By Vihar Sheth on December 7, 2009
I’m approaching 30,000 words. While I’ve been moving at a much slower pace than I’d like, I’m coming up with a few subplots that will hopefully help my story. Tortoise and the hare, tortoise and the hare. What some people are calling the last best chance for humanity to save itself from climate change starts [...]
Posted in Climate & Energy, Government & Society, Miscellaneous | Tagged Climate Change, NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month, United Nations |
By Vihar Sheth on November 30, 2009
National Novel Writing Month ends at midnight tonight and I’m at 26,392 words. If you recall, the goal is 50,000. Odds are that someone has written 24,000 words in one day but I can guarantee you that feat will not be reproduced by me. Alas, I have failed. But, the journey will continue. While I [...]
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By Vihar Sheth on November 25, 2009
Naming these posts is difficult. I’ve just been combining words and phrases for the topics being discussed into something that doesn’t really make sense by itself. This could be “my thing”. 25,000 words down and 25,000 left to go. Hitting the halfway mark felt good, though I wish I did it about ten days ago. [...]
Posted in Government & Society, Miscellaneous | Tagged Housing, NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month |
By Vihar Sheth on November 24, 2009
My writing is grinding to a near halt. I’m at 22,477 words, which is not that much further than I was last time I checked in. I aim to do some catching up this weekend but I fear that 50,000 word by the end of November is out of the question at this point. Only [...]
Posted in Development & Transportation, Miscellaneous | Tagged NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month, Shipping, Thanksgiving |
By Vihar Sheth on November 18, 2009
Twenty one thousand, three hundred and thirty nine words. See how I added more words than necessary? The irony in this writing exercise is to scribe as many words as possible while trying to maintain some semblance of terse writing. Clearly the former has to give to the latter to hit the 50,000 word goal, [...]
Posted in Development & Transportation, Miscellaneous | Tagged Electric Cars, NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month |
By Vihar Sheth on November 16, 2009
I crossed 18,300 words on Sunday, and while that’s progress, I’m a good 7,000 words (or 25 pages) off pace. Not good. I made far less progress over the weekend than I had hoped. My plot is developing quite well, which is both good and bad. The first 15,000 or so words was more of a [...]
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By Vihar Sheth on November 13, 2009
My tummy is full of Thai goodness, though the affiliated garlic hasn’t left my mouth. Oh well, it’s really a problem for other people more than for me. I hit 15,000 words this morning before work. Yeah me, though I’m still behind. The good folks at NaNoWriMo warned me the second week would be hard and [...]
Posted in Food & Health, Miscellaneous | Tagged Agriculture, NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month |
By Vihar Sheth on November 12, 2009
My writing pace has slowed considerably but I’ve allotted some time this weekend to catch up on my novel. I crossed the 14,000 word mark last night but should really be somewhere north of 20,000. A short work trip earlier this week really skunked it for me. That being said, the novel is progressing better [...]
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By Vihar Sheth on November 5, 2009
I crossed 8,000 words last night. Congratulations to me! Just kidding, but having a deadline sure is helpful. I’m restructuring my days to make sure I have time to hit 2,000 words. Plus, I’ve gained a little confidence in the direction of the story itself, which is helping. Whenever I attempted to write anything in [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Elections, NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month, Smoke-Free |
By Vihar Sheth on November 2, 2009
I’m approaching 4,000 words after a day and half of writing with “literary abandon”. The development of my plot is taking on a life of its own, which is great since I didn’t think the story through that much prior to beginning. The write-in at the St. Louis Bread Co. in Clayton on Sunday was well-attended. [...]
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