November is National Novel Writing Month. If you don’t know what that is, you haven’t been here very long.
Good luck, novelists! May the Muses guide you.
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Yea!
So now we wait until tommorrow.
*Jeopardy music plays*
@1 – Oh, come on, PoPoPo that!
… Anyway.
I’ve been told I could possibly get EXTRA CREDIT for my novel! Now I think I’ll definitely at least try to write one!
Plot ideas? I have none.
/gradster(1)/ – Secretary of Bureaucracy of the ASAP
Here’s the idea for my novel:
Nano Ideas? start with A muse fan fiction about the oasis, a court case with Chris Baty and ninjas, two omnipontent narrator who can’t agree on what story to tell, and a frustrated writer. Throw in a wung, a thing, a kangaroo, a kola bear, and an emu, strange mac/windows/linux people, and robots. mix well. add three fates, a strange mystery,pirates, and dinos from jupiter. add a pinch of salt, and bake well for 30 days. That’s my NaNovel.
I didn’t have a plot until about 50 minutes ago. My friend was talking about her plot/characters for her NaNo, and I told her I didn’t have any plot ideas, whatsoever. She came up with one off of the top of her head: a worm crawls into someone’s brain, and uses that person to take over the world.
And now I have a plot!
3- Yeah, my teacher said that too.
5- I had that idea once, except that it was a spider that crawled into someone’s brain.
Like I said, I sold my soul to theater. I very much doubt I will get anything done until the play is over.
Soclosesoclosesoclosesoclosesoclose!!!
*bounces*
I hope my parents realize I’m not actually going to bed until very very late… and not doing anything tomorrow… or the rest of the month XD
BUt I am even more busy this year than last– I am on tech crew for the musical as well, which is this month (XP) and hockey is so much mor einvolved. We hae to fly to a tournament in NY next weekend, and go deeper into Chicago in 3 weeks >.<
Is anyone staying up for it? I kind of want to, but I’m not going to be able to use the internet past fifteen minutes into the future…. Perhaps I should cheat.
/gradster(1)/ – Secretary of Bureaucracy of the ASAP
I’m trying to!
I could, but I won’t. I have a very early soccer game tommorrow.
Well seeing as it’s 13 minutes to start time here, I’m pretty sure I’ll make it to the midnight start
Now to prefect my first paragraph in my head…
me too. and the MB clock is fast.
Triple Aces in 2 minutes!
nano start… NOW!
WRITEWRITEWRITEWRITEWRITE!
All right… 564 so far, not a bad start for 24 minutes in…
663…
804. Dad says bed. : P Oh well I guess… it’s not a bad stopping stop, and only for 33 minutes of writing. ‘Night, all.
Meh. If I stay up another eleven minutes I could start, but I’m already so exhausted and sleep-deprived that depriving myself of more sleep the night before I go to exhaust myself more is not a good idea.
I haz 2232 wordses!!
134!
537!
2031!
I went to bed eight minutes before Triple Aces. I was tired, had a headache, and really needed to sleep.
But I just opened the Microsoft Word document and will begin shortly!
1017!
23- I did too! But I got 8 minutes after midnight!
I’ll start when I get home from my soccer game. *yawn* A soccer game at THIS hour… *mutters*
1500!
1667!
I’m trying to work up the momentum to start… I’ve arranged my Word document so that 1667 words fits perfectly on two pages. Now I know exactly how much I have to write!
I have a cold. This is not good. And it’s not a little cold either. It’s pretty full-blown. I’m hoping it’s reaching its peak–not only for NaNo but for the school musical.
All right. I’m going to go vomit my first paragraph into the computer.
1900!
I like being sick durring NaNo!
2000!
0!
I’ll write some later after I’ve done homework.. probably not going to finish this year, though – too much else to do.
175…
2304!
1,263 currently. The site is taking way to long to load things…
33- this is fun!
33- oh, and log in to the site!
2637!
A little over 3200 and no idea where my plot is going.
39- I’m about 500 behiend you!
(39) I don’t even expect to have a plot before 20,000 or so. If I’m lucky.
885. Which I did after I finished the random-thread graphic last night, as long as I was up. My basic strategy is to write two bursts a day of at least 834 words.
41- how many words?
(42) I added a note to #41 before I saw your comment in the queue.
41/43- not to bad!
Thanks, TMFA. I’m not even going to try to catch up with you guys! Besides, I need practice at slow and steady. Well, the steady part, anyway.
2366! squeeeeeee.
45- I can’t belive I’m doing so well. 2909!
Great! It’s nice to have NaNo start on a weekend. Makes it easier for most people to get off to a good start.
3000!
I have a little over 1K so far. I have a little thread of a plot idea (I don’t think I’m going with the worm one, after all), but I only have two characters established so far.
Last year, I hit 50K with hardly any plot whatsoever.
Aww, this thread makes me really want to participate in NaNo this year. Maybe I’ll get in on it later in the month, but these first two weeks are going to be absolutely insane and I know if I try to do NaNo too, I’ll write all the time and not do my other (more important) things. Rats.
Good work, guys! Everyone is so far along. My second year, I finished a week early and that was the best feeling ever. “I wrote a 50k novel in three weeks!”
4 – AMFA – I didn’t think you can do fanfiction for NaNo. Have they changed the rules?
50- Thats O.k.! It’s only 4 (your time. it’s 3 here), and you haven’t been working since 8 in the morning like me.
