipes that I send to people when they request. If there's a way to private message I can share my veggie heavy recipes with you.
I did a 15-ish minute sprint after midnight. Day 1 had under 1000 words, but I had to take a 20 minute break to lay with my 4 year old to get him to go to sleep.
Awww, precious kiddo! So impressed by how you’re fitting in the words.
And ooooooh yes please!!! Do you have instagram? I’m on katecavanaughwrites over there and I’ll make sure to check my inbox!! :)
Day 2! Happy nano.
2500 not 250