Did two sprints today, got about 5000+ words down. Writing as much as I can everyday so the days I can't, I can make up for from another day. Might join again tonight for a 7pm or 9pm sprint as I can't write tomorrow. Have courage and faith in your book everyone! Keep writing.
I'm not starting til Monday 😂 But I'm ok with that, this November is more flexible than NaNo. You're giving all the positive encouraging vibes, without the stress 🎉
I haven't started writing yet. I ended up reading The Disappearance of Vanessa Shaw....I couldn't put it down! So good! Now that I'm done reading I am trying to get my mind focused on writing.
Add me to the list! Good day today (first day was a bit rugged). Almost 5500 (5498) between the two days. I'm continuing work on the book I had already started and hope to have that first draft completely done by the time November ends.
I'm doing a separate challenge of my own, where I'm turning a 9k-word YA horror short story I wrote 3 years ago into a 75k YA novel in one month! I officially started yesterday, but I only got to 317 words! But I'm also doing my own version of November Diaries on my author website and cross posting on Substack and Wattpad! I love what you're doing, Mrs. Cannon! You're inspiring me! I'm going to write 10,000 words today to get caught up and ahead!
I've just decided to join after watching this video, my dreams got crushed many years ago due to my health & I just totally gave up, but you have always been an Inspiration & I thought why not, even if I only get my characters worked out & the plot & a couple of thousand words at least I'm finally doing it & I'm not giving up on myself anymore, now I just need to work on some Pinterest boards, I'm excited
I probably won't get started on what I intended to write (a complete rough draft of my novel) until the middle of the month because right now I need to write what is basically a pitch as to why I need my ideal wheelchair. And I'm following your example. Since I can write about 500 words a day at best and considering how many days I'll be too busy to write, my goal is 15,000 words. Somehow you've made this challenge feel stressfree. I'm more excited than I've felt at this time of year!
I was having a hard time getting the words out at first but dictation really saved my life!!!!! I am able to get the words out as fast as i think them up and as i am a bit of a slow typer it really helped me keep the scenes alive and with some editing i was able to get 3003 words yesterday and about the same today!
I’m not creating a rough draft but I am doing some major rewrites this month. And as long as I work on the rewrites each day for an an hour I call it a success. I don’t want to stress about counting words as I go so one hour of work a day is equal to 1,000 Words since it involves a lot of edits and copy and moving things over. I haven’t even done my kanban board at all this month. We just moved two weeks ago and we’re still in the get all things situated mode.
I have written nothing so far. Between both my and my daughter's health problems and disabilities it will likely be hard writing at all this month, so I appreciate the flexibility of your challenge and your positive outlook.
i've been so busy i haven't had time to get ready. so i'm taking this weekend to clean up and get things sorted. I'll officially start working on Monday which works better for me. Starting at the beginning of the week just helps my motivation.
I started! 🎉 I wondered if I was really going to write because it was such a fight to get some words on the page, but 1192 words today is such an accomplishment!! Thank you for the website and the community support Sarra!!
Yay, happy Rough Draft Challenge everybody! :D Day 1 and 2 went really well. I'm working on my Master's Paper :) Excited for the upcoming RDC-Diary Videos
@fralou_sind_kreativ Thanks and Np! Day 1, not where I wanted. Day 2, a little bit better but still not where I PLANNED to be! I guess I'm still getting in the rhythm of drafting a horror novel for the first time in my life!
@@novelwriter3503 Ohhh, a horror novel! That is super exciting! :D I wrote a supernatural horror with a little romance novel last November and want to dig deeper into this genre in the upcoming years :) I highly recommend you the craft book "Writing In The Dark" by Tim Waggoner :) Are you more of a Plotter, or more of a Plantser? Wishing you tons of fun with drafting your novel! :D
I feel you on getting back into the writing headspace. I've been focused on my art so getting back to writing is difficult. You really nailed it with Nano's training. I set my goal to 40 - 50k, but I am so out of my writing habit that it may not be feasible for me right now. I probably shouldn't focus on a word count and really should focus more on just showing up and working. That sweatshirt is absolutely adorable! Love Hello Kitty although I will always lean towards Kuromi. Honestly? You have one of the healthier approaches to writing/work and I really appreciate it. Your energy is just so delightful!
