NaNoWriMo in the Playground

[Fax Celestis]

November is National Novel Writing Month. For more information, see NaNoWriMo.org (http://nanowrimo.org).

Who's with me?

Progress So Far (http://whiplashamnesia.livejournal.com): 16,249 words out of 50,000.

[Skippy]

Wow, such a writer... I'm procrastinating right now, and will start tomorrow. I'll write it all within a month, or die trying!

[valadil]

Gonna try it for the first time this year.

Word count: 0! It's still october. Maybe I'll consider outlining a plot when I get home. Maybe.

[StickMan]

Sounds like as good a time as any to write that book I've been thinking of for 2 years. Unless I have papers to write and exams.... well we'll see.

[TigerHunter]

Ooh, goodie. I've been thinking about making another attempt at writing--the timing is perfect.

[Tormsskull]

November is National Novel Writing Month. For more information, see NaNoWriMo.org (http://nanowrimo.org).


Yeah!



Who's with me?


Lots of us (NaNoWriMo Around the corner (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60075))



Progress So Far (http://whiplashamnesia.livejournal.com): 16,249 words out of 50,000.

Huh? Did you already start? In Cali?

[Fax Celestis]

Huh? Did you already start? In Cali?

Started early, yes. Had one I didn't finish from last year that I'm going to polish off.

Shooting for more than the 50k, though. Probably closer to 75k.

[Madmal]

I'm interested, but i don't currently have any ideas about what to write...

meh, i'll add the link to favourites, in case inspiration hits me in the eye.

[InaVegt]

I'll be working on it, creating a a book of massive paranoia.

[Sir_Norbert]

No way -- I'll be too busy working on my other novel, of which I've written* about 15,000 words, and I'm aiming for 100,000. I don't care whether I get it done within the month or not -- sorry to chicken out -- it's the quality that's important as I really care about getting it published.

*Actually, I've written the whole thing and I'm rewriting it now. Which is a lot easier in some ways, but more tedious in others, and just as time-consuming.

[BlackStaticWolf]

I wish I had time for that this year. Sadly, I have too much reading to do.

[Castaras]

Yep!

I'm going to give it a go!

And probably roll out something that is complete ****, but oh well! :smallbiggrin:

[Syka]

Of course. I'm going to be utterly sleep deprived tomorrow because I have every intention of staying up until midnight to start.

Bad Fax, starting early. You cheater. ;)

Cheers,
Syka

[Fax Celestis]

Bad Fax, starting early. You cheater. ;)

It's Nov. 1 somewhere.

[InaVegt]

It's Nov. 1 somewhere.

It is here, have written 925 words in the last 50 minutes and I'm going to bed now.

[MandibleBones]

I'm on this crazy train until Ozzy kicks me off :) 4.5 hours until go-time in Central zone. Go team!

[SDF]

I've signed up, first shot this year. I've got a story in mind... I am so not an English oriented person. I'll share it with whoever wants to read when I finish. I should probably get a program other than notepad for my computer first. :P

[reorith]

count me in. i'm working on a study of morality and sexuality in contemporary america.

[Dragonrider]

I really, really, REALLY want to do it (I know I could...I've written that much in a month before) but I also really really really REALLY don't have time. Maybe next year....

Pah. I'll be a senior then. Probly even busier. The year after that I'm going to college. God knows...maybe there'll be time someday.... :smallannoyed:

[Saithis Bladewing]

Sure, I'll pick it up starting this weekend. Why not.

[valadil]

Here's a random question for those of you with more writing experience than me. How do you figure out how many words something will be? I've seen 50k, 75k, and 100k words mentioned, but I have no idea how you get those numbers. Is that just something you learn from experience?

[Syka]

50k is just a random goal. It's enough to make a novelette but not too much to make it impossible. The average amount of words in a novel really varies by genre. I think young adult is between 75-100k, horror averages 120. It really varies.

