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Tue Nov-03-09 06:29 PM
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Three months in to nanowrimo decided to play |
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Tue Nov-03-09 10:14 PM
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2. I'm playing unofficially |
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More than anything else, I'm using it as a way to get myself to write consistently, which is a discipline that has always been difficult for me to maintain.
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Wed Nov-04-09 01:48 AM
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3. I developed it from years of doign this |
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I decided to jump in as I started my characters from the future nexus world bug me again.
Last time that happened I got a draft zero in oh 15 days, and it was 45K words... so they started getting buggy again... so oh well, lets go.
I have already gotten to the day's goal...
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Wed Nov-04-09 03:01 PM
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4. I'm doing it--started a little late too |
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but only because I've been under the weather. 3500+ words so far, most of them written yesterday. I have no idea if I'll "win"--make the 50,000 word count--but I'm not focusing on that--just hoping to write a good first draft.
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Wed Nov-04-09 05:06 PM
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the reason why I decided to do it is... hot under my but. Happened back in May... and lord that draft went out so fast it wasn't even funny. This is a real experience, and I am enjoying it.
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Thu Nov-05-09 01:28 AM
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6. Well just did a back up of this on google docs |
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11K and counting... yep definitely one of those hot streaks.
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Thu Nov-05-09 01:20 PM
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November is always too busy with half the month consumed by the holiday and family commitments every year. I wish they'd pick a winter month when I'm usually at home parked under a blanket writing away anyway.
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Sat Nov-07-09 05:43 PM
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8. I need more DU buddies over there |
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Send me your username if you want. Mine is the same as my DU name.
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Sun Nov-08-09 02:29 AM
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and up to 21K+ words... I am on a hot writing streak.
What may slow me is the sex... part of the plot, but hard to write around it.
But hey, that is what happens when one uses an ancient religion that includes fertility rites.
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Sun Nov-08-09 10:58 AM
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10. It sounds like your novel is better planned than mine |
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I have a rough idea of what's going to happen in the end but I don't know how my characters are going to get there because I don't seem to have any control over their actions. :silly: Now you've got me thinking I should include a sex scene. I'll wait to see whether one of the characters insists on one. :D
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Sun Nov-08-09 03:41 PM
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11. Well been considering bringing this element to the story line |
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of the game for ahem over a year. And yes, I have to do it with some care.
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Wed Nov-11-09 02:05 AM
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12. I am amazed at how fast this is going |
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after this is done I will need to do some serious rewriting, yes I did kill a character... so his death has to be done in far more details
But hey, move on and just write.
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Thu Nov-12-09 11:22 PM
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13. Reached 50,071 tonight |
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phew... hot writing streaks indeed when I got to 45K i was done, so I started working on side plots... now I can put it on ice and I KNOW It will need extensive rewriting. There is some of this that WILL NEED to be changed if I want to sell it. Hell some of those scenes will have to go into the RESEARCH section... yes they are that salty, but that is a story I wanted to tell for a while. Now I have to find a way to clean it.
:-)
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Sat Nov-28-09 05:09 PM
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14. 50,194 about half an hour ago |
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Had a tussle with the verifier--it counted differently from NeoOffice--but once I put spaces before and after ellipses and em dashes, I hit a magic number. Wasn't anywhere near the count I had, but it was good enough.
Interesting thing--I am nowhere near done. I'm about halfway, maybe two thirds through the story. Of course, it could be because this morning I decided I'm going to burn the main character's house down. :evilgrin: Ahh, it'll be good for her. Character-builder and all that.
Also interesting--I can't wait to get back at it (after I finish a freelance job in the next couple of days). I really think I can finish this!
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