Pep-Card: Day 16

[age.livejournal.com]

( Pep-Card: Day 16 )

...Obviously he is speaking about those of us who have not re-discovered the joys and heartaches of RP. *eyes Chris Baty*

Pep-Card: Day 16

[age.livejournal.com]

( Pep-Card: Day 16 )

...Obviously he is speaking about those of us who have not re-discovered the joys and heartaches of RP. *eyes Chris Baty*

Word of the Day

[kathrynmichele.livejournal.com]

Something we should all be doing to our novels -- 

( dig on it... )

Word of the Day

[kathrynmichele.livejournal.com]

Something we should all be doing to our novels -- 

( dig on it... )

Bowing Out

[illyria-godking.livejournal.com]

At a lousy 4539 words, my muse has abandoned me. Ah well, next year it is.

Ta!

Bowing Out

[illyria-godking.livejournal.com]

At a lousy 4539 words, my muse has abandoned me. Ah well, next year it is.

Ta!

Sprinting Game

[darlingfreak.livejournal.com]

First of all, I want to give thanks for our mods and all they do, especially the ones that run the nanosprints room on AIM. It's been an invaluable resource for me, and probably the only reason I'm making word count.

But, ten hours in one day is more than enough, and they do not deserve grief. And, they are MORE than deserving of a day off where they don't have to run sprints. Sorry it's been a trial and you guys are appreciated. (Note: I don't have the first clue what the problem was, I'm going going by the mod post this morning.

So, I thought I'd post about something I started doing myself when I need that sprint atmosphere to help me power through a difficult passage, and do not have the sprint chatroom available to me. It's very simple and nothing clever or innovative, but I thought I'd share so we can give the mods a break.

Just do this:

Set aside an hour. At the top of an hour, sprint for 10 minutes. at :10 stop and check your word count. Wait 10 minutes. At :20 do it again and try to beat the word count for the first 10. At :30 take another ten minute break and then go again at :40, trying to beat the better of the first two word counts.

It gives you a sprint if you need one and you don't need to bother the mods. Also, if you're not as fast as some of the other people in the sprint chatroom (I'm not) then it helps simply to be competing with yourself.

Just a thought and best wishes and a big hug to the mods. Be good to them!

DarlingFreak (TheDerelictAngel or NanoAngelRimo on AIM)

Sprinting Game

[darlingfreak.livejournal.com]

First of all, I want to give thanks for our mods and all they do, especially the ones that run the nanosprints room on AIM. It's been an invaluable resource for me, and probably the only reason I'm making word count.

But, ten hours in one day is more than enough, and they do not deserve grief. And, they are MORE than deserving of a day off where they don't have to run sprints. Sorry it's been a trial and you guys are appreciated. (Note: I don't have the first clue what the problem was, I'm going going by the mod post this morning.

So, I thought I'd post about something I started doing myself when I need that sprint atmosphere to help me power through a difficult passage, and do not have the sprint chatroom available to me. It's very simple and nothing clever or innovative, but I thought I'd share so we can give the mods a break.

Just do this:

Set aside an hour. At the top of an hour, sprint for 10 minutes. at :10 stop and check your word count. Wait 10 minutes. At :20 do it again and try to beat the word count for the first 10. At :30 take another ten minute break and then go again at :40, trying to beat the better of the first two word counts.

It gives you a sprint if you need one and you don't need to bother the mods. Also, if you're not as fast as some of the other people in the sprint chatroom (I'm not) then it helps simply to be competing with yourself.

Just a thought and best wishes and a big hug to the mods. Be good to them!

DarlingFreak (TheDerelictAngel or NanoAngelRimo on AIM)

Word Count/Excerpt Posts?

[the-elders-book.livejournal.com]

So...this may be a strange question, and there may be a post somewhere miles back about it, but...

What happened to the daily word count/excerpt posts?

I miss them. It was nice to see how everyone else was doing--what I should be striving for, etc--and I liked reading excerpts of people's novels. Does anyone know if those will be coming back any time soon, or are they gone for good? If it's just that the mods don't have time, I'd be happy to run them. I have Word Count Post/Excerpt Post icons from last year's nanowrimo. 

Anyone know what's going on?

Word Count/Excerpt Posts?

[the-elders-book.livejournal.com]

So...this may be a strange question, and there may be a post somewhere miles back about it, but...

What happened to the daily word count/excerpt posts?

I miss them. It was nice to see how everyone else was doing--what I should be striving for, etc--and I liked reading excerpts of people's novels. Does anyone know if those will be coming back any time soon, or are they gone for good? If it's just that the mods don't have time, I'd be happy to run them. I have Word Count Post/Excerpt Post icons from last year's nanowrimo. 

Anyone know what's going on?

Daily Word Count Post - November 16th

[alison-sky.livejournal.com]

POST YOUR DAILY WORD COUNT HERE


Sorry for the lax guys. Just... been a long week. And I don't got the fancy icons Mo's got :(

Daily Word Count Post - November 16th

[alison-sky.livejournal.com]

POST YOUR DAILY WORD COUNT HERE


Sorry for the lax guys. Just... been a long week. And I don't got the fancy icons Mo's got :(

DAILY EXCERPT POST - November 16th

[alison-sky.livejournal.com]

POST YOUR NANO EXCERPTS HERE!

DAILY EXCERPT POST - November 16th

[alison-sky.livejournal.com]

POST YOUR NANO EXCERPTS HERE!

Plot Help! - Week of November 16th - 18th

[alison-sky.livejournal.com]

So here we are, just shy over the halfway point.

You're saying to yourself "What the hell did I get myself into?"

You're staring at the very few words that you've written, ready to toss the computer out the window, screaming "OH MUSE! WHERE HAS THOU GONE?! COME BAAAAACK!"

If so, then you were me last night. *smile*

Anyway, this is not the time to give up. There will be no quitters here!!!!!!!! actually, there will be, and there's nothing wrong with that, it just makes me post a lot of :( faces in the upcoming days.

But no! We're not going to let you fall off that cliff. We're going to form a human chain and keep each other from falling (I'm so standing between the hot guys. Sorry girls, I'm MOD. I get first dibs!)

Have I cheered you up yet? Gotten some kind of smile on your face? COME ON IT'S FRIDAY!

So yes, please, you got plot trouble, post it here. Everyone else, take time this weekend to keep checking the thread, and help out your fellows! This is when the strength of this community really shows, in being able to help one another out in this bleak time of NaNo need...

Post away. And I'll be here if you need me :)

Plot Help! - Week of November 16th - 18th

[alison-sky.livejournal.com]

So here we are, just shy over the halfway point.

You're saying to yourself "What the hell did I get myself into?"

You're staring at the very few words that you've written, ready to toss the computer out the window, screaming "OH MUSE! WHERE HAS THOU GONE?! COME BAAAAACK!"

If so, then you were me last night. *smile*

Anyway, this is not the time to give up. There will be no quitters here!!!!!!!! actually, there will be, and there's nothing wrong with that, it just makes me post a lot of :( faces in the upcoming days.

But no! We're not going to let you fall off that cliff. We're going to form a human chain and keep each other from falling (I'm so standing between the hot guys. Sorry girls, I'm MOD. I get first dibs!)

Have I cheered you up yet? Gotten some kind of smile on your face? COME ON IT'S FRIDAY!

So yes, please, you got plot trouble, post it here. Everyone else, take time this weekend to keep checking the thread, and help out your fellows! This is when the strength of this community really shows, in being able to help one another out in this bleak time of NaNo need...

Post away. And I'll be here if you need me :)