As for me, currently 584 words in in 10 minutes. Go me! I think sleep now. Seeing as I have class and that is about a third of what I need to make the days goal.

Cheers,
Syka

[Shiny, Bearer of the Pokystick]

Hm. I suppose I could try....alright, fine.

You have permission to beat me if I fail. Or just because you find it satisfying.

[Eita]

Alright... Which idea should I use?

*grabs fantasy one*

That works. To the Death of the High King!

[Vaynor]

I'm in. Got an idea I've been thinking of writing on for a while now, and what other time to do it?

[ocato]

I'm doing this, but I'm not entering or submitting anything
This is for me and my friend. She and I will write and compare.
I have been informed that we are infact submitting our work.

This sounds fun, I hope I do it.

[Icewalker]

Hmm

Not much of a writer myself, but I've often thought about it. I know I would end up doing Sci-fi, with a world with so much detail that people can't really make sense of it until they finish the book...probably not a good thing.

Nonetheless, I'd probably end up styling it a little like the Reality Dysfunction trilogy. A large number of different storylines/characters which meet up at different points in the overall story.

[Shadow of the Sun]

I'm doin' it!

Alternative history, based on religion...

[MandibleBones]

50k is just a random goal. It's enough to make a novelette but not too much to make it impossible. The average amount of words in a novel really varies by genre. I think young adult is between 75-100k, horror averages 120. It really varies.

The standard on which the 50,000 word goal was based was Chris Baty, the founder of NaNoWriMo, pulling the smallest book he still considered a novel off of his shelf (Aldous Huxley's Brave New World), and doing a rough count of the words.

[Castaras]

And I've started! Whoooo! :smallamused:

Dark Fantasyish thing. Hopefully it'll stay consistent and not go insane in the middle of it...

[Dragonrider]

I am really, really, really REALLY jealous of you guys. :smallfrown: No way I have time though.... :smallyuk:

[Skippy]

786 words in about an hour of work... Now the pond is dry, I will wait a while before writing again.

[Zakama]

Hmm, I've been looking for something to do lately. I'm in!

[Rex Idiotarum]

Hm... I'm going to write the Novel version of my campaign, Zombies Ate My Teacher. The title seems funny, but this is a really dark and scary story. And the biggest danger isn't the Zombies.

913 words, and I feel I'm already writing literary crack, and it only gets better.

[Surfing HalfOrc]

Well, I have an outline, and chapters blocked out, but maybe this is the impetus I need to get busy with the heavy lifting of writing the actual words!

Fantasy-Western.

[Syka]

Oh c'mon, DR. I've got an 8 page research paper due mid month, a group presentation the end of the month, a 6 page paper due beginning of December, a big test midway through November, a final beginning of January, next weekend is devoted to friends, a week off for Thanksgiving which will be bust...

But, the biggest predictor of not winning NaNo is not starting. If I remember the numbers correctly, most people who start end up finishing. :) So give it a try. If you can't, try again next year. If you do, you might surprise yourself.

Cheers,
Syka

[AmberVael]

And I've started! Whoooo! :smallamused:

Dark Fantasyish thing. Hopefully it'll stay consistent and not go insane in the middle of it...

And I've started too!
Hopefully it'll stay consistent and not go sane in the middle of it... :smallwink: :smallamused:

I'm doing a strange little fictional biography- basically I'm taking whatever happens to me each day, embellishing it, and then writing it in a journal style from the point of view of an insane, extremely perfectionist and paranoid version of myself.
I'm at 1,000 words, and I'll write more when I get off work. Or when I get over to my other job.

[Skippy]

I know it sounds stupid... but where is that nifty word counter you all have in your siggies?

[AmberVael]

http://pinkness.freepgs.com/nanowrimo/

You can get it there. Though mine doesn't seem to be working, and I'm not sure why...

