First Week
I’ve reached the end of the first week and am on track to hit 50,000 by the end of the month. I still have no idea where it is going, but am excited to see it. I have posted the first scene of it under Nano page. I will admit that …
Starting 2015
I have started Nanowrimo this year and just reached my daily word count of 1,667 (actually reached 1757). Last years success is still being worked on. It reached chapter 12 of eighteen before November first. Its word count has grown from 78,000 to 90,000 so I have had some success in that …
The End!
An amazing thing happened today before I went to work. As I was typing away on my story, I reached a point where I wrote ‘The End’. I was actually able to come to a conclusion. I had reached the climax of my story more than a week ago, but still needed to …
The End?!?!
As I was writing Wednesday morning before going to work, an interesting thing happened. The writing software on my computer I was using told me that I had reached 50,000 words. It has that feature. Two thoughts entered my mind at that point. The first was how could I be …
Getting There
Just finished week three and I am actually ahead of where I need to be as far as the word count goes. As I approach 44,000 word there seems to be a different problem with having a specific target for which to aim. As I get within a few thousand word of …
You’re Amazed?
Nanowrimo is still in progress and I am still on target for 50,000 words by the end of the month. I have absolutely no idea why I am still on target. After reading blog post and emails about it, I have to agree that week two was harder to get through. A …
A Certain Light
For the majority of people out there who don’t know, Nanowrimo stands for National Novel Writing Month. It is the website, yearly gathering, or organized madness which challenges people who would like to be called writers to write 50,000 words in the month of November. That is all. 50,000 word …
Welcome
Welcome to the online presence of Richard Dodd. After reading a years worth of both Writer’s Digest and Poets & Writers, I came to the conclusion that I should start building my platform (whatever that is). Whether or not any of this could be considered my platform remains to be …