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http://www.nanowrimo.org/
Last year's thread (http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,7476.0.html)
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artist (http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=16967083)
Currently, there are 24 days left 'till NaNoWriMo begins. (Again, as last year, if you want to post your story in PSL, just put [NaNoWriMo] in the subject for ease of organizing.) But I'd like to mention it slightly earlier than the announcement last year, mostly because of this little snippet in the novel-writing guidelines on the official website:
Outlines and plot notes are very much encouraged, and can be started months ahead of the actual novel-writing adventure.
So: ladies, gentlemen, fairies, start your outlines!
Who's in this year? I am totally going to give this a second try. :dragonforce:
Confirmed participants' NaNoWriMo profiles:
| Sakana (http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/writing-tuna) | Ruro (http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/sakurarurouni) |
| Moerin (http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/moerin) | TAC (http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/t-a-c) |
| Squawkers (http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/squawkers) | Sect (http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/sect) |
| Sanrisa Laser (http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/seaslugs) | GuardianTempest (http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/859514) |
| Affinity (http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/affinity) | TranceHime (http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/trancehime) |
| Prody (http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/prody) | TheShim (http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/theshim) |
| Anathe (http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/acidus/) | JT (http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/jt99) |
| DarkSlimeZ (http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/fujiwaranomokou) | Squidtentacle (http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/infernal-hyperion) |
| GreenVirus (http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/greenvirus) | Himiko (http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/himiko) |
| Desu Cake (http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/jasminyasmin) | Suikama (http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/suikama) |
| XephyrEnigma (http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/XephyrEnigma) | Garlyle (http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/Garlyle) |
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I'm actually thinking of entering this year even though I haven't done so previously. I have some ideas, it's just a matter of compiling them together into a cohesive narrative.
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Well, I failed miserably last year and all, but, um, hmmm...
Oh screw it here goes nothing! Allons-y~! >.< I am totally just going to be making this up as I go along and it will be a trainwreck, but who cares!? I can at least try to get further than last time before burning out!
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nope.avi :V
But yeah no way I'll have time for this. At most I'll have like a week that isn't totally packed with school work in November and I don't really have any story ideas at the moment anyways so good luck to those are particiapting. BV
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Definitely going to try this again, and I even joined my school's Writers' Club for this! :V I should get an outline done sometime soon though.
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Sure why not
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Can I win NaNoWriMo '11 in two weeks again?!
Let's find out!
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I'll definitely be doing this. Haven't written a damned thing for TGWWtB since NDK, I really need to get back to work on that. And no, I won't expect you to proofread it. I'll do that myself this time, you'll be plenty busy with your own. (Is addressing Ruro)
...Or I could write something entirely new and be all "Pfft what's The Girl Who Walks the Border? :derp:"
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Definitely doing this again, just for the fun :V
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Uhh, not sure, didn't get much done last time. We'll just have to see. Hopefully, my work schedule will be less of a bitch this time.
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Last's year experience tells me that wiritng 50k words would be an extremely difficult adventure...
But still going to do it anyway.
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DAYDREAMER AHOY!!
I have hundreds of ideas I wanna manifest right now but the freshest is about a honeypot game called 'Grieferlands', an unholy amalgalm.
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Does my documentation for Lord of Maidens count? I think it's definitely going to be more than 50k words when it's done.
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Considering seriously this time. I've had this one nagging story in the back of my head for over a year. Might be a good excuse to try and get it out into something concrete.
There is also the fact I'd be endangering the lives of potentially millions by even daring to write something so maybe that's not a good idea.
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Toss up.
My last attempt resulted in a shit-ton of frustration and rushing which produced less than stellar results. I have an idea of what I want to do this time (especially since I spent nearly a year creating and mapping out an original universe to use for future projects), but I'm not entirely sure I want to even try it again with how much stress the last one put me through.
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Oh yeah, we should exchange our profile links as we did last year so we can add everyone as writing buddies :3
Here, have some fish. (http://www.nanowrimo.org/de/user/701239)
Also, I think it would be cool to hear what everyone that considers participating has in mind for their stories.
I'm going for a continuation of the story I started last year, since I conveniently dropped it right at a point where the story changed to another group of characters, thus I can easily pick it up again right there.
I have a feeling I'm way too hyped for something that is essentially a month of self-torture \o/
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Oh, um... Does my account from last year carry on to this year, then? If so, then, uh... Here~ (http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/701690)
...Oh god oh god oh god this won't go well at all. >.<
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Accounts are permanent, yeah.
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Well, here's my page for whoever's interested (http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/858635)
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Well, just made mine, so here it is. No real name for you <3
http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/859312
I've decided that I'm not going to do The Girl Who Walks the Border, but something entirely different for this. Just going to wing it, no clue what it is now. Maybe I'll have an idea, I don't know. Either way, this will be hellish fun~
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Right, I should probably add everyone to the OP like JT did last year. and then make janitors update it for me
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I'll actually compete this year.
My profile (http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/536347)
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I'm going to do it. I'm going to continue from that post apocalyptic WWC. Except of course no Touhou. So it's all pirates with magic.
Profile (http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/859450)
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I'm still trying to figure out which idea specifically I want to pull out of the filing cabinet and write; I'm currently split between a sci-fi magical girl story or a superhero story.
