Hermit Posted November 1, 2017 Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 "Maybe we should make a separate NaNoWriMo thread?"- Pattern Ghost Yeah, let's do that! Pattern Ghost 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted November 1, 2017 Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 'Ullo 'ullo 'ullo, what's all this, then? Monitoring thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted November 1, 2017 Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 I'm going to be filling in more of my project thread this nano. I have to get my notes and turn them into plot points. CES Hermit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 1, 2017 Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 They're doing a NaNoWriMo effort on campus this year, but as always I will not be participating. I had thoughts about it back in the summer, and then in late July I was given another course, one I hadn't taught since 2010, so I am reinventing wheels for that. (Last November was sacrificed to creation of the document package for getting myself promoted, which did succeed, but it consumed my November entirely.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted November 1, 2017 Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 November doesn't really seem to be the best month for it. I guess maybe that's the point, to write even if your crunched for time. I'm still trying to decide what to write, so not off to a great start here. I may just sit down today and start writing the first thing that pops into my head. (Then hope nobody reads it and has me hauled off to an asylum.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted November 1, 2017 Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 Despite my total lack of discipline, I'll be trying again this month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted November 1, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 45 minutes ago, Logan.1179 said: Despite my total lack of discipline, I'll be trying again this month. Whatcha gonna write? Whatcha gonna write? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted November 1, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 58 minutes ago, Pattern Ghost said: November doesn't really seem to be the best month for it. I guess maybe that's the point, to write even if your crunched for time. I'm still trying to decide what to write, so not off to a great start here. I may just sit down today and start writing the first thing that pops into my head. (Then hope nobody reads it and has me hauled off to an asylum.) Need ideas? Here's one ---------------- Sgt Badger and the Ewok Hunterz! The Alliance thought they were allies. They thought they were pastoral warriors who only wanted to live in peace, but the Ewoks are much more than that. So much more. Now armed supplied with old Empire Tech and Alliance R&D the Ewoks seek to grow their own empire. They have struck without warning, without mercy! Dangerous Terraforming tech is unleashed, transforming every planet into a forest planet, and non Ewoks are sprouting leaves! It's up to Sgt. Badger and the Ewok Hunters to invade the home moon of the Ewoks, find the master control to this new new weapons, and destroy it! (problem? Badger may sue) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted November 1, 2017 Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 That's an excellent idea, but the problem's more choosing between one of several ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted November 1, 2017 Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 43 minutes ago, Hermit said: Whatcha gonna write? Whatcha gonna write? Hermit, Pariah, Pattern Ghost and 1 other 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 1, 2017 Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 Ewok pr0n. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted November 1, 2017 Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 Hawt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted November 2, 2017 Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 Things that should be in fortune cookies I challenge you! That being said, I'm ending night one with 3105 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted November 2, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 You got an edge on me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted November 2, 2017 Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 Got 1701 so far. Need to get started and at least try to get to the first five thousand marker CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted November 2, 2017 Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 8 hours ago, Logan.1179 said: So far, Snoopy has me beat. Stomach bug and WoW have distracted me. On the plus side, I decided which story to run with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinanju Posted November 2, 2017 Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 My first night's efforts ended with a massive 565 words. I decided to try Nanowrimo this year to try to kickstart my writing. I've spent more than a year dealing with a disintegrating marriage, a separation, and ultimately a divorce. Unsurprisingly, I've had very little left over for writing. But it has been about a year since I moved out of the apartment I shared with my ex (into my current Fortress of Solitude), and we're officially divorced now (for several months). I'm ready to try again. Tonight's effort was very difficult, as I expected. I made a couple of false starts before writing what I officially claim. And I may very well scrap that and start again tomorrow. I'd like to get 50,000 words done on a novel, but if I just get back into the habit of sitting down and trying to write, I'll count that as a win. Nolgroth and csyphrett 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolgroth Posted November 2, 2017 Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 I have a completely different reason for having difficulty writing; I don't seem to have a story to tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted November 2, 2017 Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 METAPHOR CHALLENGE "I love you," she said. The words hung in the air like a helium filled condom. A used one. Your turn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinanju Posted November 3, 2017 Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 I wrote 1,863 words today. This total does not include the 565 words I struggled over yesterday because they're not part of the story I began today. I scrapped them. But I have a story now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 3, 2017 Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 re: metaphor mangling... "The grey light of dawn filtered into the room, banishing the restful darkness like Westboro Baptist picketers at a private funeral." csyphrett and Logan D. Hurricanes 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted November 3, 2017 Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 Finally finished Chapter two. Going to try to write chapter three before I turn in. CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted November 3, 2017 Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 Finished Chapter three for 1858. A lot of dialogue as the villains get started. CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted November 4, 2017 Report Share Posted November 4, 2017 Time for a break. I'm starting to edit, and that's the killer. They keep saying "Just write, don't care what it says, it doesn't have to be perfect. Just write!" So this could be nigh unreadable, but apparently December is reserved for editing. (Artists get Inktober, which is a much more convenient month for this kind of exercise. The bums.) Enforcer84 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted November 4, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2017 I feel a bit behind of where I wanted to be. But I'm making the 1667 per day mark at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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