[Fax Celestis]

Right here. (http://pinkness.freepgs.com/nanowrimo/)

[Syka]

Yeah, my wordcount still seems to be stuck on last year. oO Don't know what is up with it.

Cheers,
Syka

[Fax Celestis]

Yeah, my wordcount still seems to be stuck on last year. oO Don't know what is up with it.

I'm currently looking to find an alternative wordcounter that actually will work on the fora.

[Ezlo]

Bleh, only 500ish pages so far and I'm getting tired already. Someone cheer me up! Quick!

[Skippy]

Go on Ezlo! Just think about what your goals are and keep going!

[Tormsskull]

Bleh, only 500ish pages so far and I'm getting tired already. Someone cheer me up! Quick!

pages?!?! TELL ME you mean words? I haven't even started yet :smallfrown:.

Edit:V I can't yet. I work 10 Hours a day, been here since 6:20 AM or so, won't get home till around 5:30 PM. But the benefit is a nice long weekend to work on it :smallsmile:.

[Skippy]

pages?!?! TELL ME you mean words? I haven't even started yet :smallfrown:.

You should get starting now, then. It is harder than I thought, and I've hit the first 1200 words. My brain is dry again.

[AmberVael]

Woohoo! I reached my 2,000 word goal for the day. Now lets see how far I get over it. :smallbiggrin:

[Ezlo]

Bleh, I meant words. Sorry. Back to writing I go!

[Castaras]

Doing better than I am Ezlo. :smallannoyed:

400 words...and the story's just stopped on me. Bah. :smallsigh:

[Dragonrider]

And I've started too!
Hopefully it'll stay consistent and not go sane in the middle of it... :smallwink: :smallamused:

I'm doing a strange little fictional biography- basically I'm taking whatever happens to me each day, embellishing it, and then writing it in a journal style from the point of view of an insane, extremely perfectionist and paranoid version of myself.
I'm at 1,000 words, and I'll write more when I get off work. Or when I get over to my other job.

:smalltongue: I do that in my journal every day, anyway. Except, you know...not fictional.

I joke, I joke. But I do journal in a (quite egotistical, I'm sure) biographical style - and I do AT LEAST two full pages every day, single-spaced. God knows how many words I've written but in the last two years I've filled about fifteen one-inch binders and three four-inch binders. I think I just might be wasting my life. :smalltongue:

*is still excruciatingly jealous of NaNoWriMo-ers*

(I should just keep away from this thread and save myself pain :smallwink:)

[Syka]

No, DR, you should just give in a try. :smallwink:

Cheers,
Syka

[TigerHunter]

Ergh. The temptation to go back and edit is too overwhelming--I can't seem to get above 300 words.
*mutters "If it sounds stupid, fix it in December" repeatedly as he gets back to work*

[Exachix]

I've got a momentum. =D

I can't slow down now.

Once you get started, you just keep rolling.

[Nimuialwing]

Another someone jumps the writing wagon.

I've not even started writing and I already have a writer's block... No wait, not really, I'm currently busy making on of those progress bars, yes, something like that I have to create myself and due to that I've not made any progress yet.

Details of my thingies are in my signature.

[rubakhin]

*bangs head repeatedly against wall* I just used four different spellings of the same name in, like, a single paragraph. And now I am paralyzed by indecision and can't pick one. I am made of dumb.

I dunno, which sounds best in English to you guys? Akhmat, Akhmad, Akhmed, or Ahmed? In Cyrillic it's Ахмат or Акмед.

[Fax Celestis]

Akhmat, definitely.

[TigerHunter]

The website seems to be crawling along at a snail's pace. But I'm guessing that that's normal for the first day.

I achieved enlightenment and pounded out a cool 700 words. I seem to be petering out now, so I'll just go for 1,000 and stop. It's not a good daily rate, but now that I have some idea what my story's about, I can brainstorm during the day and write more at night.

