In this vlog, Dan Willis and a co‑host document a typical NaNoWriMo writing session on day four. The conversation opens with a casual coffee‑making routine, followed by lyrical musings about letting go and learning. The bulk of the dialogue centers on tracking word‑count progress (4,500 words early in the session, climbing toward an 8,000‑word daily goal and a 50,000‑75,000‑word novel target). They discuss updating NaNoWriMo stats, brainstorm chapter titles, and outline the future business‑focused portion of the book. Willis also asks viewers to share tips for parents of young entrepreneurs via Twitter, indicating a desire for audience input. The vlog blends informal banter, motivational reflections, and concrete planning for the writing project.
Chapters
Calling sick in the morning, baby, don't leave. They don't need to know we're out here wild and free. They say we're crazy, it's too much. Shh.
Okay, some new tunes.
I got your coffee.
Come on in.
And I'll get you a cup of coffee.
One, yeah, thank you. Careful. Close my door, please.
Uh, where am I gonna go with that? Throw it out!
All right.
Let go, rain. It's not your song to sing no more. Goodbye, blame. Weights can lift you up, but you can find a way to drop them. Can you feel the wind? So you do. It's how it all begins. Then comes reason and purpose. You will find your way. In the meantime, may the sun bless you with its rays. It's how we learn. It has to hurt.
It has to Oh, there it is. That's a good one. Oh, where'd it go? Here it is. Oh, come on. What am I gonna call this chapter?
Um. It has to hurt. Just has to hurt. It's how we learn. Don't be concerned. It has to hurt. It's every single turn. Don't make it hard. You're not someone's victim. It has to hurt. It has to hurt.
Voltage. How the hell do you spell voltage? Okay, quick break.
All right.
All right, where are we on this word count here? 4,500, halfway there. No, I gotta catch up. I gotta get to 8,000. So 4,500 is a good start for the day, but we gotta keep going here. Um, Okay, more music. Okay, so 50,000 to 75,000 is what we're aiming for. We are at day 4. Where do I update? It's gotta be this, right? There we go. Okay, total words so far, we are at—
1,000.
And I think we got started probably around 11. Well, let's put that in there for now. Oh, this is saying that I'm a little bit behind but not too bad. So if I want to hit 50,000. I should be at 6,600 by the end of today. So not, not that much further to go today here. All right, if you guys are watching this, I threw that out on Twitter, but if you have tips for parents of young entrepreneurs, please go over to Twitter, throw it in there. I'm gonna be pulling from that for sure over the next little while here. I'm envisioning what the end of this book's gonna look at— look like. So definitely would love to see some thoughts thrown out there. Okay, uh—
What?
Right, let's get back to this. Okay, so let's see here. So from there, we've got that whole process in. I guess from here where I want to go is into the business side of things, because this is This has really just been skills up to this point. So what I want to do is then take where we are with the skills and say, okay, all of these skills are being built for that purpose of going into business. So that's gonna have to be part of this, I guess, at this point. Let's do the key takeaways first. What did I call this before? True story.
Uno, dos, tres.
Where are we at? Almost 7,000. Okay, uh, I'm gonna stretch my legs and And come back, I think.
Been doing that.
All right, guys, that's it for me today. 7,600 words. We are off and running. Our little thing is above the line, so we are in a good spot. Uh, I will catch you guys tomorrow and we will get right back at this. Bye.
