National Novel Writing Month – Day 4
by admin on Nov.05, 2009, under NaNoWriMo 2009
I’m sorry I missed my Day 3 posting. I actually recorded a video for it but was very unhappy with it and lacked adequate time to re-record it. A recap of Day 3 is that the Central Iowa region folks gathered at a cool little coffee shop on Fleur Drive in Des Moines called Hot Cup o Kryptonite. As you might have guessed, they also have a nice selection of comic books. I was horrified, however, by the lack of manga and the consequent lack of magical school girls, giant robots and demon slayers. About 20 writers arrived and completed two 30 minute writing sprints and one 20 minute sprint with a collective total of around 40,000 words. I had a great time and a productive one, increasing my word count to around 12,000 words. Also, I made a new friend, Shawna, and had a great conversation with her about all kinds of topics dear to my heart: the evilness of corporations, the wonderfulness of cats and the occasional scariness of human nature.
Tonight, the write-in was at an unnamed book store in Ames, Iowa. Around 25-30 people showed up, writers both from Ames and Des Moines, and we were very productive, producing something like 60,000 words collectively.
Aside from that, here are the rest of my thoughts about this evening and about my experience of NaNoWriMo 2009 in general:
