Get me out of here! I should be doing nano! - Page 2

skb · 11-14-2017, 02:34 PM

I'm at about 21,500 but I'm cheating this year (shh, it's a secret).

Rather than concentrate on one project, I'm all about trying to finish (or make a serious dent in) the...eleven (I just counted them*) projects I have in various stages of not-doneness. Or at least get them close to completion. In addition to the idea that just popped into my head last night...which makes it twelve. Woe.
Some have been on the computer since...two computers ago (about nine or ten years).

* I just counted them...that sounds wrong in my head. Is that wrong (apart from the fact of eleven, er, twelve, works in progress, I mean)? Hmm.

Cinisajoy · 11-14-2017, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by skb

I'm at about 21,500 but I'm cheating this year (shh, it's a secret).

Rather than concentrate on one project, I'm all about trying to finish (or make a serious dent in) the...eleven (I just counted them*) projects I have in various stages of not-doneness. Or at least get them close to completion. In addition to the idea that just popped into my head last night...which makes it twelve. Woe.
Some have been on the computer since...two computers ago (about nine or ten years).

* I just counted them...that sounds wrong in my head. Is that wrong (apart from the fact of eleven, er, twelve, works in progress, I mean)? Hmm.

You don't have enough WIP. You need a couple more in other means.

skb · 11-15-2017, 01:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

You don't have enough WIP. You need a couple more in other means.

In the immortal words of Officer O'Hara in Arsenic and Old Lace, "I get wonderful ideas but I can't spell them."

Dr. Drib · 11-15-2017, 04:36 AM

I get the impression that Nano is losing steam.

There doesn't seem to be that much rabid interest expressed here at Mobileread as there once had been just a few years ago.

Now that Grandma Bruce and convicted killer Uncle Jose, along with our two-legged cat ('Roadkill Harry') all competing, perhaps most everyone now sees it as a sort of joke.*

* = Not that there's anything wrong with a good joke.

Cinisajoy · 11-15-2017, 11:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

I get the impression that Nano is losing steam.

There doesn't seem to be that much rabid interest expressed here at Mobileread as there once had been just a few years ago.

Now that Grandma Bruce and convicted killer Uncle Jose, along with our two-legged cat ('Roadkill Harry') all competing, perhaps most everyone now sees it as a sort of joke.*

* = Not that there's anything wrong with a good joke.

If you want an interesting challenge, a short story complete with cover and uploaded within 8 hours.

skb · 11-18-2017, 02:51 PM

Well, I'm meeting my word targets but I'm all over the road like a mad woman's breakfast (I know that doesn't make sense, but that saying has been in my family for years).

Anyway, I am writing and thinking about bits. And I came up with another story idea, so I think that means thirteen works in progress. Unlucky for some. But I have been adding meat to previously languishing stories and in one case, taken it off in a different, yet unexpected, direction. Go me.

Going by the forums over at NaNo, I'd say it's powering on. It may just be a different (new) bunch of participants who aren't MR-enabled. I've done it (NaNo), with varying degrees of success, for years, but even if I don't finish I do make an effort to finish at least one short story and come up with new story ideas. Oh, wait.

Sigh.

BookCat · 11-25-2017, 12:20 PM

Dr Drib: I've had to take two illness breaks this year, which has meant several days off a week in and a week before the end. (I have poorly controlled epilepsy which means I can't work.) No way will I make 50K but I've made lots of progress and enjoyed doing it. I've also had problems with my right shift key not registering (have bought an external keyboard).

The year (2010) I won, I collapsed in an exhausted heap at the end and didn't write for months, so maybe slower is better.

There seems to be as much activity in the nano forums. It would be interesting to know what the participation stats are for this year.

oliverqueennie · 11-26-2017, 12:56 AM

almost at the end of the month! how did you do????

gmw · 11-29-2017, 08:42 AM

It's just turned 30-Nov here in Australia. Just sayin'. No pressure or anything.

BookCat · 12-01-2017, 09:13 AM

I eventually wrote only 31,525 words. But this is more than I would have written if I hadn't participated. Most of the shortfall was unavoidable. I'm still nowhere near the end of the novel, looks like I'll be doing lots of editing, cutting out the dross.

gmw · 12-01-2017, 07:35 PM

Good effort BookCat. There's always lots of editing, so no loss there.

