NanoWriMo 2009 - Page 4

pshrynk · 10-27-2009, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by montsnmags

Joined.

I downloaded Scrivener, taking advantage of their extended Trial for NaNoWriMo, but I'm yet to even open it, trembling in fear of confusion.

I really should properly get started...what's this "snowflake" thing? What about a title? How does a gas barbecue work? It's all so intimidating.

Cheers,
Marc

Not available on Windows...

dadioflex · 10-27-2009, 09:53 AM

Edit.

vivaldirules · 10-27-2009, 01:39 PM

(doggie's tail is wagging so furiously he's about to take flight)

I can't wait to hear about all the Vera stories. What, you ask, is this about Vera stories? Well, of course all MR members will be writing Vera stories - whether you admit it or not!

pshrynk · 10-27-2009, 01:49 PM

I also started a thread in the social group to post daily tallies.

pking36330 · 10-27-2009, 02:29 PM

If you desire, go to the NaNoWriMo forums to join a group I created called:

Mobileread Writer's Corner

Filark · 10-27-2009, 04:25 PM

Joined the Social Group, not sure I want to call myself a "writer" just yet--we'll see how it goes.

I downloaded Storybook (http://storybook.intertec.ch/joomla/) to try. It helps track scenes by character, location, and date. Could be useful, could be a(nother) excuse to organize instead of writing!

<sigh> Oh well. It will soon be the 1st and then we will see, won't we!

Thanks for the snowflake link, Dadio.

Fi

Doh! I just realized your link, pking, is to NaNoWriMo--will do! I think I saw "Writer's Corner" and immediately panicked!! lol!

pking36330 · 10-27-2009, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Filark

I downloaded Storybook (http://storybook.intertec.ch/joomla/) to try.

I saw that today in another NaNoWriMo post and though I'm familiar with yWriter 5, I haven't tried StorYbook and think I will. Power Writer is still my fave, but I'm planning right now to use yWriter 5 for this NaNoWriMo.

ShortNCuddlyAm · 10-27-2009, 07:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by montsnmags

I downloaded Scrivener, taking advantage of their extended Trial for NaNoWriMo, but I'm yet to even open it, trembling in fear of confusion.

Cheers,
Marc

Quote:

Originally Posted by jaxx6166

Scrivener is useful. Just be sure to do the tutorial. Twice.

Or start to do the tutorial, get bored, and figure it out by yourself

Don't be nervous about using it, Marc, it's a great product

Even if it has taken me over a year to discover I can import web pages...

jaxx6166 · 10-27-2009, 07:43 PM

I like the snowflake method. I like it a lot. =)
This..makes sense.

montsnmags · 10-27-2009, 07:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pshrynk

Not available on Windows...

Ha ha! (Sorry, petty and misdirected schadenfreude caused by the ATO still forcing me to use Windows to submit my tax return, and then billing me heavily for that privilege).

Would you like me to investigate Windows alternatives? I found Scrivener via a general "writing tools" reference, and I can probably find it again.

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Originally Posted by dadioflex

The snowflake method:

http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/art/snowflake.php

It's for plotters, ie those who like to plot a novel before writing it, as opposed to those who write by the seat of their pants.

Ahh, thanks for that. I think I'm a combo-deal, plotting by the seat of my pants. That'll help me over the next few days.

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

Or start to do the tutorial, get bored, and figure it out by yourself

Don't be nervous about using it, Marc, it's a great product

Even if it has taken me over a year to discover I can import web pages...

I went through the turorial once yesterday. I'll do it again today. It looks pretty easy to figure, like you say - I especially like the "Full screen" mode (green-on-black-new-courier, baby, yeah!) - but it might let a couple of things stick so I'm not bumped out mid-mindstream.

Write now though, I've got to go collect and mulch palm leaves and bamboo trimmings...

Cheers,
Marc

jaxx6166 · 10-27-2009, 09:10 PM

Once you get the hang of it, I think it's pretty flippin' sweet. I just don't understand the "Inspector" it doesn't do much inspecting.

Now, I have to figure out how people that live under the sea(but don't know they are under the sea) go to the bathroom and get fresh water. Anyone have any ideas? It's really been racking my brain for two days.

montsnmags · 10-27-2009, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by jaxx6166

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Now, I have to figure out how people that live under the sea(but don't know they are under the sea) go to the bathroom and get fresh water. Anyone have any ideas? It's really been racking my brain for two days.