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Ghost: "I'm here. (http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/859514)
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I'm still trying to figure out which idea specifically I want to pull out of the filing cabinet and write; I'm currently split between a sci-fi magical girl story or a superhero story.
I'm actually doing something that's almost exactly what Anathe told me to write up there. So, mahou shoujo for me. I just need to think of a good title...
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I'm still trying to figure out which idea specifically I want to pull out of the filing cabinet and write; I'm currently split between a sci-fi magical girl story or a superhero story.
Hey! Why not a Sci-Fi Gadgeteer Mahou Shoujo superheroine?
EDIT: Oh how embarrassing, banned within a couple of hours. TT_TT There's always next year....always next year... Dear christ I SUCK!
Time to go into hiatus. WHY do I always get carried away at the most critical of times...
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Profile (http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/859594)
Will be pursuing this too. It's time I started actually finishing a novel. Maybe touhou, maybe not. Would love to read everyone else's potential 50000 word novels.
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Aw man, Ruro's doing a magical girl story? But but but that's my thing...
...Ahem. Nah, I'm going to try something different this time. Even if odds are it'll transform into a magical girl eventually no matter how I approach it. >.<
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Aw man, Ruro's doing a magical girl story? But but but that's my thing...
We're clones, so it's our thing. 8)
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You should totally take this chance to write more Lyna, Rin :P
NaNo ideally means writing without thinking, and that's just how Lyna's story started out after all :3
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gdi, what's with the hype so early?
Argh... do I want to subject myself to this again? I had to sneak in writing time at work and it'll be harder to do this year. But I guess I should actually finish OLG at least.
The instant I commit, my November is going to be hell...
:ohdear: :ohdear: :ohdear: :ohdear: :ohdear: :ohdear: :ohdear: :ohdear: :ohdear: :ohdear: :ohdear: :ohdear: :ohdear: :ohdear: :ohdear:
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gdi, what's with the hype so early?
Argh... do I want to subject myself to this again? I had to sneak in writing time at work and it'll be harder to do this year. But I guess I should actually finish OLG at least.
The instant I commit, my November is going to be hell...
:ohdear: :ohdear: :ohdear: :ohdear: :ohdear: :ohdear: :ohdear: :ohdear: :ohdear: :ohdear: :ohdear: :ohdear: :ohdear: :ohdear: :ohdear:
Go post in Mafia
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By the way, here's my NaNoWriMo profile (http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/701543) for anyone interested. Though I'm not sure if the link will remain the same once the new website is launched.
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Profile (http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/754225)
Actually, what I wrote last year seems more like a Journal rather than a story. 50k words demand a good story idea.
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An idea for those that feel full NaNo might be too much but that are still tempted to take part: Just set your personal goal :3
I myself got reminded that I actually have a research report to do during November, which will be quite a bit of work that will not mix well with NaNo-commitment. So I've simply decided to go for a half-NaNo at least (ya know, like how there are half-marathons ;) ) and aim for 25k during the month, since I don't wanna miss the whole fun entirely.
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I'll be honest right now. I don't expect to hit the 50,000 mark. I'm mostly doing this challenge because I have ideas I need to get out of my head and into text and if I run out of idea before I hit the target then oh well
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NaNoWriMo relaunched their site, so you have to renew some settings when you log in again. Some functions are also disabled for now, most notably Writing Buddies, but that will come back in the next few days.
You can also get some fun little badges (http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/webbadges) to put in your sig or other places to show your participation in NaNo~
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I'll probably end up participating again, but I've no clue what I'd want to write yet. Ahaha.
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I might give participating another shot this year with a particular super robot story I've had laying around for many years. I tried starting on it once, but I couldn't get myself into the mindset of "just write, dammit".
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You can also get some fun little badges (http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/webbadges) to put in your sig or other places to show your participation in NaNo~
Some of these look pretty neat.
Okay, who's started on their outlines? I had an informal one in my head last year, but it's something quite different to write it down while consciously avoiding writing down the story itself.
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I might get around to writing an outline next week, still got uni stuff to do. It's probably best to start as soon as possible so I can write down every idea I have at random times, and possibly have a nice amount of material to work with come November.
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Imma start a basic outline tomorrow once I grab that big text file from home where all my ideas for the story are sitting. Won't be anything major though, just where I want to start/finish each chapter at... probably. maybe I should write one chapter per day or something, that could be neat
I was also in the middle of actually drawing the main character's mech but I keep forgetting to ask cousins/sister how the fuck to color something in and have it look good in SAI
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...Outline? What's that? >.>
...Gaaah I'm probably going to end up going into this unprepared again. And I know just how well that worked last time... >.<
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...Outline? What's that? >.>
...Gaaah I'm probably going to end up going into this unprepared again. And I know just how well that worked last time... >.<
This is exactly why I made this thread as early as I did. Outlining, even informally, is the only reason I could have come close to the 50k mark last year, much less win it. And when my outline ran out, my story went to hell. I'd like to avoid that this year, to say the least.
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Well, some people work excellently by simply winging it. Problems with outlines are that you don't always end up maintaining the same idea throughout the month, and then you obsess over sticking to your holy outline.
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The best outlines offer enough room to be flexible. They should just be guidelines, in the best sense.
