51055 WORDS!

Stats

This month, as I've written before, I started the NaNoWriMo Challenge. I've already written a lot (more than half) of it and I'm pretty sure I'll reach my mark (50000 words) by the end of the month.
That's not the point of this post though.
Because I've been constantly checking how many words I wrote, I got curious enough to wonder myself... just how many words have I ever written? Now, I obviously can't sum everything I've ever written up. However, I can and did actually, sum up everything that I've written (concerning stories and whatnot) that I've found in my computer. This doesn't include school assignments (although adding those would probably double everything up:D).
I have in my folder titled "My stories" a few categories:
I have Mesmeria, with its multi sub-folders (for every area in Mesmeria): 238225 words !!!
Then there is the "Finished" folder with dozens of short stories (most of them suck though): 26924 words
"Other Stories" folder (where the stories that don't happen in Mesmeria and that have something to do with fantasy end up): 26813 words
Chrono - 2215 words (some synopsis on one of my stories)
I dreamed the end of the world - 381 words (a dream I've had with zombies that I wanted to dissect with a friend but never got around to do it... sadly...)
Story beginning - 46 words (a fleeting idea that needed to be put on paper... er... screen?)
General Book of Potions... - 2955 words (this was my Harry Potter phase... don't ask...)
Pirates - 1883 words (my "make a game" phase... I was supposed to write the plot for a game that a bunch of us cooked up but the project fell through...)
Last, but not least, there is a story I was writing online with this girl from the other side of the country. It was fun until I went to college... Then I gave a lot of things up, writing was part of them for a while at least. We never really finished this story: "Jeux a la Magie" - 28688 words (written with Ana).

I stopped and thought about this after I've actually seen how much I've written... Without counting the collaboration, I'm almost at my 300000 word mark.

So, here's to 300000!!!
Over and out!

NaNoWriMo

Nation Novel Writing Month is, as the name implies, a widespread (international actually but the name wouldn't have sounded so nice with Int:P) challenge addressed to all the writers (both published and unpublished) which has been taking place for many years already.
Last year was my first year participating, with "The Witching Hour" actually. Didn't win then but I plan to do so now.:)
Basically, NaNo is an exercise for all writers. During the month of November, you're supposed to write day and night and achieve at least 1667 words per day, so that at the end of the month you'll have a draft of 50000 words. I only managed around 35000 words last year since it was my last year in college and I had a lot of projects to do.
NaNo started yesterday but unfortunately I wasn't able to start then. When I came home from work there was no power. When the power finally came back (my candles were almost dead, thank God!), I went online. My internet connection died 5 minutes after I opened my computer (yeah, rotten luck).
So, I'm starting NaNo today. A day late, so for me there will be 1725 words to type per day. I'm going to take a break from Adva and Cassie and Taegan and the rest of the cast and concentrate on another region in Mesmeria, the country of Ylenea. The story I'm writing this month is more or less a twist on "1001 Nights", only the "Tales of Ylenea" will be told by a drunken 1000 year old parrot bewitched by a lonely dragon.
If I forget to update Zombie Desk with any choice tidbits, I humbly apologize and I will give you a metaphorical candy to shut you up. :D (chocolate or bacon flavored, pick one)
Until next time, cheers!