52- there are like 10 threads in the Rules forums about this. you can write any thing, exepct for non-fiction and scripts.
(52) The FAQ states: “We define a novel as ‘a lengthy work of fiction.’ Beyond that, we let you decide whether what you’re writing falls under the heading of ‘novel.’ In short: If you believe you’re writing a novel, we believe you’re writing a novel too.”
3205.
Eh, I’m not doing it. Oh well.
3338.
thats more then tommarows goal.
I’m taking a break for the next two or three hours. I’m tired. *yawn*
I haven’t even started writing yet. I don’t even know what to write. Maybe my old peacock idea, transformed into something more interesting, could work……..
*wonders*
It’s NaNo Time!!!
Wait. I have no idea what I’m going to write.
Okay, Muses. Let’s bring on the inspiration! Crraw, can I get some help here?
can someone please explain all this? what is nanowrimo?
Crap, everyone’s ahead of me. I need to get working.
I should have read the begining of this in October. I have no idea what was going on before I stopped anymore… >.<
2265 now. Better.
Crap I have to do hw sometime too…
NaNo participants: did you sign up for the pep talk emails? Chris Baty’s just popped into my inbox a few minutes ago. He wrote that this week’s are going to be by Philip Pullman and Jonathan Stroud.
(61) Here’s the description from the official web site (nanowrimo.org):
63- Where is it! I can’t find it!
(64) Do you mean how do you get the emails? Go to the user settings on your author’s profile page and look to see if the check box labeled “No emails from NaNoWriMo headquarters” is checked or not.
I’m set to get them…
Am I permitted to post what I have here? Or should I save it until later?
Man, am I way behind. i only have around a thousand. Gotta get working.
(67) If you want to post a few paragraphs or a summary, that’s fine, but let’s save long excerpts for later.
I had the SAT this morning, and I’m still without a plot. I have a main character and some cliche plot points, and I’m thinking that aliens are in order. Christa is more annoying than anyone I’ve ever met (so were my characters last year) and everyone in her family is clearly just an outlet for my irritation with my own family. So maybe if some aliens capture her she can discover strength she didn’t know she had blah blah learn to appreciate her family blah blah accept her limitations and learn that she can do more than she ever thought possible blah blah wind blows in her hair blah blah she smiles with contentment the end.
2486
4004
Current word count: 1,480
I have two characters, so far:
1. Jeremy. He does something with public radio and rides the subway to work.
2. Emmie. She is a cryptographer (currently teaching cryptology at a local university). She also rides the subway to work.
And that is all.
I had an INSPIRATION in the shower this morning. It’s true, all good ideas really do come in the shower!
Les Miserables, the novel that I’m retelling as set in WWII, tells the story of Jean Valjean.
I had the idea of asking my story, “Is that so?” Think about it. A lot of good stories have come about by that question. Wicked, for example, is the answer to that question when it’s asked of L. Frank Baum (the author of the Oz books.) It’s the other side of the story.
So, I’m ditching Valjean and telling his daughter’s story. I never liked Valjean much, which was odd because he’s only the MAIN CHARACTER… So there, Valjean.
I still have 786 words left to write for today’s goal. O_O Grr.
4025
Christa has thus far cried over a broken backpack, eaten a bunch of cookies, puked in the woods, and met some possible extra-terrestrials. The sad part is that I know this is probably going to be the best part of my novel.
2746 words.
Found a Nano calender online– downloaded it.
Found icons online– downloaded them.
Noticed that an hour and a half had gone by.
Closed safari.
Opened it again to check MB and EK forum.
…made this post.
The thing about this dull part, is that at least I know what’s happening. When I’m through it I have no idea what’s going to go on.
1867. Made count for today. And actually managed to get it posted.
I have over 2000 characters, but being the complete dunce I am, I don’t know where to look for exact word count. Dang my stupidity!
What software are you using?
Lady B.- Er, Word.
(77) In Word 2003, “Word Count” was listed under the Menu item “Tools.” I don’t know if that’s true for the current version.
Oh. *smacks forehead* D’oh!
2339. Up to tomorrow’s quota. Won’t have much time to write then, so this is good.
And by 2339, I mean 3339. I think it is bedtime now.
3502. 200 words over quota, and nothing’s really happened yet. I’m going to bed now.
TNÖ- You really should change your name. *furiously writes*
AUGH! HELP! I NEED TO WRITE FASTER! ONLY 2,569!
79- In Word 2007, it will automatically count your words for you at a bar down at the end of the page. I think in 2005 you have to highlight them, right-click and then choose ‘Word Count’ off the menu.
3350
Meh. Still 175. -feels slow- Oh well. I don’t have any hope of winning anyhow. I haven’t even told anyone I’m doing NaNo. What with…-waves hand vaguely-…everything. I just don’t have time. Quite honestly, I think theater’s really bad for me. Physically. I don’t really eat much, and I’m invariably stressed out and live at the school and work for several hours a day not getting much done. But it’s fun, so I don’t really care. The play’ll be over pretty soon anyway. And then I’ll jump right into the next one!
Anyway, NaNo. Not a good idea. Maybe if I do all my Algebra homework, then I can work on it.
But I have to go to Q2Q now. See you on Monday!
I HAVE WRITTEN THREE STORIES AND I DON’T KNOW WHICH ONE TO CHOOSE…
Only *gasp* five *gasp* hundred *gasp* words *gasp.
