NaNoWriMo 2012

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NaNoWriMo 2012

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1mamzel
sep 4, 2012, 3:25 pm

I am starting to advertise at my school to see if there are any students interested in writing this year. I have an idea that actually came to me in a dream over the summer so I will be making a third attempt this year.

Anyone else giving it a try this year?

2brianjungwi
sep 4, 2012, 9:12 pm

hmmm. i "won" the past two years, but may give it a pass this year, we'll see. i love it, but i'm not sure i'll have the time this year (also i'm working on other writing goals at the moment). i may leave it to late october to decide. good luck!

3gilroy
sep 5, 2012, 9:34 am

*checks supply closet* Yup, all stocked for cheerleader duty again this year.

After five "wins" I have discovered the stress of the event nearly kills me. So I'll support others, but will attempt my own goal during the month.

4PJGraham
sep 5, 2012, 11:23 am

Considering how I failed miserably to participate in Camp NaNoWriMo as planned, I hope to make it up this November. I've participated about 4 times, but I've never won. I'd like to change that this year, even though my main purpose is to do writing other than the tech & marketing writing I do for a living.

Probably heading into the horror or suspense genre. Anybody else joining us?

5majkia
sep 5, 2012, 2:38 pm

I also didn't manage Camp NaNo, but hope to do November. No idea what I'll be writing yet, though. I think I need something funny to hold my interest.

6foggidawn
sep 9, 2012, 4:28 pm

I've participated three or four times, but I've never won. I sat out last year, but this year I just might participate. It depends on what else crops up to clutter my calendar between now and then.

7LadyClare
sep 13, 2012, 11:54 am

#3 Gilroy your cheer-leading, refreshment trolley and towels are always welcome!

#6 Go for it foggidwan! Make this year the year you finish it!

Yes I am hoping to do it again!

This will be my third year. The last two years I wrote a YA novel. The first novel is currently doing the rounds of agents, publishers and competitions. Had some positive feedback from one agent but no take up yet. :(

This year I'm thinking of writing an adult novel. I have two ideas - One for a fairly erotic office NYLON Novel -not very deep but one that would be fun and might sell!

The other idea is for an ethereal Armageddon type story. I have the characters and setting clearly developed in my mind but no firm plot idea as yet!

8Codexus
sep 18, 2012, 4:02 pm

Two years ago I managed to get to about 25% before admitting that I had no idea what I was doing. Last year I was a bit busy and tired when it started and then it seemed not worth starting since I was already too much behind.

But this year I will win! :D

(with some kind of YA: fantasy/sci-fi/urban fantasy? not sure yet)

9brianjungwi
sep 18, 2012, 10:27 pm

7> congrats on finishing the first novel, i always leave nano with a promise to edit and revise but i usually move onto other projects. great job on getting your story out there to make the rounds

8> not knowing what you're doing is part of the fun. the first year i had very little clue, but that in turn helped me learn a lot. LT member zette has a guide (it's free) that's been helpful in my planning and engaging with nano

10lollipopszx3
sep 18, 2012, 10:58 pm

Last year I decided I wanted to do it a few days before so I never had time to plan. Then I tried JulNoWriMo this summer but it turned out horribly cliche by the seventh chapter and gave up. This year, hopefully I can build a good enough idea. Hope I don't get any gray hairs from stressing on this! (my mom actually found one a couple of weeks ago... and I'm only 15! >.

11zette
sep 19, 2012, 6:21 pm

I am looking forward to yet another year at the NaNo madness.

Which reminds me -- don't forget the free NaNo for the New and the Insane book at Smashwords:

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/84837

Have fun!

12writergirl15
sep 24, 2012, 6:39 pm

I've been working on research for an idea I buried a while back but decided to dig out for NaNo this year. Last year was my first NaNo and I failed miserably, but I signed up really last-minute. This year I'm determined to be prepared!