A combination of recycling and desalination?

Cheers,
Marc

jaxx6166 · 10-27-2009, 09:30 PM

That makes sense. I'm not sure about the desalinization though. The whole premise is this city/state kind of uses an experimental technology (read forcefield) to shield themselves from a major disaster and then it ends up submerging and falling to the bottom of the sea. Everything in the city/state survives in its native form, trees/mountains/etc. because the force field ends up providing perfect pressure and air and stuff.
Reclaiming the waste water works really well. I suppose I could send the hero off to go find the piece to fix the broken pipe (Eden? LoL) .. .. or something.

I'm done hijacking now =)

montsnmags · 10-27-2009, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by jaxx6166

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I'm done hijacking now =)

Is it even possible to hijack your own thread?

This thread probably has a shelf-life of not long past the end of November, and it seems particularly focussed on the writing. So I don't think here's an unreasonable place for you to ask your question (nor the rest of us to ask our own). But if we don't ask (or you, as the OP, don't want) those types of questions in this thread, perhaps in the Group instead? Your choice, I'd say. I'm happy wherever.

Cheers,
Marc

pshrynk · 10-30-2009, 09:18 AM

Two days to go until a chunk of us disappear into the fog of deadline writing. the staring at the blank screen until blood appears on our foreheads. The total lack of awareness of the world around us. The disdain of our loved ones. The feeling deep down inside that we are unworthy and a total fraud.

Or is that just me?

10-27-2009, 09:53 AM	#47
dadioflex Dyslexic Count Posts: 526 Karma: 5041991 Join Date: Aug 2008 Device: Palm TX, Advent Vega, iPad, iPod Touch, Kindle	Edit. Last edited by dadioflex; 12-15-2010 at 06:50 PM.

10-27-2009, 02:29 PM	#50
pking36330 FT Parent PT Reader Posts: 322 Karma: 187838 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: South Alabama Device: Shocked by how much I've read on an iPod Touch received as a gift!	Created MobileRead Writer's Corner group If you desire, go to the NaNoWriMo forums to join a group I created called: Mobileread Writer's Corner

10-27-2009, 04:25 PM	#51
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	Joined the Social Group, not sure I want to call myself a "writer" just yet--we'll see how it goes. I downloaded Storybook (http://storybook.intertec.ch/joomla/) to try. It helps track scenes by character, location, and date. Could be useful, could be a(nother) excuse to organize instead of writing! <sigh> Oh well. It will soon be the 1st and then we will see, won't we! Thanks for the snowflake link, Dadio. Fi Doh! I just realized your link, pking, is to NaNoWriMo--will do! I think I saw "Writer's Corner" and immediately panicked!! lol! Last edited by Filark; 10-27-2009 at 04:34 PM. Reason: added the "doh" clause ;)

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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 also started a thread in the social group to post daily tallies.

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jaxx6166 Wizard Posts: 1,222 Karma: 769316 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Eternal summer Device: 350, iPad, PW	Once you get the hang of it, I think it's pretty flippin' sweet. I just don't understand the "Inspector" it doesn't do much inspecting. Now, I have to figure out how people that live under the sea(but don't know they are under the sea) go to the bathroom and get fresh water. Anyone have any ideas? It's really been racking my brain for two days.

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jaxx6166 Wizard Posts: 1,222 Karma: 769316 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Eternal summer Device: 350, iPad, PW	That makes sense. I'm not sure about the desalinization though. The whole premise is this city/state kind of uses an experimental technology (read forcefield) to shield themselves from a major disaster and then it ends up submerging and falling to the bottom of the sea. Everything in the city/state survives in its native form, trees/mountains/etc. because the force field ends up providing perfect pressure and air and stuff. Reclaiming the waste water works really well. I suppose I could send the hero off to go find the piece to fix the broken pipe (Eden? LoL) .. .. or something. I'm done hijacking now =)

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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!	Two days to go until a chunk of us disappear into the fog of deadline writing. the staring at the blank screen until blood appears on our foreheads. The total lack of awareness of the world around us. The disdain of our loved ones. The feeling deep down inside that we are unworthy and a total fraud. Or is that just me?

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