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Usually it ends up being less a real outline for me and more of a collection of random ideas I want to put in the story. Those sometimes combine to form bits of continuous story or things that will lead to one another, other times they just end up being put in when they seem to fit while writing without a plan :V
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Forget outlines, I can already see that this novel is going to have a few chapters purely detailing technical specs / historical information... But I like writing those too, so it won't be a hassle. It will probably mean the story won't finish by the end though lol
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I don't have a written outline, but this is something I've had in the works for several years now so I at least have some idea on the direction of where I'll be going with this.
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Drop a goddamn knife in my head right now, I'm in. 8)
I have even less of an idea than last year, as well as less motivation. I'm finishing anyway. Bring it.
Empty page, soon to be godlike full page. (http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/theshim)
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Going back to address something:
Does my documentation for Lord of Maidens count? I think it's definitely going to be more than 50k words when it's done.
Only if it's written brand-new for November.
Drop a goddamn knife in my head right now, I'm in. 8)
I have even less of an idea than last year, as well as less motivation. I'm finishing anyway. Bring it.
Empty page, soon to be godlike full page. (http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/theshim)
That's the spirit. :dragonforce:
All right, everyone who's posted their profile up to this point has been added!
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OP: Please indicate that I've been retconned from existence.
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http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/jt99
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Going back to address something:Only if it's written brand-new for November.
What qualifies as brand new?
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What qualifies as brand new?
From the rules section:
Do I have to start my novel from scratch on November 1?
Yes.
This sounds like a dumb, arbitrary rule, we know. But bringing a half-finished manuscript into NaNoWriMo all but guarantees a miserable month. You'll care about the characters and story too much to write with the gleeful, anything-goes approach that makes NaNoWriMo such a creative rush. Give yourself the gift of a clean slate, and you'll tap into realms of imagination and intuition that are out-of-reach when working on pre-existing manuscripts.
Outlines and plot notes are very much encouraged, and can be started months ahead of the actual novel-writing adventure. Previously written prose, though, is punishable by death.
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Nothing from me then. Gonna be working on getting a fully playable mod out instead.
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Well, I've got my plot and everything hammered out.
Check out my NaNoWriMo profile for the Novel Information.
I hope to beat my record last year, or at least be around the same.
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Hmm, that's a little bit odd.
Okay, everyone in the OP who has a link with numbers and not their name (http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/700674 as opposed to http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/sakurarurouni for example) should give me the new links again. It appears the NaNoWriMo site relaunch messed with some things.
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Um... Okay. (http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/moerin)
...Still not sure at all what I'm going to do, but... Fingers crossed, I guess.
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Well, the link in the OP still goes to my page, but I'll put the new URL in anyway. http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/squawkers
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You skipped over me.
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Well, the link in the OP still goes to my page
That's the thing; it only seems to work if you're logged in already.
You skipped over me.
My apologies! Fixed now.
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Logged in users get automatically redirected, yes.
http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/trancehime <-- Here is the raw link to my profile.
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Here's mine.
http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/fujiwaranomokou
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http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/prody
Simply replace last part with standard name! (Unless said user has a lot of different nicks)
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Still waiting on corrections from Sanrisa Laser and Affinity, but everyone else has been added or updated up to this point.
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Still waiting on corrections from Sanrisa Laser and Affinity, but everyone else has been added or updated up to this point.
Sorry.
http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/seaslugs (http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/seaslugs)
Something I've been wondering about. Do we put anything in the novel excerpt box now? Cause we shouldn't have anything to go in there right? I'm either over or underthing that box.
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http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/seaslugs (http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/seaslugs)
Something I've been wondering about. Do we put anything in the novel excerpt box now? Cause we shouldn't have anything to go in there right? I'm either over or underthing that box.
Updated!
As to your question, you can do whatever in blazes you want with it. Looks like Anathe has a small snippet from Thanatophobia, while I have... well. (http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/sakurarurouni/novels/radial-keratotomy) (the genre is just for laughs)
Out of curiousity, have people figured out names for their stories yet, or will that come later? The name took me a few days to figure out, but it feels kind of weird to have one already.
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...I'm thinking of just giving mine some random name that will likely have nothing to do with the actual story. I'm... Not sure whether this is a good or a bad thing. >.> Added to the fact that I still have no idea what I'm even going to write about, well... This could be interesting, at the very least.
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Since I'm going for a continuation of last year's story, I just went for the obvious name choice of "Part II" :V
Also, from the NaNo donation counter:
1349.242% of Wrimos have donated
I have a feeling their algorhithm is off :V
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Clearly, they're writers, not mathematicians. :]
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Out of curiousity, have people figured out names for their stories yet, or will that come later? The name took me a few days to figure out, but it feels kind of weird to have one already.
I am an expert at titling my stories if it isn't outright fanfiction, so...
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Me: http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/jasminyasmin
No idea if I'll finish or not, or if it'll even be long enough to finish with, but oh well.
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A very productive few days with friends later, I have a large chunk of my story mapped out! As usual, it's a hopelessly ambitious project, pared down to hopefully manageable chunks. Think Age of Discovery meets magic. It'll be awesome.
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Argh there's like a week left and despite the noise I made I haven't actually gotten very far on an outline >.<
But that's what the week is for, I guess~
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Pft. I don't even know what I'm going to be writing about. like, at all. Take that, all you people with your preparations and outlines and what-have-you.