13Heather19
okt 2, 2012, 7:00 pm

I have *ten* freakin' plotbunnies, all fleshed-out and outlined, that all want my attention this NaNo. ...... Help?? :P

14PJGraham
okt 3, 2012, 10:21 am

#13 ā€“ wow, 10 different plots? I rarely have more than a bare idea when I start (then again, maybe that's why I've never "won"). This year I have one plot sketched out from start to finish and I know what I need to research this month, so I'm feeling quite accomplished! LOL

Good luck choosing. :)

15mamzel
okt 3, 2012, 4:21 pm

On the Young Writers page, there is a Resource link where you can find writing workbooks. Being a rank amateur, I have used the high school one to help me get organized.

16the_silent_reader
okt 5, 2012, 11:26 am

This is going to be my second year at NaNo. I "won" in the bare minimal version of winning. I go 50k, but I haven't finished it and I haven't looked at it since.
I tried Camp NaNo last June. And I failed.

This year I'm going to attempt with an idea I have for several years now. I have 4-5 different ways I could approach it. I'm probably going to combine them.
I'm not sure what genre it will be under. Either fantasy or YA or maybe something else I haven't realized my novel could be yet

17richardderus
okt 7, 2012, 2:28 pm

I have failed so often it's not funny. The first Camp NaNo this year saw me get to 31K but then got the news from the publisher interested in my *first* NaNovel that he wanted rush revisions!

And then he postponed the book.

dratz

This time I had a hoity-toity idea all teed up and ready to go. And got a fun idea I'd rather do instead.

Comedy horror hijinks, here I come!

18Storeetllr
Bewerkt: okt 18, 2012, 11:51 pm

>7 LadyClare: LadyClare ~ Congrats on finishing your first novel and submitting it! Can't wait to hear that it's been picked up! Also can't wait to hear which of the two ideas you decide to run with for this year's NaNo ~ unless you come up with something else before Nov. 1 that you like better. That's happened to me before. :)

>3 gilroy: Gilroy, you are THE BEST cheerleader any WriMo could wish for! (Dark chocolate and caffe lattes are my pick-me-ups of choice, and a cold glass of pinot grigio once the writing's done for the day is a good way to UNwind. Just sayin'.)

>11 zette: Zette ~ I read your NaNo for the New and Insane EVERY year and hope that one year some of what you've written trickles down into my writing. lol

19Storeetllr
okt 18, 2012, 11:51 pm

I've participated every year but one since 2006, and won every time I participated, but that only means I wrote more than 50k words, NOT that I actually got-to-the-end-of-the-story finished any of the novels. I'm hoping this year will be different and I actually get to The End.

So, anyway, this year I'm doing the sequel to last year's NaNovel (which, recall, is not actually finished). It's historical mystery/thriller/romance, set at the time of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. Last year, the setting was Paris. This year, the action has moved to London. I've started rereading last year's novel and doing a little research, making some notes, and am going to try to get some kind of outline done before Nov. 1. Thank goodness I've got a couple of 3-day weekends between now and then!

I'm using Scrivener again this year. Anyone else use it?

20majkia
okt 19, 2012, 8:41 am

I too have won every year I've participated except 2008 when I had pneumonia. I'm back again this year, and am planning an urban fantasy. It's beginning to come together.

Just hope I'm not too exhausted (and don't get pneumonia again) after working 15 hour days at the polls for early voting and then again on actual election day.

21brianjungwi
okt 19, 2012, 10:11 am

tossing my hat in the ring for the third year. i've had an idea slowly coming together over october (hopefully worth 50k words), not much time for proper planning so far, but nano is always fun, so why not?

22Storeetllr
okt 19, 2012, 10:01 pm

Exactly, Brian! Why not! It is great fun, and I meet so many interesting and truly nice people when I go to the write-ins and events, not to mention the online WriMos on the NaNo site and here.

23BekkaJo
okt 23, 2012, 12:51 pm

Third year for me too - 'won' 2010 and 2011 but the two unfinished manuscripts do glare at me disgustedly from time to time (insofar as a word file is able to glare at one).

I have a "road-trip with nut jobs" idea fermenting at the moment - looking forward to it, but with less spare time than ever before I have a feeling it may not happen this year :/ I am off for half term the first two days of November though so my NaNoing friend and I are going to take our laptops and daughters to the library and send them off to play whilst we write. Yay!

