heeee!

[therewillbflora.livejournal.com]

I am! On! Freaking! Schedule! Almost!



Yeah. 499 words left! 499 words left! And I haven't the heart to start now. But if I write 2499 tomorrow, which I can almost certainly do, especially since I'll have Pyreflits and carrion and rotting corpses and undead to describe, I can get back on schedule!

YEEEEEEK!

And, um, if you want to see my chapter, which I'm posting in its entirety, then,

( follow the yellow brick road. or just clicky clicky. )

Feedback is welcome. And to be honest, I wasn't sure where I was going. I just sort of went with the story, and the world is just blooming like a motherf-cking flower, and it's WONDERFUL.

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[greencow.livejournal.com]

9,845 / 50,000 (19.7%)

Excerpt

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[greencow.livejournal.com]

9,845 / 50,000 (19.7%)

Excerpt

day 5 wordcount

[sperose.livejournal.com]

so yeah. i kinda blew off nanowrimo today, except for a very little bit.

10,944 / 50,000 (21.0%)

i hope to break 20k this weekend.

and this is just my idea. if anyone actually moderates this community--heres an idea about the word counts! have one official word count for the day but make it a memory so its easier to find!
just an idea.

-rosemary

day 5 wordcount

[sperose.livejournal.com]

so yeah. i kinda blew off nanowrimo today, except for a very little bit.

10,944 / 50,000 (21.0%)

i hope to break 20k this weekend.

and this is just my idea. if anyone actually moderates this community--heres an idea about the word counts! have one official word count for the day but make it a memory so its easier to find!
just an idea.

-rosemary

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[chibent.livejournal.com]

My MC and her family are Amish. At the beginning of my story, the grandmother is injured in an auto-vs-buggy collision.

I plan to let the grandmother recover and survive; however, I've been toying with the idea of later killing Mary Stoltzfus, one of the MC's younger sisters.

Then the other day, I see a sad newspaper article about an accident in Wisconsin. A pickup truck hit an Amish buggy, killing two people, one of whom was a woman named Mary Stoltzfus.

This was the nudge I needed: I have decided that my Mary will die. I feel kind of morbid about it. But I truly mean no disrespect to the real Mary Stoltzfus or her family.


Just an interesting coincidence.

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[chibent.livejournal.com]

My MC and her family are Amish. At the beginning of my story, the grandmother is injured in an auto-vs-buggy collision.

I plan to let the grandmother recover and survive; however, I've been toying with the idea of later killing Mary Stoltzfus, one of the MC's younger sisters.

Then the other day, I see a sad newspaper article about an accident in Wisconsin. A pickup truck hit an Amish buggy, killing two people, one of whom was a woman named Mary Stoltzfus.

This was the nudge I needed: I have decided that my Mary will die. I feel kind of morbid about it. But I truly mean no disrespect to the real Mary Stoltzfus or her family.


Just an interesting coincidence.

Actually did some work tonight...

[lilerthkwake.livejournal.com]

...about 3,300 words. Which puts me at about 6,700 overall. Not as great as all you 10,000 word OVERACHIEVERS out there (jealous? me? Hell no!) but better than I was when I sat down to my laptop at 8 p.m. And considering I skipped my NaNo time three days in a row (not a good start, I must say, scolding myself and slapping my own wrist), I'm glad I'm at least trying to catch up.

I'm still having SUCH a hard time continuing on when I feel the novel could be so much better...I have to keep telling myself it's about QUANTITY, NOT QUALITY!! and that's hard!

I drank a pot and a half of coffee while writing. Then when I got sleepy, my body was so amped up I couldn't fall asleep. So I may go back downstairs and try to pound out another 3,300 words. Thank God I don't have to work tomorrow.

Actually did some work tonight...

[lilerthkwake.livejournal.com]

...about 3,300 words. Which puts me at about 6,700 overall. Not as great as all you 10,000 word OVERACHIEVERS out there (jealous? me? Hell no!) but better than I was when I sat down to my laptop at 8 p.m. And considering I skipped my NaNo time three days in a row (not a good start, I must say, scolding myself and slapping my own wrist), I'm glad I'm at least trying to catch up.

I'm still having SUCH a hard time continuing on when I feel the novel could be so much better...I have to keep telling myself it's about QUANTITY, NOT QUALITY!! and that's hard!