Agh! Got here as soon as I could. Thanks for sharing! Its always so inspiring to see your vlogs. I cleared my afternoon today to get in double writing because yesterday I didn't quite make my word count goal. BUT I'm already doing better than I did all of October, mentally and emotionally. ❤ Grateful to have a writer brain and be able to write stories!!!
Love the new intro! You've inspired me to do my own Rough Draft Diaries; but I won't be posting every day like you. The original TDOVS cover looks amazing! That's the cover that I ordered, and can't wait for it to arrive! I have the Freewrite Traveler and love it. There was no adjustment period (at least for me) to get used to the keyboard. I had even scheduled "typing sprints" before NaNo last year to get used to the keyboard, and was so pleasantly surprised to learn that I didn't need it.
Ah, I love watching your videos. This one was especially inspiring! I'm going to my room to plan my second book now!! Love ya, Sara, and a big congratulations to your book and its progress this far. You deserve it! ❤🎉 🍒 As you say, the cherry is on top!
Oh my gosh I'm so early! I didn't hit my goal for yesterday (ruby tier) but I'm nearly there today and it's looking really good so far! The plot centres around ballet, which I've been doing since I was very young and I'm also really passionate about, so it's been a lot of fun so far. This is also my first time doing any kind of official challenge, as well as the biggest wc goal I've ever set myself, so we'll see how it goes :) Also I absolutely adore the cover for TDOVS, exactly the kind of book I would pick up in my local bookshop or library...if I wasn't in the UK and completely broke lol.
Princess Evie 🥰 Starting my day 1 with your RDC diaries as motivation. Work and a poorly hubby and dog means I’m three days late starting. It’s okay, though. Twelve days holiday from the 11th 🤩
I'm working on something I've already started, but I managed to get 1355 words down plotting out some scenes that I know I want to include which I think will help me get a little more organized! So excited for this challenge!
Another RDC-er here! Wrote about 700 words (in my journal) in a hotel room in Paris. Even joined Jenna on the writing sprints earlier. I’m doing the Diamond challenge and hoping to get 30,000 words of my non-fiction book written. Thanks for creating this community and challenge for us, Sarra! Also reading TDOVS right now and totally hooked already! Great mystery!
Will miss Vanessa Paws, she's a star! The live sprints were the perfect opportunity for me to focus! I was able to write and title a new poem. I'm making progress, step by step! 🎉 I'll follow your jouney here, Sarra! Love these vlogs ❤ Have a nice day~
I haven't even started yet! I was busy getting ready for a vendor fair and am now prepping for my trip to Florida. Once the 9th arrives, I can think about RDC.
(BCS member here) I literally only just put up my spooky decor *on* the 31st (my adult son's birthday) and got my nails done (sort of a goth French mani, black matte nails, with black shiny tips) so I don't really want to take everything down immediately. I'm thinking that I'll probably run with it until Remembrance Day (11 Nov). I wrote on Friday, around 1 am and got through 2 transcription chapters out of the 63 I have as my goal for the month (part of a bigger project). It's Saturday evening now and I'm about to do today's writing once I finish watching the rest of this video. Also time to do my HB90 weekly review.Thanks to you and to George for the website!
Made a huge progress yesterday ~3400 words, but was at my low point today and hasn't written anything yet. But starting right now, wish me luck with my ruby tier hahaha!!
I know you just threw that cover together for your project, but I think it looks great. Gottta love a little queen anointing herself with multiple crowns. Haha. I'm also doing a 25 K goal. I feel like that is a slight stretch but also completely possible to do. It just depends on how many days I can actually write. I have to do about 860 words a day as well per writing day that I planned. We can do this!!!
I’m trying to do this challenge with my manhwa / webcomic and it’s going very motivating so far ❤ I decided that each day I either do the sketch and lineart or the whole finished color for one episode so it’s always alternating
So here for the november diaries! not even a 100 words yesterday, 250 ish today. Slow start for me!! but i'll take it! happy rough draft challenge people!!
Thank you so much for setting up this challenge! I signed up on the website and 25K is my goal too. 50K is roo much and just makes me feel frantic; I love the flexibility and being able to enjoy the process insread of it making me crazy.