24Storeetllr
okt 27, 2012, 3:11 am

Less than a week to go! Have you all gotten your story ideas together yet? Me, I know what I'm going to write, because it's a sequel to last year's NaNo novel, but I have done no research on it, I don't remember the characters (well, I remember them, but only vaguely, so I need to write a list with their names, character traits, physical traits, etc.), and I don't have the plot outlined (or even really thought out at all). Will this be another seat-o-the-panster year for me? Stay tuned!

25brianjungwi
okt 27, 2012, 10:29 am

have an idea, trying to find the time to outline a plot and sketch some characters, time is tight this week though. it'll be fun =)

26richardderus
okt 27, 2012, 12:24 pm

I'm really looking forward to the silliness of this book. Horror B movie meets romantic comedy, with Rock and Doris transmogrified into Rock and Darryl. A whole new meaning for "scream queen"!

27mmignano11
Bewerkt: okt 27, 2012, 7:28 pm

Just reading all the posts here and realizing that there are others who don't have everything neat and tied up gives me a great deal of hope. I am possibly working on the same novel from last time, or something funny. I have been told that it is difficult to write comedy but that I have a knack for it. (My professor at Stockton, whom I admire greatly, and who has been published many times told me this) I'm going to take his word for it. I need some kind of positive reinforcement, especially these few days before we start. Best of luck to everybody here!

28BekkaJo
okt 28, 2012, 3:25 am

I think I over played mine - have done a lot more planning than usual and was very excited about it. And now I'm back to being stressed about it and having major doubts. Fingers crossed they'll go once I start - or I guess I could just pull something completely different out of the hat at the last minute!

29mamzel
okt 29, 2012, 5:47 pm

I've done lots of mulling about mine. It's more involved than either of my other attempts and I spend time in the shower, driving, etc. trying to pull the plot together.

30zette
okt 30, 2012, 1:15 am

I have two outlines lined up and a third almost done. Or done as much as it needs to be if I don't get more time. This has been a crazy month, and just when I thought I was going to have a couple calm days until NaNo, work hit me with something I had not expected and I might not even have done before November 1.

But I'm looking forward to the first few days, at least. I generally go absolutely nuts for a few days and then settle down to something a bit more sedate. I am looking forward to the rush, though. This should be fun.

31gilroy
okt 30, 2012, 8:20 am

Having to restock the cheering supplies.
They got obsconded with by the Hurricane worriers.
Must remember to lock the closet next time...

32mamzel
okt 31, 2012, 4:51 pm

Best wishes everyone! Here we go!

33gilroy
nov 1, 2012, 8:16 am

AAAAAAAANNNNNNNDDDD.... WE'RE OFF AND WRITING!

34BekkaJo
nov 1, 2012, 8:23 am

Good luck everyone - may all of your characters disobey your wishes and lead you off on new and insane adventures :)

35majkia
nov 1, 2012, 10:03 am

heh. oh so likely to happen BekkaJo. :)

36BekkaJo
nov 1, 2012, 12:33 pm

Well I'd already accidentally killed someone by that point so I figured... :)

37majkia
nov 1, 2012, 2:24 pm

oops.

38BekkaJo
nov 1, 2012, 2:33 pm

It's okay - he wasn't very nice.

39mamzel
nov 1, 2012, 6:01 pm

I have a group of 7 students writing with me this year. Small group but manageable!

40Storeetllr
nov 4, 2012, 9:12 pm

Went to my first write-in this morning. Wrote for 3.5 hours (4 1/2-hour word wars, one challenge) and wrote over 3,000 words! That's brought me just about up to where I should be from waaaaay behind.

It really was a great write-in. The ML who runs it is tough (no chit-chat, only writing, at least during the word wars), but lots of fun. There were prizes for most words written and least words written during each of the four word wars, prizes for doing a challenge, and overall words, as well as coffee, tea, hot chocolate, pumpkin scones and donuts for us, all gratis. No wifi, which is great for me. Best of all, it's only a block from my house!

