NaNo Novels by: ddBoone

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This is a blog where deartra d. Boone talks about her NaNo Novels.

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11.01.2007

Start of NaNo

Well, I have started NaNo. I hand wrote some of my novel during the kid's center time. I had to stop just when I had got going well. I hate trying to write at school. I couldn't help myself though. I really wanted to write. I ended up hand-writing approximately 250 words. They are napping now. I may try writing so more now.

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posted by Lady Boone @ 6:24 PM

10.30.2007

NaNo Icons Are Finished

I finished my NaNo Icons. I feel good because I was able to finish them. They look great, too. But I am partial to my own work. I am thinking about doing some word count icons for people writing 80,000 words and 100,000 words. I don't know if I will do that or not.

I haven't done my images for the characters or places yet. I gotta do that.

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posted by Lady Boone @ 7:30 PM

10.29.2007

Outline Is Done!

I finished my outline for the story. It isn't detailed or anything, just the basic flow of the story. I am getting excited. I just sat down and went to doing the outline, which was good. I had put it off long enough.

I am ready for NaNo. I am excited, but calm. I have been excited in the past for weeks in advance, but each year, I have gotten excited closer to November 1st. I think I am going to wake up on Thursday and be crazy with excitement.

The last thing that I am going to do is post the pictures for my characters and places into my Resurrection Sunday Blog. Then I will be ready for Thursday, November 11, 2007.

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posted by Lady Boone @ 7:25 PM

10.28.2007

This Week...

I didn't finish my goals for last week again. I am going to have to stop doing that.

Here are my goals for next week...

Work on my outline. By 10/29.
Finish my NaNo Icons for this year. By 10/30.
Put NaNo Images for characters and places on the blog. By 10/30.
Take the candy to the church for the Fall Festival. By 10/31.
Begin NaNoWriMo. On 11/01/07.
Write between 5,100 and 10,500 words this week. By 11/03.

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posted by Lady Boone @ 3:40 PM

10.27.2007

Yes, It's Done

I finished my NaNo Blog for Resurrection Sunday. I posted it tonight. It looks good. I think the font will be complained about because it is small, but I like the way it looks. I am just happy to have it done.

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posted by Lady Boone @ 7:23 PM

10.26.2007

NaNo Novel

I didn't get to work on my NaNo Novel last night. I was up at the school. I am planning on working on my blog for it tonight. Then I will work on the outline. I am devoting Saturday to the rest of my NaNo Icons. I think I have 20 more to do. People are enjoying my icons. Cool! I need to put a post up on the NaNoWriMo site about the icons.

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posted by Lady Boone @ 7:21 PM

10.25.2007

For My NaNo Babies

Greetings one last time today. This email will be brief. Just some quick questions so that I can get to know you…
What does your login name mean?
Do you have a Yahoo ID, AIM ID, or MSN ID?
Do you have a website for your NaNo? What is it?
How long have you been writing?
What do you normally write?
What is your NaNo about?
I will leave you alone now. Keep prepping your NaNo novel. November will be here before tomorrow.

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posted by Lady Boone @ 7:19 PM

Letter to My NaNo Babies

Greetings to you. I am writing to say hello, let you know a little about me, and to give you some words of wisdom.

This email may be a bit long, but it is worth the read.

My first name is Deartra (pronounced dear-tra). You can call me Mrs. Boone, if that works better or Mama if you feel the need.

I am a writer by choice. I have been writing since I was 9 years old. I have had an essay and a poem published. I am hoping to have a book published by 2010. I write poetry, essays, short stories, novellas, and novels. I have written song lyrics also.

I have been doing NaNo since 2004. I have completed it one time. The other 3 times, life got in the way. I am not sure of what my word count was for last year. I hand-wrote most of the novel and did not have an official count, unofficially; my count was over 37,000 words.

I am married with no children. I work at a pre-school, so I am always around children.

Here are my words of advice.
1. Set a daily goal for yourself. To get 50,000 words in 30 days, you should aim for 1,700 (rounded) a day.If that seems too hard for you, make it something more obtainable.
2. Set other goals for yourself that have nothing to do with your word count.For example, write for 15 minutes everyday on NaNo.
3. Set-up a reward system for yourself when you accomplish your word count goal and your other goal. I use stickers. Each day that I reach my word target, I get a sticker. I have a sticker calendar that I carry around with me that have all of my stickers in it.
4. Set a weekly goal for yourself and reward yourself for it.For example, write 8,500 words for the week get a catfish dinner or write for at least 2 hours this week, get a new pair of shoes.
4. Don't get discouraged if you don't make your word count every now and then. That may happen. Life gets in the way of life. :)
5. Don't be discouraged if you don't "win" NaNo. It is better to look at this first time as a small step versus a giant task to complete. Winning isn't everything. Sometimes, being brave enough to enter the contest is the best accomplishment.
6. Find out about word wars. Those are great for word count and friendship.
7. Find out about events, write-ins, or get togethers in your area. Look and see if there is a Region near you by looking in the Region section of NaNo. If they don't have any going on, try to set one up. Let everyone know that you will be at the library @ 6:00 on Tuesday. Maybe some one will join you.
8. Lastly, have fun.
I hope these words of wisdom help you. Email me with any questions that you may have. I will try to answer them.

Here's one more piece of advice… if your novel has come to a halt and you are having a hard time writing, have two of your characters have a discussion about underwear as an elderly "church" lady walks in the room. That will cause you to have some fun. :) It worked for me one NaNo.

Labels: 2007, NaNo Advice, NaNo Babies

posted by Lady Boone @ 7:16 PM

My NaNo Babies

Here are my NaNo Babies for 2007...

I am so excited about my children this year. I am working on a letter to send to them to encourage and support them.

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posted by Lady Boone @ 4:19 PM

10.24.2007

NaNo Icons

I posted my NaNo Icon Site. It is not complete, but I have a lot of icons on the site.

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posted by Lady Boone @ 4:16 PM