NanoWriMo 2009 - Page 5

montsnmags · 10-30-2009, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

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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?

I don't call that "NaNoWriMo"; I call that "every day".

Cheers,
Marc (just over 24 hours to go)

vivaldirules · 10-30-2009, 01:59 PM

On your mark!!

LazyScot · 10-30-2009, 04:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

On your mark!!

From under several hundred NaNoWriMo contestants, Marc was just able to utter "MARK!!! he said MARK, not Marc, MARK," as he remembered why he liked rugby so much.

pshrynk · 10-31-2009, 11:14 PM

Just a few short hours and we start. I have plotted about a half of the book. Changes have occurred. SUmkIII pointed out that the whole "find an ancient civilization in the Amazon" has been done by that wanker Harrison Ford, so they now start out in Cuba and go to the Yucatan.

Which, by great coincidence is where I am right now...

ShortNCuddlyAm · 10-31-2009, 11:20 PM

I started just over 3 hours ago

And have written almost 2000 words on fog, smog and the causes thereof.

And should probably go to bed before the excitement gets too much

jaxx6166 · 10-31-2009, 11:24 PM

Get set....GO!!!!

Good luck to everyone

neilmarr · 11-01-2009, 03:14 AM

What's all the fuss about? As was famously said: "Writing is easy. You just sit at the typewriter and open a vein." Good luck, folks. Neil

montsnmags · 11-01-2009, 07:22 AM

I had to go shopping for dog food and hardware, and spent all the rest of the day ripping up garden railway sleepers with my nemesis, the crowbar, flipping them, then screwing them all back down again.

Novel...oh, yeah, that...must get started...

vivaldirules · 11-01-2009, 08:45 AM

"It was a stark and musty sight.

This opening line, while presenting a rather uncertain image at first, actually says a great deal. First, it says that the author has difficulties composing phrases or even thoughts containing more than about two words in a row. Well, that's true enough. Second, it says that this particular sight, being a vision described by the author and intended for the reader to attempt to see, is both stark (i.e., sheer or nekkid - teehee!) and musty (having a stale odor - how does a sight have an odor??). So what sort of sight might that be? Well, how about another "home" video starring Paris Hilton? No? Okay, then imagine this: a small, nearly hairless dog emerges from his slumber amid a pile of several other wet and muddy dogs. The protaganist (yes, that's him) slowly stretches and then shakes violently, filling the air with that delectable odor of wet dog. You see, it is possible to describe a scene this way. It took a bit of explanation, I'll grant you, but it is plausible. Still, it in no way does justice to this particular tail....erm, tale. So let's get on with it, shall we?"

Let's see, 200 words down and another 49,800 to go. Okay, maybe not.

jaxx6166 · 11-01-2009, 10:47 AM

Welp..That didn't take long. Less than 10 hours into Nano and the internal editor strikes again.

I decided I didn't like one character and want him to die, but I want another to take his place..one I like more. Go figure. Trying to work her now. Go figure.

LazyScot · 11-01-2009, 11:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by montsnmags

Novel...oh, yeah, that...must get started...

It's much easier if you finish it first, and then get started, safe in the knowledge you've already finished it. Why do you think so many tales are told in flashback, these days?

(And to all the others --- good luck, and keep typing!)

jaxx6166 · 11-01-2009, 02:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

Let's see, 200 words down and another 49,800 to go. Okay, maybe not.

Ugh. Today is not going very well. Maybe it will pick up tonight. I've got 249 right now and just smacked against a wall.

Douglas Rhodes · 11-01-2009, 02:40 PM

Just started at noon today and I'm about 1,700 words in. I tried this a couple of years ago while still in school and had mid-terms smack the will out of me. This year I'm determined to finish.

What a freakin' rush though.

jaxx6166 · 11-01-2009, 03:28 PM

Oh boy. Doug, I forgot you were in it this year!!! I gotta get off my butt now then huh?

My goal is 2500 by 23:59:59 tonight.

Filark · 11-01-2009, 09:47 PM

825 words so far, then I got stuck on the name question. I want to bring a new character in, but what to name them?? I am still debating him/her/couple, too!