41majkia
nov 4, 2012, 10:40 pm

Oh good on you, Storeetllr.

I've been tied up working Early Voting and now tomorrow getting ready for precinct voting on Tuesday, and of course Tuesday will be madness, so no hope of writing then.

Maybe on Wednesday, if I'm coherent, I can sit down and do some series wordsmithing.

42BekkaJo
nov 5, 2012, 10:27 am

#40 That sounds great! I wish there was something like that around here - we keep meaning to do a 'night of writing dangerously' but so far one friend has just about started and another has yet to start...

43mamzel
nov 5, 2012, 2:09 pm

Was that write-in held in a public library? That sounds like a very together place! I'm holding one in my school library this Saturday to give the kids a place free of distractions. Pumpkin scones sound yummy! I'll have to find a recipe and give them a try!

44zette
nov 5, 2012, 2:51 pm

That sounds like a lot of fun, Storeetllr!

We're doing a lot of writing in the NaNo Chat room at Forward Motion, which has been a help for me since I'm not going to get out to anything. The great thing is that it's there when I have time. LOL

45Storeetllr
nov 6, 2012, 2:29 am

majkia ~ Your work is much more important (though not as fun) as NaNo (sorry, but it is), and after the election you will probably need to get your mind on something else, and doing NaNo is about as different from what you've been doing as almost anything (except maybe taking naps), so I am sure you will catch right up! Just pull a couple of intense sessions, engage in a few word wars on the NaNo site or Twitter. Will you be able to get to any write-ins?

Bekkajo ~ Do you have MLs where you are? They should be organizing events that you can attend. I wish I could do the Night of Writing Dangerously, but I never seem to get it together in time to participate. Not this year either due to my workload. *boo hiss*

Hi, mamzel ~ Great idea to have a write-in for your kids at the public library. Also the pumpkin scones. :) No, the library where we had the write-in is at a research lab facility on the campus of Caltech in Pasadena. One of the MLs works there. We had to pass down this long hallway that stunk of formaldahyde or somesuch chemicals. It was pretty awful, but no bad smells in the library. Only the fragrances of coffee and sugar (from the donuts, scones and candy).

zette ~ I saw your word count on the NaNo site a bit ago. You're a madwoman, you know that?!

Well, I did moderately well again today. I used my AlphaSmart and wrote on the train (the Gold Line, which is a light rail) on my 45 minute trips both to and from downtown, plus during lunch, and did a little over 1,100 words. A bit short of the daily goal, but much much better than I ever expected I'd do on a workday. I'm going to try and write every day on the commute, but it will be the weekends and holidays and vacation days that are going to get me to 50k. As usual.

46BekkaJo
nov 6, 2012, 8:36 am

Gonna be very sad here - what's an ML? I doubt we have any - I live in Jersey (Channel Island not US) and it's pretty small.

47brianjungwi
nov 6, 2012, 9:26 am

ML- Municipal Liaison, kind of a cheerleader, they organize write ins either online or in person for the region

48brianjungwi
nov 6, 2012, 10:33 am

for BekkaJo: scroll to the bottom to see the details on MLs
http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/mls

49richardderus
nov 6, 2012, 10:57 am

Sandy woes have kept me to a measly rotten 7344 words so far. Hiss boo hiss.

50BekkaJo
Bewerkt: nov 6, 2012, 12:22 pm

Ah - thanks guys, sorry for being clueless. As expected Jersey isn't on there - I may have to join up for next year, see if there is anyone apart from me and my friends doing this on the island.

Edited to add just searched the site for my region and found people. Interesting...

51mamzel
nov 6, 2012, 1:22 pm

I work in a high school library so we are having the write-in here. It will be quiet except that there is a band review on campus so our parking lot will be full of trucks and barbecues with idle kids playing football in our relatively new landscaping.

Ommmmm!

52Heather19
nov 6, 2012, 5:26 pm

I'm back and forth about write-ins. I've never been to one, and a part of me has always wanted to. Since this month is NaNo *and* "get Heather out of the house" month (therapy), I'm thinking about going to one. But I don't do well around people I don't know, and I don't know if I'd be able to calm myself enough to do much writing.

