NanoWriMo 2009 - Page 9

ShortNCuddlyAm · 11-04-2009, 04:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jaxx6166

You know what I find fascinating? So far out of the three of us that posted, there is a sheer amount of steampunkery and tomfoolery abouts!

What are the odds that we'd all have steam punk influences?

I find it all very encouraging - the world needs more steampunkery and tomfoolery in fiction

Lemurion · 11-04-2009, 04:21 PM

I haven't even really got to the steampunky side of things yet. Though I am firmly grounded in yesterday's tomorrow.

ShortNCuddlyAm · 11-04-2009, 04:41 PM

So are any of us are also on the Brass Goggles Steampunk Forum? (Other than me - I am over there with a different name)

jaxx6166 · 11-04-2009, 05:01 PM

I've browsed it once or twice when Tor blogged about it, but I haven't really had time to explore it.

It all just caught my eye. There's not really much steam punk in pop culture..its a very grounded subset that likes being niche. I can probably count on my fingers the number of steampunk fiction works out there right now in mass market.

Actuall, B/N just had an end cap on "Steampunk" I counted 3 titles on the whole rack. Boneshaker, Leviathian, and a young adult novel that took place in a themepark.

Gideon · 11-04-2009, 06:32 PM

I started a few days late and have definitely not caught up yet.

Got hunt up on some plot points I've been trying to work out before going forward and it really screwed me up. I know you're just supposed to write but.. yick. It's first Nanowrimo.

It's hard to write a Lovecraftian young adult novel! ;p

pshrynk · 11-04-2009, 06:44 PM

14,600 today. Today was a slow day of writing. Felt a bit hungover, so I wasn't blasting as a=fast as I ahd been.

jaxx6166 · 11-04-2009, 08:10 PM

Gideon, that does sound a little hard
I did start late too though. Not really fully focused until the 2nd. Got caught up in plotting and so forth. =)
Pshrynk stop!! I haven't started yet and don't like being in last place

Probably doesn'thelp that Ive slacked off all day

Filark · 11-05-2009, 12:58 AM

I love this thread!!

Still writing. Day 4 and I am on track. I look at my page of Writing Buddies and Woah! Wyldkit is still charging, and montsnmags (what does your name mean, anyway?? ;p) is catching up! Pshrynk might be in the lead, however.

Cheers to all,
Fi

montsnmags · 11-05-2009, 02:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Filark

I love this thread!!

Still writing. Day 4 and I am on track. I look at my page of Writing Buddies and Woah! Wyldkit is still charging, and montsnmags (what does your name mean, anyway?? ;p) is catching up! Pshrynk might be in the lead, however.

Cheers to all,
Fi

My name is best told in pictures:

This is (the late) Monty:

and the always early Maggie:

Incidentally, just got to 8507 today, still ahead of the curve, if not by much.

Cheers,
Marc

jaxx6166 · 11-05-2009, 04:43 PM

Aw man. Your dogs are beautiful. Why do animals always tug heart strings?

I'm at around 8800, I managed to crank out a very difficult 700 something last night. Hopefully tonight i'll get back in track. I made the mistake of accepting a Nano dare by a member in England who wanted to get to 25k by the 8th

pshrynk · 11-05-2009, 05:54 PM

I got to 18,292 today and then discovered that I need to insert a whole new chapter to let my hero and heroine get to know each other better. It may also be able to explain why the bad guy knows their plans so well.

Lemurion · 11-05-2009, 06:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pshrynk

I got to 18,292 today and then discovered that I need to insert a whole new chapter to let my hero and heroine get to know each other better. It may also be able to explain why the bad guy knows their plans so well.

I'm impressed, I'm barely past 6K.

jaxx6166 · 11-05-2009, 10:20 PM

10,126 and I think I finally made the bad guy bad. Its a little subtle. But I'm enjoying it. So far this is the bleakest, darkest thing I've ever written. I should continue tonight, it's early. But, I don't know if I'm quite ready for what comes next.

I feel bad for my hero. He's almost scitzophrenic, but it's not his fault. People keep messing with his head. It sucks to be the outsider. I'm at a point right now where I don't know who's good and who's evil. Hopefully the next chapter will shed some light on that.

My favorite sentence so far: "The ruins whispered away into tiny fragments of civilization, concrete blocks fell upwards and reaffirmed their place in the world."

pshrynk · 11-05-2009, 11:16 PM

Did some extra writing tonight, so I'm up to 19,558. 5500 to the half way point!

montsnmags · 11-06-2009, 02:13 AM

10316 at the end of Day 6, and I'm not liking two of my characters - one of them is an authority-figure religious bigot, and the other's a dull, inadvertent and self-inserted "Mary Sue". I can't kill them, without killing two chapters and three days of writing. I'll have to think on them a bit, and maybe give their characters an unexpected bend in the road, try make them something else. Anyway, I can delay that, because my other two scenes' characters a more fun.