Today!!!!
I’m currently buying music to listen to while I write.
79- In the new one, it’s right at the bottom. Very handy.
I think this is the only appearance I’m going to make on this thread. I don’t have the patience for novels.
646 words. Forgot to write yesterday. Bad.
I wrote 2004 words yesterday. Haven’t started writing for today.
Those 2004 words that I wrote = the world’s worst prologue. The idea is good, but the writing itself is bad. But, on the plus side, I killed off nine (mostly minor, only four of them were actually given names) characters!
AND…the NaNo site is impossible to load. Yesterday, it took me 5-10 minutes to load some of the forum pages.
*grumbles* The friggan site won’t come up! Last time I tried it, MY COMPUTER FROZE! *groans*
3515 and goiiiiiiing strrrooooooong!
CHUSS i really like my main character.
4,002. Trying to make it to the 5,001 mark by tonight, to compensate for how I’m going to be the next few days…
I’m horrible. I have no idea what to write.
1467.
SHOULD I JOIN (albeit a little late) WITH THE YOUNG WRITERS THING??? Technically, I could say I’m thirteen but I still don’t want to write 50,000 words. Should I? I want to, but my indecisiveness is holding me back. Nothing else, just my indecisiveness.
Maybe this is the wrong group to ask.
99-Seriously, if you don’t want to write 50,000, and you’re not thirteen, then join the YWP. You wont die from I-Didn’t-Join-The-Normal-NaNoWriMo Disease. I promise
1844. I’m going for 2000 tonight.
1693. I’m procrastinating so bad, which is weird because I’m actually enjoying writing. O_O
Yeah, the NaNo site is impossibly slow.
AAAACK *reality hits* I’m off to write more. My MC has just *gasp* DROPPED A PLATE.
99- YES YES YES YES…
THE SITE IS NOT WORKING *dies*
I won’t be able to meet my goal. I won’t be able to meet my goal *sighs*
100 – Arghflabt. Ventromedial damage kicking in (see Oct. Muse)! I can’t make decisions! GAH!
4446 didn’t write to much.
102–DON’T SAY THAT! Say, “I think I can! I think I can!”
1869.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! I HAVE THE WRITER’S BLOCK!
AAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
*goes insane*
3633, and my brother is kicking me off the computer.
84- I should, shouldn’t I?
5,466. GACK.
4082.
7,106. Ok. Good. Still nothing happening. I’m on Chapter 3.
Wow, my novel is so repetative. I used to be good at hookers, what happened?
1957, and I just got started.
7562 – I reached my quota for today after about an hour of writing. I’m surprised at how quickly my plot is moving as compared to my usual stories. No, nothing has really “happened” yet but my MC is about to join some sort of alien war thing. It’s going to be cool.
nehhhh 3819 with Writer’s block. >.>
I haz hit 5 digits!
4108 words. This year, I’m really letting go of any quality writing habits I once had, and am cranking out the most terribly written narrative I’ve ever written.
Whatever gets the words out, I guess.
It’ll definitely be a candidate for NaNoEdMo, though!
7174 words/No plot/Don’t know where the words came from/I don’t have any names/my characters drift though life/they may all be the same/the music has stopped/I should do something about that/and the essay due tomorrow/but I’m writing/…
101- my character has NOT jumped off the roof. yet. If she does actually jump off the roof in the future, she hasn’t told me yet. In fact, she’s scaring me.
writewritewrite
4689 and on a ROLL!!!!
I joined!
0.
AAaaa I am SOOO behind O_O_O_O By about 2800 words. BLEHH. And I’ve got HOMEWORK.
5262
0
gahhh ! i can’t read my handwriting from last year !!!!
120-*jealousy*
2801, I was at Clarissa’s yesterday and didn’t get much writing done.
Yeah, so i’ve been really paranoid this whole time about emailing the most updated version to myself.
and of course the one time it actually mattered, i forgot. now i’m stuck here without the latest part of my story, which is actually a problem for me. i’m not very good at jumping ahead and trying to fit things back in, mostly because i don’t really plan much in advance and my stories change constantly.
anyway, the version i have with me is at 3340, and the one stuck at school is at 5040-some. bit of a difference >.<
SOOO BEHIND! GAHH!
Yeah, I was hoping to get about 2,000 words a day, and I’m still stuck at just over 4,000 words.
123- Ooh, sorry.
12,247. 1,088 words to go…
125-My God! You’re good.
Gah! 4,555. I’m about to write another couple hundred, my goal is 5,100 for today. I’m WAY behind.
7022.
6013. That’s it for today.
My head hurts. It’s complete drivel.
I can’t believe I actually am on track. 7118!
6664
769.
Something like 400. All-time low. Technically not giving up, but I think I have in spirit. Wrote some in math today. It depresses me that a page of my writing is only around 75 words.
Frag.
/gradster(1)/ – Secretary of Bureaucracy of the ASAP
1057- Can you say pathetic?
Wrighting to the Across the Universe Soundtrack. Results may be scary and disturbing. Fatality may occur, as well as monkeys.
We’re not liable for any kittens given birth to by reader.
Wow. I just spelled writing wrong.
Epic. Fail.
1774.
My handwriting is small: about 150 words per page.
8147. Pwnage.
9292
I hope to pass 10k tonight.
How many words do you need to write a day to stay on par?