..... I don't know.

I'm losing my lead. I was like 3k ahead a few days ago. Now it's barely 1k.

53Storeetllr
nov 8, 2012, 12:59 am

Hi, Heather ~ I'm not much of a party person myself, but write ins are,. like, you know, work. I think if you try it, you'll find it very comfortable. Most of the people who attend write-ins are pretty serious about writing, or at least about their word count, and there isn't usually a lot of chit chat, even during write ins that are not organized by the official MLs. It's really inspirational for me, being around a bunch of people who are also doing NaNo and writing like madmen/women. Let us know if you decide to chance one.

I know it's no excuse, but I was so obsessed with the election yesterday I only wrote 875 words, and today I was so exhausted from the tension and a late night that I didn't write at all. I feel pretty good about my word count, even so, because I am 1,000 words ahead of where I was a year ago at this time! Also, I've got a 3-day weekend coming up, and my plans are to WRITE-WRITE-WRITE all day each day. I hope I can catch up by the end of it.

54BekkaJo
nov 8, 2012, 12:05 pm

I'm really worried about this weekend. I'm away in the UK at my sis-in-laws wedding (fly out Friday first thing and get back Sunday lunchtime). I bring my daughter back but leave my son with hubby at his parents for a couple of days. I'm going to lose at least two full days of writing and I know me - if I slip too far behind I'll never catch up :(

55richardderus
nov 8, 2012, 12:14 pm

I'd have to average 1750 words a day to finish on time, and I suspect I won't make it.

56Storeetllr
nov 9, 2012, 12:23 am

I'm a binge writer, so I don't let the daily average worry me. I have sometimes written 5,000 a day in a crunch. One memorable November 30, I think I wrote like 8,000 words.

57mamzel
nov 10, 2012, 12:22 pm

Your poor, poor fingers!

58richardderus
nov 10, 2012, 12:26 pm

I tend to pace myself. I like to write at least 2000 words a day, but with all the miscellaneous distractions this month, I've been more on a pace half that. Yech.

59mamzel
nov 10, 2012, 12:39 pm

Mary,
Thanks for the idea for pumpkin scones. I made some for the write-a-thon this morning and they came out de-li-cious!!! I have three kids and a teacher in with me so far.

60richardderus
Bewerkt: nov 10, 2012, 9:44 pm



I love this!

61Storeetllr
nov 10, 2012, 11:18 pm

Richard ~ ROFLMAO! Thanks so much for sharing. Made my day!

mamzel ~ So glad the pumpkin scones were a hit. How is everyone in your group doing on their novels?

I'm so far behind, and have no interest in my story. I don't have any idea how or even if I'm going to finish. Actually, the story's pretty cool, but my main characters? Meh. Yawn. z-z-z-z. And no idea how to make them interesting or even sympathetic.

62brianjungwi
nov 11, 2012, 6:20 am

61> kill them all and introduce new characters (i swear in half of Salman Rushdie's novels, there is a point where he wipes the slate clean and culls most of the characters he's introduced)

63BekkaJo
nov 11, 2012, 10:56 am

I'm a bit stuck so I just decided to add some more sex and another murder. Seems to have got things going again :)

I managed to steal a laptop for an hour or so whilst I was away but only got a couple of hundred words done. I feel a bit demoralised by missing that time for some weird reason - thus the murdering.

64majkia
nov 11, 2012, 11:45 am

Murdering helps :)

Altho I'm writing a murder mystery and there is yet to be one..... Although, well, there SEEMS to have been one.

65Heather19
nov 11, 2012, 1:15 pm

I'm stuck, again, and I finally realized why. I usually fall back on sex scenes when I get stuck, because my characters are usually... well, perpetually horny.
This year, Angie (character) has made it very very clear to me that I won't be writing any sex scenes with her and the MC. Even though there is SO MUCH potential there... it would just be way too out of character for her.

So yeah. I'm stuck. And MC is sexless.

