I’ve been slacking on NaNo, I admit it. My last good day of writing was Thursday. The day I had a bad migraine, ironically enough, but I still managed to get my day’s words in before going to bed.

Friday and Saturday, nothing. Friday was a mental health day (at least that’s what I’m claiming). Saturday I did work on my novel, but not actual writing. Instead, I fleshed out a bunch of scenes. I’ve discovered that I’m a terrible seat-of-pants writer. If I don’t have a plan for where my story is going, I write very little. I think that’s what happened on Friday and Saturday.

So now I have a plan… 32 scenes, so far. I’ve made sure to include some really interesting plot developments, too. Candy bar scenes, as Holly Lisle calls them. Scenes I can’t wait to write. Those scenes pull you through your story, through the necessary, but not-so-exciting scenes to the end.

To catch up I’m shooting for 2000 words a day until I’m back to where I should be. Which should be about a week at that rate.

If you’re running behind on NaNo, you can still make it. It’s early enough in November that you can catch up. Take the total number of words you have left to write, divide by the number of days left in the month and write that many each day. I can do this, you can do this. Write on!

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