[valadil]

I dunno, which sounds best in English to you guys? Akhmat, Akhmad, Akhmed, or Ahmed? In Cyrillic it's Ахмат or Акмед.

The last two look better to me. I'm gonna vote for Ahmed just because Ahkmed is how Carlos Mencia pronounces it.

--

I sat down an hour ago not even knowing my main characters names. Then I decided that they'd find an unexploded nuklear device in the first chapter. Then I named my characters. Now I'm at 546 words and having a grand ole time. I'd like to hit 2000 tonight, but it's not a big deal if I don't.

Just out of curiosity what's a good number of words for a chapter? I realize it should be more about the content of what happens than the number of words, but I write with very few words and just realized that this thing may end up being 150-200 chapters if I don't stretch them a little.

[TigerHunter]

Just out of curiosity what's a good number of words for a chapter? I realize it should be more about the content of what happens than the number of words, but I write with very few words and just realized that this thing may end up being 150-200 chapters if I don't stretch them a little.
I always have the same problem. I think I'm going to give the Terry Pratchett approach (no chapters) a go, and maybe add them in later, once I can see the whole and divide it up into neat sections.

[valadil]

Calling it quits at 1,351 for today. I still haven't hit writers block and I still have hours in the day, but my spine is no longer on speaking terms with my chair.

[Syka]

Yes, it's normal for the first couple days to be snail like on the forums.

No clue about the chapter thing. I just divided up where I think it would go.

Right now I sit at a cool 3,099 words for the first day, which is great for me. I'm hoping for another thousand before the night is out. Maybe two if I can convince myself. I figure if I can get 5k a day this weekend I'll be able to take Thanksgiving off. Hopefully I'll be able to finish my homework for this weekend as well, which shouldn't be too terrible.

Cheers,
Syka

[Skippy]

What a curious thing, I finished a chapter of my story and the word count is exactly at 1,667 words. I'll do another one and stop after that.

EDIT: Look at what my brother found!! A calendar! (http://migratory.deviantart.com/art/NaNoWriMo-Calendar-67541594)

[reorith]

1,688 when i picked it up this morning. i don't know what direction to go with it :(

[AmberVael]

Well, I've hit the 3K + mark, and plan to add another thousand to the tally later on today, or possibly more if I can think of enough interesting stuff to write in.

[Castaras]

@RadikalSkippy - That is my new desktop piccie. Awesome.

And I ended up at 400ish words yesterday...>.< Time to get writing...

[Exachix]

I stopped at 1677 last night.

Maybe going to carry on or do homework.. =S.

[potatocubed]

2272 words, and I think it's time for a break.

Yes, I'm behind. I'll catch up. :smallcool:

[Vespe Ratavo]

I'm at 2,949 right now...still working on it for the night...and where are you all getting these progress bars? :smallconfused: I can't find one. Link plz.

[rubakhin]

Gah, I'm only at 1877. *sigh*

[Skippy]

@RadikalSkippy - That is my new desktop piccie. Awesome.

And I ended up at 400ish words yesterday...>.< Time to get writing...

You're welcome. I'd have it as my background as well if I didn't have one of my favorite xkcd comics there.


I'm at 2,949 right now...still working on it for the night...and where are you all getting these progress bars? :smallconfused: I can't find one. Link plz.

The links are in page 2. I'll fetch it and edit this post right now...


Right here. (http://pinkness.freepgs.com/nanowrimo/)

Also, I'm now at 2800 exactly, and again suffering from writer's block.

[VeisuItaTyhjyys]

I'm gonna do what I did last year and write all this in two days.

[Vespe Ratavo]

Ah, thanks.
*goes to get one*

[Skippy]

Not that it serves, really... but go and get one! I've hit 3,954 words and this thing still says I've got nothing so far.

[Syka]

You're welcome. I'd have it as my background as well if I didn't have one of my favorite xkcd comics there.