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I have the exact opposite of procrastination: If I can't do it ahead of time, I'm not going to do it at all. I hate being rushed-- which is precisely why I am going to challenge myself with something like Nanowrimo.
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I usually love to make outlines and charts and graphs and what-have-you, but I don't try to think of story ideas. They just come to me at times. This is only a problem when they happen to not come to me, and I need them to come to me. Like right now. :V
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Oh, I get ideas flying at me all the time, even when I need them to come to me. They pile up, in fact, which is why I would like to get them down on paper in some sort of order so I can then disregard them without totally losing them to the abyss, and maybe I can use them later on!
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Oh, I get ideas flying at me all the time, even when I need them to come to me. They pile up, in fact, which is why I would like to get them down on paper in some sort of order so I can then disregard them without totally losing them to the abyss, and maybe I can use them later on!
Yeah, the thing is, I get ideas all the time, but not a lot of them are Touhou related or in good taste (like my idea about a man who assassinates a president because he thinks that he's a great president and wants to immortalize him in History. Would be interesting to write, but would also probably catch the eye of the Secret Services or something. And wouldn't be in good taste anyway.)
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Yeah, the thing is, I get ideas all the time, but not a lot of them are Touhou related or in good taste (like my idea about a man who assassinates a president because he thinks that he's a great president and wants to immortalize him in History. Would be interesting to write, but would also probably catch the eye of the Secret Services or something. And wouldn't be in good taste anyway.)
Write it up and send the plot to the screenwriters of The West Wing! Or another such show.
I would at least write down the blurb. One of the only guides to writing I've ever liked was one that focused less on technical things and instead just threw ideas at you to get the creative juices flowing, and keeping a notebook with daily writing prompt responses was a recommended thing to do. Keep that up long enough, and you'll probably end up writing dozens of blurbs that "aren't in good taste".
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Besides, whoever said something had to be in good taste to be good? >.>
...Gaaah I still haven't the faintest idea what I'm going to do for this. I've had ideas, but they've all been dumb and unworkable. >.< Ugh, this is going to be a trainwreck, I just know it.
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Write it up and send the plot to the screenwriters of The West Wing! Or another such show.
I would at least write down the blurb. One of the only guides to writing I've ever liked was one that focused less on technical things and instead just threw ideas at you to get the creative juices flowing, and keeping a notebook with daily writing prompt responses was a recommended thing to do. Keep that up long enough, and you'll probably end up writing dozens of blurbs that "aren't in good taste".
Like they would take a fifteen-year-old's idea :V
Hm. I may have to try that. Even if I do hate writing by hand (I have pretty much no arm stamina at all, even with Taekwondo going on) it may pay off. Of course, I've had random story ideas before, but they usually end up being kind of long and I just give up/forget about them.
Besides, whoever said something had to be in good taste to be good? >.>
I'm more worried about the fact that a story about assassinating the president (not the current one for the record, just a nameless president) would be in really poor taste and also may be taken as a threat to the president which is a class D felony. So yeah, not going to put much more than the story idea out on the internet.
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Um... I think you're being a little paranoid there. Do you really think that anyone who has ever written a story about a potential presidential assassination is treated as a felon? You do know there are professionally published novels out there that feature presidential assassination attempts as plot points? Some even going as far to use real life presidents and kill them off?
The fact that you plan to make it a nameless president makes it something even less to worry about. >.> Besides, I think it sounds like a pretty neat idea and you should at least give it a shot.
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Um... I think you're being a little paranoid there. Do you really think that anyone whose ever written a story about a potential presidential assassination is treated as a felon? You do know there are professionally published novels out there that feature presidential assassination attempts as plot points? Some even going as far to use real life presidents and kill them off?
The fact that you plan to make it a nameless president makes it something even less to worry about. >.> Besides, I think it sounds like a pretty neat idea and you should at least give it a shot.
Actually, I'll be the first to admit I'm a very paranoid person. It's not that I don't trust the government, but that I think they know more about us than we think. But that's neither here nor there.
I'm actually starting to think I might do this for NaNo, though. Not sure how I'd make it 50,000 words, but I probably could. Maybe something like how Samuel Byck recorded messages to Richard Nixon about how he was going to kill him?
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Here's mine again. Affinity (http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/affinity)
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I tried writing an outline, but then I got to thinking it would hamper my creative processes.
Oh well, it's there if I need it, I guess. I wouldn't mind winging it and writing 1500 words of random story that fall out of my brain every day at work.
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I'm already piled with schoolwork and pressure to the point of mental deterioration, I have no idea what to write, and I'm most likely not going to come near 50,000 words by the end of the month.
So yeah I'm going to give better judgment the finger and give this a shot. (http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/infernal-hyperion)
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I was thinking of doing it, but the guy above finally motivated me to give judgement the finger and give it a shot.
http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/greenvirus
I have ideas and plot ready and in the making. I just need to narrow all of it down and set timely goals for myself. Here's to a month of hell :>
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Yaaaaaay, that's the spirit~
Ah, I just logged in and found that I had some kind of regional NaNomail waiting for me. Does anyone ever go to these write-ins, these writers' gatherings? They've always been too late in the day for me to go, or else I would actually give 'em a shot.