66richardderus
nov 11, 2012, 1:16 pm

SEXLESS?!? Cruel puppet mistress! Imagine a sexless *shudder* existence.

67BekkaJo
nov 11, 2012, 1:38 pm

It turned out that my murder happened kinda mid sexual adventure... which was...well... odd.

2k for today and I'm tapped out. I wanted to hit 20k but it will have to wait for tomorrow.

#65 Can someone else have some nooky?

68richardderus
nov 11, 2012, 2:17 pm

What do people who are sexless think about? Not a bad idea to explore.

69Storeetllr
nov 11, 2012, 6:33 pm

Bah! Not even sex and murder, singly or together, are going to help this mess. I am going to have to start over, if I continue at all. I'll keep what I've already written, because I think I can use it (or most of it) in the new storyline, but there's nothing for it ~ it's back to the drawing board for me. :(

And I know what you may be thinking: Typical Week Two stress. And I have considered that and am sorry to say that's not it or I'd be able to go on and cobble something together to make it work.

Oh, well, I'm taking today off to think about whether to try to continue with this year's challenge or give it a pass. I know I can still make it if I decide to continue; just not sure I care that much. (There are other factors at play here. I'm planning to retire next summer and move to another state. I'm already freaking out at all I have to do before I can be ready to retire & move.)

70BekkaJo
Bewerkt: nov 12, 2012, 12:41 pm

Oh poop! I just realised that I mixed up my tense in the wrong chapters (some are present some past). Darn darn darn!

#69 No way you can just grab the new idea and fit it around the old one? Just keep chunksd of the old one and put square brackets around it and make it work later? Hope you do decide to continue.

71richardderus
nov 12, 2012, 1:02 pm

>69 Storeetllr: Well, sometimes it works that way. *smooch* for stressed-out Mary*

72mamzel
Bewerkt: nov 12, 2012, 2:50 pm

Richard, I love, love, love you symbols and I can't wait to share it with the English teachers tomorrow!

BekkaJo - Keep that Inner Editor in the box until Dec. 1!

Mary - Saturday was very productive. Four kids, the librarian, and I worked like crazy for 6 hours, with breaks for food and coffee refills. I started this book with only a vague idea of what it was going to be about. I really wasn't motivated to build my characters before starting and I still don't know what my climax will be. Talk about shooting in the dark! I'm only 19% through where it should be about 40%.

Unfortunately I could not tear myself away from the Firefly marathon on the Science channel yesterday. It was the tenth anniversary of the show and they had a reunion of some of the actors and writers. Today I got to work as soon as I got up (after making a pot of coffee) and worked for three hours. I am taking an LT break and starting some laundry but I'm getting back to work now. I promise. Any minute now! TTYL!

73mamzel
nov 12, 2012, 6:53 pm

I love the NaNoStats. Especially when I make progress. When I started Saturday my predicted finish date was Jan. 13. I'm up to Dec. 29! Decidedly better!

74Heather19
nov 12, 2012, 8:05 pm

66: Well, technically there is *one* sex scene, but that's a rape that Angie set up, so...

*cheers and encourages everyone!!*

I've got a dirty-dancing scene going on right now. It won't end well. (Come on Angie, can't you loosen up on your homophobia a *little* bit? Please?)

75BekkaJo
nov 13, 2012, 3:22 am

Anyone know a good place to dump a corpse in Yellowstone National park? They're in that vicinity with it the boot so I figured...

76brianjungwi
nov 13, 2012, 9:28 am

75> feed it to a bear

77BekkaJo
nov 13, 2012, 2:31 pm

Oooh. Like it. Probably too slap stick for this particular novel though.

78richardderus
nov 13, 2012, 4:12 pm

So Old Faithful is out too...

79mamzel
nov 13, 2012, 5:26 pm

Drop the body in one of the mud pots!

80richardderus
nov 13, 2012, 6:12 pm

There are thousands of miles of "service roads"--unpaved roads that allow Forest Service folk to access some of the more remote regions of the Park. Turn off on any of those, drive a few miles, and heave the deadie out the trunk ("boot" to y'all funny-talkers) and it would be *ages* before anyone found him/her.