139 – 1666, I think. But I started late. *writes*
8121. Bed. Now.I’m so tirenaodmoakmdoa *headdesk* *snore*
126- Thank you. I’m shooting for 100,000 again so I need 3,334 words a day. It’s making my brain melt.
142-Lord. I barely make 1600 a day!
And now Ernie’s got a flame thrower…
Whew! I haven’t even thought about NaNo in a couple hours. O_O The musical opened yesterday! It was AWESOME!
Hmm… where am I with my story? MC2 is resenting MC1 for not knowing how to wash dishes or mop a floor at years old. MC1 misses her mother like mad—and she’s not even dead yet. I have to work in MC3 somewhere, and all his buddies.
I have to force myself to include dialogue. It’s rather irritating, because then the dialogue I force myself to have is awkward. Seriously, though, I think two of my characters have said two sentences each. O_O
142: 100,000?! You’re incredible.
10610.
Wow, I’m suckish at this. Natalie’s going through a cloud of deadly spores right now, and is getting a very salty tongue at Darren.
I heard a mention of a “site” earlier. What might this be?
I didn’t do any writing at all yesterday. *bad*
I’m on double digets, anyways.
147- the… website? where you update your wordcount? www . nanowrimo . org?
5,613. I am so behind. I have to get working. *writes scribble scratch on her Word document*
12390.
Almost there!
Blegh. Flu. Nothing written today… 5,000 words behind.
13377!
Should I post an exerpt that I just wrote? It’s the beginning. I thought it would work better there then where I had it.
I only have 8,165. Must write more.
152- 5000 words behind based on the goal of 50k, or your personal goal of 100k?
13367! Squee!
i’ve been almost exactly a day behind for about four days. and the way things have been going for me, i’m lucky to be only a day behind. i had to do some serious writing after losing both a day and a thousand words all at once. >.<
also my ipod is dead. and i can listen on my computer, but of course i was still in the process of moving all my music back onto my computer from my ipod.
which means L-Z (including everything that starts with The, as senuti counts those as T’s) is gone pretty permanently. until i can download it or beg it off friends.
so my music is somewhat limited, and dominated by Rush, Flaming Lips, Sonata Arctica, and the Beatles, which were all on my computer before (in large quantities, i own basically everything those bands have ever done)
i guess that’s more a music discussion…
156-That sucks. I’d hate for my L-Z to be gone. I’d cry. Or scream.
But Sonata Arctica and the Beatles are enough to keep you going until begging/new downloading stars.
Of course, Project Playlist is always a good place to get stuff back. Not the best quality, but it’s what I use when I don’t want to buy something.
15123. I’m in utter amazement at myself. O.o how am I doing this?
8,677. HELP!
152- Based on my goal of 100,000.
15066. Done for tonight.
Wow, I’ve listened to Supermassive Black Hole about twenty times writing today. It fits my book really well. Look it up!
Does anyone else have chronic updating your wordcount syndrome?
I check every time I’m stuck or finish a thought. Which is usually every hundred words. Then I have to update it on the site, and check everyone else’s progress.
162- That usually hinders me a whole lot, so I’ve decided to hide my wordcount. Usually I get about 200-400 words every 20 minutes (I know I’m slow) but with my word count hidden I could probably do 1,000 words every 20 minutes if I really tried.
16884.
I just realized that I went from chapter 7 straight to chapter 9.
27,686.
Soooo behind. 10,576. I was only in the 8000’s earlier this evening. Workworkwork time.
I’m about five thousand words behind – hey, it’s not my fault that I spent week one in Paris and started week two with a ten and a half hour flight, as well as a nine hour time difference. It’s tricky to Nano when you’re waking up at one in the morning. (which I’m not.)
Oh, and, I’m sure you already saw this, but they’re giving away a free copy of your book to every winner again this year!
17112, but that’s just from last night. I think I want to get 2k today.
Heh. My word count hasn’t changed since I last posted. I think this is the first day I have at home with no obligations since last month. But I’m probably going to spend it reading Master and Commander and doing homework. Whee!
I JUST started writing. Yeah, lame, right? I’m at 255 right now, and I already know what I’m writing about, so yeah…………
503 and moving…………
17728. Almost there. *pant pant*
Yesterday I finished early and actually had the timet to call Clarissa.
3113.
DANGIT, I am so far behind.
18657, done for tonight.
I’m stopping tonight at 33,743 words, slightly over yesterday’s quota. At this rate, I’ll be all caught up by the 13th, possibly sooner with that write-or-die thing that was posted on the NaNo procrastination station…
559………..
Perhaps we need a new thread… I sense this one is dying.
Ahh!!!! I’m too far behind! 15000. I must get caught up. My aim is 20000 by tonight. Whicih means that I’d better leave here now, and write!
22010. I’m doing good, I think.
I’m finished for tonight, and I’m going to check out some stuff on the site. Bye!
3255 and unsure how I’m going to catch up. I think it’ll be mostly Spanish class.
Suggestion for the GAPAs: Post a list of the contestants on the top of the page, and then delete them as they drop out. I’m interested to see who’s doing it, and who’s still in!
Chapter the Thirteenth – In Which, After Toby Buys A New And Less Garish Pair Of Sneakers, We Are Apprehended By The Librarian’s Cat And Subsequently Go On A Quest To Find Morwenna’s Laptop, Accompanied By The Cat And His Merry Band Of Twittering Finches, Which, As It Turns Out, Are Actually Rather Depressed Thank You Very Much
Whew!