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Current state: I have no outline for the story I said I would write, a continuation of last year's NaNo attempt. I do however have a ton of notes and planned stuff for my current Librarian-story. Hmmmmmm :3
*Sakana goes to switch out his novel info
It's not gonna be a stand-alone novel that way, but heh, not like the original idea would have been :V
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I've always kind of wanted to do this. (http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/himiko) Let's see how much I'll be able to write in a month.
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Everyone up to this point has been added.
Two (and a half, depending on time zone) days left, oh man! I'm suddenly feeling the jitters. I was planning on posting this story on the internet as I went, but now I feel all self-conscious about it. :ohdear:
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...And I still only have a handful of vague ideas. >.< At least I figured out the title...
...Aaaaah screw it I don't care what I write. As long as I get something down, it'll be fine no matter what it's about. Hopefully.
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Everyone's writings will be rushed anyway, so there's no reason not to share it, right?
I've figured out what I want to write and how I want to write it. The only thing left is to go ahead and actually write it. I'm all sorts of disappointed in my own writing as of late, so this will be a merry masochistic venture!
Hope the rest of you fare better at the very least.
Last year I wrote a story that had a lot of,
Suddenly, Random charged into the building!
"I am necessary," Random declared boldly, jabbing his finger at Heroine, "to complete the wordcount! Where there is need, there is Random, for words will pave the way to victory!"
... and then more hijinks so that the story is utterly unreadable. :V
I should really revise it some time but meh. :effort:
As a curiousity, what genre is everyone writing for? I'm going for mystery, but I don't expect it'll be a great story of any kind, aha.
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Erotic fiction, in the style of Kinoko Nasu.
...Seriously, um... Knowing me it'll probably end up being fantasy. I can never seem to write anything with an attachment to the real world, ahah~
And if I ever need to fill up my wordcount, I'll just have everyone talk like Mojo Jojo, talking in a circuitous way and reiterating everything they say so as to push up the wordcount, that is to say using a lot of repetition like that famous green monkey in a way that will make my tally of phrases increase manyfold due to how it keeps restating every concept over and over again.
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I guess my story counts as humour/adventure? Not really sure, I never thought about what genre this actually is.
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GIANT ROBOTS
THE ONLY GOOD STORYTELLING MEDIUM
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As a curiousity, what genre is everyone writing for? I'm going for mystery, but I don't expect it'll be a great story of any kind, aha.
My profile says "erotic fiction" as a sneer towards the lack of an "action" genre in the drop-down menu (which is why my fic comes off as erotic eye surgery). Urban fantasy is closer to what I'm actually going for, though.
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Everyone up to this point has been added.
No I haven't! D:
[ruro]Whoops! My bad, it's been fixed now.[/ruro]
As a curiousity, what genre is everyone writing for? I'm going for mystery, but I don't expect it'll be a great story of any kind, aha.
Romance/Fantasy/Slice of Life.
That is to say, slice of life in Gensokyo.
Although I came up with a new idea this morning which may get used instead. If I can think of an actual plotline for it.
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As a curiousity, what genre is everyone writing for? I'm going for mystery, but I don't expect it'll be a great story of any kind, aha.
I'm doing fiction. I'm going to write this in a way that people can skip the mhms, ahhnnnss and ohhhsss<333 without losing any of the main plot.
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I'm going for horror/supernatural. Going to have a lot of screwed-up stuff, most likely. Certainly lots of weird creature designs, since I seem to come up with those like clockwork. And lots of insanity. As in the mental kind.
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behold my beautiful and useless account BV (http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/suikama)
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I spent a large chunk of Friday night outlining the major plot of the book. This is going to be a hell of a lot of fun. Also the main character may or may not be middle-ages mage Batman.
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Gaaah only two days until it starts and I still have no idea what the hell I'm doing. >.< Ack.
Um... Gah, I think I might just pop onto IRC tomorrow and see if I can somehow brainstorm something with the help of anyone willing. I really need to plan this out better than last year, after all, otherwise it'll sink even faster. >.<
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JT99
Novel: The Boner That Destroyed the World
Oh god JT you better finish this
Edit: Hmm my classes finish on the 28th, and although I still have exams after I do have a one week study break...
NaNoWriMo in 2 days hell yes 8)
Hmm with a 70 WPM typing rate, it would take about 12 hours of pure typing to get to 50k. So that's 6 hours of pure typing each day. Aw yeah totally feasible BV
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Gaaah only two days until it starts and I still have no idea what the hell I'm doing. >.< Ack.
Um... Gah, I think I might just pop onto IRC tomorrow and see if I can somehow brainstorm something with the help of anyone willing. I really need to plan this out better than last year, after all, otherwise it'll sink even faster. >.<
You and me both
I might do the assassin thing, but I'm not sure. I only have the ending figured out, not the rising action or even the exposition, so it would be kind of horrible.
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Late to the party, and mere hours before it starts, even.
XephyrEnigma
Novel: Strange Journey In An Unknown Land
Profile link. Soon to be filled with wordy goodness. (http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/XephyrEnigma)
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...So much for the plan, then. >.<
Gaaah this is going to go horrible, I just know it. >.<
Right, right, I probably have some random notes for various things somewhere... Dare I go completely insane and try and stitch all of these disparate ideas into one single Frankenstienian abomination of a novel? Oh god, this won't end well at all. >.<
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Oh god I'm here (http://nanowrimo.org/en/participants/garlyle)
I actually won last here and just wasn't in this topic until I actually found it BUT ANYWAY.
