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		<title>NaNoWriMo Day 16</title>
		<link>http://www.heatherfinley.net/2010/11/16/nanowrimo-day-16/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 06:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>heatherfinley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry I&#8217;ve been absent so long.  I got behind two days and then have been playing catch up so haven&#8217;t had a chance to update on here for a while.  Finally last night I caught back up.  Trying to get ahead so I wouldn&#8217;t fall behind when I go see Harry Potter this weekend.  Anyone [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry I&#8217;ve been absent so long.  I got behind two days and then have been playing catch up so haven&#8217;t had a chance to update on here for a while.  Finally last night I caught back up.  Trying to get ahead so I wouldn&#8217;t fall behind when I go see Harry Potter this weekend.  Anyone else planning to go to the midnight showings?  Are you dressing up?  I think I will but trying to decide who to be.  Hermione would be easiest since I have brown curly hair but we will see.</p>
<p>Anyways, writing is going good.  The last couple chapters have felt a little slow but they are picking back up. There was a few things that happened in the beginning of the book that I had to relate in.  Might end up cutting those parts.  Unsure right now. Like there was an issue of mention a kitten at the beginning.  Now the family is on the run for quite a while so I couldn&#8217;t leave the cat to starve to death.  I had my main character go get the cat.  Now feel like it is being drug along for no particular reason.  Who knows, maybe it will somehow be useful though.  If not, editting will have to wait until next month.  Now is not the time to be cutting out big chucks.  My word count would not like that at all.</p>
<p>Word Count: 26,741<br />
Song of the Day: Bite to Break Skin by Senses Fail</p>
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		<title>NaNoWriMo Day 08</title>
		<link>http://www.heatherfinley.net/2010/11/09/nanowrimo-day-08/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 08:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>heatherfinley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Still on target! Today I added text to a few chapters I already started.  I was way ahead after last night so it was easy. It felt good to add in some stuff to tie what I&#8217;ve written together a little more.  I also finished the ending. I loved what happened and now it is [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Still on target!</p>
<p>Today I added text to a few chapters I already started.  I was way ahead after last night so it was easy. It felt good to add in some stuff to tie what I&#8217;ve written together a little more. </p>
<p>I also finished the ending. I loved what happened and now it is just filling in everything that happened in the middle. Not sure what it will bring but I have a couple ideas.</p>
<p>Word Count: 13,588<br />
Song of the Day: What it is to Burn by Finch</p>
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		<title>NaNoWriMo Day 07</title>
		<link>http://www.heatherfinley.net/2010/11/08/nanowrimo-day-07/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 08:57:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>heatherfinley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So time changes.  I didn&#8217;t know to update my NaNoWriMo website with the time change so it through off my count.  It looks like I didn&#8217;t make the daily amount but I know that I did.  Today I had a flash of how I wanted the story to end so I wrote most the ending.  [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So time changes.  I didn&#8217;t know to update my NaNoWriMo website with the time change so it through off my count.  It looks like I didn&#8217;t make the daily amount but I know that I did. </p>
<p>Today I had a flash of how I wanted the story to end so I wrote most the ending.  I think one of the things I&#8217;m loving about NaNoWriMo is I feel like when I have an idea I need to hurry and write it out instead of just taking notes and until I get there.  Hopefully I&#8217;ll be able to peice it all together okay when I edit.  If this writing style works for me I&#8217;m definately going to start to stick to it.</p>
<p>Word Count: 12,508<br />
Song of the Day: Waves and the Both of Us by Charlotte Sometimes</p>
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		<title>NaNoWriMo Day 06</title>
		<link>http://www.heatherfinley.net/2010/11/06/nanowrimo-day-06/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 00:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>heatherfinley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Done and done.  Well for the day at least.  Luckily last night I got ahead so today&#8217;s writing was pie.  Hitting the 10,000 mark felt really good. It made me laugh thinking about how back in college writing a 5,000 word paper seemed daunting at times.  So far this has felt fairly easy. Hoping that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Done and done.  Well for the day at least.  Luckily last night I got ahead so today&#8217;s writing was pie.  Hitting the 10,000 mark felt really good. It made me laugh thinking about how back in college writing a 5,000 word paper seemed daunting at times.  So far this has felt fairly easy. Hoping that feeling keeps up of course.</p>
