La Bene Vita

Tuesday

First, I think I'm in love. Evernote  

Second, today kicks off Week 2 of NaNoWriMo 2011. I've discovered - after Prepping this novel - that my work is in three acts sandwiched between a prologue and an epilogue. Nice, except that Part 1 is wayyyy too short. And I'm about to start Part 3 - at about 15k words. Don't get me wrong; Part 3 will probably be a hefty chunk. But what happens during NaNo when you realize you need more meat ten chapters ago? It's not editing, exactly, but it's not Express-Train-Full-Speed-Ahead-To-The-Finish-Line writing, either. I need to regroup, adjust my outline and think. Lucky for me, I don't work until this afternoon. But I shorted yesterday's word count and only just caught up, so I have another 1,500 words to go today. Which I'll write after outlining. Because I'm already outlining.  I'm a NaNo Rebel and proud. And I reserve the write to change my mind about my novel format. I am, after all, the author.

Moving on to my daily blog template, which I snagged from Evernote in the wake of Google Notebook's Bad News.

Reach 275 students at MTMS   by 12/31/11.
231! Chugging along. November was a big enrollment month for us last year. I have no idea why.

Writing:
(1) Blog at MT.com   by the end of the month: Pending.
(2) 30 minutes of daily freestyle writing: This is a stupid goal during NaNo.

Count points:
Well, no. And I think I've gained two or three more pounds. But amazingly, I feel better, possibly because of our daily morning walks.