Oh god what am I gonna do this year. I had intended to continue last year's novel but I have no drive to - and as such I have No Idea What I'm Gonna Do.
Oh god oh god oh god oh god.
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Garlyle, I love your "enthusiasm". :3c
Everyone up to now has been added. NaNo time starts in a few hours for me here. I need to finish my barebones outline in that time. D:
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/still doesn't know what he's going to write
Okay, it's crazy brainstorming time. It doesn't even need to make sense anymore. I just need something. Scarlet Library, here I come!
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Garlyle, I love your "enthusiasm". :3c
Glad I could enterta--oh god there's only three hours until it starts oh god oh god oh god oh god
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GIANT ROBOTS
THE ONLY GOOD STORYTELLING MEDIUM
That was my winning story idea 2010. :)
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888 words, time for bed.
There is drunkenness and mortal danger already!
Yeah!
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I'm going to pass this year. Good luck you WriMos.
For motivation, here's a neat thing to consider. If you go to a job interview and you are asked the question, "Describe a time you set a goal for yourself and how you went about accomplishing it," the completion of NaNoWriMo is a great example. I assure you your interviewer will find it interesting.
Now go hit those 50,000 words and it might even help you get a job!
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At This Rate You Will Finish On: November 17, 2011
Oh man it's so nice to see that.
Went in with absolutely no idea what I was gonna write. I literally stared at my screen and said "I dunno, what do you wanna write?"
And my fingers wrote "I dunno, what do you wanna do?"
And somehow while writing the scene of two bored friends tossing a ball between them (and one of them spontaneously deciding he had telekinetic powers about ten lines in) the entire idea for a high action, modern fantasy Shounen series came rushing into my head. About a fancy little diner where people with the potential to awaken to supernatural powers end up, and also there's eventual saving the world involved (possibly by punching cthulu in the face. I'd like this to really happen).
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Oh man it's so nice to see that.
At This Rate You Will Finish On
November 6, 2011
:]
In all seriousness, I began work on my story. No sex actually happens yet though. But I assure the masses that once the sex does begin there'll be a lot of it. Because I am a terrible and naughty person.
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Hm, do I feel like challenging you at this again this year or not? Hmm.
Also I completely admit that there will totally end up being sex in my story too because I'm also a terrible and naughty person
Also also I'm having the most fun procrastinating by going through your guys' novel titles/descriptions :3
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Hm, do I feel like challenging you at this again this year or not? Hmm.
Also I completely admit that there will totally end up being sex in my story too because I'm also a terrible and naughty person
After the major turning point of my story it is basically "main character becomes a futanari magical demon girl and defeats the enemies by having sex with them"
Also, do what you want ^_^
EDIT: Sad face, I did not attain my 15k word goal today. I did however attain 10k+ again.
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aaaagh Chapter 1 done.
It's been so long since I wrote anything(or read anything substantial)... My writing style is all over the place, and I guess it didn't help that there was no dialogue in this chapter. I'm going to have to revert back to my old style of writing thought processes in italics and making characters say things that people normally wouldn't have said aloud. Or something.
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AHHHH! 14 hours in and no words. I'm panicking, I'm panicking! In some seriousness I'm going to get some tonight when I get off work and do some tomorrow when I'm off.
My genre adventure. And the main character is a pirate witch. I've reworked most of the characters to be kind of not carbon copies of when it was a Touhou-fic, but the main character is still totally Marisa :V
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I take pride in the fact that I am writing a hopefully solid and lengthy tale of adventure and magic without sticking sex in. Take that as you will.
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I take pride in the fact that I am writing a hopefully solid and lengthy tale of adventure and magic without sticking sex in. Take that as you will.
My story is meant to be a bad rendition on the Sex-Focused Eroge anyway.
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"FANCY FOOTWORK! SOCCER STAR ON THE DANCE FLOOR OF THE FUNK~!"[/i]
WOOSH KABOOM.
Full shounen levels officially reached.
Man this is SO silly.
And kind of fun to write.
Also. Creepy Child Count: 1.
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Failed to meet short term goal:
1125 / 2500 words
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I spent my entire morning out and my entire afternoon on doing schoolwork due tomorrow.
I don't think I'll be able to write a whole lot today, if anything at all. Sigh.
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Got very little done yesterday. The fact that I didn't get any free time until 10:30 at night was probably a contributing factor.
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I also didn't get much done yesterday. Was too busy with other things. =/
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I've started, but I'm writing so slow. The beginning is the trickiest part, but argh, even though this is repetitive and that's the point, it's still annoying.
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Won't be able to write much for the next few days, but I finished the prologue and part of day zero.
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And day two's grand total is... 0 words.
>.<
...Hopefully tomorrow will be better. Hopefully.
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I'm thinking of scrapping the whole idea of writting a story and just write about a different thing each day. There's too much time spent on thinking about what to write next. We're allowed to do that, right?
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A collection of shorts does technically make a novel, so... It should work. Go for it~! b^_^d
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I got 3402 words. I feel a little better now. And anything you count as a novel they'll count as a novel they said. So yea go for it!
