NaNoWriMo 2014 - Day 6 - 20%

Another good day for writing.  I'm certainly not far ahead of schedule but I'm not behind at all.

Brother Einar has been to Wittenberg, Germany and Lund, Sweden, two very different scenes.

While this writing is all very "seat of the pants" and NaNoWriMo-ish, tomorrow, I'll need to pause and actually think about the overall plot, otherwise, I'll end up with another useless manuscript like last year.

10113 / 50000 words. 20% done!

NaNoWriMo 2014 - Day 5 - 17%

Today was a good day for writing.  I'm back on track with the required word count.  I've dropped 3 weeks into the past as Brother Einar visits Wittenberg to meet Sten.  The appointment is set in the Old Pink Salmon tavern which also turns out to be where crown prince Hartaknud and his troupe of fellow students come between and after classes.  The prince finds out that his father wants him to meet him in Jelling before Christmas (to celebrate Hartaknud's birthday).

8384 / 50000 words. 17% done!

NaNoWriMo 2014 - Day 4 - 12%

Not a good word count day.  Many distractions and research needing to be done (like skimming Books 3 and 4 of Saxo Grammaticus: The History of the Danes, Books I-IX (Bks.1-9)).  Good things that happened were a positive doctor's appointment for my wife!

5803 / 50000 words. 12% done!

NaNoWriMo 2014 - Day 3 - 10%

Today was a good writing day despite a late start. I read some more in Save the Cat and Outlining Your Novel: Map Your Way to Success. The King's party has left Krogen. Brother Einar is back at the Priory of St. Alban doing a "debrief" to the prior. I think it'll be a good first draft but still needs a stronger plot outline.

5163 / 50000 words. 10% done!

NaNoWriMo 2014 - Day 2 - 7%

Today was a better both in research, progress in the plot outline, and in writing.  I caught from yesterday and am a smidge ahead of schedule.  To be completely honest part of that was accomplished by taking some of last year's story and incorporating it into this year's story with adjustments.  It's the same story.  It seemed fair at the time.

3409 / 50000 words. 7% done!

NaNoWriMo 2014 - Day 1 - 2%

It's the first day and I'm already behind.  I spent the last week working on all of the historical research and background material to lead into the plot outline and it was slow going (not the research, the inspiration for the plot).

Today I wrote the preface, 3 appendices, and the first scene.

I have made significant progress in the overall timeline of who's doing what when and how long it takes each person to travel to the next place.

1224 / 50000 words. 2% done!

Summary of the Plot of Hamlet

Today, I worked on coming up with a brief summary of Hamlet.

A copy of the summary in .pdf format is here.