I've gotta ask which one. I had the adventure one as my background for well over two months until the calender replaced it. As soon as November is over, or I finish the novel, it's going back up. :smallsmile:

Total Count: 7385. That's right around 3somek today. This story is just coming to me. It's a tad rambly, but I'm liking it. My witch character is showing more spunk than I expected.

I think this is going to be a salvageable NaNo. :smallbiggrin:

Cheers,
Syka

[Skippy]

I've gotta ask which one. I had the adventure one as my background for well over two months until the calender replaced it. As soon as November is over, or I finish the novel, it's going back up. :smallsmile:


Wasteland

"I'm alone at this wasteland,
A thousand miles from you.

But I haven't forgotten
The feel of your skin,
Your mischievous smile.

You'd think a thousand miles
Would be enough

I guess I'll keep walking

(You make forgetting look so easy...)"

[SDF]

Well I have an outline done, :P I know what I want to write about and I think that is the hardest part for me. I'll see what I can get done before my concert tomorrow.

[Exachix]

I haven't any plan at all..

I need to get writing.. I'm something like 2500 words behind... =S.

[TigerHunter]

I got to a little over 2k before quitting last night. I'm behind, yeah.

[MandibleBones]

Gah! I'm a day behind... but we'll see if I can't make that up today.

[Artemician]

I'm going to have to go with the "depressed" crowd. I've only written 2400 words so far. That is not okay.

[Fax Celestis]

Heh. I've actually gone *down* in word count. Started at 16,279, aiming for 75,000, went down due to editing to 15,325.

[Syka]

Haha, it IS okay to be behind. Last year I fell behind by three or four days (my boyfriend broke up with me a week into it) and I ended up finishing four days early. :) It's possible.

Cheers,
Syka

[AmberVael]

Hmmm... I'm considering giving myself a wee bit of a NaNo break today, since I'm already ahead. I think I'll only push for 1000, or half of my normal pace, just so I'll be at the point of everyone doing the regular pace.
It's funny, but my pace and style will probably mean I write less on the weekends, in contrast to everyone else.

[reorith]

i'm falling behind already :(

[Katonta]

I'm going to join in even though I'm three days late. Thankfully, I already have a rough idea as to what I want to write about. All I have to do is transition those ideas to words.

[Nimuialwing]

I'm happy I have not set a required number of words per day for myself, as I would be way behind, speaking of, I am way behind. :smallwink:
At least I finally started out after three days, but now I hit some sort of writer's block, though not in the sense of "I don't know what to write.", but more like "What I'm writing right now is dumb!". Anyone else got that problem?

[Skippy]

I did. I began writing and after reading it a couple of times, it didn't make any sense. I had to edit three or four paragraphs before being satisfied. I couldn't go on until that part of the story worked for the rest. I was stuck and it was really hard to go on.

[Fax Celestis]

I'm happy I have not set a required number of words per day for myself, as I would be way behind, speaking of, I am way behind. :smallwink:
At least I finally started out after three days, but now I hit some sort of writer's block, though not in the sense of "I don't know what to write.", but more like "What I'm writing right now is dumb!". Anyone else got that problem?

...where did you get that meter?

[Rex Idiotarum]

Word's bitching me out and my NaNo's saved as an .docx file. Which means I can't open it.

*Sigh* Computers were suppose to make life easier....

[TigerHunter]

Eek. I was planning to soar ahead and make up for being behind today... and I've done a paltry 1,000 words.
And I don't feel like writing right now.
I'm really digging myself into a hole, aren't I?

[Fax Celestis]

Eek. I was planning to soar ahead and make up for being behind today... and I've done a paltry 1,000 words.
And I don't feel like writing right now.
I'm really digging myself into a hole, aren't I?

Not really. You'll get struck by the Holy Bolt of Inspiration soon, and then you won't be able to STOP writing.

[Syka]

Anyone want to do a word war? My AIM is WolfTeth. The premise is you and another person (or several people) set a time limit (say, 10 minutes) and you write as much as you can in that time. It's personal choice whether to tell your results or not.