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5104!
Getting places!
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So, I'm afraid I may have to drop out. Basically, for the next two weeks, I'll be so busy with the school musical, Mock Trial, and taekwondo, I'll be spending approximately 3 hours at most at home. And I'll be spending those three hours on homework. I haven't decided fully, but it's very likely at this point. =/
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(knuckle crack)
Alright boys and girls. Let's do this like Anubis.
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And then I fell off the bandwagon and suddenly discovered: I'm not actually all that energetic to continue my novel now that I've figured it out in my head.
Damn Everything. Maybe I should put this creative energy lingering around to better use.
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Due to the increasing workload on my part, I didn't write anything today and yesterday! Gotta make up for lost time! :D
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And thus the prophecy came true.
Not going to be able to get to work on this thanks to two midterms, more school projects, other personal matters, and a lack of energy.
Good luck to the rest of you guys, though.
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Yeah, um... Sorry. Other things keep getting in the way and I can't seem to get the time to write anything down, so even if I was inspired at the moment I doubt this would go anywhere. >.< Oh well, there's always next year...
Good luck to everyone else, though! I'm sure you'll all succeed where I have fallen~! b^_^d
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A new challenger approaches! (http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/px)
I'm going to regret this, aren't I?
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Yeah, I'm afraid I just won't be able to finish this whole thing. I'll be cheering on those of you who remain, though! ^^
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Totally forgot to keep updated on NaNoWriMo status with everyone else (http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/k_polaris) :ohdear:
I have 809 words done, which I'm pretty sure is a lot better than last year! :D
At This Rate You Will Finish On: July 4, 2012
Um, well, I'll do some catching up this weekend. ;_;
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Here's mine. I don't know how to put in how many words I've typed, so It says 0. I'm at 2k in 2 days. And I'm typing only so that I can
UTTERLY DEFEAT HIMIKO AND CLAIM HER AS MY BRIDE fight with Himiko.
http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/azurewraith
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Being an Orthodox Jew means Fridays and Saturdays hurt.
Still about 250 words ahead of schedule, but I start work on Monday. Going to be a real challenge to keep this up!
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I'm not giving up by any means, but I have discovered that I write very very slowly, so I must combat my own usual glacial pace of writing and beat back my backlog. :S
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3 days of not writing anything = me is a sad panda.
I need to get back into schedule.
End of Week 1: 20239 words
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Aaaaahhhhhhh 6000 words in and I finally got to some actual dialogue. that was horrible
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Just as a heads-up, the word count widgets are finally up and running. Now I can have my lame word count chase me wherever I go! :]
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Don't worry, I can have my horrendously erratic writing progress haunt me wherever I go as well! :]
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MY WORD COUNT IS WORSE THAN YOUR WORDCOUNT
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I'm going at this way slower then I intended. Also the story is darker than I thought. My characters keep getting their asses kicked
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sup (http://i.imgur.com/FeWvC.png)
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(http://tsundereworks.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/nope.png)
WC: 1020 / 50000
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I picked a horrible month to start drawing a picture every other day, make an account on Reddit, and surge towards level 30 in League of Legends.
ugh.
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I picked a horrible month to start drawing a picture every other day, make an account on Reddit, and surge towards level 30 in League of Legends.
Oh man. Why is it that the urge to draw and doodle all day long is hitting me now and not at any other time when it would be much more welcome?
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Too busy vomiting over my thousands of projects to really be motivated and focus on NNWM... I feel like I want to die right now x.x
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I accidentally caused my story to end at 30k~ words... Well, this is a problem. Looks like I have to journal my way through the rest of the words like last year.
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I dropped out, like a boss. Too much to do to really dedicate much time to this. Good luck to those still going strong, though. (You ARE going strong, right?)
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March 12, 2012
Whoops :V
I have the next two days off and my goal is to get caught up with 35k words. I'm at 7k, so that just 15k-ish words a day. I can do it! Probably!
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I dropped out, like a boss. Too much to do to really dedicate much time to this. Good luck to those still going strong, though. (You ARE going strong, right?)
Slowly, but surely.
Emphasis on slowly. :ohdear:
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Whoops :V
I have the next two days off and my goal is to get caught up with 35k words. I'm at 7k, so that just 15k-ish words a day. I can do it! Probably!
I got September 2012. :V
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My first update on word count was July 2015 :V
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Mine is at January 11th.
too much to do aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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December 8, 2011. And since I'm finally on break, I think I actually stand a chance at making that even closer! I just have to write over 2k words every day from here until the end of the month. `~`
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Welp. Seems stuff got in the way a lot, I'm only at 3k words. Still, I knew I wasn't going to finish. I suppose I'll just see what I can get done by the end.
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Aw hell yeah, I'm finally within 4k of the word count I'm supposed to be at, and now things are going to get fun.
