That awkward moment when ... http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087 Dj_Tigeress Have you ever been writing your novel when you hit an awkward moment? Plot-wise, character-wise, grammar-wise, whatever it may be: this is the place to discuss it! I had my own awkward moment. I had this burning passion for some reason to name my FMC Delilah, but I really wanted to name her after someone from the Bible. Then I suddenly realized that there's someone in the Bible named Delilah ... Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:35:10 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_189273 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_189273 mariah125 That awkward moment when you wish you lived in the world of your novel... and then you realize you do, mentally at least. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:52:30 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_189492 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_189492 jazzaholic17 ... you're basing a character off of someone that you don't actually know, but are one degree of separation away, and they start appearing in your facebook newsfeed frequently. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:57:03 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_189563 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_189563 Noelle T. ... you're plotting out-loud and talking to yourself only to realize your roommate is home. She must think I'm a nutter after hearing me burst out laughing and then go 'I'm so clever!' every few minutes... Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:04:38 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_189678 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_189678 Mungolian ...your characters are reuniting after being apart and it's slightly awkward between them, so you're writing is awkward too. So many awkwards. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:05:56 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_189692 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_189692 Ellipses... ... a dead character in your book turns out to have the same name of someone you know. o_o; Whoops. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:22:32 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_189901 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_189901 EnigmaCalaway That awkward moment when... Every one of your characters reminds you of someone you know and that's a bad thing. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:24:49 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_189927 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_189927 That One Deaf Girl That awkward moment when.... ...you're so excited about your novel and plot line and possible twist you start talking really fast and your non-nano friends look at you like you've lost your mind (definitely a possibility). Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:26:28 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_189953 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_189953 Rhymer Your young female protagonist, who's entire characterization is based on her inability to let anyone close to her, ends up being followed around by an even younger orphan boy that just won't leave her alone... ...and you feel too bad to seperate them. *awkward re-writes ensue* Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:27:00 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_189963 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_189963 midnight_abyss92 LOL I love this ^_^ ... you're writing away furiously during an intense scene, and when someone asks you what you're doing, you answer, "Plotting a murder!" either really insanely with a glare showing lack of sleep or nonchalantly without looking up from your writing. Either way, the glares will be funny until you explain it's for your novel. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:24:34 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_190824 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_190824 Railenthe The wife of one of your male leads, included in the story just so that he has a tragic past, starts to grow on you…and then the moment comes when you snuff her life out like a candle that's served its purpose, and you feel guilty about it—but only for a second. ...did I mention there's a kid? ...Hi, I'm Rai and I scar my characters for life. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:35:35 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_190982 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_190982 Random da Shea Uh, that awkward moment when you've realized that a nameless one-line character has taken over the plot, named herself Dotty Battie, and refuses to go quietly. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:51:41 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_191232 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_191232 Janelle. ...you're sitting in English class and not really thinking about anything when you suddenly realize one of your character's purpose in the story, and as a result you stare blankly at the wall for five minutes. ...when you're trying to help your character make a new friend (the friendship would be destroyed later, but still) and the new person just doesn't like your character! He's getting written out, most definitely... replaced with someone better, but way more fickle... Mon, 24 Oct 2011 03:17:33 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_191599 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_191599 Noelle_Winters When your MMC falls for your MFC...after she tortured him...and they fight all the time...and they are on opposing factions....and you realise that your MMC is so much more kinky than you can stomach or he is just really mentally ill.... yeah...*rewrites plot* Mon, 24 Oct 2011 03:19:59 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_191636 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_191636 Kristina Michelle ...When you ask your dad how much gunpowder it would take to blow up a building roughly the size of your house. ...When you name a character after a friend of a friend, and are later discussing the murder of that character. and he just happens to be eating at the table behind you. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 03:22:00 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_191667 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_191667 Noelle_Winters Oh, and when you are writing and researching and thinking about your plots so much that you fall asleep in class. And the teacher notices. And wakes you up by asking a question, and you reply with some random fact about your novel. Which is about aliens. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 03:22:22 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_191676 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_191676 moonmomma ...you're writing/revising a Luv Scene and a family member walks into the room (my 15-year-old kid, in my case). eep. and I don't even write explicit love scenes. mine are about as non-explicit as you can get and still know that the characters aren't just playing Scrabble. it's still awkward. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 05:33:49 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_193385 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_193385 Elementalpixie The moment your MC's Step-Brother's Cousin, Billy Fillingham, is being cheeky and your MC's Dad calls him by his full Christian name to tell him off. And you realise that William Fillingham is about the silliest name ever..... Mon, 24 Oct 2011 05:56:21 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_193675 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_193675 fictionalboyfriend Sorry to barge in and start asking random questions, but is your icon from Mirrormask? And if not, is it Dave McKean's art? It just looks really familiar... Mon, 24 Oct 2011 06:04:47 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_193780 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_193780 Trying2Hard Today I realized that I'm not really a big fan of my FMC. Awkward.... I'm spending this entire week getting to know her better. I spent this entire summer working on plot outlines, world details, et cetra, and completely neglected to make my FMC a fully developed human being. At the moment, she's a bit sappy and pathetic - and she's supposed to be, but pathetic in an endearing way, not in an "ugh, I'm going to go write more about your brother or best friend" kind of way. We really just have to get to know each other this week. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 06:14:10 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_193891 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_193891 Folie_adeux ... you're writing a depressed character, and their mood is overtaking yours and so you turn into a total downer... only to realize that absolutely nothing is wrong with you, everything is fine, and you're actually in a great mood. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 06:32:01 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_194076 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_194076 Folie_adeux ... you get so into plotting out notes for your MMC that you forget you even have an FMC. Holy crap, forgot about all that girl. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 06:47:31 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_194208 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_194208 ScyFygirl for me, the most awkward parts to write are romance. my NaNo is an adventure drama, but i plan a minor female and minor male character fall in love, and making that happen will totally be hard, i think. I don't even know why they like each other... one is a selfish class clown and the other has serious control freak issues... Love is a mysterious thing, fellow NaNo peoples. So why do we incorporate it into our novels? Yeesh. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 07:08:32 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_194368 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_194368 Kate_A The awkward moment when you realize you've named your ditzy charcter after two of your best friends, because you picture her looking like one of them and acting like the other... My character's name totally fits her, too, so I can't change it. I'm really hoping they don't notice. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 07:18:48 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_194437 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_194437 Ell-chan ... You realize that you've spelled awkward wrong all this time... Mon, 24 Oct 2011 08:13:22 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_194795 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_194795 violetgateway ...when you realise that character you based on a friend at their request has been been ripped in half by a landmine and that not only do they know the name of the character that is based on them, they are reading the exact paragraph where it happens right over your shoulder. Thankfully she wasn't to grumpy about it...though I didn't tell her I eventually got rid of the character entirely. ...when your english teacher starts yelling at you in class for not doing your work and you have to calmly explain to her, infront of not only the entire class, but also the principal who just walked through the door, that not only did you finish your work, but are now planning out characters and plots for the writing competition she is forcing you to enter. This was honestly horrible, I didn't really want to say all that stuff in front of the principal, but I was not going to put up with her screaming at me about how if i didn't stop goofing off and work I would get detentions, sent to my dean etc when i had been done for at least 10 minutes and we had been told we could work on other work once we finished. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 08:29:58 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_194889 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_194889 Toadychan This thread is highly entertaining. XD That awkward moment when... you're too excited about your story/something in your story to figure out how the whole novel is going to go! That awkward moment when...you're only used to writing romance and realize you have to make a platonic relationship between a teenage girl and an older man where she makes him into a better person. Without falling in love. (SeriouslyhowdoIdothis. I love writing flirtation too much. Argh.) Mon, 24 Oct 2011 09:29:41 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_195167 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_195167 Kassil Oh, if you're serious about writing, you're quite mad. Chuck Wendig refers to being a writer as being a moonbat. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:48:09 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_195517 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_195517 Kassil When the MC of previous novels tries to sneak into the current novel. Fortunately, Raziel is off larking about someplace else this year. Amber, I think. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:52:06 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_195535 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_195535 Kassil You write it - and then you edit the flirtation out when you revise it the next half-dozen times. One step at a time. This thing we're doing? This isn't even a rough draft. This is the cackling, diabolical mad science of creating a Frankenstein Monster. Revisions will turn the Monster into a proper living thing. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:56:20 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_195560 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_195560 Toadychan Too true! That means I can have a bit of fun before editing it out, haha. XD Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:13:17 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_195921 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_195921 The_Disposable_Sophronia ...you base your ditziest side-character on a friend you know... ...and then you decide, inexplicably, that it'd be a good idea to tell her this... ...and then, equally inexplicably, she turns out to be very happy about it Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:21:49 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_196332 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_196332 Maug ... suddenly ho yay appears between two of your antagonists and you have no idea how that happened and you don't know how to unsee it Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:55:37 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_196557 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_196557 Dark Eden I've hit what I call moments of existential crisis in the novel I've been writing. There are moments that seemed so clear in the outline of the plot, but once I get my characters there, I realize that the decision that made so much sense four months ago, makes absolutely no sense for them now. In particular transitioning from the first act of the book to the second in a way that made sense and seemed logical was very difficult. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:15:43 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_196722 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_196722 holunder when you base your villain entirely off of your best friend... Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:25:19 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_196807 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_196807 holunder when you're reading all of this and suddenly start to snort...in the middle of the college cafeteria Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:29:08 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_196838 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_196838 sschwarz I've done this too. It's so so awkward. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:02:27 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_197109 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_197109 sschwarz ...when you realize there is a thin line between having a character being inspired by someone and being that someone in fictionalized form. And that someone has questionable traits and vocabulary. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:09:58 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_197196 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_197196 J.E.Blackworth ...you dictate a long monologue out loud and forget most of it when writing. [note to self: RECORD RECORD RECORD.] Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:21:10 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_197336 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_197336 mrs_moesy I've got a solution for that: TSOD. :D Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:31:40 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_197440 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_197440 Mungolian Opposites attract. Clown teaches the other that it's okay to relax sometimes. Control freak teaches the clown that sometimes situations call for seriousness. At least that's how I'd write it. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:56:54 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_197700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_197700 bobthetomato You decide to make your book a rather exaggerated version of your own life... Then you cannot wait to start writing before your life out paces the parts of your novel that you already have planned... When you start to think that maybe you should do a little more exaggeration before anyone reads it, lest they find out that it is indeed a retelling of your story and start to think you are a super depressed person who never lets people know how they are really feeling. Especially since you based your main characters on more than just yourself... yeah that could be really awkward!!! Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:30:59 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_198090 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_198090 Lady Riss That awkward moment when you realize you want to rename your lead... :/ Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:54:24 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_198399 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_198399 Mary Chase Anselme ...you're at a coffeehouse and you see the male MC from your last novel, and proceed to sneakily take a picture of him on your phone and text it to your friend. And then you remember that you wrote that novel three years ago and you've gotta start writing a totally different one next week. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:59:30 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_198458 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_198458 RebeccaMolloy Yep, can totally sympathise with this one. It's bad enough when anyone I know walks into the room while I'm writing because inevitably they want to have a look at what I'm doing, but for them to do so while I'm writing romantic scenes leads to awkward silences and me very quickly closing my notebook and disappearing up the stairs where no-one can disturb me. Like you, I don't write particularly explicit scenes, but it just feels uncomfortable having other people reading my work before I am ready to show it to anyone. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:06:11 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_198517 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_198517 Stazz YES, THIS. Also, that's hilarious. Someday I really must draw something to that effect. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:46:40 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_199039 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_199039 Stazz ...your teacher makes the rounds through a classroom and catches you researching something bizarre for your novel (in my case it was clog-dancing and the guy was my science teacher -- but that's infinitely better than what I was looking at a few minutes beforehand). ...you find the supposedly rare names of your characters everywhere, but only after you've already named them and are too attached to change them. ...you absentmindedly reply to questions with a fact from your novel, which then gets taken as a serious response (--"What do you want to eat tonight?" --"The food's all over the living room floor; nothing." --"WHAT?!") Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:55:04 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_199147 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_199147 Almira Torralba ...your notebook is found and it comes to light that your MMC has a name similar to that of a friend of yours ...and said notebook contains some rather racy scenes that you wrote before meeting said friend. ...and no one believes you. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:56:21 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_199163 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_199163 Screedle ...you have to write any sort of romantic interaction between two characters. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:00:55 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_199227 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_199227 Candyfreak Awkward moment when... You realize you've been acting like your character for a week straight and your teachers and friends question your mental health. When you can't tell if your characters to do list is yours or not. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:15:45 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_199454 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_199454 Candyfreak When you realize you are writing scenes that aren't school appropriate in the library. When you begging talking out loud what you are typing, and you are using different voices for each person talking. Then you realize you are in a public place and everyone is looking at you and you cant help but turn bright red. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:24:12 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_199569 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_199569 Comma-Guitar-Pirate ... when you're writing in third person and realize you inadvertently switched to first over the past five paragraphs; or when you're writing in first and realize you inadvertently switched to third over the past five paragraphs. ... when you can't pronounce the name of one or more of your characters. ... when you realize one of your characters sounds like Graham Norton in your head and you can't stop giggling about it. ... when one or more of your older relatives (i.e. parents, aunts and uncles) hears you're writing a novel and wants to read it, and you can't explain to them that there may be scenes of adult nature without it sounding to them like you're writing smut. ... when the plot bunnies avoid you all year, and then one comes hopping up to you with an amazing idea for your novel for NaNo that's going to require tons of careful planning... a week into October. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:07:34 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_201029 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_201029 RemiMayier Oh my, this so much. I really need a voice recorder. Most of my greatest bits of dialogue and description come to me while I am pacing the house. But of course, when I go to write it down it is lost in the void. Gah! Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:36:15 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_201500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_201500 RemiMayier Let's see the most awkward moment I have had is... ...when I realized one of my characters had the exact same name (first and last name) of a friend of my brother's. And said character is actually based off of someone but not my brother's friend. Of course, no one believes that. So yeah, I have to change the character's last name. Again. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:42:13 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_201586 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_201586 Elementalpixie @Comma-Guitar-Pirate Yep, all of those Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:42:39 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_201593 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_201593 mjelfman I sooooo have the same problem. I have never written something outside of romance/erotica, and last NaNo I was trying to do a YA Novel. Which, generally speaking, isn't full of sex and language. I kept catching myself slipping these blatantly obvious innuendos in the text. -__- Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:55:52 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_201816 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_201816 asunicorn ... When you're reading On Writing by Stephen King, and he says "Kill your Darlings" And you cackle maniacally because you know exactly what he's talking about. ... When you decide to write a prequel to your first novel you wrote, and you can't remember what happened in your first novel. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:59:15 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_201881 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_201881 mjelfman When you see from the corner of your eye that your husband is staring at you. Then realize that he is staring because you are bouncing in your seat on the couch out of plot-revelation-excitement and have been doing so for...well...a while. Sigh. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:59:22 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_201885 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_201885 TanyaReed Well, in my nano about four years back, I named my bad guy Patrick Dempsey. I was half way through the story before I remembered there was an actor by that name. :) Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:23:36 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_202296 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_202296 asunicorn ... when you find a huge plot hole... in the prologue while editing your last novel. I just realize that if a girl was wondering why someone was there because she lived in the boonies, she wouldn't be able to just run into town. -sigh- Mon, 24 Oct 2011 23:45:11 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_204552 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_204552 Dj_Tigeress I never realized how popular this thread became xD ...you get a great idea in class for your novel but you don't have anywhere to write it down Tue, 25 Oct 2011 02:23:36 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_207101 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_207101 Kaister_Azira --"That awkward moment when... you're too excited about your story/something in your story to figure out how the whole novel is going to go!" Yes!!!!!!! This. SO me. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 02:33:09 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_207275 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_207275 Kaister_Azira This. Both of these. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 02:36:12 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_207325 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_207325 Almira Torralba This is why I am thankful for those blank pages at the start and end of notebooks :)) Tue, 25 Oct 2011 02:47:08 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_207525 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_207525 Griffinclaw ...When your reading a story from the Bible, and you realize you completely unintentionally have half a dozen parallels with it and another story your writing. :P ...When in your head, you start having crossovers with your various stories and characters, just to imagine what might happen. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 02:47:50 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_207544 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_207544 Kaister_Azira ... You realise that most of the 6 hours of research you've spent doing has nothing to do with your MC, plot and actually only now causes you to panic because the BUNNIES "want your attention, please!" ...Realise that sometime in the plot the story there will come a point where the choice my FMC make will drasticly change the dirrection of the plot. And one of them honestly involves having an platonic, chaste, emotional affair with someone-which I can't seem to get rid of. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 02:49:56 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_207591 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_207591 Liz10 my dad walked in when i was writing a sex scene once. most awkward i have ever felt. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 05:50:20 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_210335 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_210335 rhanebrennalynn That awkward moment when you leave a notebook filled with planning for your erotica novel on your desk, leave, and come back to find a classmate flipping through it. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 06:38:24 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_210814 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_210814 WileJ ... the day you hit the middle of the story, decide you hate it and everything about it but it's too late to change because it's better to just finish the story and get to 50k or abandon the story thus dashing your hopes and dreams of being a NaNo winner that year? Yeah, I get that every year. And then it passes when I get into the last quarter and can see the light. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:56:50 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_215141 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_215141 KKDestiny XD Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:35:23 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_217909 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_217909 Dj_Tigeress ... you planned out a novel for months and then realize you hate it the week before NaNoWriMo starts Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:49:02 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_219890 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_219890 Miss Jessica Oh, how I wish the forums had a like button. &lt;3 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:25:22 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_221463 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_221463 WillowViraBaker ....you notice the pile of candy wrappers next to you and realize that you've been eating tootsie rolls for hours without stop while writing. This only happened my first year when I made the mistake of having food near by. ....you have a very loud and heated discussion with a friend outside near several people on whether or not you should be able to bring characters back from the dead. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:40:37 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_222550 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_222550 The-Black-Cat You try to form a response to a conversation that went along the lines of: "Why won't you watch the movie? You'll be missing out!" "I have to plot!" "Plot what? Who's demise are you planning?" . . . and then you get confused and answer "Um . . . actually, ten, but what does that have to do with anything?" Wed, 26 Oct 2011 01:01:54 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_222832 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_222832 KathrineROID I think this thread has established one of the ten commandments of novel writing: Though shalt not name thy characters after people thou know. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 01:20:50 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_223087 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_223087 KathrineROID OK, officially joining the crowd of people who want a like button on NaNo forums now. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ <a href="http://kathrineroidwordpress.com" rel="nofollow">Scribbling on the Computer</a> is a blog for writer with writing and editing advice, useful sites, creative writing prompts, and reviews. Run by a science fiction and fantasy author living in Texas with an undead parakeet and teleporting cat. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 01:21:37 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_223098 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_223098 KathrineROID Everyone, thank you for a terrific last 20 minutes. Just, thank you. I am smiling so hard now. I wish I could contribute... maybe during Novemeber. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ <a href="http://kathrineroidwordpress.com" rel="nofollow">Scribbling on the Computer</a> is a blog for writer with writing and editing advice, useful sites, creative writing prompts, and reviews. Run by a science fiction and fantasy author living in Texas with an undead parakeet and teleporting cat. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 01:26:35 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_223163 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_223163 Lilix Morgan Oh man, I hate that! First year NaNo did that to me. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 01:28:24 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_223202 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_223202 midnightsun ...you realize that you've spent the last hour researching gravestones. And it isn't even a major plot point. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 01:42:28 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_223444 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_223444 callmeIndigo ...you realize that your villain is evil just because he likes being dramatic, and you enjoy writing him anyway. ...you send your friend seven texts about hangers because they're essential to understanding one of your characters. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 01:56:44 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_223570 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_223570 Chillibean Hello Rai =D I've done that too, I fel so sorry for the MC! xD Except there's no kid. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 02:36:27 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_223853 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_223853 Chillibean ...when you develop one character you love and ignore the rest. ...when your MC ends up being a liar, traitor and backstabber. OTL ...when your MC sides with your antagonist Wed, 26 Oct 2011 02:38:56 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_223872 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_223872 rainstorm. Hey I'd just like to let you know that that link doesn't work. :) You forgot the "." between "kathrineroid" and "wordpress". Wed, 26 Oct 2011 03:09:36 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_224058 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_224058 rainstorm. Same with me, but I was researching Las Vegas weddings. o__o My friend gave me the idea of using one in my novel, and the thing is, I don't even need to write about it in detail, because my MC only finds out about it from a letter/postcard her sister sends to her. Yet I spent like an hour researching it anyway. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 03:12:25 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_224077 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_224077 rainstorm. ...when you realize you SHOULD be disturbed by your main character's extremely gruesome death scene, but the only thing you feel is excitement &amp; anticipation knowing you're going to get to write it next month, because even though it's going to be at the very very end of the month, you just know it's going to be the most fun scene to write in your whole novel. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 03:14:34 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_224092 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_224092 Sarcastic_R_Us ...you're trying to write a quirky backstory for a character and she ends up accidentally triggering her superpower and killing her parents at the age of seven. And she's not even a main character so what's the point?! *headdesk* Wed, 26 Oct 2011 03:30:24 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_224172 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_224172 sschwarz ...when you realize in your outline that you're completely glossing over scenes that would be rather key and powerful to your main character because you are too preoccupied with events that won't happen until several chapters down the line. ...when after thinking about a touching scene to write that is a conversation between two brothers before one goes to war, you realize that ultimately someone will see what goes on as a sign that they are gay for each other. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 05:45:13 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_224926 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_224926 Kitiwriter The awkward moment when you can't describe that "tongue thing" someone you were sitting next to did. And you spend a page of notebook paper trying to do so. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 05:48:33 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_224952 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_224952 JArvin ...when you realize that one of your original characters is eerily similar to one of the characters from the fanfiction you write. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 06:41:28 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_225452 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_225452 Dizappearingirl Ohmygoodness, I love this thread! ...When your grandpa finds out you're writing a sci-fi story and proceeds to tell you that the best names for sci-fi characters are real people's names backwards...and THEY ARE. ...When your characters are based off of your siblings and best friends and later you find out that your younger brother's character is falling for your MARRIED best friend's character. ...When you decide to rename your novel and your family/friends are more upset than you are (and you feel so guilty you're almost afraid to change it!) -Dizgirl Wed, 26 Oct 2011 08:10:49 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_226100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_226100 Preziös Fränze ...you realize that your tentative title name isn't relevant to your story anymore, but all your files are named after it and you have lots of files (lesson: just stick with NaNo [insert year here]) ...you notice that one of your characters is way too young for all the amazing things you've made him do. ...you realize that your plot is hopelessly complicated in one aspect and glaringly simple in another. ...your friends obviously has more common sense than you when it comes to plotting. ...you can't honestly decide which writing software to use. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 08:24:56 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_226193 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_226193 finchgeam "...when you develop one character you love and ignore the rest." I will probably do that, but can't help it &gt;.&lt; That awkward moment when ... ... you decide to get to know your character better by mentally becoming them for a whole week and your MC is a 12 year old girl ... When you love a side character so much that you begin to rewrite the entire thing to be about her/him/it. ... When you begin monolouging constantly which freaks your friends and family out, because you're not answering them for full 5 minutes. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 09:16:15 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_226477 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_226477 KathrineROID Alright, trying that now: Lechar Nathe Y'dolem Nhoj You know.... I think your Grandpa is right. o.O ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ <a href="http://kathrineroidwordpress.com" rel="nofollow">Scribbling on the Computer</a> is a blog for writer with writing and editing advice, useful sites, creative writing prompts, and reviews. Run by a science fiction and fantasy author living in Texas with an undead parakeet and teleporting cat. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:56:26 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_227728 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_227728 Looking Glaz I would've killed that person on spot, I swear! :D I hate it when people touch my things without my consent, but when people touch my writing stuff without my consent I start seeing red, honestly. Kill 'em with fire, grrr! :D Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:22:25 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_227933 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_227933 Kristina Michelle It was a dare... D: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:36:17 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_228653 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_228653 edgewritermom My awkward moment was when i was contemplating writing the first kiss between the MMC and the MFC. It was so awkward that in the end I skipped that scene and went on writing as if it had already happened. Yeah, I know. I'm chicken! Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:18:53 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_229077 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_229077 Looking Glaz It's rather awkward when halfway into the novel you suddenly realise, that your main character is not main at all and that another character has long since taken the lead. Also, it was an awkward moment last year when one fine day I sat down, counted my numerous plotlines and came to the conclusion that this would've made a nice TV show rather than a novel. :) Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:46:29 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_230272 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_230272 westichick The plot you've been working on for six months suddenly appears in almost identical form in a major Hollywood movie. ...and you realise nobody's going to believe you had the idea before you knew about it... Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:35:37 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_236000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_236000 BrBckRider ... you're texting about the plot of your crime novel and realize that this discussion will be exhibit A in your future murder trial. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:47:33 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_236200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_236200 BrBckRider This happens to me ALL THE TIME!!! Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:48:31 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_236214 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_236214 Webgoji My last awkward moment was when I had to choose whether or not to do a flash back to a rape. I decided against it and just had it recounted by one of the other characters. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:49:27 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_236233 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_236233 BrBckRider OMG! That make writing fantasy stories so much easier. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:52:54 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_236297 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_236297 walker13 I was jotting out ideas at work and I seriously had a coworker come up to the register, lean on it in a full-tilt, elbows-and-forearms-on-the-surface way, and peer at my notebook. "Hey, whatcha writin'? *snaps gum*" Okay, she wasn't chewing gum, but to give you an idea of how perky she sounded...! Wed, 26 Oct 2011 23:10:28 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_236631 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_236631 walker13 *tests out siblings' names* Semaj Samoht Nonnahs Latsyrc Ynatsed Kind of works? I like Latsyrc and Samoht the best. Semaj.... just doesn't sound right. Ymmij, maybe. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 23:14:29 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_236711 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_236711 Invisibly-Visible ....when you try and test whether or not you could scratch your nose on a wall while in a straightjacket....and then realize you are in English class and your teacher is staring at you in concern.... ...really embarrassing, guys, really embarassing... ....when a minor character hijacks your plot and takes it in a complete new direction Wed, 26 Oct 2011 23:14:47 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_236717 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_236717 Keyblader That awkward moment when you realize that the character your MC has been flirting with for the last two pages is actually the villain, and they may or may not actually like each other thus derailing the whole epic urban fantasy conflict into a bizarre romantic comedy. That awkward moment when you realize why the bed is so lumpy is from the unwashed clothes that have unceremoniously piled up from more NaNoing than laundry-ing. And of course that awkward moment when you tell yourself you'll go to sleep after one more paragraph only to realize it's nine hours after you said that and you have a test in fifteen minutes. Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:42:02 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_238091 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_238091 13Wyvern7 ..... My NaNoWriMo Angel's name is Raziel..... &gt;.&gt; Thu, 27 Oct 2011 04:58:40 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_242091 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_242091 13Wyvern7 I hate that! My friend is adorable when she eats cake, and I can't describe it for the life of me! Thu, 27 Oct 2011 05:06:13 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_242188 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_242188 13Wyvern7 Love this thread! ...when you realize you've been posting all over the NaNo forums instead of using this precious planning time to come up with a PLOT, or at least fleshing out the characters. ...when you realize you've been playing with your recently, -drastically- cut hair instead of planning. Thu, 27 Oct 2011 05:11:45 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_242257 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_242257 klb1228 That awkward moment when you shout "She's going to die?!" In the middle of class. Or that awkward moment when you want to do one thing, but your characters have something totally different in mind. Or that awkward moment when it's easier to figure out the next chapter of someone else's book than it is your own. Thu, 27 Oct 2011 05:12:56 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_242274 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_242274 Sunnyblob That just made me laugh out loud. William Fillingham is the best name ever. xD Thu, 27 Oct 2011 06:07:53 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_242834 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_242834 Kate_A "Or that awkward moment when you want to do one thing, but your characters have something totally different in mind." OH I KNOW! Last year, my main character made me rewrite an entire scene because it wasn't how she would have done it. (and of course my family almost got me a counselor when I told them that XD) That awkward moment when your NaNo angel and your inner editor argue over whether one of your setting descriptions needs re-written. (hence this year's NaNo resolve of simply writing it below the original and labeling it as another option.) Thu, 27 Oct 2011 08:46:43 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_243908 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_243908 Eigee You think your characters are living only in your head and next thing you know you bump into their exact look alike in the street... o___o It happened to me and, to say the least, it was very unsettling... I stared at the person with a what-are-YOU-doing-out-of-my-head? look. Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:17:17 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_244092 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_244092 midnight_abyss92 That's fascinating o.o What film does it resemble? Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:18:01 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_245946 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_245946 Lumynescence Ugh, tell me about it! This happened to me a few years ago in high school, but instead it was three classmates gathered around my notebook, giggling and pointing to things. -__- Haha it was mortifying at first but...my work was pretty sexy so whatever. :P Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:22:31 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_245979 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_245979 Lumynescence Yes, yes, and yes. :D Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:23:09 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_245987 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_245987 Lumynescence ...when you know your close friends will be the first to want to get their paws on your novel, then you realize that your novel is basically about them. o_O And their love lives. o_O Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:24:24 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_245999 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_245999 midnight_abyss92 ... you follow your outline, and you're a bit bored with writing your novel until you get to more exciting scenes (I had a very detailed outline last year, and basically followed it to the t, and the lack of impromptu creativity made it a little less exciting some days). ... you've convinced a friend to join NaNoWriMo, and you're so excited when you're telling another friend that your words slur a lot because there are too many s's in the sentence you're saying, and your friend thinks you're tipsy (happened to me yesterday lol). Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:24:53 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_246008 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_246008 Elinde ...at the end of the month you have to do a 'Find:Thranduil. Replace:Saldín' I knew I shouldn't have made Salli blond but by then his being blond was etched into my brain. ... because you spelt Salome with an 'i' instead of an 'a' you think you invented it and then remember where the name really comes from. Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:42:21 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_246189 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_246189 Elinde that is amazing! Talking of caracter lookalikes I bumped into Twilight's Carlisle's on the Underground yesterday. He looked a bit confused XD but seriously, it was uncanny. And I don't even like Twilight &gt;.&lt; Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:43:46 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_246200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_246200 Bewitched.Rhapsody Ouch. :c Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:39:08 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_246860 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_246860 Audra Dancer No, the awkward moment when you've drawn two of your erotica novel characters in a somewhat intimate situation, left your sketchbook on the desk, left and came back to find classmate flipping through it and seeing the very drawing. It doesn't have to be a sex scene or, just partial nudity is enough, especially if those two are both males and the classmate is not very gay-friendly towards men. Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:48:54 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_248463 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_248463 Audra Dancer I hate that too! And it happens often. Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:50:00 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_248478 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_248478 ArtGrrl ...when the main plot of your novel finishes before reaching 50K or the end of November, so you add in a bunch of side stories to make up for it. This has happened to me twice! And the side stories never seem to fit with the novel... Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:09:17 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_249656 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_249656 Westwoods ... you're writing in class and you suddenly realize that either a) your professor asked you a question and you don't know what it was b) the rest of the class is heading out the door, and the next class is already coming in the room or c) the rest of the class is moving around doing some sort of activity, and you're still sitting at your desk writing notes on the handout you were supposed to use for said activity. Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:01:34 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_251316 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_251316 Westwoods Your mother tells you that she heard loud noises coming from your room in the middle of the night and you realize that what she probably heard was PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME! because you were using write or die. Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:21:15 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_251641 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_251641 PlasticSmoothie ...When you lend your computer to a friend who just needs to google something, then hear: "Why have you searched for how to make very deadly poisons...?" Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:32:29 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_251813 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_251813 Lovely_Livvy when you realize that for a girl who's dead for most of the novel she plays a pretty important part and she's still kind of in there. Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:39:46 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_251931 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_251931 Ms. Poe Um, hi, not to seem like a stalker or anything, but I just thought it was a funny coincidence that we have the same name AND are the same age (especially since I've never met another Livvy before - other Olivias, sure, but none that like to be called Livvy too). Also, that does sound awkward, though I'm still kind of trying to figure out how that works. xD Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:57:28 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_252214 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_252214 Ms. Poe ...when you're writing a very intense romance scene and your mother asks you why you're blushing. Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:59:32 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_252251 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_252251 Hael ... your roommate and you are both nanoing so random evil cackles and running down the hall screaming "I'M BRILLIANT" is actually the norm and then someones boyfriend/friend/parent was suddenly in the house and you get halfway through a brilliant cackle episode and there is suddenly deathly silence and a "Um... X is here, isn't he?" Thu, 27 Oct 2011 22:18:53 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_252587 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_252587 midnight_abyss92 Hahaha I love this one XD ... your mom wants to read your novel, but you won't and can't let her because you've written that you're ashamed of (either because they're too scandalous/raunchy and/or because of how horribly you think you've written your novel). ... you tell your friend your username to become writing buddies and you hate your username when you have to say it aloud. ... someone asks you what you're novel's about and you can't explain it because literary fiction's just too complex to summarize. Thu, 27 Oct 2011 22:21:57 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_252633 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_252633 midnight_abyss92 Grrr typos!! ^It should be "written chapters/scenes" Thu, 27 Oct 2011 22:23:22 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_252658 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_252658 QuiSaitRien The awkward moment when you realize that you have to seriously maim one of your favorite characters, and you aren't sure how he's going to survive. Oops. Thu, 27 Oct 2011 22:37:52 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_252890 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_252890 cranberrygirl The awkward moment when you start talking about your characters as if they are people you know something like: I am sooooo mad a David right now, I can't believe he did that to Becca!! And your spouse looks at you with that "Huh??" look....... yeah...that moment.... Thu, 27 Oct 2011 22:45:00 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_252992 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_252992 The-Black-Cat Now I'll know I'll be looking for things like this when I see a novel with a weird cast of names. Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:25:19 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_253581 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_253581 MrDithers That awkward moment when you working and you suddenly start reciting lines from a recent conversation in your novel to your current customer/client. I turned red. Good thing they couldn't see me. Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:26:56 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_254397 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_254397 callmeIndigo That awkward moment when you start complaining to your parents about how one of your characters forced you to write him into a novel that shouldn't have anything to do with him, and you notice your dad is trying not to laugh. Fri, 28 Oct 2011 01:16:30 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_254994 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_254994 rhanebrennalynn Same here! It was hard not to thwap them on the head with the notebook! Fri, 28 Oct 2011 05:41:04 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_258345 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_258345 rhanebrennalynn I wonder what makes people so nosy, seriously. x] Fri, 28 Oct 2011 05:41:32 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_258348 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_258348 rhanebrennalynn This made me laugh. x] I was hoping that the kid was going to complement my work or something, but they just told me I was "sick" and walked off. :( Fri, 28 Oct 2011 05:42:31 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_258363 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_258363 rhanebrennalynn I cannot even express my sympathy to you about this. ._. I would have probably had to die in a corner if that happened to me. Fri, 28 Oct 2011 05:42:58 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_258365 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_258365 Rubyfruit That awkward moment where your sister finds out that you've based an antagonist on her. Whoops. Fri, 28 Oct 2011 06:06:42 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_258599 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_258599 AndreaHarper The point when your teacher asks you what you're doing this weekend and you say, very straight-faced "Finding people to kill off. Anyone in here mind dying next month?" And then realize just what you've just said. Also the time someone asks you what you're painting, and you say "oh, just that girl who hung herself last week." And then everyone gets very quiet. (Especially when none of them know that last week was also six chapters ago) Fri, 28 Oct 2011 06:23:15 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_258724 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_258724 jenova-amaranth That awkward moment when you're planning out chapters to the novel you haven't yet started writing and, three chapters in, you're already come across your first gaping plot hole. Fri, 28 Oct 2011 10:37:52 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_260353 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_260353 jenova-amaranth *you've Fri, 28 Oct 2011 10:38:43 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_260360 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_260360 jenova-amaranth Oh wait. That awkward moment when you're daydreaming about your MC finally getting that long-awaited kiss with their romantic interest, only to realise you're making out with the back of your hand in the middle of a lecture and have to pretend you've cut your hand and you're just sucking the wound. I'm not sure I pulled it off. Fri, 28 Oct 2011 10:56:02 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_260444 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_260444 DigiShaman That awkward moment when your characters keep getting naked and you're not even writing erotica and this is embarrassing for everyone both real and fictional. Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:30:27 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_260926 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_260926 Maid Of Glass haha! something similar has happened to me :P i have goldfish, and I decided to make them fly in my book, my brother asked me what I was doing and I said my fish are flying out of the window x] my brother came in thinking I was actually chucking my fish out the window! Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:01:19 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_261151 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_261151 Maid Of Glass I firmly believe that being completely, if not partially, insane is part of the requirements :) Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:02:53 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_261163 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_261163 turntechswaghead That awkward moment when you name a character after someone you barely know, and he's sitting right by you when you're working on the outline Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:50:00 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_261604 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_261604 Jennie Mars All. The. Time. I accidentally said something like this and my mom said, "You're startin' to freak me out a little. They aren't real you know..." * twitch twitch * : P Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:34:57 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_262060 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_262060 Jennie Mars Thank GOD I'm not the only one who does this! I speak 'in' my characters ALL THE TIME, usually forgetting that 'hey! someone else is in the house!' Except when I'm speaking for them my characters (all Americans from Colorado) have posh british accents. Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:41:18 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_262130 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_262130 Jennie Mars That awkward moment when you realize that your 13-year-old FMC actually has to have babies with her 36-year-old husband because the second half of the story centers around her son. And you have to write the love scene. * shudders * Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:47:58 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_262204 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_262204 see_jack_write someone who knows your characters starts joking about pairing them up, and you catch yourself going along with it, and the next thing you know <em>everyone is involved with everyone</em>. This. Keeps. Happening. Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:55:29 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_262319 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_262319 Stina That awkward moment when you're walking in some public place thinking about the dialogue between your two main characters only to realize that you're...saying the dialogue out loud and mothers have started to pull their children toward them while looking at you funny. Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:06:29 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_262470 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_262470 Alais DuBois /like Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:34:05 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_262799 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_262799 Alais DuBois BAHAHAHAHA sorry. My mom is going to get a lot of that this year, I promise. Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:35:56 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_262820 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_262820 Alais DuBois Mine was: If someone was stabbed in the kidneys, how long would it take them to die? Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:36:48 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_262835 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_262835 Alais DuBois That awkward moment when you realize your characters have suddenly developed a love octagon. Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:38:48 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_262858 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_262858 CoreyMikaVerLeth Taking pictures of people who look like characters? I want to do that all. the. time. And it is so awkward. Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:53:27 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_263073 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_263073 CoreyMikaVerLeth Yes, that happened to me yesterday. &gt;.&gt; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:55:56 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_263112 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_263112 LadyVivamus I would have, consequences be [REmoved]. Reading something I did not give you permission to read is probably second on the list of things that will piss me off. It will get you thwapped by the notebook-- and expelled from my life, probably, if you were a "friend." Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:06:46 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_263258 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_263258 LadyVivamus Did that, totally unintentionally, my first NaNo... managed to named a character the same thing as my recent ex's new girl, AND kill her off, without noticing. &gt;.&lt; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:08:33 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_263293 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_263293 Elizabeth_Sabourin ...you name a character Lindsey Grant and can't figure out why that name sounds so familliar until you log into the NaNo site. (Seriously. My first year.) Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:08:39 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_263295 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_263295 midnight_abyss92 HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I'm sorry, but that is too funny x) ... when you've finally figured out how to frame your character for murder, and say aloud, "That's it!" You then proceed to think about this forum, the reactions people get from talking to themselves in public, quickly glance around, then are relieved no one was close enough to hear you and continue going about your day. Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:57:49 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_264061 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_264061 JacenTheBard ...you name a character Josephine because Coheed &amp; Cambria reminded you of what a pretty name it is... and then your subconscious makes you kill her off via violent bludgeoning with a hammer. -_- ...you realize if you ever want this year's idea to go anywhere outside your hard drive and your friends' laps, you can't set it in a Forgotten Realms setting, because your story is about your D&amp;D character, and your DM allowed some very non-FR elements to the campaign that shaped his story and are crucial to the plot. Womp womp. Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:39:27 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_264682 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_264682 RebbieChan When I start wearing facial expressions based on how a character is feeling or acting... LOADS of weird looks &gt;_&gt; XD Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:39:46 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_264689 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_264689 Ms. Poe Lol. I think I've actually given my mom edited versions of my novels before, with some of the scandalous and/or really bad stuff taken out, and when people ask me what my novel's about ... I usually stumble over it for a few minutes and then just say something like "Well, really, it's one of those things where you'd have to read it to understand." xD Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:35:22 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_266514 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_266514 fairyFriend I just got mad because the filter at school wouldn't let me access a webpage. Then I remembered that I was looking up the blast radius of german hand grenades. Doh. Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:34:45 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_267486 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_267486 RavenstarRHJF That awkward moment when you realize that the story you REALLY want to write is a backstory. About the villian. And that the story of your main character would be better coming from the POV of one of the side characters. Who is also more interesting than the MC. Also, the increasingly awkward conviction that the story you thought you were going to do for NaNo really needs more time to mature and thicken on a back burner in your mind and what you really want to do is go back to a story you abandoned five years ago. :P Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:45:04 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_267669 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_267669 Alais DuBois Oh ALL THE TIME. And I don't even notice until my face is twisted up weird or someone looks at me... Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:25:45 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_268337 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_268337 Danielle Abigail Maxwell this, all the TIME. The awkward part... lol. ..... you're talking out loud to yourself *or in my case, I think my posters... shush - I know they aren't real!* and you don't hear the door slam downstairs, so you keep talking out loud about how you are going to kill so-and-so, and a face peaks into the room, saying, "You're gonna kill who?!" GAH! Fri, 28 Oct 2011 22:01:48 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_268925 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_268925 Danielle Abigail Maxwell I'm crazy! I'm good. :D Fri, 28 Oct 2011 22:03:17 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_268948 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_268948 mjelfman much like when you have collected an entire album of erotic pictures to help inspire your writing/art and your mother goes through the computer looking for family photos.... then stumbles on what she thinks is a secret porn stash. &gt;_&lt; Oy. ALSO: When your husband unpacks a box and finds your huge stash of playboy magazines. Then you slap him on the shoulder and ask when the hell he bought them (?!?!?!)..... then remember that they are actually not his to begin with. Seriously I'm surprised nobody has asked if I was a lesbian yet. LOL Fri, 28 Oct 2011 22:09:09 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_269049 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_269049 Jac Grove That awkward moment when you realize you're making faces (testing to see if they work with the situation) in public. ...Realizing that you are way to giddy writing the part where the antagonist (based off of your ex-boyfriend) kills himself...and that you shouldn't feel so proud of yourself. Sat, 29 Oct 2011 01:07:48 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_271703 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_271703 QuiSaitRien The moment when you realize that you can't ever have your family read your novel, because the romance subplot is between two male characters and your family is is not the most tolerant. D: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 01:26:30 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_271944 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_271944 Lovely_Livvy you're writing your characters' sucide note and the girl next to you thinks it's your sucide note and tells the guidance consleur and her friends about it. :( yeah very akward convos went on there Sat, 29 Oct 2011 01:52:12 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_272282 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_272282 miss_dede The awkward moment when you do say something like that and your best friend turns around (in public!) and says something along the lines of "you keep them on such a long leash! you have to reign it in, you're never going to be able to get them to do what you want if you don't!" and everyone looks at you like you're a creep who keeps people on leashes :/ Sat, 29 Oct 2011 02:13:41 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_272566 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_272566 miss_dede The awkward moment when you're in the middle of a doctor's appointment and you ask him to hold on a minute because you just got this awesome plot idea and you have to write it down. And you don't have any paper so you scrawl it all up your arm. And when you walk out people keep trying to <em>read</em> your arm so you cover it awkwardly all the way back to your car. No. Of course this didn't happen to me... o.O Sat, 29 Oct 2011 02:17:37 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_272613 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_272613 miss_dede LOL. That happened to me the other night but it was with the crazy violin music. And when I explained what it was to my Ma, she didn't even bat an eye. She was like, "oh. that makes sense." Sat, 29 Oct 2011 02:18:55 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_272636 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_272636 miss_dede Lol this reminds me of my friend. She wants everyone to get together and live in one big happy polyamorous family because I keep complaining to her about all the relationship drama and her reasoning was: "just have em all be together. then you can write crazy sex scenes." Sat, 29 Oct 2011 02:21:43 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_272689 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_272689 miss_dede [quote=Looking Glaz] Also, it was an awkward moment last year when one fine day I sat down, counted my numerous plotlines and came to the conclusion that this would've made a nice TV show rather than a novel.