Funny I did write yesterday but i've been in such a daze I forgot to log yesterdays count on the site. I'm doing the sapphire challenge. I am currently trying to finish the book I am writing and then starting the next book in my series.
My RDC Day 1: I met my minimum daily word count. I wish I'd been able to write more, but despite everyone in my family knowing I would be very busy this month with writing, I was still interrupted more times than I can count. I rewarded myself for sitting to write with a special drink from the gas station; non-alcoholic malt beer.
I got started later in the day than I wanted, and my hands were already hurting from other things I'd done that day. So I only managed 303 words. As of writing this comment however, my word count is now over 2,000!
I have also not planned q4... officially. I have the todos and goals in my head but I haven't laid it out on paper lol. not sure if I will at this point
I haven’t watched you very much, which is my bad. But I seem to remember that you publish on Kindle Vella. what are you going to do now that it is winding down?
My goal is the 50k but I’d love to hit the 100k but I’m realistically not going to be able to do it. Maybe a 75k goal next time? I can do the 75k as a diamond. 😊
Your video is beautiful. This video I saw is great.(((5 Shocking Reasons Your Book Isn't Making Money))) How to profit from books by avoiding common mistakes of authors. It is explained so beautifully. Really great content! 👏"You can watch this video if you want. I hope everyone will benefit a lot.......
So excited to share this month with all of you!!! Let's go!!❤
Did two sprints today, got about 5000+ words down. Writing as much as I can everyday so the days I can't, I can make up for from another day. Might join again tonight for a 7pm or 9pm sprint as I can't write tomorrow. Have courage and faith in your book everyone! Keep writing.
@@WithTrueNicks You too!
You're enthusiasm is inspiring. I need that right now. 💙
I'm not starting til Monday 😂 But I'm ok with that, this November is more flexible than NaNo. You're giving all the positive encouraging vibes, without the stress 🎉
My reward for getting my words written today - watch this video of course! (And perfect timing as it posted just as I finished writing. 🥰☺😉)
I love this❤
I haven't started writing yet. I ended up reading The Disappearance of Vanessa Shaw....I couldn't put it down! So good! Now that I'm done reading I am trying to get my mind focused on writing.
"Everything just feels better with a plan" - you're so right!
Love Evie’s crown moment 👸🏻
“This is how I look when I’m super tired” ummm you mean amazing?! I wish I looked like you when I was super tired! You’re a rockstar lol
Happy day one! I am so excited to follow along with Sarra and everyone who is writing in November! Who here is actually participating in the RDC? 👍
Hey Jess. I’m here. Let’s do this!
@@KellysCreativeDreams❤
Meeeeee! Going for 25k…. 🤪
Add me to the list! Good day today (first day was a bit rugged). Almost 5500 (5498) between the two days. I'm continuing work on the book I had already started and hope to have that first draft completely done by the time November ends.
@@AmaraFranklin me too! Good luck!
Princess Evie 😇
Welcome to Team Sapphire!
Thanks for showing how to make a mock cover. I hope to play with that tomorrow.
Let’s do this!
I'm doing a separate challenge of my own, where I'm turning a 9k-word YA horror short story I wrote 3 years ago into a 75k YA novel in one month! I officially started yesterday, but I only got to 317 words! But I'm also doing my own version of November Diaries on my author website and cross posting on Substack and Wattpad! I love what you're doing, Mrs. Cannon! You're inspiring me!
I'm going to write 10,000 words today to get caught up and ahead!
I've just decided to join after watching this video, my dreams got crushed many years ago due to my health & I just totally gave up, but you have always been an Inspiration & I thought why not, even if I only get my characters worked out & the plot & a couple of thousand words at least I'm finally doing it & I'm not giving up on myself anymore, now I just need to work on some Pinterest boards, I'm excited
Yay so happy to hear that you're feeling excited again. I hope you have a fun month!
I probably won't get started on what I intended to write (a complete rough draft of my novel) until the middle of the month because right now I need to write what is basically a pitch as to why I need my ideal wheelchair. And I'm following your example. Since I can write about 500 words a day at best and considering how many days I'll be too busy to write, my goal is 15,000 words. Somehow you've made this challenge feel stressfree. I'm more excited than I've felt at this time of year!
