Hai, newbies! You're in for a delectable treat! It's gunna be fab and you're going to think we're all nuts! [GO HAMILTON!]
For those not in the know:
one year [2 years ago, I believe] Ms Welestra made punch cards for everyone and handed them out at the kick-off. There was a punch for each 10K and then some other milestones like: 10K in one day, 20K in two days, ect ect.
The craziest of us were like, this is pretty wicked! Let's do a 20K weekend!! And the first weekend was such.
The next year, nano started on a friday [at midnight, mind] and a couple of us wanted to try and get the 20K before our lives on the Monday. [success was had by a few, and a couple others tried it the following full weekend]
THIS year, however, unfortunately, the first weekend only consists of 25 hours of Sunday. [Anyone awesome* enough to attempt the 20K this weekend has my congratulations, sympathies, and, of course, company!
So, I'm proposing this year we do it on the first full weekend [next week]. Anyone up for it?
The rules are as followed:
You can start whenever your life ends on the friday [after work, after school]
If you have that day off [by golly gosh] you can work from when you wake up that day [but not the Thursday night]
It ends when your life starts on the Monday [so, if it's 1 am on the Sunday and you're, say 1500 words from the end, but cannot possibly stay up, you can go to bed that night, wake up an hour earlier the following morning, and finish]
I think that's it ... Night shift on the friday? You have the whole day and let's hope you can write while at work :P
Good luck everyone!
00,000/20,000 - Ziggi
*crazy
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I'm from Hamilton, land of hysterical fiction filled with flying monkeys, dancing bananas, and sexy, cozy, violence
47,452 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 17 51
I'll try it *shudders*. I did 30K in one weekend back in 07, my first year... But I had nothing else to do...
Now I have co-op on Saturdays. Golly.
0/20,000
----------My .03, cause that's how I roll!
"Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire." ~Arnold H. Glasow
40,030 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 18 41
20 K Weekend
00,000/20,000 - Ziggi
----------00,000/20,000 - Girlwithapearl
Yes, I'm from Hamilton! Ask me about flying monkeys and dancing bananas!
30,003 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 19 14
I'm up for this (eep!) Good Luck!
39,229 / 50,000
Nov 3, 2009 - 08 02
I'm up for this too. Yikes.
Seems a good idea because I'm behind already.
30,003 / 50,000
Nov 5, 2009 - 10 54
Any tips or tricks for this?
7,096 / 50,000
Nov 5, 2009 - 11 41
cold compress for your hands, be wary of ergonomic placement so as not to induce more severe stress injuries. Put your inner editor into a locked box... when in doubt, apply shots until brain pours out ramblings you can edit in a month from now
short breaks, breaks that dont evolve into activities that aren't noveling :P
----------Touche Life, a Job and a visit from the parents. I may not make it to 50k... But i got one week to set the bar Higher then ever for next year!
18,013 / 50,000
Nov 5, 2009 - 21 03
I'm a server so my shifts are very strange at the moment. It should work though, my work day ends on Friday at 2pm, but then work all Saturday is going to be a disadvantage. Anything to keep me going at this point, I'll try this. Come onnn, weekend!
47,452 / 50,000
Nov 6, 2009 - 12 27
u.u I will have to drop out this weekend. Unseen circumstances that involve paint, advil and American cuisine.
----------My .03, cause that's how I roll!
"Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire." ~Arnold H. Glasow
42,714 / 50,000
Nov 6, 2009 - 17 15
I'm going to try for 20K because on Thurs I will be having surgery on my left eye and I think Thurs and Fri will be non writing days.
KS
42,714 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2009 - 05 38
grumble, grumble... Ikea...rearrange livingroom and our office spaces...huge sigh... in-laws visiting with granddaughter... only 3K + written with no hope for more this weekend... grrrrrrrr best laid plans and all that... chaking up another 'oh well' in the never ending list of 'oh well's'. (Wishes she could include rant words in the count.)
11,071 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2009 - 09 33
Aw, I hear you KS :<
I ... started a new novel last night ... at midnight ...
----------I've written 3K so far, but am hoping to have between 10-15K by the end of today.
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I'm from Hamilton, land of hysterical fiction filled with flying monkeys, dancing bananas, and sexy, cozy, violence
18,013 / 50,000
Nov 9, 2009 - 12 41
Oops. I didn't write a single word all weekend! The idea of only having to go to work for a little bit completely backfired and now instead of being up 15k, I'm down 5.
Sounds like everyone is having sort of a rough time right now.