[/quote] I feel the same way about my novel right now! It's getting crazy... Sat, 29 Oct 2011 02:24:04 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_272721 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_272721 N.L. LeBlanc That awkward moment when a previously minor character appearing twice in the whole story becomes the primary love interest... *shakes head in confusion* Sat, 29 Oct 2011 02:29:38 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_272798 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_272798 SunnyDenise I'm the same way. I just don't understand what part of, "IF IT'S NOT YOURS DON'T TOUCH IT" people don't get!! Sat, 29 Oct 2011 02:32:18 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_272837 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_272837 KillCloud9 ... you ask your mom what type of death would do least damage to the body for your story and she says "Be sure to put on your eyeliner and some nice clothes first." Sat, 29 Oct 2011 02:39:44 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_272948 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_272948 Apiecalypse That awkward moment when peers peek over my shoulder to check out my 'amazing art' planning of my MCs bleeding/dying and/or naked. Sat, 29 Oct 2011 02:59:28 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_273229 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_273229 JeannetteSpohn Ha! I was wondering the same thing. Mirrormask is one of my favorite movies! Sat, 29 Oct 2011 03:29:41 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_273674 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_273674 JeannetteSpohn I think I actually hurt myself laughing at that first one. I remember being pulled out of my staring blankly phases by my mom. Sat, 29 Oct 2011 03:31:03 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_273693 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_273693 JeannetteSpohn Last year's completed novel is sitting on my mom's desk. It contains lesbian sex scenes. I so hope she doesn't get around to reading it. Sat, 29 Oct 2011 03:38:37 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_273786 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_273786 JeannetteSpohn My novel this year is still nameless. I had to ask my eight year old son for advice and he had better title suggestions than me. Then to top it off, he gets on me because I'm writing my sixth novel and I still don't have any in the store. That's more funny than awkward, though. LOL Sat, 29 Oct 2011 03:42:03 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_273830 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_273830 Graceford That awkward moment when you're going over possible dialogue in your head and you don't realize that you're mouthing every word... but everyone else does. Sat, 29 Oct 2011 03:49:35 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_273944 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_273944 xcmer If i was your roommate and walked in on that, I would decide that perhaps being extra respectful to the insane or genius plotter would be in my best interests for saftey. Sat, 29 Oct 2011 04:05:02 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_274176 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_274176 xcmer Hey! give her here, I dream of having that happen to my story! Sat, 29 Oct 2011 04:06:36 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_274200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_274200 xcmer Ach, that's always a tricky one D: what's what super secret interwebz friends are for! Sat, 29 Oct 2011 04:08:14 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_274224 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_274224 xcmer Likewise. I spent half a day researching the difference between bums and hobos, how to live on a tight budget, how to eat when broke. Not one character was homeless or short on cash. Sat, 29 Oct 2011 04:20:27 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_274411 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_274411 xcmer Aye, likewise Sat, 29 Oct 2011 04:24:06 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_274466 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_274466 reverse-paradox Ahaha, I almost died with laughter at that comment. "You're a creep who keeps people on leashes." Ahaha, sorry XD Sat, 29 Oct 2011 05:46:56 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_275590 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_275590 Geesafaire When you realize that the only reason you care about the World Series is that your time traveler, Jack, used to live in St. Louis. Sat, 29 Oct 2011 14:49:43 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_279785 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_279785 Jac Grove When you're at the store and you're speaking ideas into a voice recorder and your brother keeps looking at you weird... even though you told him you would. Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:51:01 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_280490 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_280490 ringqvist It's the opposite for me - I've got a depression and I'm bringing my characters down with me. I need to somehow stop this from happening throughout the month. Sat, 29 Oct 2011 16:05:48 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_280699 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_280699 Dj_Tigeress ... you leave the All-Ages Coffee House forum for about a week and come back to realize that there are 200 posts on your thread :) Sat, 29 Oct 2011 17:51:12 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_282258 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_282258 Leonin [quote=Graceford] That awkward moment when you're going over possible dialogue in your head and you don't realize that you're mouthing every word... but everyone else does. [/quote] I do this everyday. XD Sat, 29 Oct 2011 18:07:57 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_282498 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_282498 The_Quillmaster Me. Yes. Me. Sat, 29 Oct 2011 21:36:46 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_285823 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_285823 oceansong99 You realize you dislike one of your characters so intensely that you want to kill them off but it wont work in your story since you still need that character and they are supposed to be likable. You wrote an entire backstory for a character when said backstory has no bearing on anything. When you are 40k words into your manuscript and you realize you haven't even touched on the major plot, mostly because you aren't sure what it is anymore or because you decided it was too boring to be your major plot. Sat, 29 Oct 2011 22:36:32 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_286812 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_286812 sschwarz That awkward moment when you're writing a scene and in order to describe the gesture you imitate it at just the precise moment your roommate walks in. As if you weren't weird enough. Sun, 30 Oct 2011 02:23:29 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_289145 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_289145 Words for Words That sort of happened to me once. I left my ideas book on a couch and when I came back, both my sister and cousin were looking through it giggling about the plot and characters. So awkward. &gt;; { Sun, 30 Oct 2011 02:54:11 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_289629 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_289629 Words for Words *likes* Sun, 30 Oct 2011 02:56:39 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_289663 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_289663 Peevish That awkward moment when your teacher catches you on NaNo forums instead of some educational website at school. Sun, 30 Oct 2011 03:33:31 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_290240 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_290240 Miss Tips lol this is pretty much my life re: my writing. Friend wants to read it? RUN FOR THE HILLS. Although I should just let them read it anyway. They need to get over themselves. Sun, 30 Oct 2011 04:19:39 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_291008 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_291008 Rensy This. So much. D8 Sun, 30 Oct 2011 05:42:09 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_292152 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_292152 Rensy Same here. :&lt; I really should get to planning, but the forums are addicting. Sun, 30 Oct 2011 05:43:24 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_292168 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_292168 Rensy All the time. x3 Sun, 30 Oct 2011 05:46:04 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_292182 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_292182 Rensy That awkward moment when your initial title(that seemed like a great one that would stick for once) becomes 10 possible title choices within two days. Sun, 30 Oct 2011 05:47:52 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_292204 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_292204 Comma-Guitar-Pirate ... you absolutely can't decide on how you want to spell a character's name. ... panic about writing in a genre you're not accustomed to writing sets in less than forty-eight hours before NaNo starts. ... romance sneaks into your plot and you don't even like romance but have to write it anyway because it's carved in stone and impossible to erase by the time you realize it's there. ... you suddenly decide you don't like your synopsis, erase it, and then go into brainshock when you try to write another one. ... you then wonder if the above is going to happen to your novel as well. ... you then start panicking even more due to wondering the above. Sun, 30 Oct 2011 06:23:00 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_292550 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_292550 -marisa ... you decide you don't know if you like your characters names but you don't know what to change them to -.- Sun, 30 Oct 2011 12:02:13 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_295013 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_295013 Gilly Bean You're so obsessed with figuring out the plot that you sketch the characters in your notebook and your friends already know who they are and what the book they're in is about. You realize that you've based a character off of your idea of the perfect guy...and then you feel awkward about it. Sun, 30 Oct 2011 13:39:00 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_296001 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_296001 Elina Trevisan The awkward moment when you've just been planning dialogue for a dramatic scene in the bathroom, then you get out to find your mother standing there. "Who were you talking to? And are you crying?" This hasn't happened yet, but I've come pretty close to it. Sun, 30 Oct 2011 17:29:10 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_299507 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_299507 Arrora . . . when you're emptying the dishwasher, thinking about you novel, and suddenly burst out "Oh my god, she's a redhead! No! She can't be a redhead! She has to be blonde . . . but it's dyed blonde maybe she can be a redhead under it . . . but she doesn't want to be blonde . . ." and your dad laughs and says "She's your character, you can make her hair whatever color you want." Commence staring at him like he just spoke in Yiddish. . . . you have a conversation with your mom about drugs and getting drunk for your drug dealer minor character. In the middle of a crowded bagel shop on the way to dance class. The old lady in the table behind you keeps giving you strange looks as you ask about the price of marijuana. Sun, 30 Oct 2011 18:38:17 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_300727 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_300727 Garneth_Riparian ...when you decide to name this one character Matthew, and then you see a guy that looks almost exactly like this character Matthew, and then you learn the guy's name and yes, it is Matthew. Sun, 30 Oct 2011 18:46:10 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_300846 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_300846 Kate_A That awkward moment when your little sister catches you searching the most common alcoholic drinks in 1900 and their prices... Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:14:35 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_310488 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_310488 Prudence Fang Heh. I did that once. My little sister: Watcha doing? Me: (Eyes glued to the screen) Overthrowing a kingdom and forcing someone into a political marriage. Little sister: (Rolling eyes) No, really. Me: It's true. Little sister: (Walking away) Tell me when you find your brain again. I think you lost it. Mon, 31 Oct 2011 03:27:24 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_312401 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_312401 Prudence Fang Yeah. It was a guy I really, really liked too. Ouch. Mon, 31 Oct 2011 03:30:10 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_312472 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_312472 Shaznay When your friend ask you if you're writing for teens again this year and you absently reply, "No, this year I'm writing an adult novel." And then belated realize that makes it sound like you're writing porn. When your male main character changes names. Then genders. Then you remember that this was supposed to be a love story. Frantic re-writes ensue. When someone asks "what's up?" and you reply "I killed Frankie. He just wasn't working out." And they just smile and nod and back away. Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:05:47 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_313224 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_313224 LSlash That awkward moment when you're contemplating how much more you can "break the cutie" aloud and someone overhears. And that someone is your teacher who proceeds to ask you if you're okay. Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:17:43 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_313487 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_313487 thatrandomwriter That awkward moment when the biggest plot point of your novel hits you over the head in the middle of Biology and you end up with snippets of an ancient legend for a made-up world in between your notes about genetics. That awkward moment when you're typing out the demise of a character while in a public place and keep glancing over your shoulder guiltily. That awkward moment when you see a character's name on something in a store and said character starts to freak out from inside your brain. That awkward moment when you get angry with your fellow Music Appreciation classmates for not properly appreciating a certain song because you feel they are inadvertently insulting one of your characters. Mon, 31 Oct 2011 05:08:09 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_314419 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_314419 KathrineROID Ack, this kills me. My sister catches me, and I'm always saying something I don't want her reading (at least not yet), and so I deny it happened and blush profusely. Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:06:44 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_319694 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_319694 KathrineROID I talk in the bathroom.... a lot. I mean every morning a lot. So far it's only been my sister with a really strange look waiting outside the door. Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:08:26 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_319721 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_319721 KathrineROID Just sayin': I love your profile pic. Love love. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ <a href="http://kathrineroid.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">Scribbling on the Computer</a> is an informational blog for writers with posts on writing and editing, useful sites, creative writing prompts, and reviews. Run by a science fiction and fantasy author living in Texas with an undead parakeet and teleporting cat. Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:17:53 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_319873 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_319873 KathrineROID May we all assume you are a prisoner awaiting trial for murder who has smuggled in a phone? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ <a href="http://kathrineroid.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">Scribbling on the Computer</a> is an informational blog for writers with posts on writing and editing, useful sites, creative writing prompts, and reviews. Run by a science fiction and fantasy author living in Texas with an undead parakeet and teleporting cat. Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:19:57 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_319904 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_319904 QuiSaitRien That awkward moment when you realize that you've taken 'break the cutie' to a whole different level. That awkward moment when you realize you're more caught up on homework than you've been in three years, just so you don't have to worry about writing essays instead of story. That awkward moment when your little sister finds out you're doing NaNo, and asks you if you're going to forget to eat again because she wants to eat your dessert. Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:28:11 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_320022 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_320022 Mariana OConnor All Hail the Travelling Shovel of Death! It is the solution to many problems and the start of many plots. And then some may say 'whence came that shovel?' and everyone shall say 'I have no ****ing clue!' and then some may say 'whither has that shovel gone?' and everyone shall say 'Oh bugger'. Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:27:49 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_322502 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_322502 superstarlala ...when you realize that you only wrote like 6 pages but you love them so much you have half of it memorized. Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:37:41 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_322734 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_322734 Cephalopodesque Been there. Dear lord. Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:37:55 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_325842 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_325842 Prudence Fang My mom used to do the same thing, but after a while, she just got used to it. Now it only freaks out my siblings. Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:03:08 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_328052 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_328052 Penelope Shedrech Worse, find your motherinlaw reading it...happened to me. She's never looked at me the same after...LOL! Serves her right for going into my office uninvited. Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:14:32 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_328371 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_328371 Penelope Shedrech I often go into restuarants when I travel. Always have my notebook, and almost always write...Can't tell you the number of times people have come up and done this. It amuses me to play with their minds, now.... Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:16:26 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_328411 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_328411 Penelope Shedrech They were just jealous! Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:17:00 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_328423 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_328423 Penelope Shedrech Ach, I had a similiar happening. Only I was asking an officer friend to see if he could trace a person that was stalking me (why I only use pennames online anymore). Anyway, he came upon my "smutty" file and I found him drooling...that's sick! Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:19:01 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_328482 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_328482 Penelope Shedrech My hubby usually shakes his head. Last night I was dreaming a scene and he said that I was talking in my sleep, telling someone "I AM not going to clean that up!" Funny thing is, I woke myself up and couldn't for the life of me figure out why. Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:22:13 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_328568 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_328568 Penelope Shedrech Love it! Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:22:55 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_328593 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_328593 Penelope Shedrech or that moment when you realize that unbeknownst to you, you wrote yourself! Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:23:32 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_328612 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_328612 Prudence Fang What's really awkward is when you have been writing nonstop and unintterupted for hours with the rest of your summer writing committee and you all decide that it's time for a little break, someone pulls out a CD player and all of you start dancing on the tables like idiots and someone bursts in the door with important business for the writing committee. They pause for a moment in the doorway while you all freeze. Someone fumbles for the button on the CD player and the unexpected visitor clears his throat before asking if he's interrupting anything. Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:23:41 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_328619 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_328619 Penelope Shedrech You're furiously writing, not paying attention to what you're doing, only to have a waitress ask if all your personalities are enjoying themselves... Then you realize that for the last three pages of writing you were doing character dialogue out loud! ACH, but it was hilarious! Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:25:11 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_328661 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_328661 Penelope Shedrech ditto the scenario, but you're writing an intensely scary scene and someone touches or speaks to you, scaring the bejeebers out of you! Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:26:15 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_328695 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_328695 Penelope Shedrech Never intentionally...noooo,,,, but sometimes...if the name fits... Actually, I named a character once, wrote an awesome story. Then, I freaked when the "real" person contacted me through the publisher and wanted to know how I'd written their life...Talk about weird and awkward! Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:31:11 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_328835 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_328835 Evrandor Exactly my problem xD Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:01:27 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_329630 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_329630 Philippa O'Leary i did this when talking to my friends :') gotta say ... pretty embarassing ... :') Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:08:33 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_329790 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_329790 JacenTheBard That awkward moment when you update your word count goal to 50,378 because you wrote the first three paragraphs without thinking about it during your lunch break on October 31st. ...d'oh &gt;.&lt; Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:32:03 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_330304 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_330304 JacenTheBard Win! On both the essay and dessert counts. :) If I was still in school, I'd do the same thing. Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:36:27 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_330413 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_330413 midnight_abyss92 ... you realize the NaNoWriMo stats page has a typo: "Curreny Day." SOMEONE PLEASE FIX THIS :'( Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:47:35 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_330694 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_330694 Kat_MacKenzie That awkward moment when....you haven't had a decent idea in week and suddenly get hit with brilliance in the middle of the frozen food section of the store, and end up scribbling a key scene on a scrap of Safeway flyer using a frozen pizza box, and mumbling to yourself...the other customers go get the store manager, who asks: Are you planning on buying that pizza? Yeah...and then my characters piped up with "I don't like frozen pizza!" and I end up saying (out loud no less) "Too bad...it's your fault I have to buy this cardboard crap in the first place, so shut up!" And I get more weird looks... Oh well...it will be worth it when I'm published right? Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:47:15 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_333745 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_333745 yuumiki That awkward moment when you absolutely love your characters, and they're already so much a part of you, but you realize you know absolutely nothing about them besides their (first) names and relationships with each other. That awkward moment in English class when you're reading a play, and in the middle of someone's speaking part, you glance at the clock and exclaim to your friend (who is participating in NaNo as well, and who sits next to you) just how many hours are left till November first. And the desks are unusually and too-close for comfort that day. That awkward moment when you realize that you just may have to read your NaNo novel's summary aloud in front of your entire English class (due to certain events earlier that day), and someone in that very class just so happens to have the same name as one of the main characters in your novel. (Luckily for me, I've gotten a new idea since then . . . and this one, this time, is not only better, but it has no name issues!) Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:58:07 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_335697 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_335697 midnight_abyss92 ... you want to press Ctrl+S before you remember that you're writing on an online forum, instead of working on your NaNo novel. Just happened to me a few minutes ago lol oh, NaNoWriMo... XD Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:28:00 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_351183 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_351183 Sionainn That awkward moment when you hear one of your housemates mention a word which happens to be one of the titles you're using for a novel, and suddenly you get worried that they somehow know about it and that that is what they are talking about. /paranoia Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:43:55 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_351581 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_351581 Adzy89 That Awkward moment when you read over some dialogue you've written and realize you've just taken a swipe at Stephanie Meyer's character writing. Character in question is jealous of the time FMC has spent with another male member of the party, this party member not only makes it clear he swings in a different direction but that right now he's needed as a warrior, not a "brooding adolescent loverboy" Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:46:37 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_351655 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_351655 Indigo_Remnants Oh, I hate that! Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:03:32 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_352081 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_352081 9thcloud ...When your Parental Unit finds you sitting on the kitchen floor, crosslegged, typing away on your laptop at five in morning. Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:33:17 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_352793 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_352793 wakaAkamu You realise your MC's name is similar to a Russian politician :T ...And all your friends keep reminding you of this. Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:14:21 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_353733 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_353733 L-storyteller ...when you're supposed to write a short story analysis and actually end up drawing your two MMCs. Together. Naked. Doing stuff that isn't appropiate for literature classes. And then you sigh and notice that the picture you've drawn is the best picture you've ever drawn. Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:19:23 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_355131 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_355131 L-storyteller Oh, and the horrible moment when you notice that your MMC could be counted as a Gary Sue. Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:22:33 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_355213 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_355213 Dizappearingirl ...you realize your characters are less interested in saving their world than you are (and you have to try and find a way to convince them it's worth it!) So. Not. Helpful. Thu, 03 Nov 2011 07:28:05 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_420727 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_420727 Rio Dax ...you remember your FMC received a phone call in the first chapter but you never actually mentioned who it was that called her... and now you're in the middle of chapter five. ...you're writing religious fiction but realize you don't really know anything about Catholicism as you haven't attended church in over ten years and never paid much attention anyway. ...you admit you're too lazy to research anything so you just BS everything and tell yourself you'll fix it in December. Thu, 03 Nov 2011 10:15:11 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_422625 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_422625 SavedbyGrace That awkward moment when you have an arranged marriage set up, and your MC is the only girl with four guys in the house. ... and you realize you've no idea how to write awkward scenes, because you're so awkward about it you can't even imagine them, and don't really want to write them but DO ... and can't even say the word sex. Wait, there, I said it. Sex, sex, sex, sex. Awkward moments. I NEED THERAPY!!! To learn how to write these sorts of things. Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:12:57 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_432613 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_432613 coyotevick I talk to myself in the bathroom to. When I come out, my husband always asks me if I was talking, and I always give him a strange look and say "No... are you alright? Are you hearing voices?" I almost had him convinced our old apartment was haunted... I only feel mildly bad about this, because it was truly funny..... Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:15:32 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_432689 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_432689 coyotevick Aww... I only got stupid Hanson music! I would have LIKED peanut butter jelly time! Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:22:24 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_432887 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=5#forum_thread_comment_432887 Ydenne You realize this minor character wants to flirt with your MMC, but you've got no idea how to write flirting. You make your main character refuse to serve alcohol to minors, then accidentally have him serve a drink with Angostura Bitters to a 19 year old girl. Two minor, one scene characters walk up to you and demand that they be in at least 30% of the novel. You realize that the way you spell a characters name makes it pronounced like "Eee-Lick-a" rather then "Alica". You are absentmindedly drawing to help get the creative juices flowing, and you find you've drawn a picture of your Inner Editor, tied up and beaten by your Inner Writer. Then your Inner Writer cackles evilly inside your mind. D: Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:56:32 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_435628 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_435628 Katch When you're caught by your grandma googling " How long it takes for a body to decompose" &gt;w&gt; errrrr.........it's for my book...i swear... Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:59:54 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_435726 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_435726 Kristina Michelle ...You realize that your "fearless" FMC is afraid of the dark, men, spiders, and education. Also, she can't read. And this is all in the first scene. Thu, 03 Nov 2011 20:01:37 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_435779 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_435779 jenova-amaranth ...you realise your MC isn't actually relevant to the plot whatsoever and is only going along for the ride. ...your main antagonist is a more likeable person than your main protagonists. ...even you aren't entirely sure how to pronounce your character's name. ...when you realise your FMC left the hat you've been referring to for half the story in a stable several chapters back. Oops. Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:43:47 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_815775 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_815775 Cephalopodesque … All-ages appropriate? I dunno about that, but I'm not sure how else to phrase this. Anyway: One of your characters repeatedly cracks S&amp;M jokes, to the point where you really have to have suspicions about him… then you realize the plot demands that he gets tortured. Erm. O_o *wanders off to research psychological torture* Thu, 24 Nov 2011 01:53:56 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_824741 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_824741 CyraEm You should have him, afterward, just completely stop making the jokes at all. Maybe even have someone else prod him to make a joke about it and he shies away. Sort of like, "It's not funny now that that happened to me." Nice way to add depth and then the jokes are there for a reason. Thu, 24 Nov 2011 01:57:45 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_824796 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_824796 peachitalianice LOL! Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:06:32 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_824900 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_824900 peachitalianice ... when you can't pronounce the name of one or more of your characters. Ahaha not so much names of characters, but names of places and things and even my alien species. Can't pronounce it, even though I know how to say it somewhere in my head. XD And don't even get me started on my made up language for said alien species... Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:18:35 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_825049 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_825049 D i a That awkward moment when you realise that your main character is standing naked in her kitchen trying to hack of her arm cast using kitchen utensils. Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:27:53 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_829373 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_829373 Cephalopodesque Ooh, that's a good idea, thanks! Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:59:06 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_830693 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_830693 TigerCzarina That awkward moment when you're MC's fiance is kidnapped, and another person is talking about them formally (-e- Mr. So and So), and you realize that you're 45k into your novel and haven't given that character a last name yet... Thu, 24 Nov 2011 17:08:37 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_830764 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_830764 C.M.S. Cipriano That awkward moment when.... ... you have your 10 year old villain blow up a good portion of Moscow, feel guilty and then say, out loud, "Well, Hell, Nathan Drake would've blown it up too." Thu, 24 Nov 2011 17:42:31 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_830993 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_830993 TheInkCaster Ah. I thought I was the only one that had trouble with that. For heaven's sake, I feel awkward and squirmy just writing a *kiss* scene. Thu, 24 Nov 2011 19:17:16 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_831810 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_831810 sschwarz when you're talking about your book with friends in public and say "The death toll is getting higher and each death is more gruesome than the last." Then you realize everyone is staring at you like you're some kind of mass murderer. Thu, 24 Nov 2011 21:07:51 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_832697 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_832697 lilly32261 When you find yourself making faces at your computer, your expression mirroring the one that would be on your MC's face (My family frequently asks me why I'm smirking, scowling, frowning, etc at my computer) Fri, 25 Nov 2011 01:17:20 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_834771 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_834771 edgewritermom No you are not the only one. I have approached the "first kiss" scene between MMC and FMC several times over the past two years (2011 novel is continuation of 2010 novel, with flashbacks to 2009 novel which was first in series, so this has been going on since then) and every single time I come up with a creative way to circumvent the scene. Sometimes they're not even all that creative. I'm all in favour of kissing and everything, but writing about it is just a bit too much. Sometimes you just have to accept the way you're made, I guess. Fri, 25 Nov 2011 01:43:55 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_834960 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_834960 the.mockingjay.pumpkin Hmm.... Elocin Ahtnamas Nhoj Anaid Enna Airotciv Kind of. I like Ahtnamas &amp; Anaid &amp; Enna quite a bit... Actually, this works quite well! Sat, 26 Nov 2011 03:59:44 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_847098 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_847098 midnight_abyss92 ... your MC, though extremely relevant to the plot, has barely had any screen time because the antagonist's and your FMC's pov are so much more interesting to write from ... you realize how much smoking your antagonist does ... someone calls your FMC a slut because she got pregnant by another man while engaged to someone else, and you have to defend her by explaining it was date rape ... you feel personally insulted when someone calls your FMC a slut ... your antagonist ends up having another unplanned sex scene (I just wrote the second when his wife walks in on a session with a prostitute) ... you're interrupted by family when you've finally reached inspiration for the scene you're working on ... everyone and their grandmother needs to see something on your laptop when you're trying to have a writing session before Thanksgiving dinner Sat, 26 Nov 2011 05:56:30 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_848429 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_848429 ModestTreasure252 I second this idea! Sat, 26 Nov 2011 06:11:49 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_848568 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_848568 biki576 ...when you have to rewrite a makeout scene three times (I know, no editing until December, but it was vital to coninuing the plot) because you suck at writing romance. ...when every time someone asks you what your nano is about, you have to say "A guy who writes stories about strangers...but not in a creepy way." Sat, 26 Nov 2011 06:36:15 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_848767 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_848767 LonelyDiamond ...when you're talking to a first-year NaNo-er, and start telling her how important it is to kill people off, and mentioning how much you enjoy killing people. And then you realize her older brother is standing behind you giving you the <em>"What</em> are you telling my sister?" look. Sat, 26 Nov 2011 07:46:06 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_849216 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_849216 Swetlana_ i felt really, really weird writting the first sex scene in my novel because my two characters were in the kitchen &amp; a kitchen counter top isn't exactly something i would have experiece with &amp; no idea how to write. so i made my MMC take her up to the bedroom - much easier. xD also, it was so much easier writing the second sex scene. Sat, 26 Nov 2011 09:58:00 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_849865 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_849865 Swetlana_ OMG. which is why i only write by myself - in my bedroom. earphones in for music &amp; to distract me from everything else. Sat, 26 Nov 2011 10:00:46 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_849877 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_849877 Swetlana_ that awkward moment when you realize that you no longer you "don't" "aren't" etc. because you drilled yourself to you "do not" "are not" to help with your word count. Sat, 26 Nov 2011 10:20:24 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_849957 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_849957 JuniorFrenzySista Yes! Although, there are a few people I know who would take me seriously. And one person who would say something along the lines of "Haven't we already planned the perfect murder?" I have weird co-workers. My awkward story? Naming a character after a boy I know (who, when I asked him for a plot idea said to name a character after him) that becomes one of the main characters then having to endure 'the look' from the gossip peoples at school. And my parents. For the last time, NO! I do not have a crush on him. Geez. Sat, 26 Nov 2011 11:27:26 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_850199 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_850199 JuniorFrenzySista I know three of mine. Somewhat bad, seeing as two of them are the MCs. Sat, 26 Nov 2011 11:28:53 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_850205 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_850205 lionhuntermo ... when you finally realize none of your characters have last names. in chapter 20. ... when you do the math and are told that your novel wouldn't have even reached 30k when you finish. D: ... when you add as many words as you can to your conversations (and not in the novel) because you're so obsessed with your word count. ... when you decide to shoot a character, only to remember that you had another one with the same name that got run over. for practically the same reason as the shooting. (poor desmond...) ... when you laugh at the nano-ers who talk about being caught talking about murdering people or making faces at their computer, only to turn around and find your little sister watching you crack up at the computer screen. ... and when the longest scenes don't actually have any relevance to the plot. Sat, 26 Nov 2011 16:14:51 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_851538 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_851538 midnight_abyss92 [quote=lionhuntermo] ... when you laugh at the nano-ers who talk about being caught talking about murdering people or making faces at their computer, only to turn around and find your little sister watching you crack up at the computer screen. [/quote] This. I've had to be so careful at my college library so not to do this earlier this month when people posted on this thread more frequently. ... you tell your mom she can actually read your NaNo novel this year, only to remember that you'll have to cut out that pesky little sex scene first &gt;.&lt; ... your sisters yell at you, "I still don't understand what you're typing!!" when you've already explained to them last year what NaNoWriMo is ... the one person you want asking about how your novel's coming along doesn't seem to remember you mentioning to him you're writing a book for NaNo this month ... you realize how little of an imagination kids have these days (I mean, come on, how can you NOT like looking out the car window over watching movies or playing video games?!) Sat, 26 Nov 2011 23:14:00 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_855269 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_855269 Silver Fallen Like Sun, 27 Nov 2011 00:20:57 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_855910 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_855910 Silver Fallen ...your action novel has somehow gained a romantic element to it ...the flashback is longer than the actual story ...you've forgotten the plot to the original story line ...originally your MMC was the MC but now the FMC has become the MC Sun, 27 Nov 2011 00:24:52 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_855952 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_855952 Nephele_Butler That awkward moment when you realize that you just killed a character that had the same name as a close relative that you aren't that close to emotionally but who would likely take offense if they read it, and that the character was already slated to die when you picked the name. (Oops... Should probably have paid more attention there.) Sun, 27 Nov 2011 01:19:37 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_856499 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_856499 angeliclizard That awkward moment when you realize your antagonists have no motive. Sun, 27 Nov 2011 01:22:14 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_856522 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_856522 Professor.Banshee ...you realize the song you based your (hetero- and asexual) MMC's friendship on contains the line "And in the dark we will take off our clothes." (It's still their song, though. idgaf) Sun, 27 Nov 2011 01:50:35 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_856884 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_856884 trill_gutterbug Even worse, when you inadvertently name a character after your cousin, whom you rarely see and ever more rarely think about... And the character is brutally, horribly, gruesomely dismembered by your MC... And then your cousin's parents read it. And corner you on a tiny boat in the middle of nowhere to grill you about your violent impulses toward their child, and to ask when your going to stop writing homosexual smut, and do some real, proper writing that actually has a hope of getting published. /shame Sun, 27 Nov 2011 02:17:03 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_857156 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_857156 Kiwi977 Lol, I get really intense whenever I write and my roommates are always asking me what I'm typing or doing. Granted I've never been able to say something like that since I haven't written a murder yet but I'm sure I'll get around to it. According to them I stare at the screen really intensely, my eyes popping out like a bugs. :) Maybe next time they ask I'll say a murder, although I'm writing this years Nanowrimo novel for a friend based off a dream she had and no on died in it so I'm sure she'd have a heart attack if she heard me say that. Sun, 27 Nov 2011 03:12:36 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_857775 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_857775 Kiwi977 That awkward moment when you realize you don't like your MC but you can't kill her off no matter how annoying she is and one of the villians in your novel has become one of your favorite characters when you didn't intend for that, so they you punish them both by sticking them together by the end of the novel. Yep happened to me during my Camp Nanowrimo experience this past August. My main character really started to get on my nerves. Sun, 27 Nov 2011 03:20:26 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_857873 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_857873 Kiwi977 Or they turn from antagonists into protagonists and then you have no antagonists and your story sucks or hits a dead end. :/ Sun, 27 Nov 2011 03:21:26 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_857878 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_857878 sarahlucielle That awkward moment when you need to write about rape and you have no idea how to handle it with taste and dignity. D: I'm seriously, seriously worried that it will come off as insensitive and exploitative. Sun, 27 Nov 2011 04:18:27 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_858505 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_858505 Tozoku ...the antagonist you intended to be cold and unforgivable turns out to be extremely sympathetic. ...right before your MC refuses to forgive him and his possessed sister kills him. Sun, 27 Nov 2011 05:37:04 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_859355 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_859355 Steampunk avi8or I totally do this! I have a character based on my best friend and their names are the same and I often refer to them as each other. She was wondering if the MMC (her boyfriend in the story) was a robot and I was like don't worry, your boyfriend's not a robot. She was like good, that would be really weird considering I don't have a bofriend. :L Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:28:02 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_864157 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_864157 Steampunk avi8or ....You decided you were too busy writing for personal hygene today. Need I say more? Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:32:53 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_864218 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_864218 PhantomDream Can I [Like] your picture? Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:37:53 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_864283 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_864283 awesome-me94 ...you finish your story and have no idea what to do next :/ Sun, 27 Nov 2011 20:48:47 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_865166 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_865166 awesome-me94 My advice? Write it from the victim's point of view. Really get into their heads and what they might be thinking about afterwards. That's what I did, though I never actually wrote the scene until later on, as a flashback. Sun, 27 Nov 2011 20:50:20 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_865189 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_865189 Tozoku ...you don't have time to come up with a pretty and well-thought-out name for a new character, so you name her Something French. Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:48:37 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_878098 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_878098 Cephalopodesque Lol, I can sympathize. I wrote a huge scene about my straight, male MCs, then realized I was listening to the wrong playlist. Which, of course, was one intended for a story about Chris and Clarisse, for anyone who's read PJO. Needless to say, it was all Love the Way You Lie and Bad Romance and I Need a Doctor and various other things that should not have been there. … Came out as a pretty kickass scene, though. *shrugs* Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:04:08 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_881273 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_881273 faeriejewel This! Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:58:32 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_887597 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_887597 faeriejewel And more awkward when that person catches you staring. Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:04:23 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_887665 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_887665 o0hawaiigirl0o ...someone asks about your novel and you're so excited that someone in real life actually cares that you go on and on about it and you almost can't stop but then you notice that you're most likely boring the person to death. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:54:10 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_892860 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_892860 o0hawaiigirl0o My MC is give numerous names during the novel (he's a dog) and I didn't have my notes with me last night so I referred to him as "Name" in the whole chapter. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:55:04 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_892869 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_892869 clynn07 That awkward moment when you realize that both you and the guy you like wrote each into your novels....as love interests for the MCs. Yes, this happened. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:06:23 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_893642 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_893642 Kristina Michelle The awkward moment when you rickroll your characters in the middle of a romantic scene. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 03:20:46 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_894567 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_894567 Bara_no_Uta That awkward moment when you ask somebody a question because of something happening in your novel that you're not sure how it would work, and they give you advice as though they think you're talking about real life. This year it hasn't been so bad, but last year I asked my mom where somebody could get help for somebody in a magically-induced coma. ...She was a little concerned. Also that awkward moment when you're writing and somebody looks over your shoulder and sees what you're writing (without your knowledge or permission), particularly when it's something that sounds really awkward/weird when taken out of context. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 04:04:32 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_895189 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_895189 lionhuntermo That awkward moment when you can no longer go into your own basement because you based the villain's basement off of it, and then put the goriest murder scene you've ever written right at the bottom of the stairs. So now I can't walk down the stairs without expecting Smith's intestines to fall on my head... DX Wed, 30 Nov 2011 04:08:43 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_895249 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_895249 ivyflightislistening "Oh, yeah, just writing down my chants for when I invoke Satan in tonight's ritual. We're meeting at the North Church, if you're interested in coming!" I wonder WHY people are so curious... is the idea of writing so unfathomable? Wed, 30 Nov 2011 04:15:42 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_895325 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_895325 ivyflightislistening Ugh... those who intrude upon notebooks and sketchbooks without permission should be burned at the stake. New law! That's the worst. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 04:16:45 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_895340 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_895340 ivyflightislistening That awkward moment when a fried asks you how your novel is coming from the back of the bus and you shout back, "A LITTLE TOUGH, I'M TRYING TO KILL IVY'S BEST FRIEND TO MAKE HER SUFFER A LITTLE MORE, BUT I'M NOT SURE HOW TO DO IT RIGHT!" Right as the bus goes silent. Derp. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 04:18:11 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_895356 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_895356 ivyflightislistening A like button is necessary for this post :) Wed, 30 Nov 2011 04:18:40 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_895361 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_895361 ivyflightislistening true life. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 04:19:11 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_895371 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_895371 ivyflightislistening Slash that awkward moment when you would date your MMC :) Wed, 30 Nov 2011 04:19:32 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_895378 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_895378 Loqwell Happened several times to me at work today, since I finished this morning (this my first NaNo and the longest thing I've ever written) and wanted to share my joy. &gt;&gt; Wed, 30 Nov 2011 04:56:26 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_895868 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_895868 Yomandude Or your antagonist is society and you don't know how to resolve the novel without a really contrived proletarian uprising. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 05:06:53 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_896004 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_896004 midnight_abyss92 ... you're within the last 5000 words of your novel, and since you let your characters take over instead of going by the outline, you're at a loss at what to do for the ending and are afraid figuring out the end will prevent you from winning (happened today. Omg I wanted to cry &gt;.&lt;). ... you realize it's almost 12:30am and you didn't do any of your hmwk due the next day because you were in the middle of an intense writing frenzy--and you have an 8:30 class. (I tell you, I was more productive for hmwk within the last 2 hours than I have been all week.) ... no one asks how you're novel's going, and you really want to tell someone how excited you are about your progress/are vain enough to want to hear their praise about your progress (tee hee), so you use that as your "how are you update" when you talk to your roommates/friends Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:22:04 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_897353 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_897353 Cephalopodesque … Or make them lose The Game at the climax. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:17:56 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_906275 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_906275 Elluna Hellen When November's over. No. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO *three weeks later* OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH! Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:44:14 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_906678 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_906678 midnight_abyss92 ... you win NaNoWriMo, and you realize you can't neglect your responsibilities anymore Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:58:57 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_908746 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_908746 Airen Rin When you win Nano and you look around frantically, expecting people to come parading to you and screaming congratulations. Then you realize that everyone around you are strangers and nobody knows that you're doing nano unless you count that one friend that you haven't talked to the whole month. Then you realize you have exams in less than a week. Thu, 01 Dec 2011 02:45:21 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_909366 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_909366 Muslimah.98 When you and your NaNo friend are talking about killing characters.. or hitting them with cars.. ..in public.. and people get the wrong idea.. XD Thu, 01 Dec 2011 04:05:24 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_910516 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_910516 Muslimah.98 Or when your antagonist is the oppressive government. And it doesn't get overthrown. Thu, 01 Dec 2011 04:08:17 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_910558 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_910558 Pikeru That awkward moment when you call your boyfriend by your MMC's name. ...It's not what is sounds like, I swear! XD Sat, 03 Dec 2011 02:55:10 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_925627 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_925627 ivyflightislistening know the feeling... Sat, 03 Dec 2011 22:17:01 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_928929 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_928929 Vespero. My conversational skills are non-existant, so awkward moments come up a lot. Sat, 03 Dec 2011 23:31:22 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_929260 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_929260 Christina Huling Oh please. I had to close my eyes just to type cuddling. And it was barely even romantic. Tue, 06 Dec 2011 05:28:19 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_940570 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_940570 peachitalianice Bahaha! And you made me lose. MEAN! XD Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:16:00 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_943855 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_943855 peachitalianice lol... Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:16:14 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_943856 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_943856 peachitalianice Well that's weird... XD Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:20:32 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_943884 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_943884 peachitalianice [quote=QuiSaitRien] That awkward moment when your little sister finds out you're doing NaNo, and asks you if you're going to forget to eat again because she wants to eat your dessert. [/quote] Hahahaha! Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:22:56 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_943898 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_943898 peachitalianice LOL, at least he cares about her, no? Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:35:35 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_944295 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_944295 Christina Huling Testing with ten zillion people now: Family: Anitsirhc-maybe not. (My phone wanted to change that to antiaircraft, by the way.) Samoht-maybe without the h. Nerak-not bad at all. Dlareg-no. Friends and random people: Niltiak-nah. Arait-maybe. Ydoc-I likey. Enimsaj-okay. Nitsuj-sounds Japanese. Middle names: Eiram-no. Naiviv-cool. Eel-cracking up. Notna-definitely not. More random people: Alyak-hmm. Esimorp-sorry. It sounds like puke. Nived-maybe spelled Nivhed to change/clarify the pronunciation. Kered-I like it. Why do I like the ones that are backward of people I dislike? Relyt-maybe. Nadroj-no. Nalyd-okay. Yentruoc-that's hard to say. Nitsua-okay. Adnama-hmm. I am kind of partial to names that start and end in A. German names: Ekirlu-coolness. Idieh-nah. Lexa-nice. Lime-teehee. Nemrac-huh. Giwdul-nah. (how does my phone get fissile out of that?) Eilecec-nope. German names don't work as well. Characters: Laehcim-nah. Inot-no. Nagrom-sounds evil. Noskcaj-that's just plain unpronounceable. My brother wants me to add Bob and Hannah. Wed, 07 Dec 2011 03:46:12 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_944757 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_944757 Christina Huling Never been at a doctor's office when this happened. However, I have gotten strange looks because I have random ideas for other stories or my NaNo, and I have things like, "Elsewhere," "Bones=weapons" (well, actually, I wrote that in the dark and my pen sucked, so it really said "bones=wap"), or, the best one yet, "the emergency knives are in the glovebox." Wed, 07 Dec 2011 04:33:51 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_945080 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_945080 Christina Huling [quote=Silver Fallen] ...your action novel has somehow gained a romantic element to it [/quote] guilty... Wed, 07 Dec 2011 04:45:39 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_945151 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_945151 peachitalianice [quote=midnight_abyss92] ... you realize how little of an imagination kids have these days (I mean, come on, how can you NOT like looking out the car window over watching movies or playing video games?!) [/quote] This. I love staring out the window. But my dad isn't too happy how little I know about the street names and intersections, et cetera.... XD When I'm actually DRIVING, I'll pay attention because I have to focus anyway! Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:33:02 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_948318 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_948318 peachitalianice That awkward moment when a fellow saxophonist in band asks you how your novel is coming along... and you have to say that you haven't written any more since reaching 50k. And said saxophonist asks for a signed copy when you're done. Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:39:34 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_948350 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_948350 The_Squidd This. All the time. And then I take it a step further and periodically get up to see how various motions and actions would work. Sun, 11 Dec 2011 00:25:30 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_960391 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_960391 The_Squidd This happened to me. Random little side character ended up eloping with my FMC. Not cool FMC. Sun, 11 Dec 2011 00:43:42 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_960429 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=6#forum_thread_comment_960429 alannathelioness [quote=Maid Of Glass] I firmly believe that being completely, if not partially, insane is part of the requirements :) [/quote] THIS^ Sun, 11 Dec 2011 02:43:26 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_960702 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_960702 Maid Of Glass the awkward moment when your non-nano friend is reading your stuff and keeps asking you what happens next rather than read on....... &gt;.&lt; Sun, 11 Dec 2011 16:02:42 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_962175 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_962175 LEwolfwriter "...When you ask your dad how much gunpowder it would take to blow up a building roughly the size of your house." That made me laugh out loud. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:50:10 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1042386 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1042386 LEwolfwriter "That awkward moment when you see a character's name on something in a store and said character starts to freak out from inside your brain." This happened to me. I have a character named Rayon, and directly after I named him that, I found out it was a type of fabric. *facepalm* Mon, 09 Jan 2012 01:21:05 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_1042505 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=7#forum_thread_comment_1042505 Itzika I totally unintentionally named a character after my ex within a week of our breaking up. I now can't remember the character at all or what story he was for. :/ Mon, 09 Jan 2012 05:08:26 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1043418 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1043418 Itzika Every thread on these forums makes me thank God and my mother that I went to the school I did. I don't think I ever heard a teacher yell at my school. Or heard of it happening. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 05:16:18 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1043440 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1043440 Itzika YES! I have done this MY WHOLE LIFE. My aunt gave me a digital voice recorder a few years ago to help me with this, and it is wonderful. Before that I just tried to remember what I was saying. I got so many weird looks when I did this in the school playground (I totally forgot there were other people around). I will do this in stores if my mom doesn't stop me. The only time I won't do it is at home, if someone is in the same room. Yes, in public is totally okay, but at home with one other person in the room is off-limits. :/ Mon, 09 Jan 2012 05:19:52 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1043453 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1043453 Itzika I have this plus social awkwardness to the point where my mom had to explain to me that it is not okay to ask perfect strangers if I can take their picture to use as characters in my novel. Ehehe. Oops. 9_9 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 05:21:49 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1043461 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1043461 Itzika ...you realize that if your Christian urban fantasy novel ever gets published and gets a fandom, there will be people pairing up the FMC and her brother and invoking Die For Our Ship for FMC's actual boyfriend, and you aren't sure if this would outweigh the coolness of having a fandom or not. ...you read your work to some friends and one of them thinks your FMC is a guy. ...you realize your latest idea is really, really similar to a book you read years ago. ...you have to change your MC's name so you can use a similar name for another character. ...you realize that you've set a novel a hundred years in the future without considering for a second how things will have changed in that amount of time. ...you realize that if people were just to read your work and not actually talk to you, they would think you were anti-human, because a lot of your stories are about superhumans and/or nonhumans fighting against the oppressive human regime. ...you have a dream about a story you haven't come up with yet, where you act as the author as though you'd been writing for a while. (Admittedly, this was pretty awesome.) ...your favorite TV show uses an idea almost exactly like yours. (Supernatural season 6, the Titanic episode. I had the idea of Fates controlling things with tiny changes YEARS ago.) Mon, 09 Jan 2012 06:11:51 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1043605 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1043605 the.mockingjay.pumpkin Wow... that's kind of adorable. Lucky ;) Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:59:16 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_1049639 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_1049639 CherryCoke The awkward moment when you're accused of passing notes and really you're jotting down an idea. ^Happened a lot when I was in high school. Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:19:15 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1050176 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1050176 Jenna B. Edwards Ouch. That made my heart hurt Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:47:04 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1091904 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1091904 Jenna B. Edwards That's the most beautiful thing in the world! Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:13:25 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1091970 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1091970 crazygirl9310 That awkward moment when... ...you have 3 different characters named Andrew from three different works...and you have a crush on a real life Andrew...and two of those characters were named before you met him and the other was named before you had a crush on him. On the plus side, he's actually okay with hearing what SH's Andrew is up to. ...you re-read some world building notes and find: [quote]Straight Naturals (a type of magic user) are usually: (bullet point list of jobs)[/quote] and you ask the question: "So what do gay Naturals do?" Only to have the urge to smack yourself in the head because you mean Naturals that are untainted with Paladin and/or Sorcerer training. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:53:38 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1093038 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1093038 Smartiez101 ...it's after NaNo and you're not writing nearly as much, but you realize that having a 'If you read this wretched text of curses, you shall rot and die in the pits of the hellish fire below. Beware!' or 'If you read this wretched text of curses your spine with bend and collapse, forcing you to wear a brace for the rest of your life. That's right, test me.' tag on your notebook would really have probably helped keep people away. :/ Oh well, still going to write it. ...you're grandmother faved your fb status about NaNo and she doesn't have a clue of what it is. :/ ...you don't even hide your emotions when a friend says 'why not just write a final draft first?' and she gets all defensive. Oops. ...you've been wanting to print out your writing so it will be easier to edit and yet you've been procrastinating on this by going on the forums and fb for hours. ...heck, you just posted something about nano on fb during JANUARY!!! Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:35:04 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1093197 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1093197 Jenna B. Edwards That awkward moment when you realize that your MC is totally a better looking version of yourself. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:27:02 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1093859 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1093859 Jenna B. Edwards I totally did that with WOG (my series) and Doctor Who and HP. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:35:07 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_1093873 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=3#forum_thread_comment_1093873 Jenna B. Edwards [quote=Itzika] ...you realize that you've set a novel a hundred years in the future without considering for a second how things will have changed in that amount of time. [/quote] I'm having that too except mine is 2000 years into the future. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:46:16 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1093890 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1093890 Jenna B. Edwards The last one, I do it too. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:49:17 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1093899 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1093899 Jenna B. Edwards My characters arrived on Earth around 1200 BC so they influenced names a lot, but there are some nameless characters that I wanted to sound alien. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:55:41 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1094226 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1094226 Smartiez101 oops, forgot some. That awkward moment when you're threat to everyone has been 'don't make me mad or I'll put you in my novel' and the one person you actually MEAN it to is just really excited he'll be in the novel. So now it's redundant. That awkward moment when you realize that the guy you put in your novel would be a better match with the FMC than the MMC if he were a couple years older. 0.o And if the FMC didn't find him a complete Neanderthal jerk. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:03:53 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1094742 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1094742 Jenna B. Edwards Did the first one in a character study I'm writing. Sat, 28 Jan 2012 06:04:07 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_1096740 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_1096740 TheDreamAuthor That awkward moment when... in a free-write journal entry in English class I wrote an admittedly weird scene (it was November, what can I say?) and forgot about it until several months later when my teacher collected the journals. When he finally graded them, I had expected some sort of strange comment on it or him asking me questions about it. What did he write at the bottom? "Hard to follow out of context." And that was all he wrote. Completely uncharacteristic of him! Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:57:59 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1113329 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1113329 Steampunk avi8or ...you act out a character's nervous breakdown. (I had to do this without sound because my family was home. But I did feel the need to have realistic movements when said character stabs the table with a pen and then bursts into tears.) ...your MMC got "kill it dead" on all his Mary Sue tests. ...your best friend refuses to believe that a certain character isn't based on him. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:05:37 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1114095 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1114095 Itzika One of my FMCs scored Mary Sue or higher on every test I took for her, even the one that my characters usually skate by on. It was very sad. Especially because I don't see anything I can take out (i.e. her family has to die or she won't go after their killer, she has to be banished from her extended family or she won't become the Wandering Wizard of prophecy, which is the whole premise of her story... *sigh*). Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:45:39 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1114909 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1114909 lilyv The awkward moment when your mom looks over your shoulder and asks why you've been on the same website looking at the same forum about awkward moments for a couple of hours and laughing to yourself periodically.... Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:11:47 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1116256 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1116256 Silhouette. Brilliant! Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:18:37 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_1137616 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=9#forum_thread_comment_1137616 Itzika Nothing to do with writing, but... That awkward moment when you and another person both walk up to the drinking fountain to fill your water bottles at the same time. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:43:16 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1137711 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1137711 TheDreamAuthor That awkward moment when you are extremely excited to finally get to take an Expressive Writing course in high school and when you get to class the first day realize you're one of the only people in a huge class that actually cares about writing and everyone else is taking it for the "easy" English credit. Seriously, these people have no idea how to write and very few seem to have any will to learn. Most of these kids don't like to read and complain loudly when our teacher has us write. I mean come on! This is added to the fact that because these people are who they are, I'm getting a million times more nervous about sharing my own work with them (I'm using this class to jump start some major editing I'm doing for the first book in my trilogy, so it's all serious work I'm thinking of publishing verses "this class is stupid" and "can you give some examples of emotions?". Yes, someone asked that question.) Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:05:56 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1139785 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1139785 eowynspen That awkward moment when someone asks what your literary novel is about. That awkward moment when you describe it as "Glasses, the acquisition of, as told from the point of view of the getaway driver," and then see the face of the poor unfortunate who asked. That awkward moment when you haven't written anything since NaNo ended. That awkward moment when you have to write a screenplay for a class application but all you want to do is work on your novel. Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:20:56 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1152901 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1152901 Deterre The awkward moment when you're editing and realise that your characters think too much. The awkward moment when the first thing you wrote for your novel is actually the best, and your writing style has only been declining... The awkward moment when the 'short' synopsis of your novel is 600+ words long. The awkward moment when your characters have an awkward moment and it's awkward to write it. Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:25:25 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1153111 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1153111 Steampunk avi8or That awkward moment when your character says something really racist and deserves to be spanked. That awkward moment when you blush, picturing said character's love interest spanking him. That awkward moment when your grandma wants to read your novel. Mon, 20 Feb 2012 02:13:03 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1154280 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1154280 Jenna B. Edwards [quote=eowynspen] That awkward moment when you haven't written anything since NaNo ended. [/quote] This... Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:18:58 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1159079 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1159079 Itzika <em>Says</em> something racist? I'll do you one better. I have the job in one of my stories of learning enough about people of color (specifically, of Asian and Native American descent) to deliberately write a multiracial character who is basically a white girl with different skin--because she's a construct of the mind of a white girl who knows nothing about actual POCs. (There will be POCs who are actually treated sensitively in the novel, too, because there are ones who actually exist. It's just this one who is, well... a white girl with face paint.) I'm not people of color are inherently different from whites--I'm a big fan of nurture as the crucial factor--but they are usually treated differently and surrounded by different people, and that makes a big impact. Not that my MC actually understands this. She just knows the person is pretty and somewhat famous and therefore conjures her up in her dreams, badly. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:01:08 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1159230 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1159230 Hammy The awkward moment when you are talking about your MMC and all your friends a) thinks they exist and b) thinks you have a crush on them. ... The slightly more awkward moment where you kind of wish they did exist :P Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:45:33 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1162441 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1162441 XVisiEX The awkward moment when you like your bad guys more than most of your friends and family members =/ Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:45:44 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1166708 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1166708 lionhuntermo That awkward moment when Sam says "Sam, do you think I'm crazy?" to Tali. That awkward moment when Sam has had strange tattoos on her legs for four days and Tali is the one to notice. That awkward moment when, as a teen girl, you ask your friends what a "normal" teen girl problem is. That awkward moment when every time you write a word beginning with a "G", you write your character's name instead. And that awkward moment when you're out shopping with a friend and go "Oh, this is something (character) would wear!" every five minutes. Fri, 24 Feb 2012 23:23:34 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1168017 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1168017 Steampunk avi8or That awkward moment when you find pictures of your best friend as a little kid and he was really cute and also <em>looked exactly like one of your characters as a kid</em>. It's so weird asking for these pictures and then squeeing over them. Mon, 27 Feb 2012 04:12:32 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1173321 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1173321 kunaineck ...when you're in love with your characters SO MUCH you write fanfiction between two characters that you then want to put together in your novel...but you can't because one's the bad guy and going to die horribly and the other is the Main Character who's going to do it. ...when you start arguing with your characters because they want you to do something and you're all like "NO WAY!" but you end up doing it anyways because they just. Won't. Leave. You. Alone. BONUS POINTS: If your character is SUPPOSED to be one of the Big Bads and they haven't shown up yet so you could make it plausible because you're a pantser with NO outline whatsoever. Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:12:21 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1176912 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1176912 Parmelde Lorntiere "...when you're in love with your characters SO MUCH you write fanfiction between two characters that you then want to put together in your novel...but you can't because one's the bad guy and going to die horribly and the other is the Main Character who's going to do it." I do this. Only for me it's putting my two straight guy characters together. All though to be fair, they have gotten drunk and fooled around together more times than I would like to think about. Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:53:44 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1177022 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1177022 kunaineck Methinks they aren't as straight as they may seem. lol. Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:04:17 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1177030 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1177030 thrilleraddict I'm writing a novel right now where some of the main characters are Muslim, so of course they can't cuss, so I have a hard time not putting a " dang " or " darn " or even " damn " in there. Or my mom wanting to read my novel, and I want to look over it first to make sure she won't be shocked by what I wrote. ( I don't put explicit sex or bad cursing in it, but a character did mention rape once or twice, in the same scene. ) My sister reads what novel I'm working on. ( I do my novels mainly in computer files now, thank goodness, and my user is locked. :) ) Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:30:08 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1179460 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1179460 ElliMelody That awkward moment when your best friend is drawing some of your characters, and your math teacher comes up and compliments her drawing, asking who they are. She replies that they are your characters, and then the teacher goes on and on about a story her daughter(Who you knew once upon a time) wrote. That awkward moment when you don't like said math teacher. That awkward moment when your chemistry teacher sees you writing and asks, in front of the class, how your writing is going, and doesn't stop you from writing instead of taking notes(not sure if she gave up, or if she just doesn't care, since I'm one of her top students) That awkward moment when your MC seems to be obsessed in self-loathing, when he wasn't supposed to be depressed. (Really, Blake, get over it!) That awkward moment when you are writing in chemistry class and suddenly yell at your character for doing something stupid, then realize the class is silent. Even better, the teacher laughs and asks who it was being stupid. That awkward moment when you find someone who looks exactly like your character. ("Chive" kept staring at me at a band thing I went to with complete strangers! Of course, the other kids from my school were laughing about how creepy he looked...but hey, he is a werewolf...) Sun, 04 Mar 2012 04:39:42 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1188013 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1188013 Espea Your chemistry teacher sounds awesome. :) Sun, 04 Mar 2012 06:49:50 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1188387 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1188387 firelight_cinderbrick That awkward moment when you accidentally left your novel's first draft file open and your cousin asks what it is and you frantically push your laptop screen down and tell them NOT TO LOOK AT IT. Sun, 04 Mar 2012 07:46:14 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1188565 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1188565 ElliMelody That awkward moment when your teacher comes up behind you and asks what you got on the example from the notes and you haven't even written notes because you've been writing. That awkward moment when the above happens and the teacher doesn't press you to do your work. Tue, 06 Mar 2012 03:43:45 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1192860 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1192860 Ell-chan This is me... Wed, 07 Mar 2012 07:46:12 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1195850 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1195850 Telsanasee the awkward moment when you hear someone singing happy birthday to someone else and your suddenly hit with this vision very much like a memory but it isn't yours, it your main character in a birthday scene that never happened. That was a chain reaction for the whole unused ideas for my book to randomly hit me right in the face. and other times when your walking down the grocery aisle and the same thing happens but with failed stories you never ever wrote about, their all like memories of a different life time! I felt insane after the few seconds of dazed wonder. Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:55:15 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1207407 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1207407 Telsanasee my brother's done that. and guess what, it was an awesome moment i was writing about where epic music should be playing and the actors would be acting like their life is ending, seriously. And then he comes and looks over my shoulder, i tell him to go away but he just comes right back. Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:57:05 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1207409 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1207409 Telsanasee the last one happened to me once. and I kept on staring at him the whole fifteen minuits he was there. He was a character I was working on and I didn't know his story so I wanted to ask him which I didn't. I drew him before I met him, because I always do that with my characters, and you know what? he looked exactly like him! Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:00:46 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1207411 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1207411 Telsanasee i do this lol, but it never freaks anyone because I've been insane all my life. I so wish my characters are real though, I've even had depressing evenging where all I do is cry and think of them. Honestly, I feel so stupid because when my dad is there and he asks me what's wrong and I blurt out that i totally sucked at danceclass today and how I don't feel like I belong here and that i belong with my characters just totally... makes me feel like an idiot. Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:04:57 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1207415 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1207415 Telsanasee or that awkward moment when you try to explain to your sister that the story wrote itself or that awkward moment when you feel you heart race whenever you see a percy jackson book or cronos chronicls or starcrossed.... aaaaaah! of that awkward moment when you try to read son of neptune but can't stand reading because you understand the majority of latin words and have to yell out "that;s not how they act!' whenever they mention the Greek gods. Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:10:15 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1207418 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1207418 Telsanasee that awkward moment when your at the grocery story or in church helping prepare for a party when you suddenly start mumbling under your breath of little plot things you should change in your story. or that awkward moment when your moving and with all that spare time you find that the book your planning has a main character whose house looks exactly like your apartment. I am full of awkward moments. Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:13:15 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1207423 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1207423 Telsanasee it was a book i planned on writing a few years ago and his name was tyler and he was a werewolf and he was awesome and really really like him. now you have a frenemy where you share that annoying brother-sister thing. his name is tyler, and he even looks like the guy in my book but younger. He brought back a lot of painful memories for my character. of course he doesn't know Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:18:05 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1207426 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1207426 Telsanasee that awkward moment when you find that with the characters who act a bit like you, you find yourself acting like them. Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:19:09 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1207427 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1207427 Telsanasee my dad says writers are insane, and a lot of stephen kings book's have authors in them who are insane. I'm insane and i can't live without chocolate and I love animal crackers and I can't stand doing nothing relevant unless I'm on here Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:20:43 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1207429 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1207429 Telsanasee happened to me too. I just have this scene in my head or I'm thinking about the next plot twist and I find myself staring blankly out while someone is talking to me. Then that person asks me something and then I reply with a simple " sorry, I was out' Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:24:03 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1207433 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1207433 Telsanasee lol, laughed at that last one. The first, been there. My mom's kind of in the medical field so I ask her about stuff like "can you bruise your ribs?" "How do people intenally bleed?" Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:25:19 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1207435 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1207435 Telsanasee i thought she was awesome at first and I even cried when I was planning a death scene that would never happen, But then during the third book I realised that she's really whiney and really weak... I'm leaving her that way because that's basically the whole building block of the mountain that the plot is. Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:27:38 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1207438 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1207438 Telsanasee that awkward moment when you find yourself crying in the dark and listening to sad music for no possible reason., until you realize you've spent the whole entire day writing about the book you so want to be in Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:29:21 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1207440 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1207440 Telsanasee that awkward moment when you find that you've spent two hours on nanowrimo when you're supposed to be writing or editing, *burn* Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:30:18 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1207442 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1207442 Smsohynerdfighter That awkward moment when you're writting a deeply personal first person scene in public and a strangee steals your notebook and start reading it. I almost quit writing that day! It was horrid. Tue, 13 Mar 2012 01:42:28 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1208232 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1208232 audiii ...not even realizing it, you walk into class screaming, "OHMYGOD SHE'S A BLONDE HOLY CRAP SHE CAN'T BE BLONDE OHMYGOD--" right in front of your crush. :/ Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:29:28 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1209441 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1209441 Deterre The awkward moment when you've realised how many times the word 'apathy' appears in your novel. The awkward moment when you haven't really written notes during highlighting, and you don't know what to do next. The unnecessarily amusing moment when you realise that your fantasy country around which your novel is based could become a Hetalia OC... in your mind, anyway. |D (I have too much free time.) Wed, 14 Mar 2012 01:26:15 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1210593 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1210593 WriterWithFire The awkward moment when your female friend keeps bugging you to put her in your novel, so as a joke you use her name for the MC's wife who dies in the first chapter while turning into a zombie; and then later you realize that your friend has the same name as your mom... who wants to read your story. The awkward moment when you want your mc to construct a on the fly homemade bomb out of office supplies, and you are trying to make it seem at least a little possible, but you are afraid to google homemade bombs because you just know the government will see that and send a swat team to your house. Seriously though, does anyone else have the secret fear that one day they will be suspected of a crime they didn't commit based on their google searches? Wed, 14 Mar 2012 03:44:50 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1211109 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1211109 Ell-chan Uhm... Like. :D Wed, 14 Mar 2012 07:24:31 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1211659 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1211659 Ell-chan The even more awkward moment when said MMC is an assassin... Wed, 14 Mar 2012 07:29:40 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1211666 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1211666 thrilleraddict @WriterWith Fire: Yes, yes, yes! I am always afraid to Google a lot of strange stuff. That awkward moment when you are ending the scene with two ( opposite gender )characters hugging each other, but it ends up looking like the beginning of a sex scene. &gt;-&lt; Mon, 19 Mar 2012 02:12:27 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1222243 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1222243 aarjw8921 I was writing the first chapter of my novel, and listening to music at the same time. Then all of a sudden I was imagining myself as the MC leaping of a large tower carried by the wind toward his home in flames. It felt so real that it sort of freaked me out. I felt like I was daydreaming, but more. Now I have the end of my book and no idea how it is even going to fit into my plot. LOL I can't listen to really descriptive music or moving music or this happens to me. A LOT!!!! Mon, 19 Mar 2012 07:30:27 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1222938 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1222938 Cinderpaw That's why I never let go of my notebook when in public. I'm either writing in it, or it's in my bag. My mom's passed on her paranoia about having things stolen. ^^; Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:51:48 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1230778 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1230778 thrilleraddict I wrote a scene where a minor male character was holding my MFC captive in a hotel room, and asked for sex. Somehow he forced himself onto her, etc etc. Not what I expected. FYI, I deleted it. I usually don't delete things in such large quantities, but..er...my mom wouldn't have been happy to see that. ( Even though, I don't think she'd read my novel without asking first. ) Sun, 01 Apr 2012 20:52:40 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1253494 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1253494 thrilleraddict PS And the re-written scene put a totally different " spin " on the story, and I'm happy with it. :) Sun, 01 Apr 2012 20:53:32 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1253498 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1253498 Amarantawriter23 That awkward moment when your texting a friend and you're suddenly hit with a huge bolt of insperation but it's for a completely new story you don't want to write, so you text them and say, "Crap! The voices are talking to me again..." and they just respond "Of course they are" and then they carry on with the previous conversation... Sun, 01 Apr 2012 23:50:18 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1253968 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1253968 WriterWithFire I just had a pretty funny one happen to me so.... That awkward moment when you are editing your story, just finishing it up and preparing to start sending it to publishers, when your sister asks you the definition of the word snog. You are already in word so you type it in and hit look up. Later when you are done editing, and close and save your work, you realize that you forgot to delete the word snog from your story. Of course you can't remember what page you wrote it on out of the 200 you have. You look at the last few things you remember working on, until you give up and start at the beginning... And there it is at the end of the very first paragraph. This is the actual sentence I found it in "I knew then that there must be a heaven, because I had entered hell. I had murdered my wife. Snog." I can't even imagine what a publisher would have thought of that! By the way, to snog means to kiss and cuddle, usually for an extended amount of time. Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:03:06 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1263159 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1263159 eowynspen THIS. Fri, 06 Apr 2012 21:10:33 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1268353 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1268353 Steampunk avi8or ...you need to describe the smell of metal for your novel, so you start to sniff the closest metal object, a quarter. My mom walked in and threw up her hands and said "I don't want to know, just don't eat it." ...you research the history of glitter. My story takes place in 1861 and I've got giant steampunk fighting robots but this miniscule detail about whether a greeting card has glitter needs to be accurate apparently. I'm finicky about my historical fiction. Tue, 10 Apr 2012 03:43:47 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1277252 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1277252 Kitiwriter that awkward moment when you keep on basing your male characters off of very cute, artistic guys with six packs and green eyes. Or martial arts teachers. The awkward thing is that both of them are my teachers, and I'm 15. Jeebus. Tue, 10 Apr 2012 04:13:41 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1277347 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1277347 Buffy871 That awkward moment when you're writing on a notepad at work, and your co-worker picks it up and starts reading - wait for it - erotica. Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:50:06 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1283292 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1283292 Sappire That awkward moment when you think, "oh, I'll just write a little non-canon story that has no bearing whatsoever on the main plot. It's just for the heck of it, and it'll be funny later on." And then three days of writing later you're somehow landed with this abomination of a sheep/hyena/mountain lion hybrid creature that somehow becomes absolutely vital to plot development and explains away all of your plot holes- but you have no way to explain his existence in such a way it makes sense in the actual novel since he initially just kind of existed for the heck of it. Seriously. I still haven't figured out what I'm going to do with the little stinker. He wasn't even supposed to exist. I just... I have no idea /what/ I was thinking. I don't even try to explain it any more. *Headdesk* I'll figure it out... eventually... .____. Or when you think it'd be funny to ship two characters in your head and imagine what it would be like. And then it somehow becomes canon because you went so far as to plan their kids and fall in love with them. ._. Or that awkward moment when you call someone the name of your character because you've been into writing so much. ("Hey, I'm going to play with Buddy- I mean Pal- I mean Hex- Gahh! I mean the dog!") And, a different twist, instead of naming your characters after someone you know in real life, you base their personality entirely on one of your family member's bad side to create some kind of villain for your novel with no redeeming qualities at all. And then for some reason everyone who reads about them knows instantly who you based them off of. Sat, 14 Apr 2012 09:29:45 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1288003 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1288003 Sappire Oh, thank goodness I'm not the only one who does this. ;A; I've had my mom ask me what was wrong, and I was just in the middle of typing a really emotional scene with this depressed look on my face. And then she looks at me like I'm crazy and tells me to get off the laptop and take a break. ._. Sat, 14 Apr 2012 09:47:16 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_1288014 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=8#forum_thread_comment_1288014 Evening That awkward moment where you mention writing and everyone's jumping up and down going, "PUT ME IN YOUR BOOK! PUT ME IN YOUR BOOK! OHMYGOD I WANT TO BE IN YOUR BOOK!" Then they start dictating everything about their character and demand they be written EXACTLYLIKETHIS. Uh, guys, doesn't really work like that. :l Sat, 14 Apr 2012 17:06:27 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1288229 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1288229 Seamir That awkward moment when you start a new chapter and 1,500 words later you haven't even started on the part of the plot you were meaning to write about, you've developed a twist in the relationship between two characters that hadn't even previously been thought about, and a main character has nearly been killed off in a freak accident including a tub of Play-doh and a microwave oven. Sun, 15 Apr 2012 03:23:43 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1289783 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1289783 Sappire I've... just discovered how awkward it is to be writing two scenes at the same time, starring the same characters. Except one scene is in high school and the other is about five years afterwards. And then you realize how much the scenes have in common and they're not supposed to bear any semblance to one another at all. Also, the awkward moment when you find yourself balancing a book on your head and walking through your living room just because you need to describe a graceful character. Then even the /cats/ are staring at you like you've lost your mind. I did that last night and I think the cats thought their human had completely lost her mind. But it helped so much with my character development! D: Sun, 15 Apr 2012 08:15:13 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1290480 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1290480 Ell-chan Are we the same person? xD Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:30:08 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1292943 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1292943 Sappire We -might be.- :O ... And darn it, you just created a plot bunny. I thought I had them fenced off. B| Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:49:54 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1292962 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1292962 Swiftflame That awkward moment when you suddenly realize that your FMC is locked in a pitch-black room with the Doctor and both are stark naked because they were captured and stripped to check for weapons. I wrote everything very logically, but there was that blinding moment when I realized just how bizarre this particular scene was. That awkward moment when you realize that, after all that time of keeping the voices in your head, you've finally started whispering dialogue out loud (usually arguments between characters). And my family would be very weirded out if they heard the arguments. Sun, 22 Apr 2012 08:21:18 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1309388 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1309388 trill_gutterbug [quote=Swiftflame] That awkward moment when you suddenly realize that your FMC is locked in a pitch-black room with the Doctor and both are stark naked because they were captured and stripped to check for weapons. I wrote everything very logically, but there was that blinding moment when I realized just how bizarre this particular scene was. [/quote] HOMG, so full of win! Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:41:21 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1313794 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1313794 ariellalphabet You have a serious addiction to killing off characters... In every single story I've written recently, at least one person has died. When you are supposed to be sat in bed feeling sorry for yourself feeling sick, you have a genius idea for a story/script, and sit bolt upright to grab your notebook to scribble it down, but almost pass out due to the sudden head rush. Wed, 02 May 2012 21:28:16 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1336635 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1336635 Tearless When you're writing a particularly disturbing scene late at night and actually become uncomfortable with the level of sadism your MC is expressing... then sit there for several minutes being even more disturbed by the fact that you made him up and wrote the thing in the first place. O____o What evil lurks in my brain.... It's actually a little scary when you think about it... Wed, 02 May 2012 22:32:45 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1337082 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1337082 ariellalphabet When you jokingly tell someone you'll put them in your story, and several seconds later you realise the most perfect place and character to make them. Wed, 02 May 2012 22:38:57 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1337110 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1337110 Tearless That... is magnificent. XD Wed, 02 May 2012 22:39:24 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1337113 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1337113 CalicoRain ...you begin arguing aloud with one of your characters, receiving extremely odd looks, and feel the need to add it into your story. (Goodbye, fourth wall &amp; hello, behavioral med ward.) ...you realize your pet would make the -perfect- antagonist. ...an absolutely wonderful character pops into your head while reading a friend's story...and he has absolutely nothing to do with said story. Wed, 02 May 2012 23:25:48 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1337282 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1337282 fuzz I can relate. In this novel, I'm absolutely ruthless. The characters that I want to make the most relatable, I need to kill to make the other characters behave in certain ways. One of the casualties looks like a main POV char at the start... don't know if anyone will actually like to READ it but hey, having fun writing it *evil laugh*. Thu, 03 May 2012 15:21:23 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1339286 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1339286 Princess Binky Lemontwist That awkward moment when... you haven't had a single good idea for a series you are semi-planning on writing and then BAM! You get hit by a bunch of ideas and you start playing random scenes and clips from the series in your head and so you keep smiling and frowning and arching your eyebrow at really odd times and then people are looking at you like.... "What in the world are all those faces for?" Thu, 03 May 2012 17:29:46 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1339439 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1339439 Cinderpaw That last one happens to me all the time. I'm almost afraid to read fanfiction anymore because I know that each story will give me ideas for more characters, and none of them will have anything to do with anything else. -.-; Thu, 03 May 2012 18:32:02 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1339529 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1339529 ivyflightislistening Oh, can we start a club? I used to begrudge JK Rowling for killin off so many of my favorites (cough, cough, Sirius) but I understand now. In a totally non-sadistic way, my FMC needs to suffer! I'm sorry if that means her best friend, sister, and most everyone else she's ever known have to go. It's a war. Granted, try explaining THAT to any aliterates :) Thu, 03 May 2012 23:02:50 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1340207 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1340207 ivyflightislistening When you try to imagine what your character feels like while being tortured/after his best friend died, and your writhing on the floor when your family barges into your bedroom... Thu, 03 May 2012 23:03:54 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1340215 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1340215 ivyflightislistening Ahh, I can relate. And then sometimes I try and it's terrible or the plot bunny dies as soon as I have enough down to almost be finished... Thu, 03 May 2012 23:05:24 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1340218 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1340218 jewhite94 haha, I agree! Like! Fri, 04 May 2012 02:20:16 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1340690 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1340690 CalicoRain Funny you should mention that...My friend's story -is- a fanfiction. Not sure how the character popped into my head though - he's pretty polar opposite to the characters in her story. XD Fri, 04 May 2012 02:39:14 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1340785 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1340785 CalicoRain Ooh...I've acted out scenes numerous times, but I haven't been caught...yet. Fri, 04 May 2012 02:40:40 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1340792 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1340792 Swiftflame So full of weirdness! XD And the Doctor's not even supposed to be in the story, hee... Fri, 04 May 2012 19:17:28 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1342282 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1342282 YourDestiny The Awkward moment when you are sitting at the computer making strange faces because of the scene. The awkward moment when your pen runs out of ink at a crucial moment. Tue, 08 May 2012 19:24:21 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1353126 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1353126 Caroline11278 [quote=YourDestiny] The awkward moment when your pen runs out of ink at a crucial moment. [/quote] Oh, I hate that! Especially when your little brother has taken apart your back-up, put it back together the wrong way, and you have to spend ten minutes searching for a new (non-broken) one. Tue, 08 May 2012 21:44:54 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1353403 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1353403 Wolfgirl44 When you're walking around the park in the evening, just letting your mind wander, and suddenly start flailing your arms around like a lunatic because you've just figured out what one of your villains wants. Thu, 10 May 2012 04:36:02 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1357741 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1357741 Ninaizawsum11 [quote=Wolfgirl44] When you're walking around the park in the evening, just letting your mind wander, and suddenly start flailing your arms around like a lunatic because you've just figured out what one of your villains wants. [/quote] You made me smile with this :D Mon, 14 May 2012 02:49:12 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1366824 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1366824 The Inkslayer Oh, so many of these stories sound so painfully familiar! Once, I was trying to get inside my villain's head, so I wrote a poem from his point of view. My nosy friend started flipping through my notebook, came across the poem and read it. She freaked out and called me a creepy stalker for a long time afterwards. I guess it could be taken as a sort of accidental compliment... I love it when someone asks me what I did today, because I get to tell them "Oh, today I murdered a business man, blew up a house, visited with some ghosts, and went to a tea party!" or something else like that. And if I have a brilliant idea but no pencil, I'll try to write it on the paper with my finger or scribble it in the air. That can be kind of awkward in a crowded room. Or elevator. Or anywhere, for that matter. Mon, 14 May 2012 22:18:12 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1368576 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1368576 kunaineck Or when you think it'd be funny to ship two characters in your head and imagine what it would be like. And then it somehow becomes canon because you went so far as to plan their kids and fall in love with them. I did something similar to that in which I made an AU story where two of my characters had sex and...well, it would be awkward in the actual story because one of them is the main hero and the other is the main villain. The former of which is going to kill the latter...Wait...I just thought of something that might work and the villain would still be offed SWEET! Tue, 15 May 2012 02:01:26 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1369257 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1369257 Beastfire That last one's happened to me, in a way. I was subbing for an elementary school class, and this one boy looked EXACTLY like a young version of one of my characters. I suppressed a laugh about that all day. Tue, 15 May 2012 04:02:23 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1369776 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1369776 Beastfire That awkward moment when you realize that one of your MCs seems to have more chemistry with his brother-in-law than he does his wife. Tue, 15 May 2012 04:11:17 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1369812 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1369812 Clover313 The awkward moment when a character that WAS supposed to be minor/comedic relief ends up being the center, most crucial part of the entire plot. :O Seriously, though, I love Matty, but this was not supposed to happen this way! AHHHHHHHHH! Oh well. :) Only 17 days until Camp NaNo starts and I can stop plotting and start writing. :D Tue, 15 May 2012 04:44:33 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1369947 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1369947 Ell-chan I approve of this plot twist xD Tue, 15 May 2012 13:39:40 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1370574 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1370574 Realmer06 That awkward moment when you realize that you just wrote magic into your story line, even though you SWORE you were going to write realistic fiction this time. Fri, 18 May 2012 16:47:52 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1379179 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1379179 Realmer06 I talk through dialogue when I walk places . . . that gets me some weird looks . . . Fri, 18 May 2012 16:49:22 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1379181 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1379181 Septadius When you kill of a character that shares names with your best friends new girlfriend, and your friend reads it...awkwardness! Fri, 18 May 2012 19:06:58 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1379573 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1379573 Princess Binky Lemontwist When you just finish a writing marathon and you go out for a bite to eat and you see someone that looks EXACTLY like on of your characters and you can't stop staring..... O_O Mon, 21 May 2012 15:44:38 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1386824 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/10087?page=12#forum_thread_comment_1386824