I need to write but I'm having trouble concentrating. Anyone feel like challenging me? I am online, just invisible to avoid distractions while writing.

Cheers,
Syka

[AmberVael]

Syka, I accept your challenge!
*brandishes obviously fake and floppy sword*

En garde, knave! :smallwink:

[Nimuialwing]

...where did you get that meter?
Made it myself. Though currently the script is not advanced enough to make different outputs.


Anyone want to do a word war?
Yikes! That sounds like way too much pressure...

[AmberVael]

Nah. It actually worked out really, really well for both of us. We did two wars, each for 10 minutes. Both of us got around 500 words each of those 10 minutes, so that made a tidy sum that we got done very quickly.
I recommend that method to anyone- it really gets you going (and I didn't feel any pressure, really).

[Syka]

Yeah, they can be a lot of fun too. It makes noveling a group experience. :) I swear to God, the only reason I finished last years NaNo is I used the NaNo chat room for word wars. I think I was in there 5 hours on the day of my last push, with the mindset, "Just X more word wars and I'll finish." Plus it helps you find out how fast you can type.

Cheers,
Syka

[TigerHunter]

I'll have to give that a try... I'm having the hardest time getting motivated to write. And slowly falling farther behind.
Anyone up for it?

[AmberVael]

Ooo, ooo, pick me! :smalltongue:

[Castaras]

And me!

I need motivation!

[TigerHunter]

Alright... whoever can pound out the most words by quarter after (about 12 minutes) wins. :smallwink:

[Exachix]

I do to!

But I'm doing maths... *sigh*

[TigerHunter]

12 minutes, 199 words.

i suxxor :smallfrown:

[Castaras]

Only did it for 10 minutes, but I got 381 words. :smallsmile:

[AmberVael]

10 minutes and 555 words here. :smallbiggrin:

[zombie chick]

my gaming group and i have risen to the challenge and i have to say that it is one of hte hardest things i have ever done, also our weekly gaming session ran on past midnight cause we got distracted by explaining plot points :smallbiggrin:

count so far - 3468.
im gonna take some time out in work when its quiet to keep writing, hope to get up to 5000 by tonight or perhaps (dare i say it?) 7000!

ps - can someone send me that signature displaying the word count?

[Fax Celestis]

I am in desperate, dire need of a reader to tell me that what I'm writing makes sense.

*turns up Tori Amos*

Well, okay, maybe not total sense, but is at least coherent. Any takers?

[Kantur]

I'll do it. Since my NaNo hasn't gotten off the ground I might as well help someone whose has...

[Fax Celestis]

Awesome. I'll email it to the address in your profile. It'll be titled "Whiplash/Amnesia".

[DarkLightDragon]

I've been told I'm good at stories. Maybe I should give this a go even though it's already the 6th over here...

[Fax Celestis]

I've been told I'm good at stories. Maybe I should give this a go even though it's already the 6th over here...

You should. You're only... *counts* 9,996 words behind.

[Syka]

Technically 8,335. 10,002 tomorrow. Hehe.

I hit my goal of 15k tonight...Barely, and it took a wordwar to get me on a roll. Hopefully tomorrow, after doing some homework, I'll be able to get at least 3k in. I can only hope.

Cheers,
Syka

[Exachix]

I am at:
7,720 (only 613 behind target for yesterday)

Today I have to write 2,280 to get back on track. =S.

[valadil]

2273 here. Work picked a terrible time to give me a weekend of broken servers. *Le sigh*

I'm still hanging in there though. I have the last two weeks of the month off. As long as I still have momentum then I should be all set.

[The Neoclassic]

I'm trying, but I started 5 days late and only have 1,544 words. I have high grammar and vocab standards, so the quantity over quality will be a challenge... and means I'm far too embarrassed to post mine anywhere. Still, this month is cool and trying to keep to the goal will hopefully given me motivation to practice writing a lot. Even if all I get is practice and perhaps a couple of good parts of a story, it'll have been worth it.