Also, if pictures are worth a thousand words, this should totally count towards my word count. (http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,6940.msg751273.html#msg751273)
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i fucking hate life so much right now.
i entered this year optimistic, but the huge amount of work i've had to do throughout the entire month, not to mention dealing with the plethora of misfortune; has really sucked my ability to write quickly dry.
my only recourse now is to cram 22k words of nothing but writing next week. if I can write 10k words in one of the days next week, preferably monday, I would be extremely happy with that and stand a good chance of finishing. but as it is, i can't do jack at the moment, for the following reasons:
11:41:37 (kasuganoS) too much work
11:41:47 (kasuganoS) at this rate i'll only have 4~5 days to write 22k words
11:41:58 (kasuganoS) I have a 6 to 9PM exam on Friday
11:42:04 (kasuganoS) Next tuesday I may have another exam
11:42:11 (kasuganoS) This saturday I have a machien project due
11:42:16 (kasuganoS) This sunday I have community service
11:42:25 (kasuganoS) oh on Friday I have to give in some parts of my research paper too
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So yeah, I'm pretty much out. I didn't really feel dedicated to writing this month, and I've had a lot of other stuff on my plate. On the other hand, what writing I did get done was pretty cathartic and fairly good for coping.
Good luck to everybody still in the running. I know you want to work hard, but don't exhaust yourselves.
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>Words Remaining: 12,808
THE DESTINED TIME APPROACHES
Feels so strange to actually be on-target for once. Now I just have to not totally hose up these next few days.
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I'm tempted to put my 'wordcount' at 49999 on the last day and see if I win any wooden spoon awards :V
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(http://i.imgur.com/oJwlh.png)
What is this feeling of actually being ahead of the mark? It feels... it feels...
(http://i.imgur.com/qrf1y.jpg)
:dragonforce:
I'm excited. Last year I won NaNoWriMo by the skin of my teeth, breaking 50k words in the space of only a few seconds before deadline. This year has turned out significantly better. :D
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congrats, i don't think i can win this unless I can pull out a 4-day wonder.
*shrug*
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OH HELL NO I forgot about NaNoWriMo nooooooooo... Thankfully, I AM writing a gothic fanfic about Alice for Lit class, so it's all good.
> realizes I've only gotten 2k words down
well damn it.
Coincidentally, the project deadline for that is on December 8.
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well I need 7000 words a night for 5 days
yeah
um
:ohdear:
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(http://i.imgur.com/KlDez.gif)
Celebrate that sweet, sweet victory.
I really, really hope I'm not the only one -___-
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18k words in 4 days?
(http://i.imgur.com/Ase8I.jpg)
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8000 words was all I could do this month. Really, I wonder how all you guys could do 50k so easily, in the midst of life and all that.
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(http://i.imgur.com/Q8b9C.png)
Fuck yeah. I've got this in the bag, folks.
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8000 words was all I could do this month. Really, I wonder how all you guys could do 50k so easily, in the midst of life and all that.
Because I have some fairly huge essays to do on returning to school, so I worked even harder during my Thanksgiving break to make up for it.
Also Trance whoa. :o :o :o
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I'm gonna win. I have to win. And I will do it.
Tonight.
8)
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holy wow trance
all right damn it I'm at least hitting 20k
WRITE WRITE WRITE WRITE WRITE
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Congratulations, novelist! You won!
(http://i.imgur.com/wbfpW.png)
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Trance, you scare me a little. In a good way.
Grats :)
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The thrill of being able to do that much in just a few days is kind of a thing, really. It's pretty satisfying.
Thanks!
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Congrats to both of you for hitting 50k, and congrats to anybody else who's reaching their goal for this month.
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I always miss this, this year and last.
congrats to both of you.
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Two full days remaining, today and tomorrow. I hope at least one more person here makes it. A quick glance at the writing buddies tells me that Prody is close.
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Finally done with this thing. It feels kind of cheating because my novel is basically three stories side by side with no relation at all, with 2 just being the same journal style I used for last year. It helps to add words, but it doesn't seem like a story I can show off, at all.
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Grats, Prody!
All right, the specific amount of hours left depends on your time zone, but everyone should be finishing up today. Those of you living in the States have anywhere from six to nine hours left before deadline. Best of luck to anyone who's still going!
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Grats, Prody!
All right, the specific amount of hours left depends on your time zone, but everyone should be finishing up today. Those of you living in the States have anywhere from six to nine hours left before deadline. Best of luck to anyone who's still going!
oh crap almost forgot about this
time to enact operation wooden spoon :derp:
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NaNoWriMo is over everywhere now, looks like. Thank you for everyone who participated, and congratulations to everyone who made it.
Bonus, for those of you who had trouble making it to 50k, you wouldn't have had a problem if you had made your protagonist read Don Quixote aloud starting on page 39. (http://twitter.com/#!/fakennwmtips)
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oh crap almost forgot about this
time to enact operation wooden spoon :derp:
Man, you were almost there!
Still, I'm quite curious about a novel titled "wikipedia" and at the same time holding the genre "erotic fiction"...
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Man, you were almost there!
Still, I'm quite curious about a novel titled "wikipedia" and at the same time holding the genre "erotic fiction"...
Here is an excerpt
words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words sex words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words
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Sex scenes are the best word padding.
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Sex scenes are the best word padding.
Forget NaNoWriMo, you're ready to make the New York Times bestseller list with that thinking
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Sex scenes are the best word padding.
About 10~20k words of my story are sex scenes I think. I could be exaggerating that figure though!
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Sex scenes are the best word padding.
Hmm...I need to remember that if I attempt it again. Cause when I actually thought I could do it, I chucked random bandits at them or had the big lass pick a fight with the fairy queen.