End of Day 1 recap

It is officially the end of day 1 of NaNoWriMo for me. I didn't get as many words in as I had planned, but I'm still ahead for the day so I'll take it.

I thought I would share the song lyrics I came up with a few hours ago; as I mentioned in the previous post, I made the decision to have song lyrics throughout the novel because the main character is a singer/songwriter. I have never really written song lyrics before, so that was tough, plus the fact that I was coming up with them on the spot was pretty hard too! All in all, I'm happy with what I came up with. Something is something, right?

Please Don't Go

Apologizing was not enough

To repair the damage that I caused

Now I stand alone, watching you leave so slow

The pain of losing you so intense I can barely stand

Please don’t go I silently beg

Please, I beg and beg

Don’t go…don’t go

Seconds turn into minutes

Minutes turn into hours

The pain refusing to subside

The hope of your return refusing to die

I lay awake thinking of the things I should have said

Please don’t go I silently beg

Please, I beg and beg

Don’t go…don’t go

Losing my thoughts in a world of grey

Those are the words I meant to say

To keep you from walking out

To keep you from giving up

Please don’t go I silently beg

Please, I beg and beg

Don’t go…don’t go

Please don’t go

                                              

NaNo Day 1...The Beginning

Hello, just a quick update before I head to bed for a few hours.

For those who forgot what today is, and who didn't read the title of this post...it is November 1st, also known as day 1 of NaNoWriMo. I started writing at midnight because I wanted to get started as soon as possible. Because I work 10 hour shifts and I catch the bus, I'm not really going to be able to write every day, so the days I do write, I wanna make sure I get a good word count in. So as of 5 am I am at 2256 which I'm very happy with. I'm past the target average words per day and I still have the afternoon and evening of day 1 to get more words in. I would have had more words written but a few things happened.

1. My main character is a singer/songwriter and I made the creative decision to have song lyrics in my novel. Do you know how hard it is to come up with song lyrics at the drop of a hat? Hella difficult.

2. I got hungry around 12:30 a.m. (lol) so I made myself a sandwich...and watched Big Bang Theory while I ate it.

3. I woke my mom up for work and made her breakfast. 

All time consuming tasks. Alas, my brain is tired and I cannot write any longer. So I will sleep, probably till 2 pm. Cook for the house, and then settle in to write the rest of the afternoon and evening. Then it's back to my work schedule.

So until then, I leave you with my widget - how I've missed using these. :)