NanoWriMo 2009 - Page 15

montsnmags · 11-09-2009, 06:06 AM

I dragged myself out of that hole this arvo to write to a total of 15232, putting me just above the line again. It's gone a little meta- in there, but it's my novel and I'll cry if I want to. I'm the kind that tends to hear people start talking about artistic guidelines as rules and so determines to beat that rule to death with a well-swung cricket bat. Thus, instead of editing out my developing Mary Sue, I added in a real Mary Sue and then, just for giggles, had a grinning gibbon crown the smug bastard with a cricket bat. Oddly, the Mary Sue wasn't surprised. I then had another character effectively ban him has an abomination. 'Course, the Mary Sue then took an intermission and started reminiscing some crap about old dreams he used to have, but that other character told me that Mary Sue knows nothing about anything, and so I figure not to listen to his crap any more - every time he writes I'm going to stick my fingers in my ears and go "Lalalalalalalalalalalalalala....".

Wait, what?

nomesque · 11-09-2009, 06:26 AM

ROTFL! Sounds like it's going great, MnM...

Slite · 11-09-2009, 06:27 AM

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Originally Posted by nomesque

ROTFL! Sounds like it's going great, MnM...

I know, I so want to read Marc's entry!

zelda_pinwheel · 11-09-2009, 07:21 AM

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Originally Posted by montsnmags

Hell, I don't know if I even want to read it when it's done. I try write every day, but it's hard when you also have to go out the back every day to dig the deep hole you're intending to bury the manuscript in.

I've taken the attitude of killing them before they get uppity - four down in the prologue (I even ruined a perfectly nice Porsche to do it).

this must be what you writers call "process".

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Originally Posted by LazyScot

Did someone try to load Windows onto him again?

sadists !

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And to all the contestants, congratulations, and keep going....

absolutely !!

zelda_pinwheel · 11-09-2009, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Slite

I know, I so want to read Marc's entry!

(see marc, it's not just me !)

montsnmags · 11-09-2009, 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

this must be what you writers call "process".

There's a process?

I'm a writer?

You hit the shum with the handle of a what now?

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

(see marc, it's not just me !)

Yeah, but do you think I'm going to take the advice of you crazy people? Nosirree, bob! For I am Legion and we've got many certifications of sanity from our pshrynk, so we don't need no second opinions.

Cheers,
Marc (I don't know why I used that "

" emoticon. Maybe Santa Claus told me to do it)

pshrynk · 11-09-2009, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by LazyScot

Did someone try to load Windows onto him again?

Your use of the word wondering rather than worrying has been noted...

At Swim-Two-Birds?

And to all the contestants, congratulations, and keep going....

Everyone knows that Windows is purely logical and scientific in nature. No, he has Mac OS. The depression comes from being so damned intuitive...

LazyScot · 11-09-2009, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

Everyone knows that Windows is purely logical and scientific in nature. No, he has Mac OS. The depression comes from being so damned intuitive...

Ahhhh. So all those one and two finger gestures that people keep using to control him are finally taking their toll?

Douglas Rhodes · 11-09-2009, 12:06 PM

My main two struggles are that I have a major supporting character that I have to make as endearing as possible before I kill him and (two) my MC keeps trying to convince me to let him be a bad guy.

astrodad · 11-09-2009, 12:48 PM

I'm pathetically and hopelessly behind on mine. My six-month old decided that November would be a nice month to start waking up every two hours at night.

pking36330 · 11-09-2009, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Douglas Rhodes

...I have a major supporting character that I have to make as endearing as possible before I kill him ...

Another instance of the famed Traveling Shovel of Death. Search for other instances in the NaNoWriMo forums: TSoD at NaNoWriMo Forums

Lemurion · 11-09-2009, 02:49 PM

I did some messing around this AM and here's my cover for Doc Vandal.

pshrynk · 11-09-2009, 03:00 PM

I'm up to 2000 for today. Don't know if I'll get more in. Farking work!

Douglas Rhodes · 11-09-2009, 07:23 PM

Powered through the day and managed to hit just over 20,000

pshrynk · 11-09-2009, 09:47 PM

By my count, I've got 30,363. But I can't get to Nano to post my results. I'm peeved.

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11-09-2009, 06:06 AM	#211
montsnmags Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,155 Karma: 4632658 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: none	I dragged myself out of that hole this arvo to write to a total of 15232, putting me just above the line again. It's gone a little meta- in there, but it's my novel and I'll cry if I want to. I'm the kind that tends to hear people start talking about artistic guidelines as rules and so determines to beat that rule to death with a well-swung cricket bat. Thus, instead of editing out my developing Mary Sue, I added in a real Mary Sue and then, just for giggles, had a grinning gibbon crown the smug bastard with a cricket bat. Oddly, the Mary Sue wasn't surprised. I then had another character effectively ban him has an abomination. 'Course, the Mary Sue then took an intermission and started reminiscing some crap about old dreams he used to have, but that other character told me that Mary Sue knows nothing about anything, and so I figure not to listen to his crap any more - every time he writes I'm going to stick my fingers in my ears and go "Lalalalalalalalalalalalalala....". Wait, what?

11-09-2009, 06:26 AM	#212
nomesque Snooty Bestselling Author Posts: 1,485 Karma: 1000000 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Ipswich, QLD, Australia Device: PRS-650	ROTFL! Sounds like it's going great, MnM...

11-09-2009, 12:06 PM	#219
Douglas Rhodes Connoisseur Posts: 78 Karma: 500132 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Akron, Ohio Device: Blackberry Storm, laptop	My main two struggles are that I have a major supporting character that I have to make as endearing as possible before I kill him and (two) my MC keeps trying to convince me to let him be a bad guy.

11-09-2009, 12:48 PM	#220
astrodad Guru Posts: 962 Karma: 568242 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle Oasis 3, Kindle Paperwhite 1, iPad, iPhone	I'm pathetically and hopelessly behind on mine. My six-month old decided that November would be a nice month to start waking up every two hours at night.

11-09-2009, 03:00 PM	#223
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	I'm up to 2000 for today. Don't know if I'll get more in. Farking work!

11-09-2009, 07:23 PM	#224
Douglas Rhodes Connoisseur Posts: 78 Karma: 500132 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Akron, Ohio Device: Blackberry Storm, laptop	Powered through the day and managed to hit just over 20,000

11-09-2009, 09:47 PM	#225
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	By my count, I've got 30,363. But I can't get to Nano to post my results. I'm peeved.