[Raistlin1040]

Just started. Got about 1,000 words done.

[Castaras]

I am at 6k.

I have done 200 words in the past two days.

I think it might be time to ignore the homework and get writing...

But I hate my novel. I'm thinking of restarting it. Which would be interesting.

[Syka]

My favorite progress bar is working (turns out the NaNo site just needed to get the wordcount API up). It can be found here (http://pinkness.freepgs.com/nanowrimo/). Find you're user ID by clicking on view profile and it should be at the end of the URL. :)

<3 this progress bar.

Cheers,
Syka

[Fax Celestis]

Okay, stuck again and worried that I'm not making sense. Anyone want to proofread?

[The Extinguisher]

Bleh. I'm in it, and I've written about 3000 words.

Joy >.>

[Syka]

Hey, just thought I'd check up on everyone since we just passed the halfway mark. :)

Hope writing is coming well. Maybe next year I'll try to organize something, something kind of like a 'virtual' municipal laison. Meetings in a chat room and the like to have write ins and encouragement and all. :smallsmile: Anyone interested in that?

Cheers,
Syka

[Castaras]

'Gratz Syka on passing the half way mark.

I, on the other hand, am nowhere. 6k words still. -_-

[TigerHunter]

'Gratz Syka on passing the half way mark.

I, on the other hand, am nowhere. 6k words still. -_-
I didn't make it, I'm afraid. Didn't connect with the subject enough, and writing became just another chore pretty early on.

Next year I'll spend October brainstorming instead of coming up with a seat-of-the-pants topic on Halloween.

[Tormsskull]

Well, I committed NaNoWriMoside:

I had this really elaborate plan for a great novel, and it was all planned out and such. I had these cool little details that I wanted to work in, a setting, theme enviroment, basic beginning, middle, and end, and then it hit me.

I realised that THAT novel is not something that I can force myself to write at a pace that would work for NaNoWriMo. It is a novel that requires a lot of carefully selected foreshadowing, and hiding facts just under the surface and such.

So.....

I started over. I decided that I needed to pick a topic where I could write a lot of words per day and not really have to think too much. So what did I decide?

I call is my NaNoWOWMo. I'm writing my novel about all of my different World of Warcraft characters and their quest together to stop the evil warlock that threatens Azeroth. And since I know next to nothing about the history/lore of Azeroth, I'm taking total creative liberties to create/destroy/muck things up from the game world as I please.

I'm sitting at just under 10,000 words at the moment, and I have a lot of time to write this weekend (The Black Friday sales around these parts aren't any good this year).

Good luck all.

[Castaras]

I think I'm starting again tomorrow as well.

The novel I've been (trying) to do is so crap...And restarting will just make it better...

So with the two free days I have off school tomorrow (:smallbiggrin:) I'll be trying to write 30kish words...:smalleek:

G'luck with your novel Torm.

[MandibleBones]

Don't worry, you're not the only ones trying to write 45k words in the last few days :) I'm so behind it hurts.

[Syka]

Yeeeah...Thanksgiving break has gotten me behind by about 5k, along with the homework I've been having to do. :smalleek: I'm hoping to catch up in the next week and should be going to a write in on Thursday evening with some friends, so it's all good.

Cheers,
Syka

[Syka]

Sorry for the double post, but I've got news...kinda. I did make it over the 40k mark but that's not the news.

I went to a Final Push write in for my region and our ML had organized a couple motivational speakers who were local published authors. One of them is a horror author. I just happen to write horror (not always by choice...) After he spoke I got a chance to speak with him, as well as his email address and some information on the horror market and guilds to join. :smallbiggrin: This makes me feel a bit more confident about this whole writing thing.

Cheers,
Syka