Unless a bear ambles by a Ranger with an arm in its mouth one fine day.

81BekkaJo
nov 14, 2012, 4:18 am

Ah! See that's what I was hoping - they are just about to peel off the main roads and try and find a service road. Plus the body is chopped up and they've ditched half already so it's not too much to get rid of.

Where they head next - or rather why they head there is my next decision!

82richardderus
nov 14, 2012, 10:51 am

Awakened at 6a to the sounds of a clean-up crew doing their thing. Sawing, leaf-blowing, so on and so on.

Needless to say, the morning writing did not happen. That's too abrupt a transition for me. And the dog's legally mandated rabies vaccine at 10 made the idea of writing after speaking to other people just not on.

83gilroy
nov 14, 2012, 11:43 am

Legally mandated rabies vaccine? That seems... harsh.

84richardderus
nov 14, 2012, 11:47 am

Every three years, all pets must receive the rabies vaccine. Since rabies is incurable, I suppose I see the sense; but dayum!

85mamzel
nov 14, 2012, 5:00 pm

Not to mention how an animal infected with rabies is dangerous to humans! (Think of the dog in To Kill a Mockingbird.)

86BekkaJo
nov 20, 2012, 10:50 am

So how's everyone fairing? We seem to be very NaNo quiet this year!

87Heather19
Bewerkt: nov 20, 2012, 9:10 pm

I'm doing great. Somewhere between 2-3 days ahead, wordcount-wise. And I'm still loving my story. Angie is just... the most awesome serial killer to write, ever (and I've written quite a few over the years).

http://obsessionwriter.livejournal.com/10265.html I posted a snip on my LJ. There are warnings. It's graphic. But... yeah. I love this scene.

88richardderus
nov 20, 2012, 10:06 pm

I give. Waving the white flag. I won't break 40K this year. Oh well, I'll keep going on the story because I like it so much.

89DaleCoz
nov 21, 2012, 12:47 am

I haven't been very active on LibraryThing, though I've been a member for three years. Didn't know there were fellow NaNo people here. This is my 5th year doing NaNo, and I get both scared that I won't make it and obsessive, which has gotten me through to 50k all five years with quite a bit of time to spare, though usually also with a sore neck and a few extra and unneeded pounds I have to work the next couple of months to get off.

I write science fiction, usually alternate history, though apparently my novels have more of a mystery structure to them than a science fiction one.

Good luck to everyone, and if you don't quite hit 50k, you're still ahead of the game by however much writing you did get done.

90Storeetllr
nov 21, 2012, 1:12 am

Hey, all! A big cheer to those of you who are plugging away at your novels. And a big hug to you, Richard. I've stopped too; it just was not happening for me this year. :( But I have kept the beginnings of the story and may go back to it when my life has calmed down a bit and I can concentrate on anything else.

91majkia
nov 21, 2012, 9:56 am

I'm closing in on 39K so I think I'll make it this year. Sorry about those who won't. Just keep writing anyway! Every word is a win.

92Heather19
nov 23, 2012, 7:10 pm

*hugs those who chose to quit* Maybe next year, huh?

*cheers everyone else on*

I'm a tad over 42k right now. Yesterday I spent 2k describing my MCs clothes shopping. Today I'm spending a lot of words describing them grocery shopping. .... This is like the only time they go shopping throughout the entire story, so it's got to be detailed!

And I still have no idea how this story is going to end. Like, NO idea. Not even multiple ideas and I don't know which one it will be.... Just, nothing.

93BekkaJo
nov 25, 2012, 2:39 am

Congrats to all those who I've just spotted have finished already :) Well done!

94brianjungwi
nov 25, 2012, 5:28 am

yay! purple bar! lots and lots to work on now, but i'll be happy take a break for a bit =)

95majkia
nov 25, 2012, 7:44 am

yay! I did it. purpled!

96Storeetllr
nov 25, 2012, 2:30 pm

Congratulations all you PURPLE BAR'ers!