I need to sleeeep but I can’t because I’m 7,000 words behind.
Finished for today at 23724, over the quota.
TNO: I love your chapter title. I need to read your book when you’re done.
183: Thanks… I’m very very behind. Still. But only 5,000 now!
It probably didn’t help that the finches were in the middle of a thunderstorm when we meet them… but still…
John the finch keeps expositing on rain and it’s driving me crazy.
Ok, I just wrote this:
Around this time the cat began to hum softly to himself. He just kind of muttered out the barest syllables possible with the tiniest amount of tune possible, so really it was more of a rhythmic monologue than anything else. Anyway it was kind of nice sounding and it went like this:
“Now we’re off to find some shoes and spread the goodness to the poor, oh yes, we’re off to find some shoes and spread the goodness to the poor, we’ve got three new converts and we’re off to spread the goodness to the poor, hum dee dee dum dum… la, la, off to find some shoes… They think we’re off to find them and give them back to the fat rich slobs but no we’re off to spread the goodness to the poor, that’s what we’re going to do, hum dee dee dum dum dee dum dee dum doo day! We’re off to steal some shoes and spread the goodness to the poor! Off to steal some shoes and spread the goodness to the poor! Oh yes that’s what we’re off to do dee dee dum hum dum dee dee doo doo dee day!
“We’re off to steal some shoes and give them to the needy, oh yes, we’re off to steal some shoes and give them to the needy, the richies don’t need ‘em much and so we’re off to steal some shoes and give them to the needies, the needies, dee dee dee dee dum dum dum doo dee dee dee dee dum… Me and my Merry Band of Finches and People and a Dog we’re off to steal some shoes and give them to the needy, the needy who need them today! Dee dee dee dee dum dum dum doo dee dee dee dum hum doo doo dee doo dee doo dee hum dum dum dee dee day! Yes we’re off to steal some shoes and give them to the needy, hoo hoo!
“The needy! The needy! We give shoes to the needy! We steals ‘em, and gives ‘em, we gives them shoes to the needy who need them right now! The needy who needs ‘em today! La la la la, lalala la la la lalalala la doo dee dum dee dum dee doo! The poor and the homeless too often go without, la la la la! That’s why we’re
“Off to steal some sneakers, and sandals, and boots and spread the goodness to the poor, the poor, we’re off to steal some sneakers, and sandals, and boots and spread the goodness to the poor, we’re off to steal some sneakers and sandals, and boots and give them to the needy who needs them today!â€
And then he dissolved into wordless humming. I blinked…
I don’t think I’ve ever been so ashamed of myself in my entire life.
I don’t think I’m going to be able to make it. I’m lowering my personal goal to 35,000. I just ran out of ideas!
186-noes! you can do it! have something explode, that always works!
i just hit 20k. yeah, a little behind…only like…5k or so…
ergh, I have no muse! I want to get to the part about the centaurs.
and I’m having a little trouble locking away my inner editor.
>.> 23.5k
I’ve got a very annoying fantasy idea flitting around in my head and popping up at the most dreadful moments. It’s driving me crazy.
44,342. 5,000+ words to go to meet the halfway point.
Chicago’s experiencing a flood while Morwenna tries to get Toby to come with her to pay the $2,000 ransom on her piece-of-junk computer while Toby tries to get the Aristov brother’s help in waterproofing HIS computer, and meanwhile I’m trying to figure out why on earth the assassins stole Morwenna’s computer in the first place. *bangs head on desk*
How’s everyone else doing?
ALMOST TO 25k!!!! I think I need…. *checks* 700 more wordssssss.
eurgh i have horrible writer’s blockkkk I want to write about CENTAURS ALREADY!
Okay so Lennie just cured the fever in Dulathe and now they’re walking through the night and soon Max is going to here a WEIRD NOISE and there’s a forest right there, so Kerynne and Lennie are scared… so they go into the forest and AHHHH CENTAURS so yeah. Action/thriller scenes are the best to write.
Sorry for the 2post…
My antagonist has a monkey. It does not have a name. It is just THE MONKEY. it likes to poop on her hand….
I’m very weird.
191- …And I thought my antagonist had issues…
Chapter Fifteen is a “Meanwhile” chapter written from Bartholomew’s point of view. This should be fun… *hysterical laughter*
I’m loving the purple, by the way.
I really shouldn’t have done Bartholomew. She’s just going on and on about morals and society and people refusing to think for themselves and I’m starting to really like her character after 1,000 of her ranting on about the problems in society. I was originally planning – vaguely – to kill her off but now I don’t think I can.
*facepalm* I even love my antagonists!
50,000! w00t! halfway there…
Sorry for triple posting.
25k! w00t! Halfway there!!! yay.
Now to get past the 20k’s…
22k, i’m trying to get to 25k today and then i will only be one day behind! of course i will fall farther behind during the week because it will be torch week. but then i have thanksgiving break to catch up again
196- Yeah, I’m planning to write 2.5k a day during Thanksgiving Break… we’re not doing ANYTHING that whole week so that’ll just give me more time to write.
Ok, so yesterday I had a brilliant (if I do say so myself) idea for a serious fantasy thing and now I’m very stuck at a pivotal moment in the plot, well, really the beginning of the plot, because I really want to write this other story.