I drank a pot and a half of coffee while writing. Then when I got sleepy, my body was so amped up I couldn't fall asleep. So I may go back downstairs and try to pound out another 3,300 words. Thank God I don't have to work tomorrow.

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[jenny-grrl.livejournal.com]

Happy 4 am, nanoites.

"Four a.m. knows all my secrets." ~ Poppy Z. Brite

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[jenny-grrl.livejournal.com]

Happy 4 am, nanoites.

"Four a.m. knows all my secrets." ~ Poppy Z. Brite

Revision

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Is anyone else out there so drawn to re-reading and revising that it's hard to move forward?

Every time i get a new idea, I want to go back and work it in, rather than concentrate on adding to my work count.

Plus, I've been the most terrible procrastinator today.
I think I put the "No" in "NaNoWriMo"...

Revision

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Is anyone else out there so drawn to re-reading and revising that it's hard to move forward?

Every time i get a new idea, I want to go back and work it in, rather than concentrate on adding to my work count.

Plus, I've been the most terrible procrastinator today.
I think I put the "No" in "NaNoWriMo"...

Just Joined Up Yesterday

[http://users.livejournal.com/_beauty__/]

I just came across Nanowrimo a couple days ago and after reading through their website thought this would be a GREAT way for me to actually write SOMETHING, anything! lol I think I've had a decade long form of writers block, since since highschool I've found it terribly hard to start writing anything.

I finally feel I CAN do this! Yeah Go me!!! I'm not 100% certain where this story is going to go, think I'll let it write itself. I'll post a bit more about the story once I've gotten it going in an actual direction. :)

1,319 / 50,000 (2.0%)

Just Joined Up Yesterday

[http://users.livejournal.com/_beauty__/]

I just came across Nanowrimo a couple days ago and after reading through their website thought this would be a GREAT way for me to actually write SOMETHING, anything! lol I think I've had a decade long form of writers block, since since highschool I've found it terribly hard to start writing anything.

I finally feel I CAN do this! Yeah Go me!!! I'm not 100% certain where this story is going to go, think I'll let it write itself. I'll post a bit more about the story once I've gotten it going in an actual direction. :)

1,319 / 50,000 (2.0%)

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[crawl27.livejournal.com]

i hate my novel so far.

so i'm starting again?

anyone else feel this way about their novel. i like the idea behind my story but me writing it its just too crap for nano.

anyone ever written their novel like its a diary? how'd that go for you?

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[crawl27.livejournal.com]

i hate my novel so far.

so i'm starting again?

anyone else feel this way about their novel. i like the idea behind my story but me writing it its just too crap for nano.

anyone ever written their novel like its a diary? how'd that go for you?

Day Six Word Counts

[mochajoy13.livejournal.com]

I don't think there's been one of these posted yet: I paged through and couldn't find one, but just let me know if someone already set it up.

OFFICIAL WORD COUNT THREAD FOR DAY SIX: POST 'EM HERE.

Day Six Word Counts

[mochajoy13.livejournal.com]

I don't think there's been one of these posted yet: I paged through and couldn't find one, but just let me know if someone already set it up.

OFFICIAL WORD COUNT THREAD FOR DAY SIX: POST 'EM HERE.

a little update

[magical-mallory.livejournal.com]

I'm sure you're wondering where I went. Or not as most of you might be wondering where the heck your muses went...

Anyway, I got in trouble and I got all computers take away from me. It sucked. The notebook just wasn't inspiring. :(

But now I'm back. I have 10, 145 words even though I lost a day. I think I'm going strong. I'm about to start my fourth chapter. I'm taking a little break as I had to wake up early and go take the SATs. o_O Just think, yesterday I typed in my word count as being around 5000 or so. I think I'm doing all right in picking up the pace. My main character, Xanthus, is accepting most of what is going on around him. Which is strange, since I thought he would fight it a little bit. But he's not, in the end that may or may not be a bad thing. I think I have enough shocks for him that he'll begin to fight. :)

I just wanted to let all of you know that I'm not dead, I'm second chair in symphonic band, and I got straight A's last quarter. :D

Have a good day and my the nine muses be with you!

a little update

[magical-mallory.livejournal.com]

I'm sure you're wondering where I went. Or not as most of you might be wondering where the heck your muses went...