I was having a hard time getting the words out at first but dictation really saved my life!!!!! I am able to get the words out as fast as i think them up and as i am a bit of a slow typer it really helped me keep the scenes alive and with some editing i was able to get 3003 words yesterday and about the same today!
I’m not creating a rough draft but I am doing some major rewrites this month. And as long as I work on the rewrites each day for an an hour I call it a success. I don’t want to stress about counting words as I go so one hour of work a day is equal to 1,000
Words since it involves a lot of edits and copy and moving things over. I haven’t even done my kanban board at all this month. We just moved two weeks ago and we’re still in the get all things situated mode.
I have written nothing so far. Between both my and my daughter's health problems and disabilities it will likely be hard writing at all this month, so I appreciate the flexibility of your challenge and your positive outlook.
Watching you talk about your progress is really motivating! Feels like we're all doing this challenge together as a team ❤
@@Laura-ti2tm I like the sentiment, too, even though I'm kinda doing my own thing! It's inspiring!
i've been so busy i haven't had time to get ready. so i'm taking this weekend to clean up and get things sorted. I'll officially start working on Monday which works better for me. Starting at the beginning of the week just helps my motivation.
@@CatK907 I'm glad you're finding a plan that works for you!
I started! 🎉 I wondered if I was really going to write because it was such a fight to get some words on the page, but 1192 words today is such an accomplishment!! Thank you for the website and the community support Sarra!!
I'm embarrassed by how much I love that you used a Barney Stinson quote!
Yay, happy Rough Draft Challenge everybody! :D Day 1 and 2 went really well. I'm working on my Master's Paper :)
Excited for the upcoming RDC-Diary Videos
@@fralou_sind_kreativ I'm happy to hear that, and I'm glad Days 1 and 2 of November are going well!
@@GodwinOkojieII Thank you! :) Hope you had a good start into your project as well :D
@fralou_sind_kreativ Thanks and Np! Day 1, not where I wanted. Day 2, a little bit better but still not where I PLANNED to be! I guess I'm still getting in the rhythm of drafting a horror novel for the first time in my life!
This is Godwin Okojie II, I just inadvertently used my personal TH-cam account instead of my author one!
@@novelwriter3503 Ohhh, a horror novel! That is super exciting! :D I wrote a supernatural horror with a little romance novel last November and want to dig deeper into this genre in the upcoming years :) I highly recommend you the craft book "Writing In The Dark" by Tim Waggoner :) Are you more of a Plotter, or more of a Plantser? Wishing you tons of fun with drafting your novel! :D
I feel you on getting back into the writing headspace. I've been focused on my art so getting back to writing is difficult. You really nailed it with Nano's training. I set my goal to 40 - 50k, but I am so out of my writing habit that it may not be feasible for me right now. I probably shouldn't focus on a word count and really should focus more on just showing up and working. That sweatshirt is absolutely adorable! Love Hello Kitty although I will always lean towards Kuromi. Honestly? You have one of the healthier approaches to writing/work and I really appreciate it. Your energy is just so delightful!
I do love Kuromi too!
ahhh, my favorite youtube series is back!
Fantastic timing, I just sat down with a coffee and my main planner. November! Rough Draft Challenge!! The air conditioning is not on today! Yay!!! 😅
Yay! So fun! (My twins are super in love with crowns right now too, haha).
Just watched the other vid, was glad to see I was t out of videos, and I just freshly subscribed! 🎉
Welcome 🎉
My favorite time of year has arrivveeed. Rough Draft Diary vlogs, writing sprints, and then Christmas with family weeeeeeeeee
Agh! Got here as soon as I could. Thanks for sharing! Its always so inspiring to see your vlogs. I cleared my afternoon today to get in double writing because yesterday I didn't quite make my word count goal. BUT I'm already doing better than I did all of October, mentally and emotionally. ❤ Grateful to have a writer brain and be able to write stories!!!
@@joannaholden943 I'm happy to hear that!
This was my reward for getting my words written. I'm so excited for the rest of thus month!
@FeeBeeCreating Me too!
Love the new intro! You've inspired me to do my own Rough Draft Diaries; but I won't be posting every day like you. The original TDOVS cover looks amazing! That's the cover that I ordered, and can't wait for it to arrive! I have the Freewrite Traveler and love it. There was no adjustment period (at least for me) to get used to the keyboard. I had even scheduled "typing sprints" before NaNo last year to get used to the keyboard, and was so pleasantly surprised to learn that I didn't need it.