11-04-2009, 08:10 PM	#127
jaxx6166 Wizard Posts: 1,222 Karma: 769316 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Eternal summer Device: 350, iPad, PW	Gideon, that does sound a little hard I did start late too though. Not really fully focused until the 2nd. Got caught up in plotting and so forth. =) Pshrynk stop!! I haven't started yet and don't like being in last place Probably doesn'thelp that Ive slacked off all day Last edited by jaxx6166; 11-04-2009 at 09:29 PM.

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11-04-2009, 04:21 PM	#122
Lemurion eReader Posts: 2,750 Karma: 4968470 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Note 5; PW3; Nook HD+; ChuWi Hi12; iPad	I haven't even really got to the steampunky side of things yet. Though I am firmly grounded in yesterday's tomorrow.

11-04-2009, 04:41 PM	#123
ShortNCuddlyAm WWHALD Posts: 7,879 Karma: 337114 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mitcham, Surrey, UK Device: iPad. Selling my silver 505 here	So are any of us are also on the Brass Goggles Steampunk Forum? (Other than me - I am over there with a different name)

11-04-2009, 05:01 PM	#124
jaxx6166 Wizard Posts: 1,222 Karma: 769316 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Eternal summer Device: 350, iPad, PW	I've browsed it once or twice when Tor blogged about it, but I haven't really had time to explore it. It all just caught my eye. There's not really much steam punk in pop culture..its a very grounded subset that likes being niche. I can probably count on my fingers the number of steampunk fiction works out there right now in mass market. Actuall, B/N just had an end cap on "Steampunk" I counted 3 titles on the whole rack. Boneshaker, Leviathian, and a young adult novel that took place in a themepark.

11-04-2009, 06:32 PM	#125
Gideon Wearer of Pants Posts: 1,050 Karma: 7634 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Norman, OK Device: Amazon Kindle DX / iPhone	I started a few days late and have definitely not caught up yet. Got hunt up on some plot points I've been trying to work out before going forward and it really screwed me up. I know you're just supposed to write but.. yick. It's first Nanowrimo. It's hard to write a Lovecraftian young adult novel! ;p

11-04-2009, 06:44 PM	#126
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!	14,600 today. Today was a slow day of writing. Felt a bit hungover, so I wasn't blasting as a=fast as I ahd been.

11-05-2009, 12:58 AM	#128
Filark Armed with a smile :) Posts: 1,421 Karma: 2463560 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: California, USA Device: enTourage eDGe & Pocket eDGe, Samsung Galaxy Note II	I love this thread!! Still writing. Day 4 and I am on track. I look at my page of Writing Buddies and Woah! Wyldkit is still charging, and montsnmags (what does your name mean, anyway?? ;p) is catching up! Pshrynk might be in the lead, however. Cheers to all, Fi

11-05-2009, 04:43 PM	#130
jaxx6166 Wizard Posts: 1,222 Karma: 769316 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Eternal summer Device: 350, iPad, PW	Aw man. Your dogs are beautiful. Why do animals always tug heart strings? I'm at around 8800, I managed to crank out a very difficult 700 something last night. Hopefully tonight i'll get back in track. I made the mistake of accepting a Nano dare by a member in England who wanted to get to 25k by the 8th

11-05-2009, 05:54 PM	#131
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 got to 18,292 today and then discovered that I need to insert a whole new chapter to let my hero and heroine get to know each other better. It may also be able to explain why the bad guy knows their plans so well.

11-05-2009, 10:20 PM	#133
jaxx6166 Wizard Posts: 1,222 Karma: 769316 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Eternal summer Device: 350, iPad, PW	10,126 and I think I finally made the bad guy bad. Its a little subtle. But I'm enjoying it. So far this is the bleakest, darkest thing I've ever written. I should continue tonight, it's early. But, I don't know if I'm quite ready for what comes next. I feel bad for my hero. He's almost scitzophrenic, but it's not his fault. People keep messing with his head. It sucks to be the outsider. I'm at a point right now where I don't know who's good and who's evil. Hopefully the next chapter will shed some light on that. My favorite sentence so far: "The ruins whispered away into tiny fragments of civilization, concrete blocks fell upwards and reaffirmed their place in the world."

11-05-2009, 11:16 PM	#134
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!	Did some extra writing tonight, so I'm up to 19,558. 5500 to the half way point!

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11-06-2009, 02:13 AM	#135
montsnmags Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,155 Karma: 4632658 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: none	10316 at the end of Day 6, and I'm not liking two of my characters - one of them is an authority-figure religious bigot, and the other's a dull, inadvertent and self-inserted "Mary Sue". I can't kill them, without killing two chapters and three days of writing. I'll have to think on them a bit, and maybe give their characters an unexpected bend in the road, try make them something else. Anyway, I can delay that, because my other two scenes' characters a more fun.