Anyway, I got in trouble and I got all computers take away from me. It sucked. The notebook just wasn't inspiring. :(

But now I'm back. I have 10, 145 words even though I lost a day. I think I'm going strong. I'm about to start my fourth chapter. I'm taking a little break as I had to wake up early and go take the SATs. o_O Just think, yesterday I typed in my word count as being around 5000 or so. I think I'm doing all right in picking up the pace. My main character, Xanthus, is accepting most of what is going on around him. Which is strange, since I thought he would fight it a little bit. But he's not, in the end that may or may not be a bad thing. I think I have enough shocks for him that he'll begin to fight. :)

I just wanted to let all of you know that I'm not dead, I'm second chair in symphonic band, and I got straight A's last quarter. :D

Have a good day and my the nine muses be with you!

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[nanovix.livejournal.com]

I've still 700 words to write to meet my personal daily goal, but am having trouble concentrating at the moment. My thoughts keep going back to someone I "met" last year. Her name was Dawn, and she went by Tawna on both the NaNoWriMo and KTBB forums. She was a 2003 NaNo winner, and the two of us chatted a few times on AIM. However, last December, Dawn went for a walk with her dogs -- a usual occurrence for her. She lived in southern California, and enjoyed walking along the beach, stopping to write while her dogs played. Unfortunately, that day the surf was high and rough, and apparently one of the dogs went into the water and got into trouble, and Dawn went in after him. Her notebook and headphones were found a few days later, with the other dog still guarding them, after friends and family members worried over not seeing or hearing from her.

Anyhow, since I've been thinking of her, I went to the NaNo site to see if her registration is still there. It is, though of course she hasn't posted this year.

The really odd part?
She listed her location as HEAVEN.

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[nanovix.livejournal.com]

I've still 700 words to write to meet my personal daily goal, but am having trouble concentrating at the moment. My thoughts keep going back to someone I "met" last year. Her name was Dawn, and she went by Tawna on both the NaNoWriMo and KTBB forums. She was a 2003 NaNo winner, and the two of us chatted a few times on AIM. However, last December, Dawn went for a walk with her dogs -- a usual occurrence for her. She lived in southern California, and enjoyed walking along the beach, stopping to write while her dogs played. Unfortunately, that day the surf was high and rough, and apparently one of the dogs went into the water and got into trouble, and Dawn went in after him. Her notebook and headphones were found a few days later, with the other dog still guarding them, after friends and family members worried over not seeing or hearing from her.

Anyhow, since I've been thinking of her, I went to the NaNo site to see if her registration is still there. It is, though of course she hasn't posted this year.

The really odd part?
She listed her location as HEAVEN.

This Bites!!

[theonlygrinch-.livejournal.com]

5,851 / 50,000 (11.7%)

I just can't get on track this year! No matter how hard I try, the wordcount is not flowing. I hope it picks up soon or I'm doomed to finish WAY under target, and yet another year as a Participant and not a "winner." Just call me an also ran. The sad thing is this is an idea I've had for years, one of my better ones..and it just won't flow. The characters have already taken a huge detour from the outline, and they show no intention of heading back.

This Bites!!

[theonlygrinch-.livejournal.com]

5,851 / 50,000 (11.7%)

I just can't get on track this year! No matter how hard I try, the wordcount is not flowing. I hope it picks up soon or I'm doomed to finish WAY under target, and yet another year as a Participant and not a "winner." Just call me an also ran. The sad thing is this is an idea I've had for years, one of my better ones..and it just won't flow. The characters have already taken a huge detour from the outline, and they show no intention of heading back.

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[hobbit-short.livejournal.com]

I'm so behind it's not funny.

argh, I've just finished my english project. I've been working on it ALL day. I spent last night, and Thursday night working on it too. I'm so behind, but luckily, I don't have to do anything tomorrow. I'm spending tomorrow writing, and there's nothing anyone can do about it.

ARGH!

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[hobbit-short.livejournal.com]

I'm so behind it's not funny.

argh, I've just finished my english project. I've been working on it ALL day. I spent last night, and Thursday night working on it too. I'm so behind, but luckily, I don't have to do anything tomorrow. I'm spending tomorrow writing, and there's nothing anyone can do about it.