It's probably my nails 😂😭
Just watched both rough draft and also the brainstorming live one. So excited for this!!!!
First comment. This thumbnail is gorgeous Sarra 😮🎉❤ will come back and watch the video when I've done my writing for today
I LOVE the thumbnail too!!! ❤
Ah, I love watching your videos. This one was especially inspiring! I'm going to my room to plan my second book now!! Love ya, Sara, and a big congratulations to your book and its progress this far. You deserve it! ❤🎉 🍒
As you say, the cherry is on top!
@L.M.Lefrancois Good luck on your second book!
@GodwinOkojieII Thank you!
@L.M.Lefrancois No problem!
By the way, I just subscribed to your channel!
@GodwinOkojieII oh wow, thank you! I hope you enjoy my videos, lol. Have a good writing, November!
So excited you are doing this! The videos are fun. Evie is too cute! 😂
Oh my gosh I'm so early! I didn't hit my goal for yesterday (ruby tier) but I'm nearly there today and it's looking really good so far! The plot centres around ballet, which I've been doing since I was very young and I'm also really passionate about, so it's been a lot of fun so far. This is also my first time doing any kind of official challenge, as well as the biggest wc goal I've ever set myself, so we'll see how it goes :)
Also I absolutely adore the cover for TDOVS, exactly the kind of book I would pick up in my local bookshop or library...if I wasn't in the UK and completely broke lol.
I hit my goal!! Very happy with today's progress, and excited to see what tomorrow will bring! Good luck everyone!
I love seeing TDOVS in your intro and sitting on your bookshelf. It was AMAZING!! 👌 Love your cherry earrings too. 🍒
So excited, can't wait for tomorrow's vlog!
Yessss it's going to be so amazing!
Princess Evie 🥰
Starting my day 1 with your RDC diaries as motivation. Work and a poorly hubby and dog means I’m three days late starting. It’s okay, though. Twelve days holiday from the 11th 🤩
Your enthusiasm is infectious. I love it ❤ I have been inspired to go for it and draft my first novel. Thank you so much.
So exciting! I love these "daily" vlogs. I actually went through the same thought process as you when I was choosing my tier.
❤❤❤❤❤ I’m so exited!
I wrote 1578 words yesterday. Today I’m gonna make the total at least 2500. And I love how easy the RDC site is to use. Thank you!
I’m grateful for that, too
@@ghostyplans Congratulations to you!
Congratulations 🎉on your book!
I'm working on something I've already started, but I managed to get 1355 words down plotting out some scenes that I know I want to include which I think will help me get a little more organized! So excited for this challenge!
Another RDC-er here! Wrote about 700 words (in my journal) in a hotel room in Paris. Even joined Jenna on the writing sprints earlier. I’m doing the Diamond challenge and hoping to get 30,000 words of my non-fiction book written. Thanks for creating this community and challenge for us, Sarra! Also reading TDOVS right now and totally hooked already! Great mystery!
Will miss Vanessa Paws, she's a star!
The live sprints were the perfect opportunity for me to focus! I was able to write and title a new poem. I'm making progress, step by step! 🎉
I'll follow your jouney here, Sarra! Love these vlogs ❤
Have a nice day~
This is my post ddd word count goal reward! I'm gonna watch this and dry my hair. Good luck to everyone doing rdc and nano!!
I haven't even started yet! I was busy getting ready for a vendor fair and am now prepping for my trip to Florida. Once the 9th arrives, I can think about RDC.
(BCS member here) I literally only just put up my spooky decor *on* the 31st (my adult son's birthday) and got my nails done (sort of a goth French mani, black matte nails, with black shiny tips) so I don't really want to take everything down immediately. I'm thinking that I'll probably run with it until Remembrance Day (11 Nov). I wrote on Friday, around 1 am and got through 2 transcription chapters out of the 63 I have as my goal for the month (part of a bigger project). It's Saturday evening now and I'm about to do today's writing once I finish watching the rest of this video. Also time to do my HB90 weekly review.Thanks to you and to George for the website!
