Accountability April: Wrappin' It Up

Tomorrow is the end of the month, so I'll be telling you about my tragedies and triumphs.

OK, so it wasn't all that dramatic. I'll be letting you in on how I did. If you want to go back and see what my goal was, here is the original post.

Apparently my goal was to read, edit, and finish writing my NaNoWriMo novel. Gosh, Lisa, that won't take any time at all! What was I thinking? I mean, granted, I wrote what I have -- just over 50,000 words -- in a month, but still.

I want to be honest and give you the good, the bad and the ugly, so here goes. And I'm gonna save the best for last. It's my blog, and that's the way I'm gonna roll.

The ugly: I wrote not a single word. Not a one.

The bad: I did not incorporate edits back into my master document.

The good: I did finish reading the whole thing (last night), and I red-penned changes throughout.

The biggest surprise: One night, as I headed into my bedroom (I read before bed each night), I was remembering the plot and characters of this cool book I was reading, and looking forward to picking it back up. I was startled to remember that I wrote it! While there are certainly a lot of major edits to be made, maybe there is the germ of a decent idea in there somewhere. Maybe the characters and story are worth keeping. I'll polish it up a bit and see if it shines.

So, my friends, how did you do this month? Did you make progress on your April goals? I can't wait to hear about it -- leave me a comment and let me know how you did! I want to hear all about it!

Accountability April - Halfway Point

Wow, how did it get to be April 15?

We're halfway through April and I'm, um, shall we say NOT halfway to my goal for the month. Granted, it was a large goal: Read, edit, and finish writing my NaNoWriMo novel.  But I got a little sidetracked.

It seems that Heather Armstrong came to town to talk about her new book, and while I had a migraine and bonded with my meds and my pillow, my fantastic friend Andrea camped out, bought books and had mine signed. Naturally, since she went to so much trouble, I had to drop everything and read the book. I haven't been reading Dooce long enough to have read about Heather's pregnancy with Leta or the aftermath thereof, so I fell in and didn't fall out for a few days. My bad.

But you were wondering about my progress. I'm almost halfway through the writing and editing of my NaNoNovel, which is OK progress. However, I'm afraid the writing is what's going to take the most time, and with 15 days left in the month, I need to get my rear in gear.

I'm happy to say that Karina has done far better (at least in the last week) than I have. I'm also quite curious how Becky is doing with her April resolutions. And if you have something you want to get done this month, jump in and let me know in the comments, or link to your own post!

Tomorrow: Accountability April!

I know I promised y'all a post about Larry's benefit. And I shall deliver one. Unfortunately, I'm farther behind on another promised post, and I've already advertised this one on twitter.

About a month ago, Karina (a blogging friend) and I discussed our goals for our NaNoWriMo novels. We both wanted to read them, finish writing them, and do a round of editing. But that takes motivation, energy... things that are lacking a mere four months after finishing the insanity that is NaNoWriMo.  So Karina, being the brilliant idea chick that she is, came up with the idea of Accountability April.  

How many people, she wondered, started a New Year's resolution only to see it falter a couple of months into the year? How many people would like to lose 10 pounds or start journaling or read more or pray more or ________ [fill in your goal here]?

If your goal can be accomplished -- or kick-started -- in a month, then comment on this post and join us in April as we encourage each other to reach our goals. I'd love to hear about what everyone has in mind, although you're welcome to keep your goal private if you'd prefer not to share it.  You can still check in and let us know how you're doing as well as seeing how others are doing.  And oh hey, leave your twitter name if you have one too so we can all follow each other there as well. Mine (linked earlier in this post) is lisareid, and Karina's is CandidK.

I can't wait to see what happens next month!