11-25-2017, 12:20 PM	#22
BookCat C L J Posts: 2,912 Karma: 21115458 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Birmingham UK Device: Sony e-reader 505, Kindle PW2, Kindle PW3, Kobo Libra2	Dr Drib: I've had to take two illness breaks this year, which has meant several days off a week in and a week before the end. (I have poorly controlled epilepsy which means I can't work.) No way will I make 50K but I've made lots of progress and enjoyed doing it. I've also had problems with my right shift key not registering (have bought an external keyboard). The year (2010) I won, I collapsed in an exhausted heap at the end and didn't write for months, so maybe slower is better. There seems to be as much activity in the nano forums. It would be interesting to know what the participation stats are for this year. Last edited by BookCat; 11-25-2017 at 12:23 PM.

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11-14-2017, 02:34 PM	#16
skb Evangelist Posts: 401 Karma: 1597305 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: Ipod G4, MacOS 10.12, Calibre, Pocketbook Touch HD 3	I'm at about 21,500 but I'm cheating this year (shh, it's a secret). Rather than concentrate on one project, I'm all about trying to finish (or make a serious dent in) the...eleven (I just counted them) projects I have in various stages of not-doneness. Or at least get them close to completion. In addition to the idea that just popped into my head last night...which makes it twelve. Woe. Some have been on the computer since...two computers ago (about nine or ten years). I just counted them...that sounds wrong in my head. Is that wrong (apart from the fact of eleven, er, twelve, works in progress, I mean)? Hmm.

11-15-2017, 04:36 AM	#19
Dr. Drib Grand Sorcerer Posts: 44,737 Karma: 55645321 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Peru Device: Kindle: Oasis 3, Voyage WiFi; Kobo: Libra 2, Aura One	I get the impression that Nano is losing steam. There doesn't seem to be that much rabid interest expressed here at Mobileread as there once had been just a few years ago. Now that Grandma Bruce and convicted killer Uncle Jose, along with our two-legged cat ('Roadkill Harry') all competing, perhaps most everyone now sees it as a sort of joke.* * = Not that there's anything wrong with a good joke.

11-18-2017, 02:51 PM	#21
skb Evangelist Posts: 401 Karma: 1597305 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: Ipod G4, MacOS 10.12, Calibre, Pocketbook Touch HD 3	Well, I'm meeting my word targets but I'm all over the road like a mad woman's breakfast (I know that doesn't make sense, but that saying has been in my family for years). Anyway, I am writing and thinking about bits. And I came up with another story idea, so I think that means thirteen works in progress. Unlucky for some. But I have been adding meat to previously languishing stories and in one case, taken it off in a different, yet unexpected, direction. Go me. Going by the forums over at NaNo, I'd say it's powering on. It may just be a different (new) bunch of participants who aren't MR-enabled. I've done it (NaNo), with varying degrees of success, for years, but even if I don't finish I do make an effort to finish at least one short story and come up with new story ideas. Oh, wait. Sigh.

11-26-2017, 12:56 AM	#23
oliverqueennie King of Lian Yu Posts: 16 Karma: 226 Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Austin Texas Device: Kindle	almost at the end of the month! how did you do????

11-29-2017, 08:42 AM	#24
gmw cacoethes scribendi Posts: 5,809 Karma: 137770742 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Aura One & H2Ov2, Sony PRS-650	It's just turned 30-Nov here in Australia. Just sayin'. No pressure or anything.

12-01-2017, 09:13 AM	#25
BookCat C L J Posts: 2,912 Karma: 21115458 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Birmingham UK Device: Sony e-reader 505, Kindle PW2, Kindle PW3, Kobo Libra2	I eventually wrote only 31,525 words. But this is more than I would have written if I hadn't participated. Most of the shortfall was unavoidable. I'm still nowhere near the end of the novel, looks like I'll be doing lots of editing, cutting out the dross.

12-01-2017, 07:35 PM	#26
gmw cacoethes scribendi Posts: 5,809 Karma: 137770742 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Aura One & H2Ov2, Sony PRS-650	Good effort BookCat. There's always lots of editing, so no loss there.