ARGH!

I hate exposition.

[thegreateze.livejournal.com]

I'm still in the 1,000-1,500 range so I'm already in NaNoWriMo pain. Then I look at my novel and find myself still in the thick of backstory. I don't care about my main character's past. I want to get on with his present and future! Of course, a present and future is senseless without a past to connect to it so I kinda have to get that down. It just sucks that I have to start off my novel with that step. Do you think this has anything to do with the fact that I hated history classes? Okay, enough LJ break. I have more work to do.

I hate exposition.

[thegreateze.livejournal.com]

I'm still in the 1,000-1,500 range so I'm already in NaNoWriMo pain. Then I look at my novel and find myself still in the thick of backstory. I don't care about my main character's past. I want to get on with his present and future! Of course, a present and future is senseless without a past to connect to it so I kinda have to get that down. It just sucks that I have to start off my novel with that step. Do you think this has anything to do with the fact that I hated history classes? Okay, enough LJ break. I have more work to do.

a little excerpt... especially if you're hungry

[foryoualone.livejournal.com]

Nico, who couldn’t discern whether Isabel was an actual trained chef or not, noted that she seemed to know her way around American cooking. In the short time she’d been with them (in Italy), she’d built towering cheeseburgers heaped with great slabs of tomatoes and bermuda onion, mashed potatoes with sage, chives and roasted garlic and grilled steaks stuffed with a blue-cheese-and-porcini-mushroom layer.

Vegetables caramelized in the drippings of a substantial pot roast left the villa’s entire first floor smelling like Nebraska. Chicken soup swam with thick, doughy handmade noodles. Onion rings sported bits of grated carrots stuck in the crispy coating.

But it was Isabel’s hot tapioca pudding that endeared her to Alessandro Safina’s entire household by the third week of her employ. The publicist and her assistants almost wouldn’t leave at day’s end without their fix of tapioca.

While not new to them, store-bought tapioca was nothing like Isabel’s. Tapioca had long been a comfort food of the Cahill women, whipped up for minor depression, long winters and temporary feminine troubles. They made it with a pinch of cinnamon, a scant brush of orange zest and one drop of hot sauce, preferably Tabasco. The addition of these spices and flavorings was undetectable, but the results elevated tapioca to something akin to passion.
Inspired by the new cook’s gift with tapioca, Nico devoted his free time to introduce her to the local culinary treasures. He got her hooked on herbed pan duro and took her to Siena’s Osteria Castelvecchio for the house specialty, spaghetti saporiti congli aroma when she said she’d grown up with Prego spaghetti sauce.

On the way home from one of these outings, walking one of the medieval town’s cobbled streets, the Costa di Sant’ Antonio, Nico pointed out the childhood home of the girl who became St. Catherine. Caterina received the stigmata in 1357, an extraordinary event that . . .

(OK, you see where this is going...) Just thought I'd post a little of what I'm working out for the Nanowrimo Challenge.

a little excerpt... especially if you're hungry

[foryoualone.livejournal.com]

Nico, who couldn’t discern whether Isabel was an actual trained chef or not, noted that she seemed to know her way around American cooking. In the short time she’d been with them (in Italy), she’d built towering cheeseburgers heaped with great slabs of tomatoes and bermuda onion, mashed potatoes with sage, chives and roasted garlic and grilled steaks stuffed with a blue-cheese-and-porcini-mushroom layer.

Vegetables caramelized in the drippings of a substantial pot roast left the villa’s entire first floor smelling like Nebraska. Chicken soup swam with thick, doughy handmade noodles. Onion rings sported bits of grated carrots stuck in the crispy coating.

But it was Isabel’s hot tapioca pudding that endeared her to Alessandro Safina’s entire household by the third week of her employ. The publicist and her assistants almost wouldn’t leave at day’s end without their fix of tapioca.

While not new to them, store-bought tapioca was nothing like Isabel’s. Tapioca had long been a comfort food of the Cahill women, whipped up for minor depression, long winters and temporary feminine troubles. They made it with a pinch of cinnamon, a scant brush of orange zest and one drop of hot sauce, preferably Tabasco. The addition of these spices and flavorings was undetectable, but the results elevated tapioca to something akin to passion.
Inspired by the new cook’s gift with tapioca, Nico devoted his free time to introduce her to the local culinary treasures. He got her hooked on herbed pan duro and took her to Siena’s Osteria Castelvecchio for the house specialty, spaghetti saporiti congli aroma when she said she’d grown up with Prego spaghetti sauce.

