Rallying post for those Really Behind http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324 ivyleaf You can probably see I'm a...few...days behind. So! Anyone else? We can all commiserate and egg each other on as we watch others speed past into the finish line.... Mon, 14 Nov 2011 07:44:30 +0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_681964 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_681964 Larrbear Lol definitely need this. I had Friday off work, but made even less progress than on a regular weekend. ** A long weekend = Procrastinate a longer to-do list ** Why???? =( I actually had plenty of motivation to write but for some reason could not bring myself to actually do it. This is looking bad. My official excuse is that the Leafs lost. Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:48:16 +0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_683166 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_683166 Niallspain I'm probably the most behind :P Everytime I try to write something fun happens! Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:18:38 +0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_683689 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_683689 Vanz Oh thank goodness. I thought I was the only one! I started 'officially' some time last week. 2500 words per day for me from now on. Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:08:36 +0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_685686 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_685686 misslynx Yes, I'm pretty behind too - supposed to be 50% done by tomorrow, and I'm not quite 25% done as of this post. But what I keep telling myself is that - for me, at least - it's not about finishing my novel this month (because I think mine will come to a lot more than 50,000 words by the time it's actually done). It's not even about finishing 50,000 words of it this month, although that would be nice. It's about writing as much as I can, while enjoying the support and encouragement of being part of NaNo - and realizing that however much I end up writing this month, it's probably going to be a lot more than I would have written if it weren't for NaNo, and that's something to be thankful for no matter what. And on that note, back to writing! Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:09:13 +0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_685698 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_685698 go-mom That's it you guys! Keep going. We're still early enough in this for you to catch up and come up with that brilliant plot twist that will make your word count soar! Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:02:46 +0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_686649 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_686649 ikarus I'm *seriously* hoping that the Leafs don't give you anymore excuses. Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:43:43 +0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_687313 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_687313 ivyleaf When I have time and don't want to write is usually when I pop into the chat, because then there is the competitiveness of word wars to spur me on XD Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:57:18 +0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_718814 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_718814 ivyleaf Hey, at least something fun happens! :D Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:25:19 +0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_719297 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_719297 jentus I had a mac kernel crash on the first day (did not lose anything though and that would have been hard as all of my work is on this computer even though everything is backed up like on 5 different devices including my iphone now), have a four month old boy that is getting very active, tired myself out before nov. started with a 28k word outline that most of it is just a guide and won't be used at all and just plain not being able to do the work at home for obvious reasons. All in all I am pleased with what I have written so far and the direction that this part 3 of my novel will take. It will be over 50k for part 3 even though I am at about 14,000 years before present already and started with 300 million years before present. In this part 3 I have killed off more than half a trillion people and much more dinosaurs, other creatures, animals and whatever else happened to be around. So having one character never die ever kind of compensates for me killing off almost every living thing. :) Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:36:06 +0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_719460 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_719460 ivyleaf [quote=jentus] I had a mac kernel crash on the first day [/quote] :o That is a very alarming body count. A trillion! Good Lord. Thu, 17 Nov 2011 06:40:09 +0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_731276 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_731276 angel_magic I am not getting anywhere and have all but given up... I had an essay dew the first week, a chemistry exam last week and a math exam tomorrow... I try to write on the subway to school and back (when its not rush hour and I can move that is...) but to be honest that's really all I am getting done... It's about all I have really got in me right now... though I should do a count and update my number... there might be more than I expect hiding in my little book! :D Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:09:40 +0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_739196 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_739196 jentus Covers some of our world's most notorious mass extinction events and I have not gotten to the one that is worse than those yet. Some civilizations were buried more than a 1,000 ft too. :) Fri, 18 Nov 2011 05:06:23 +0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_744608 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_744608 ivyleaf Yeah, Nanowrimo is located rather awkwardly as far as school goes. At least you've almost 7000 words - that's farther than you might otherwise have come :) Fri, 18 Nov 2011 05:23:14 +0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_744864 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_744864 jentus typically seeing 3 sixes in my word count spurs me to add more. :) Fri, 18 Nov 2011 05:29:42 +0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_744978 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_744978 angel_magic Like I said I had more and hadn't counted... now I counted and the six's are gone! :D Fri, 18 Nov 2011 07:15:39 +0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_746321 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_746321 misslynx It IS possible to catch up - I was at something like 11,000 or 12,000 words when I posted here 4 days ago, and I just hit 20,000 tonight. You can do it too! Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:57:36 +0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_750548 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_750548 Vanz Go you! :) I was around 8500 4 days ago and now I'm almost 10000 up. No giving up allowed, guys! :) Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:47:35 +0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_750838 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_750838 ivyleaf You're almost on track - closer, anyway, than when you posted before \o/ Sat, 19 Nov 2011 14:09:29 +0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_763297 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_763297 eternalstudent Okay, so I'm not the only one. This past week was a total write-off (pardon the pun), now I have to figure out how to fit in a LOT more writing if I'm not going to just give up for the however-many-th year in a row. And I have an arbitration hearing on Tuesday that needs a lot of attention. I guess I'll see how much I get in this weekend. That stats thing telling me I need to write 3100 words a day now is more than a little disheartening. Sat, 19 Nov 2011 21:16:20 +0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_765307 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_765307 ivyleaf Fortunately there's still almost two weeks, so though it looks like you're super behind, it's distributed so you don't have to necessarily write 5K in one day :P Sun, 20 Nov 2011 02:28:46 +0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_768206 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_768206 SilentSerenade No one's farther behind than me. Sun, 20 Nov 2011 05:10:08 +0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_770151 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_770151 lmizutani Wanna bet on it? I only wrote on the subway writing session and haven't touched it since. I haven't even updated my count yet. I may get something done this week but I'm not holding my breath according to what's coming down the pipeline. Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:29:30 +0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_788001 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_788001 Alerane I had to stop writing so I could work on assignments and essays that all seem to be due this and next week. I'm starting to get to the point where I'm thinking I'll postpone my NaNo, screw winning, and keep track of the days I missed and work that many more when my term is over. I'm doing this for me, November or not. .-. Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:58:38 +0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_791958 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_791958 jentus I am warn out and not getting any writing done really, but I will try to get to 40k at least. But I need to write more than 20mins in the day. Wish I could do 10 hours a day in writing, if I could I would probably make it. Is weird that I cannot when this is actually suppose to be my job or career lol. Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:36:27 +0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_793974 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_793974 jentus Also, forgot to add that I have to get this book done, do editing and then have a second book published. Spent so much time working on getting the first book back out that my writing is kind of rusty. :) Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:37:42 +0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_793989 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_793989 The Magus Last day!! Come on, people who are behind! We can do it! OR If we can't, we can make it look more like we almost did it! GO! GO! GO! Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:06:37 +0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_899956 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-ontario-toronto/threads/35324?page=1#forum_thread_comment_899956