<p>I am realizing that there will be stuff I have to go back and correct because I&#8217;ve wrote things that go against each other.  I try to fix them as I go but a lot will have to be fixed in editting.  It kind of feels good not to sweat the small stuff right now.  When you don&#8217;t get hung up on it being perfect, writing seems to come easier.  I realized that with the last novel I completed too.  Getting the story out became more important and when I went back, I realized that I really loved what I had wrote.  Sure it needs fixing but it is a very good base.  I think that is what NaNoWriMo is all about.  Forcing yourself to get the story out.</p>
<p>Word Count: 10,780<br />
Song of the Day: Fighting for Nothing by Meg and Dia</p>
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		<title>NaNoWriMo Day 05</title>
		<link>http://www.heatherfinley.net/2010/11/05/nanowrimo-day-05/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Nov 2010 04:22:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>heatherfinley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[lawyers by the audition]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing is still going good.  Being ahead last night made todays writing a lot easier.  I&#8217;m slightly ahead now too and might continue to write tonight. When I came up with the idea for my book, there was one particular scene that came to mind.  This is the one I&#8217;m starting to write.  It is [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Writing is still going good.  Being ahead last night made todays writing a lot easier.  I&#8217;m slightly ahead now too and might continue to write tonight.</p>
<p>When I came up with the idea for my book, there was one particular scene that came to mind.  This is the one I&#8217;m starting to write.  It is exciting because this should be a fairly easy section to write because it has vividly been in my head for a couple of months.</p>
<p>All the main characters are there, the scene has been set, it&#8217;s time for some fighting. </p>
<p>Word Count: 8683<br />
Song of the Day: Lawyers by The Audition</p>
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		<title>NaNoWriMo Day 02</title>
		<link>http://www.heatherfinley.net/2010/11/03/nanowrimo-day-02/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 08:21:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>heatherfinley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[armor for sleep]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two days down.  I&#8217;m still on goal which is awesome.  It was harder today because I was in a rush to get to the Bayside/Senses Fail show early but I still made it though. Continueing on the writing a past and current story line, I wrote more about the past.  It seems to be going [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Two days down. </p>
<p>I&#8217;m still on goal which is awesome.  It was harder today because I was in a rush to get to the Bayside/Senses Fail show early but I still made it though.</p>
<p>Continueing on the writing a past and current story line, I wrote more about the past.  It seems to be going a lot better than the present.  That might change the direction the story is going but haven&#8217;t decided let.  The past is only a few days behind the current so maybe I&#8217;ll end up looping back on myself then can edit it the way I want it.  Does that make any sense?</p>
<p>So tired right now so heading to bed.  I have a super long day at work tomorrow but should definately have time at night to get up to date on writing.</p>
<p>Word Count: 3349<br />
Song of Day: The Truth About Heaven by Armor for Sleep</p>
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		<title>Writing, writing, writing</title>
		<link>http://www.heatherfinley.net/2010/02/11/writing-writing-writing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>heatherfinley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have edited 11 out of 18 chapters. I am so excited. At the same time, I&#8217;m feeling ready to be done. Isn&#8217;t that weird? I hear all the time about writers getting obsessive about wanting their story to be perfect so editing non stop. I don&#8217;t think that is going to be the case [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have edited 11 out of 18 chapters. I am so excited. At the same time, I&#8217;m feeling ready to be done. Isn&#8217;t that weird? I hear all the time about writers getting obsessive about wanting their story to be perfect so editing non stop. I don&#8217;t think that is going to be the case with me. I&#8217;m happy with what I&#8217;ve done so far.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Still tons more left though.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Okay, back to editing for this girl.</p>
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