97BekkaJo
nov 25, 2012, 4:27 pm

Despite my congratulations I have purple bar jealousy - but I'm rounding the last 6k now so, being hit by a bus aside, I should make it. :)

98Storeetllr
nov 25, 2012, 8:02 pm

Go, BekkaJo!

99majkia
nov 25, 2012, 8:11 pm

Go BekkaJo!!!

100brianjungwi
nov 26, 2012, 1:15 am

congrats majkia and good luck to BekkaJo, almost there!

101BekkaJo
nov 26, 2012, 1:45 pm

I may have spoken too soon - been hit by the almighty brain freeze at 45k. Monumental block.

102Heather19
Bewerkt: nov 26, 2012, 9:54 pm

*encourages BekkaJo!*

I'm 1,600 words until win. Soooooo close!! I know I'll end up getting that purple bar tonight. .... But in the meantime, I'm likely to kill my characters just because they are so annoying right now. Angie, sweetie, this woman has literally put her life on the line multiple times for you. If you KEEP asking her if she's SURE she wants to stick around, maybe one of these times she'll say no! Stop asking!

edit: Aaaaand WIN, at 51k!

103Storeetllr
Bewerkt: nov 26, 2012, 11:24 pm

BekkaJo ~ Hope you got past that momentary brain freeze, but, if it's still bugging you, have you considered:

1) killing off one of your characters
2) an explosion
3) having one of your characters describe some normal part of the day, in detail, like brushing her teeth before bed or doing a sink of dishes by hand
4) an escaped monkey/elephant or a hawk or even a pigeon attacking one of the characters
5) a trip to the grocery store
6) a meditation session?

There's still plenty of time to get that 5k written before Friday, so take a deep breath to the count of four, hold it for the count of seven, release it slowly to the count of eight, do it two more times, and remember that YOU CAN DO IT!!! And there's always dark chocolate to take the edge off.

Last year, when I was at the point where you are (brain freeze at around 40k), I created a tarot card reader and had her read the cards for three other characters: two were my mfc and mmc and the other the mmc's best friend. Describing the way she lay down each card, the pattern (Celtic Cross), then having her turn over each, describe the picture and have the reader discuss the meaning, and the reactions of the audience when she turned over, like, The Tower card and the Death card, then the way one of the characters balked when it was his turn and how the others talked him into it, took at least 5,000 words. And the words came really fast too. And it was fun to figure out what cards would have meaning for each character, considering their personalities and what their roles in the story were. (It helped to use my deck of Tarot cards and a book on what the cards mean.)

Good luck!

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Heather ~ WOO-HOO! Congrats on your purpleness!

104BekkaJo
Bewerkt: nov 27, 2012, 4:03 am

Well done Heather! Wooo!

And thanks guys - I ditched it last night (for fear I might just delight the whole stinking lot of it) and am more positive today. I am going to go through that wall with a sledge hammer if need be.

I am now tempted to have them attacked by something though Storeetllr!

105gilroy
nov 27, 2012, 8:55 am

Yeah for a win! We have a thread for the winners to post their winning numbers and celebrate!
(Confetti Showers all around!)

106mmignano11
nov 27, 2012, 11:32 pm

I can not believe the nonsense RL throws your way when you are trying to get a novel written. Hurricane Sandy, Thanksgiving, Nausea and vomiting, Bronchitis, 4 large dogs with explosive diarrhea, needy friends, proposals to write for my husband, neck strain...oh the list goes on. If I could write about those things I would have more than enough words! And on I go...tap...tap...tap...

107gilroy
nov 28, 2012, 9:29 am

You can write about those things! Just edit them out later. :>

108BekkaJo
Bewerkt: nov 29, 2012, 2:17 pm

Talk about demoralising - I just went ot validate and found that my word program obviously tots up at a different rate to the NaNo site. I thought I was nearly 200 words over, it thinks I am nearly 500 under.

*sobs*

edited to add - done and done!

109richardderus
nov 29, 2012, 2:31 pm

Yay Bekka! You go ON!! *smooch*

110mamzel
nov 29, 2012, 3:26 pm

Bekka, Bekka, Rah, Rah, Rah!!!