Day 26: Must stay awake…

“…Must stay awake…Must keep typing…Must type…must…”

“Cathy what are you doing?”

“Hmmm? Oh, Natalie, I’m trying to *yawn* get *yawn* 3,000 words done before *yawn* before I go to…to bed.”

“Why are you trying to do that?”

“Well *YAWN* I got a little behind last week and *yawn*, and then it was Sunday, and today I had an appoint- *yawn* -tment and then I went to see the Doctor at the theater. He, they, were all 3D-ish. And now the numbers are…are all...mixed up. It was…It was brilliant. And fantastic. And cool. So I had fun there. Lots of fun and then I sorta slowed down and I was gonna go to sleep *yawn* and then I realized that it’s the last week and Thanksgiving is coming up. I *yawn* have to make up the ground and I want to be a little ahead bef-*yawn* before then. Before thanksgiving”

“Well that makes sense..... I think....Um…Cathy?”

“Ya-*yawn*”

“Its 7:00. That is its Seven AM.”

“That’s nice…Wait what?”

“Its morning you’ve; been up all night.”

“Oh…I need coffee.”

“I think you need a nap. How much did you get done anyway?”

“Uh, let’s see…oh. Not 3,000. I need coffee.”

“Nap. Now how much—Cathy this says that you got 6,109 words done sense you last logged them!”

“That’s what I said. Not 3,000. Where’s the coffee?”

“Cathy…Cathy you need to go take a nap.”

“No nap. Coffee.”

“Nap, then coffee. Come on there’s cots off the break room for days like this.”

“Cots? No COFFEE. It’s the stay-awake stuff; see, I have a cup. A cup and a thir- *yawn* therm- *yawn* a coffee thing.”

“I see that you had way too much of it last night if you drank all of that. Come on.”

“To coffee?”

“Sure, you lay down over here on the cot and I’ll go see about coffee.”

“Ok-*yawn*”

“Good night Cathy.”

“You said…Morning…coffee…”

“Sweat dreams.”

So, long story short, I just saw The Day of the Doctor in 3D with some friends and, oh, I can’t say how fantastically brilliant it was. Or how tiered I am now that I'm coming down from the excitement. If I wasn’t tired then Cathy would probably explain to Natalie what Doctor who is all about and they would plan a marathon for December. But as both of us need sleep, that will have to wait until another day. It’s just past midnight so I will go to bed and leave the writing until morning like Natalie does.

~Rita

day 26 of NaNoWriMo

Day 22: An Unscheduled Break

“Natalie Scribe was the sole victim in a tragic and wholly unexpected accident concerning the Plot Twist Closet of the Something in Ink Novel House. 

The nearly fatal accident occurred shortly after Natalie inquired as to the best way to prolong her story, The Princess’s Quest for Ink (working title), so as to continue it through the end of the month. Unfortunately while reaching for a box labeled, ‘Lesser Natural Disasters’ she bumped into a miss-filed box of villains, ‘Unstable Henchmen’ to be exact.

Fortunately the only one to be dislodged was one of the ‘Creepy but Harmless with Evil Grin and Cackling Laugh’ types (commonly abbreviated as CbHwEGaCL.) Natalie received quite a fright and bumped her head rather hard when she stumbled out of the closet. 

Natalie has been cleared by Nurse Plotter to continue writing and the CbHwEGaCL was returned to the Spare Villain's Storeroom with no further incident. The investigation as to how ‘Unstable Henchmen’ got into the Plot Twist Closet is ongoing; updates will follow as they are released to us.”

“Please stop reading that Cathy, my head aches so and it’s dreadfully embarrassing.”

“Oh come on Natalie, you made it into the ‘Something in Daily News,’ a whole article too. I’ve been here two years and only been mentioned twice, once in the newbie’s list and then as a participant in Deadly Tales Night. You’re practically a celebrity.”

“Do you really think so?”

“Well your better known then most newbies anyway.”

“Hmmm, I am aren’t I.”

“Sure, now don’t let it go to your head, there’s enough pressure up there right now as it is.”

“Thanks for reminding me. Don’t you have a novel to write?”

“Okay, Okay, I’m going, don’t get snippy.”

“I’m not getting snippy.”

“Are too.”

“Are not.”

“Are too.”

“Are not.”

“Are—.”

“Just leave already!”

****This break from writing was brought to you by Something in Ink, Something in Ink Novel House, and the Something in Daily News. Regular posting will continue tomorrow. On behalf of our sponsors I would like to wish you good luck with your novel today and to thank you for reading***

~Rita

Day 22 of NaNoWriMo

Day 19: Killed anyone lately?

*Type. Type. Type. Type type type typetypetypetypetype.*

“Cathy?”

*Type type type*

“Yes.”

*Type type type*

“My story’s running out of emotion. There’s no heartache, no crisis. They say you need to make your readers cry and I just don’t know how to do that.”

*sigh*

“Who says so?”

“I don’t know, experts, professionals.”

“Whatever Natalie. Have you killed anyone lately?”

“What!”

*sigh*

“In your story…” *Type Type* “Have you killed anyone off yet?”

Day 8: This isn't a Marathon

 “You know watching that word count rise in nice steady intervals is great. It’s nice and neat and even. Exactly the same number of words a day, just how it should be.” Said Natalie

“Yes, it is rather—” Cathy broke off in the middle of her automatic reply. “Wait what? You’ve only been writing 1,667 words a day!”

“Of course, that’s what the recommended word count says to do after all.” This was rather obvious wasn’t it?

“You mean you haven’t done any extra? At all?” Cathy was rather anxious now.