*sigh*
185- Don’t worry. To get words, I had my character sing all four verses of “If you’re happy and you know it.” And I wrote the whole thing down.
I’m behind, due to jet lag and ten hour plane flights, so I worked out that I have to write two thousand words today. No problem. Hopefully.
I’m going to go on a killing spree, soon, I think. Yay assassins!
Ahh! w00t! Past 25k!
I’m almost at my climax, which sucks, becasue I still have half a book to write. So I’m stalling like crazy, and all these people are falling in love and being killed or whatever, because I just CAN’T have the climax before 35k! That would ruin everything, and I’d have to turn the rest of it into a mushy romance or horrorific horror. :O
I’m almost caught up, I didn’t write at all yesterday.
The devil tempts me with sleep. I must… keep…writing… must… get… to 26600…zzzzzz
201- You’ll send it in once you’re done, won’t you? Your exert caught my attention.
Oh no! I’ve reached the cliché stage! Wise centaurs have made a prophecy about my character being the one to save the world! AHHHH!!
But still, 28,220!
I dare everyone to include a reference to Hammurabi’s laws, with bonus points and some virtual choklit if the character making the reference is both illiterate and a criminal.
blerhh pointless dialogueeee
I really need to GET THIS STORY MOVING but I like explaining things! *headdesk*
202-Yes, I’ll send it in if you promise not to laugh at me.
I’m at the pointless dialouge stage too, but mine has a pointless plot to go along with it.
Wow, I have so many random sub plots that aren’t even existant. It’s all so confusing to keep up with.
28772, done for today.
I did my dedication today, too. It’s longish, but you guys and the GAPAs are in it.
206- Why would I laugh? Unless it’s funny, of course. But yeah, I promise not to laugh at you.
I’ll be sending mine in, for real this time. ^_^ So y’all can critique the heck out of it, I s’pose. Although I do like it better than what I did last year.
Dedications… Hm… those count towards the goal right?
Actually, you’d be too busy calming your queasy stomach to laugh. It’s truly sickening how bad I write when I’m under pressure.
Yes, the dedications count toward the goal, as do the chapter titles, quotes and whatnot.
I switched to the Pop radio station on Pandora, which I haven’t listened to forever. I must confess, the electronic beats and whiny voices aren’t bad for writing a scene that has barely anything happening in it.
30369. Done for today. Now I actually get to call Clarissa!
That’s like, a rarity these days. Because I was sick all this week, I didn’t see her, and I didn’t call her because I had to catch up about three thousand words two days ago.
208- Sickening as in, “I can’t believe he wrote a sentence that awkward” or sickening as in, “EW! Gross…”?
I tested the word count validator. It cut my count back by 400 words. *head-desk*
Eee 31078 or something. I really l ike being 500 words ahead! What’s the quota for today? hmmm….
ehhh I had to cut one of my favorites scenes
I wrote over 1k words yesterday! And did it in 4 minutes too. It was AWESOME. (You can see why I’m only to 6100 if writing 1000 words in one sitting is a big deal.)
Oi! Not four minutes, obviously. 45 minutes. My 5 key is stuck.
210-Sickening like “oh my god that is the worst sentance I have ever read” *reads next sentance* “just kidding, that’s the worst” *reads next sentance* “nope, that one tops those other two…” etc.
I gave up. No way am I going to be done with only 15,000 words done. Ah, well. There’s always next year, and I swear I’m going to make it then.
214- Ah.
I need to write 3000 words today… I procrastinated too much yesterday and only wrote 1500 words… But now I’m sitting at 60 some thousand.
i’m so far behind it’s not even funny
and how’s this for sickeningly bad writing?
“I’m sorry,” he said apologetically.
yes, i wrote that
217-*uncontrolable laughing* But at least you could pass that off as on purpose.
Sometimes I stop writing in the middle of a sentance, and then go do something else, but when I come back I’m all muddled and the sentance ends up making no sense.
217- Lovely.
ehhh this thread is DEAD.
Yay I’m still on track.
Not on track anymore. I have to catch up now.
221- Aww that’s too bad.
ALMOST TO 40k- 39666!
40K!
Happyhappyhappyhappyhappy.
41k! Happy x ∞! And that’s just before noon!
41940. ALMOST THERE.
My dad just presented me with his “DaNoWriMo”.
I love it, so far.
Finally broke 10k. Pathetic, I know. I’m going to try as hard as I can to finish. *writewritewrite*
43508.
Shooooot. Stop being so ahead of me people.
Just broke 35k yesterday.
Barely written anything today.
Craaaaaap.
If I do not make it I am going to lock myself in my room and cry till January x_x
46k! Squee!
Thanksgiving dinner and wine and tiredness and eyes hurting aren’t helping my writing skills. 44177, but I’m going to make 45000 at least, today.
45343. Yay!
37…9…75…
*collapses*
14075. Not much of an improvement, but I’m trying.
Last night, at around 11:56, I ended with the sentence “There were still some details that needed smoothing out, though.” I figured it gave me a nice spot to pick up today. Problem is, I can’t remember what those details were.
I had to finish early because I’m going to a party at six.
47085. I just spent like, two hundred words killing a character agonizingly.
41198… 41429… 41558…
Have to go to a hockey game now. But I am so close. I have to make it, now…
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
I DID IT I DID IT I DID IT I DID IT!!!!
and I’m still not done….
but
I DID IT!