How do people ever get to 50,000??
Glad to see you are all going for it! Oh yes I am procrastinating . . . stalling . . . putting off the inevitable . . . . Good luck on that 2500, Jaxx!!

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10-30-2009, 01:59 PM	#62
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	On your mark!!

10-31-2009, 11:14 PM	#64
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!	Just a few short hours and we start. I have plotted about a half of the book. Changes have occurred. SUmkIII pointed out that the whole "find an ancient civilization in the Amazon" has been done by that wanker Harrison Ford, so they now start out in Cuba and go to the Yucatan. Which, by great coincidence is where I am right now...

10-31-2009, 11:20 PM	#65
ShortNCuddlyAm WWHALD Posts: 7,879 Karma: 337114 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mitcham, Surrey, UK Device: iPad. Selling my silver 505 here	I started just over 3 hours ago And have written almost 2000 words on fog, smog and the causes thereof. And should probably go to bed before the excitement gets too much

10-31-2009, 11:24 PM	#66
jaxx6166 Wizard Posts: 1,222 Karma: 769316 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Eternal summer Device: 350, iPad, PW	Get set....GO!!!! Good luck to everyone

11-01-2009, 03:14 AM	#67
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,216 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	What's all the fuss about? As was famously said: "Writing is easy. You just sit at the typewriter and open a vein." Good luck, folks. Neil

11-01-2009, 07:22 AM	#68
montsnmags Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,155 Karma: 4632658 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: none	I had to go shopping for dog food and hardware, and spent all the rest of the day ripping up garden railway sleepers with my nemesis, the crowbar, flipping them, then screwing them all back down again. Novel...oh, yeah, that...must get started...

11-01-2009, 08:45 AM	#69
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	"It was a stark and musty sight. This opening line, while presenting a rather uncertain image at first, actually says a great deal. First, it says that the author has difficulties composing phrases or even thoughts containing more than about two words in a row. Well, that's true enough. Second, it says that this particular sight, being a vision described by the author and intended for the reader to attempt to see, is both stark (i.e., sheer or nekkid - teehee!) and musty (having a stale odor - how does a sight have an odor??). So what sort of sight might that be? Well, how about another "home" video starring Paris Hilton? No? Okay, then imagine this: a small, nearly hairless dog emerges from his slumber amid a pile of several other wet and muddy dogs. The protaganist (yes, that's him) slowly stretches and then shakes violently, filling the air with that delectable odor of wet dog. You see, it is possible to describe a scene this way. It took a bit of explanation, I'll grant you, but it is plausible. Still, it in no way does justice to this particular tail....erm, tale. So let's get on with it, shall we?" Let's see, 200 words down and another 49,800 to go. Okay, maybe not.

11-01-2009, 10:47 AM	#70
jaxx6166 Wizard Posts: 1,222 Karma: 769316 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Eternal summer Device: 350, iPad, PW	Welp..That didn't take long. Less than 10 hours into Nano and the internal editor strikes again. I decided I didn't like one character and want him to die, but I want another to take his place..one I like more. Go figure. Trying to work her now. Go figure.

11-01-2009, 02:40 PM	#73
Douglas Rhodes Connoisseur Posts: 78 Karma: 500132 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Akron, Ohio Device: Blackberry Storm, laptop	Just started at noon today and I'm about 1,700 words in. I tried this a couple of years ago while still in school and had mid-terms smack the will out of me. This year I'm determined to finish. What a freakin' rush though.

11-01-2009, 03:28 PM	#74
jaxx6166 Wizard Posts: 1,222 Karma: 769316 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Eternal summer Device: 350, iPad, PW	Oh boy. Doug, I forgot you were in it this year!!! I gotta get off my butt now then huh? My goal is 2500 by 23:59:59 tonight.

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11-01-2009, 09:47 PM	#75
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	825 words so far, then I got stuck on the name question. I want to bring a new character in, but what to name them?? I am still debating him/her/couple, too! How do people ever get to 50,000?? Glad to see you are all going for it! Oh yes I am procrastinating . . . stalling . . . putting off the inevitable . . . . Good luck on that 2500, Jaxx!!