I didn't get any writing done for day one, but day two I wrote about 1700 words and I'm super excited about them!!
@@galthewriter I'm glad you were able to bounce back!
I need to know how to put pink keys on my alpha! Yours is so cute!!
Made a huge progress yesterday ~3400 words, but was at my low point today and hasn't written anything yet. But starting right now, wish me luck with my ruby tier hahaha!!
I know you just threw that cover together for your project, but I think it looks great. Gottta love a little queen anointing herself with multiple crowns. Haha. I'm also doing a 25 K goal. I feel like that is a slight stretch but also completely possible to do. It just depends on how many days I can actually write. I have to do about 860 words a day as well per writing day that I planned. We can do this!!!
2:52 if this is what you look like tired, I’m jealous! ❤
I’m trying to do this challenge with my manhwa / webcomic and it’s going very motivating so far ❤ I decided that each day I either do the sketch and lineart or the whole finished color for one episode so it’s always alternating
So here for the november diaries!
not even a 100 words yesterday, 250 ish today. Slow start for me!! but i'll take it! happy rough draft challenge people!!
@@mayadeslilas I'm glad you're making progress!
Thank you so much for setting up this challenge! I signed up on the website and 25K is my goal too. 50K is roo much and just makes me feel frantic; I love the flexibility and being able to enjoy the process insread of it making me crazy.
I have the same candle
Funny I did write yesterday but i've been in such a daze I forgot to log yesterdays count on the site. I'm doing the sapphire challenge. I am currently trying to finish the book I am writing and then starting the next book in my series.
Thank you.
I'm a day ahead of you in Aus, so I am just starting day 3. Just over 14,000 so far. I've told everyone not to disturb me for a month.
@@SM-yd8hq Wow! Great commitment!
My RDC Day 1: I met my minimum daily word count. I wish I'd been able to write more, but despite everyone in my family knowing I would be very busy this month with writing, I was still interrupted more times than I can count. I rewarded myself for sitting to write with a special drink from the gas station; non-alcoholic malt beer.
I got started later in the day than I wanted, and my hands were already hurting from other things I'd done that day. So I only managed 303 words. As of writing this comment however, my word count is now over 2,000!
303 is a great start and wow! Good job getting to 2k!
@HeartBreathings thank you!
@@marywockenfuss-thecraftypl6461 Congratulations!
I have also not planned q4... officially. I have the todos and goals in my head but I haven't laid it out on paper lol. not sure if I will at this point
Cool new writing challenge. Will it be just for November or year-round too?
We will probably do it several times a year but really you could do it any month!!
day 1, 1567 words not bad! I have been wanting to stsrt the third book for awhile now.
Where did you get the lidded glass shown at 0.54?
I haven’t watched you very much, which is my bad. But I seem to remember that you publish on Kindle Vella. what are you going to do now that it is winding down?
I don't publish there but my heart goes out to anyone who had success there.
I don't measure my writing progress mainly by word count. I mostly measure it by how many chapters I have completed. That's just me.
@@krispstalkrew Interesting way to look at it!
Can someone please explain what the wrap up challenge is? Thank you. 🤗
How do you do a vision board for your books?
I’m babysitting my grandsons for a few days AND I have a stomach virus. Soooo not a great start but what can ya do? lol
How can I see Sarra's shop?
Got 2K today, but I'm hungry for me, so its off to the Coffee Shop After dinner.
I wasnt able to type it up but in my rocket book mini I wrote roughly 88 words!
Day 1: 6303 words! Day 2: still working on it (after baking all day)…
I was able to write 1,272 words for day 1.
Evie is getting so big. She's such a cutie.
I wrote 899 words for day one
My goal is the 50k but I’d love to hit the 100k but I’m realistically not going to be able to do it. Maybe a 75k goal next time? I can do the 75k as a diamond. 😊
I got 450 on day one and 447 on day two
@@Neil-writer-author Congrats for getting started!
@ thank you
@Neil-writer-author No problem!
Your video is beautiful. This video I saw is great.(((5 Shocking Reasons Your Book Isn't Making Money))) How to profit from books by avoiding common mistakes of authors. It is explained so beautifully. Really great content! 👏"You can watch this video if you want. I hope everyone will benefit a lot.......