The end of day one, and not (quite) defeated

Thursday, November 1, 2007

Ok, so the first day of NaNoWriMo is drawing to a close (is that a too-trite phrase?). After just a tiny start at midnight, I had to head home for my much-much-needed beauty rest. I had to be in Sactown from 7:30 am (well, I made it at 8, anyway) until 11 am. I came home and wrote my novel, er, took a two hour nap. Then I got up and sat for a while. Then I wrote 490 words, and fell into a self-pitying stubborn funk and put the laptop away. After a snack, I laid back down, since you can't be too careful about keeping well-rested during NaNoWriMo. Or maybe I have it exactly wrong - and I shouldn't sleep so much . . . just when I was envisioning giving it all up on the FIRST DAY (!!!), I checked the website, and got some inspiration from the successes of my comrades. So, I started again, and the story started to flow, and voila! over a thousand words. Still below the needed quota, but a good first day nonetheless. Now I am waiting for the maintenance folks to call (less than a week in my new apartment and already the upstairs neighbors' shower is pouring through my bathroom ceiling). I'm probably done writing for the night, but in much better spirits than I was a few hours ago. Probably it was the second nap.