50013!
Woo, good job, Kiki!
I finally made it to 44k last night, now I’m at a library (a really, really nice one actually, I think it ranks somehwere in the nation’s top 10 mom said. It has a foud court, and a gift shop, and a kind of art gallery…) as I have two hockey games today and didn’t want to drive home inbetween. I just need 3,000 words today and tomorrow, and I’ll make it.
Seeing as I did around 4,000 yesterday, I should be able to do it.
(…and then make fun of Josh about it, I don’t think he was anywhere close last time I checked, that might have changed though).
Also, I will be getting the shirt again, woo!
I personally am thrilled about the little viking hat on them
Whee! I hit 50K last night!
Haha, time for a name change, perhaps? ^^ Good work!
45829… aiming for 47k tonight, that’d get me on track for another 3k tomorrow and then I’ll be there.
46002! Woo…
Yay Kiki and Cinnamoon!
I might break it tomarrow, but I haven’t written one word today and it’s already nine thirty. :O
Ebeth, I think I can top your “I’m sorry” sentance.
“They bent down, whispering in hushed tones.”
Great job, everyone! I could never write a novel in such a short time, or in any amount of time, for that matter.
((Good evening, whichever GAPA just got on!))
47064! And plenty of time left to write.
Do not even begin to think you have out-almost-cheated me. A small sampling includes:
– An entire village introducing itself, all with names like: Leaves that are Painted Red by the Autumn and Rimmed With Frost, Song of Water Tumbling Down a Mountain, Braying of a Mountain Goat as it Falls Upon a Sharp Rock,Distance Between the Sun and the Horizon when it is Highest in the Sky, Distance Between a Pont and a Line, Parabolic Flight of an Upwardly Launched Projectile, Irritation of a Reader as he is Forced into a Repetitive and Silly Paragraph that does Nothing for Plot Advancement, ect (last name by Grant O., one before that by Fortune Cell)
– My character reciting the entire poem “The Garden of Proserpine”
– The entire village then proceeded to sing about 11 Beatles songs (complete with all vocal repetitions and random background yelling)
– My character getting random songs stuck in her head, and of course needs to tell the lyrics (Elvenking (Dominhate), a few Modest Mouse)
Ect, ect. It is bad. I didn’t have to cheat at all last year… D:
(244) All your “cheats” are well within standard operating procedure for NaNo. And I’d say, with your schedule, you’re doing great by any measure!
I think I’m going to make it tomarrow. I’m so exicited!
48627.
I was going to cheat (posting the whole lyrics to half the Unia album) but I decided not to. I didn’t cheat at all, other than that and random ramblings of random people about nothing.
48829, and SFDP.
245- True. But it nearly outweighs the actual content >.<
Oh well. The things I do to win…
Odd, my character is constantly tired. Maybe she’s sick. Oh dear. I think I’m the sick one actually… I think I have a cold…
Oh god. So. I Started Nano 2 years ago. First year, made it about 10k. Second, all the way to 50. Probably getting to 50k again this year.
This is all the same story. It is perhaps a little over halfway through.
…Oh dear. It never ends… maybe once I cut out all the crap, it’ll probably be a good fourth of it… but still… x_x
Writewritewrite… 47292… company over tomorrow so I need to get as much done as possible now… (haha riiight)
Eeeeee
53k and I’m DONE! Wow… this is a huge step up from last year’s 35k…
I’m so happy!
Ehh, I cheated.
BUT I MADE IT! EEE!
It’s not near finished. Maybe a couple more thousand words. But I MADE IT!
I didn’t cheat this year, but I lost. Ah well, when I’m legally old enough to do it I’ll take it more seriously.
Wait – it says I won! I got less than 5000 words, but… I won?
Weird.
49,984.
49,999.
Damn. I would get stuck on what word to use, here. Oh well…
50,000!!!!!
*party*
*confetti*
*sparkling juices*
WOOOOOOOOOO!!!
252- Odd…
Mine told me I had 132 less words than I did. I wrote more so now I have 50,094 according to the site though. But that’s tricky…
Well, I lost every position I ever held in the Musiverse, every RRR I participated in has probably now grown beyond recognition, I’ve gone at least half mad, and a sizable portion of the blog probably thinks I’m dead or have wandered off.
But I did it.
You heard me, ladies, gents, and assorted entities. I won. I won NaNoWriMo.
Windhenge is complete. And it’s worse than Flamehenge, but hey, I thought Flamehenge stunk too, and lots of people loved it. Maybe somebody somewhere might be able to wring some enjoyment out of it.
So tell me, blogular colleagues. What did I miss this oh-so-fruitful November?
255- Not much…the Zommer was destroyed on a mission to save the world from complete bunnification, Pie Isle has been brought back to life, the Chronicles of Museica thread died, RtH and Midnight Fiddler had a Kokonvention, the third bunny movie came out, we did MuseBlog signatures, we’re editing the Bunny Apocalypse thread, and there’s a war in southwest Dornavenk.
Well, congrats for winning NaNo.
Alas, poor Zommer, I knew thee well…
On a brighter note: Yay! Fresh Kokon pictures! I may be able to finally finish my Windows Movie Maker Bunny Apocalypse series!
22,530. I’m satisfied with it.
