Typewriter Talk / NaNoWriMo 2016

**Posted by Uwe** 31-10-2016 11:50:08

KatLondon wrote:
What is it, 2,000 words a day?

1,667 words per day - or roughly six pages of elite, double-spaced.

Sorry to read that you're going through a bit of a personal rough patch, Kat; this might be the thing to regain some focus - hope it all works out for you.

**Posted by Uwe** 31-10-2016 11:59:06

The madness starts tomorrow, so I spent an hour-or-so yesterday on the SG1 that I use for NaNoWriMo.

Although there was still some life left in it, I flipped over the ribbon to make sure that I didn't run into any OCR issues from fading type. It looks like I'm getting around 55,000 words per ribbon third (top of ribbon = blue setting on the SG1; middle of ribbon = yellow setting), so this flipped over ribbon will last long enough to see the end of the month.

I also did a little cleaning and oiling, fixed an intermittent issue with the right-side carriage release, and reconnected the left-side alignment guide that had come out of its pivot bracket. Finally, I moved the big Olympia to a prominent position on my desk; it's ready to go another round, and I can comfortably say that it's far more ready for the onslaught of words than I am.

**Posted by KatLondon** 31-10-2016 19:08:25

Uwe wrote:
Sorry to read that you're going through a bit of a personal rough patch, Kat; this might be the thing to regain some focus - hope it all works out for you.

Thanks, Uwe. Remind me your username on NaNo? I'm notethelmerman. As it were ;)

**Posted by Uwe** 01-11-2016 07:44:21

KatLondon wrote:
Remind me your username on NaNo?

My handle is "44 Keys". Looking at my profile it was nice to find out that all the TT folk I had as writing buddies from last year are still listed.

GAME ON!
The 2016 NaNoWriMo has officially started - good luck everybody!

**Posted by KatLondon** 01-11-2016 08:36:33

Hi, yes I found out how to find you right after asking this question!

I've done 400 words so far. Hm.

**Posted by Uwe** 01-11-2016 13:40:58

KatLondon wrote:
I've done 400 words so far. Hm.

That's 400 more than I have!

**Posted by Uwe** 04-11-2016 08:45:47

Day 4, and we're heading into the weekend; since it's been very quiet in this thread I thought that it was time to check in and see how everyone is making out so far?

**Posted by colrehogan** 05-11-2016 13:25:38

A little over 3200 words and have been working on it today.

**Posted by Rushwarp** 05-11-2016 13:47:12

I would have loved to joi is, however this is the busiest period of the year for my job.
For next year, I will need to get a head start to make it work...
In any case good luck to the both of you!

**Posted by colrehogan** 07-11-2016 11:58:39

I just updated mycount this morning. I made it past my entire total for last year! Am currently at 5872 words.