Ha ha! I had my best NaNoWriMo day so far turning in about 2200 words, which puts me up to around 7500 in total. Thats represents Chapters 1,2 and 4 of SWORD, and half of Chapter 3 (I lost momentum on it and just ploughed on to the next section) In also puts me in roughly the right ball park to make the full 50k assuming I can keep up the same pace.
So how is NaNo working out in creative terms rather than simple wordage? I’m not certain yet and probably won’t be until I finish. Its definitely a constructive way of making yourself write – to have any hope of hitting the wordcount you have to ignore the inner editor who is screaming at you that everything you are writing is pooh and you need to go back and spend six hours ‘polishing’ the first sentence. This is VERY, VERY helpful.
On the other hand I’ve now produced 7500 words of very rough writing, and if I am to have any hope of reaching the 50k I’ll be producing many thousands more before having any chance to sit down and edit. Now if when I do edit I discover a diamond in the rough, then this is all for the good. If however all I have is a steaming pile of BS that no amount of editing will ever make shiny and glittery, then its likely I will be in rather a bad mood for some weeks to follow. However, at the moment I’m feeling confident that not only will I make the 50k but the writing thats coming out, if not perfect, is at least capturing the story I’m trying to tell. (Now whether the story is any good, there lies a whole new set of doubts and misgivings…)
Damien Walter 
yeah! thats the best way to get rid of that pesky internal sensor! i find that writing first thing in the morning for a page and just jotting down everyting in head is a faantastic technique too! keep up the good work!
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