*applauds*
But I now have great motivation to do better next year. ^_~
I cheated yesterday by pasting in The Monk Joke, which if you don’t know it takes about 1300 words and twenty minutes to tell. >_<
Congrats to everyone, winners and non-winners, cheaters and non-cheaters!
Oddly enough, my upper thigh muscles are strained from sitting with my knees bent practically all day the past few days (laptop-I sit with my legs crossed). Oww. I didn’t know that could happen.
255- Yay! I was just thinking about you today, wondering if you had done Nano this year sinc eihaven’t seen you around in forever, but your story wasn’t over from last year. Glad the saga continues!
255 – YAY!!!!!!!!!!! I was wondering where you went.
259, 260: I feel loved. *dabs at corner of eye*
261 –
Here’s a hankie.
*sticks head in thread to see if anyone’s posted part of their story*
Hey!!!! POSOC is back!. *celebration* I missed you, POSOC, though I’m sure I didn’t show it…. I apologize for offending you, if I did at any point. (Which I probably didn’t, and therefore I’ve been staying awake at night for no reason at all) (just kidding!)
Unfortunately, no pics from this kokon. They just posted as ‘RtH and Fiddler’ for a while.
*resolves not to bug POSOC about finishing the WMMBA series* *does anyway* Consider yourself bugged. And you can do it with the pictures you have, you just need to be creative!
I was like “whoa where did POSOC go” but then he pops up here! Congradulations!
I’m going to skip a week, and then start NaNoEdMo. Has anyone sent theirs in yet?
263- Is this about the Bunny Apocalypse silliness thing? If so, you didn’t offend me at all. Silliness in an RPG is fine, it’s just that BA had started out quasi-serious and the new elements didn’t seem to fit to me. That’s just my opinion, though, I wasn’t saying it was inherently bad. Pay no attention to the snarky grognard
And I’ll work on the WMMBA over Christmas break.
264- I will if people want me to, but I warn you, it really sucks.
SEND IT SEND IT SEND IT.
Is there a third Henge coming out?
I know everyone is emerging from their 50K novels, but have you ever considered writing flash fiction? I just started flash fiction class (in Literary Arts), and our first exercise was to write a short story in 25 words or less. I knew it was going to be difficult, but it was absolutely insane! She gave us about 40 minutes to do it, and I definitely used all of the time. My draft is below — it’s exactly 25 words (not including the title).
Assassin
Oscar closed his hands around the crisp bills. Running from the dark brick house, he felt the cold gun strike his thigh with every step.
I found it really difficult to just set a scene and establish character in 25 words. And I’ve never written flash fiction before (not even longer flash, which, I think, can be up to 1K words). But I think everyone should try to write a 25-word story. Now. Go!
[I thought this would be a good spot to put this post because it’s sort of the opposite of NaNo, but feel free to move it to wherever you think it would best belong]
Yeah, that’s what I meant. I totally agree with you about the silliness thing, I just kind of feel like every time I tell you that I end up sounding like an immature, whiny idiot. Which is not how I really am (I hope not at least),
SFTDP, this stupid thing won’t let me write more than three lines of type… I’m gonna hv 2 strt usng chtspk, aplgies… So, PSC, yah. Tht’s bscllly it. U gt the idea. So we’re frends nw, rght? Nd agn, srry fr the chtspk. Or whtevr ths is.
SFTDP again, insert 265- in front of my first post. This Kindle thing is nice, but it’s kind of hard to use…. I forgot.
269- Certainly.
I did not finish. I got about 73,000 words though. And the story will probably not be finished as I am quite bored with it by now.
POSOC, Beavo, I will personally hunt you both down if you don’t send yours in (after editing, of course).
272- What. The. CAKE?????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Either you’re homeschooled, or you are an inorganic artificial construct with no need for sustenance or sleep, because those are the only two explanations I can think of for such an INSANE word count. Congratulations. You are a superhuman.
271-Thanks. And congrats on your novel (!), as I have not yet said that and have been meaning to.
I finally sent in my NaNoNovel, in all its un-edited, flawed glory. Hopefully all you other people will follow my example, because I want to read yours!
267- I’ve done that in class before, too. Here are some I’ve written.
The Loner:
Janine strode along the forest path, hands forced into her pockets by the nipping wind that whipped her hair and chilled her to the bone.
Embargo:
“Do it, then,†Lex whispered, and his black eyes shuddered to a close as his ruthless attacker fired the cold gun pressed against Lex’s temple.
The Forest Nymph:
The elven princess embraced the forehead of the fallen warrior. Now, at the end of the colony, she finally knew her love for the man.
273- Um, no, I just have a wacky sleep cycle.
277- “Wacky,” as in “less than three hours per month?”
By the way, GAPAs, did you receive my e-mail with my NaNo attached?
(278) Yes, we got it; hopefully, by tomorrow we can catch up with posting various items from GAPAmail.
272-Holy cake. POSOC already expressed my surprise at your disturbingly high word count, so I won’t bother, but contrats.
And cheah, why hunt me down? Do you honestly want to read a plotless peice of snap filled with mush?
Steven read it today. He said all the cue breaks hurt his head.
I think I’ll write a flash thingy…
So maybe death wouldn’t be so bad, thought Jamie as the love of her life turned her head and walked off.
Wow, I suck at this.
279- Thank you. I await tomorrow with a curious mixture of anticipation and dread. Fortunately it’s NaNo, so people will understand and not wither me with criticism.