It’s been a tough week energy wise.
Tag Archive: #NaNoWriMo2025
A couple lack of sleep nights and I was ruined. I had been caught up, word count wise. But now I am a day behind.
Quickly, here are the sketch prompts for the last couple days.
I will use this a couple ways, but during the down time, cards will be in the deal.
I wish my energy would come back.
Computer problems. Why do they always show up during NaNo? At any rate, I finished 5,024 words last night. At midnight. Talk about making it by the skin of your teeth!
Today was slow after such a late night with tummy issues. I’m only just now getting started.
Tonight I will cover the blunders made by the three groups of characters that have crowded into my NaNo.
I’m already frustrated with NaNoWriMo. What started with energy and ideas at 12:10 am November first, is now pulling teeth.
What has helped are the Inktober prompts. My randomly generated characters and their development resulted in a mermaid. Is it due to the fluid in her IV when she was brought in due to extreme jaundice and fainting or something that was innate just waiting for the right combo of chemical, genetic,or circumstances? We don’t know yet.
And another character was needed. Her random name is America, like the actress.
Sunn (the suddenly evolving mermaid) is running for safety when she meets America.
Quickly they are separated. Not knowing what else to do, America ends up at a family restaurant preparing and eating tacos. Yeah,I guess I was hungry.😂
This occurred as the prompts ‘shredded’ and ‘drink’ came up. Here’s my quick sketch:
Today I knew I had to include ‘trunk’ and ‘ragged’
How do the stories of the reunion class picnic apply to the discovery of mermaids? I don’t know So far these are people in their 70s. Some at the picnic are smoking, so? I’ve never smoked weed. So I can only go by the stories I’ve heard. But I do love to swim. I love tacos… Trying to write what I know. Yes, arthritis and bad eyesight get a chance here.
Ah, but I still need 1,036 before I can go to bed.
Keep swimming…
Though writing is a lonely task, by necessity, it is nice to have company in the process.
I have an overactive imagination and writing helps harness that mess of the muses. Still, I know anywhere from 1 to 30 days I will long for human contact.
Sadly, it is hard to help my family and friends to know when they can help and when I need solitude. Sometimes the muses make me work for every letter, sweat and swearing can apply here. The fam and friends can wave in passing, just don’t feel hurt if they are ignored.
Then there are the desperate days, company helps open the mind from the hurricane of the deserted brain. But whereas in normal days I can luxuriate in the glow of love, in writing times, like NaNoWriMo, I have to limit myself to people, even the well-meaning, can stifle the process.
When there are folks accompanying my creative pursuits, I cannot look at other’s fantastic works. I think I have hypochondria to other people’s musings. Sorry, everyone for not peeking. We’re all safer that way. I can’t wait until my Inktober and NaNoWriMo fuse is finished so I can check out all the glory you all have created.
This past couple of weeks my energy has been low. I worried whether I’d feel up to NaNoWriMo (I certainly lost the Inktober during October) but I plan to incorporate the Inkprompts with the writing. I have enjoyed drawing my characters.
But after three 20 minute naps I was still tired and went to bed around 10.
At 12:10 I woke with enough energy to skip into the living room to open my laptop and write! I managed 1,684 before sleep call again. I’m so happy with the story so far. I can’t wait to see what happens!
By the way, I think my title is Folie à Plusieurs (the madness of the masses). What would you expect from a reunion of old hippies?
Musically I’m enjoying sight reading a lot of songs from one of Sondheim’s books.
Three more hours until No Plot becomes my problem.
Alarms are ringing in my head. The night most people feel as exciting fright for Halloween, is my deadline for prep for the night of writing dangerously. Midnight after the trick or treaters have counted and downed much of their bounty, I’m drinking tea and hoping for words to count. But I have to wait for that moment. Five more days! (Only 5!)
This last week my reality was so much better than playing with my imaginary friends, but that time away made these characters as flimsy as paper dolls.
Wait! What?
Well, my stream just found an idea! Maybe I’m playing with my new friends this next few days. That is IF I can put down the yarn long enough to create a yarn. By the way, NaNo2.org is the new site, thanks, Yvensong. Still checking it out.
It is amazing drawing random characteristics from
Then the#Inkober prompts I could use were pierce, starfish, reckless, heavy, and sweep. Thus Sunn Aisley Yellowle came into being. (The name randomly generated by WriteItNow6)
I’ve finished sight reading through
I’m looking forward to seeing family this next week. We only get a day but it’s better than not seeing them at all.
Playing around with the colored pencils and getting bits of story wanting to be told has been inspiring and fun.
Darswords 
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