On the way home from one of these outings, walking one of the medieval town’s cobbled streets, the Costa di Sant’ Antonio, Nico pointed out the childhood home of the girl who became St. Catherine. Caterina received the stigmata in 1357, an extraordinary event that . . .

(OK, you see where this is going...) Just thought I'd post a little of what I'm working out for the Nanowrimo Challenge.

Finishing the flashback - 10,089 words

[mshades.livejournal.com]

So what do you do when you have a one-night stand and, while the other guy is in the shower, you find a gun in his bag? You thank your Muse for finding a way out of having the other character look like a complete idiot for explaining the Nefarious Scheme to one of your MC's.

And that's it for Chad's section for now. Next I go back to Derek, who's trying to figure out what happened to his friend. Neither of them know what Daniel and Ethan are planning, which may ba a problem, because if they don't know about it, they can't stop it, which is kind of the whole point.

I also have to introduce the President. He's going to be a conservative, natch, who is like if Dubya were more grounded in reality. I have to work on his character sketch and then figure out places to drop him into the plot.

Hmmm.... Lots of work, which is good. Much better than having nothing.

Finishing the flashback - 10,089 words

[mshades.livejournal.com]

So what do you do when you have a one-night stand and, while the other guy is in the shower, you find a gun in his bag? You thank your Muse for finding a way out of having the other character look like a complete idiot for explaining the Nefarious Scheme to one of your MC's.

And that's it for Chad's section for now. Next I go back to Derek, who's trying to figure out what happened to his friend. Neither of them know what Daniel and Ethan are planning, which may ba a problem, because if they don't know about it, they can't stop it, which is kind of the whole point.

I also have to introduce the President. He's going to be a conservative, natch, who is like if Dubya were more grounded in reality. I have to work on his character sketch and then figure out places to drop him into the plot.

Hmmm.... Lots of work, which is good. Much better than having nothing.

(no subject)

[mintblast.livejournal.com]

10,554 / 50,000 (21.1%)

I'm finally getting to the good parts in my story but... but... but... I'm starting to get emails from my fanfiction account saying "UPDATE" "UPDATE" "UPDATE". 'sigh' I think my brain is gonna explode. Maybe I shouldn't even look at my e-mail from fanfiction this month.

I warned them I'd probably fall behind! 'sniff' 'sniff'

(no subject)

[mintblast.livejournal.com]

10,554 / 50,000 (21.1%)

I'm finally getting to the good parts in my story but... but... but... I'm starting to get emails from my fanfiction account saying "UPDATE" "UPDATE" "UPDATE". 'sigh' I think my brain is gonna explode. Maybe I shouldn't even look at my e-mail from fanfiction this month.

I warned them I'd probably fall behind! 'sniff' 'sniff'

(no subject)

[peloquin3.livejournal.com]

I'm on day three of not being able to concentrate. I have the story in my head, I know where it's going, there's no writer's block... there's just no production, no focus, no motivation. The word counts don't even seem that impossible, its just when I sit down to write, I find that everything is a distraction, even as I remove distractions.

I hope this passes and I get back into a groove soon or my word count really will suffer.

(no subject)

[peloquin3.livejournal.com]

I'm on day three of not being able to concentrate. I have the story in my head, I know where it's going, there's no writer's block... there's just no production, no focus, no motivation. The word counts don't even seem that impossible, its just when I sit down to write, I find that everything is a distraction, even as I remove distractions.

I hope this passes and I get back into a groove soon or my word count really will suffer.

hi everyone...

[zedda.livejournal.com]

I came across this when browsing the nano site after finishing my writing for today.. at least im way too drunk to write anymore and my whole being is going oh no oh no......lol
i write as 'maisie' on nano.... and its nice to know you all exist...

hi everyone...

[zedda.livejournal.com]

I came across this when browsing the nano site after finishing my writing for today.. at least im way too drunk to write anymore and my whole being is going oh no oh no......lol
i write as 'maisie' on nano.... and its nice to know you all exist...