I wanted to put something like this in our lovely Regional Forum... mostly because I wanted to brag about a) my phenomenal word count (a personal best this early in the game) and b) about my 5300 word evening!!!
So, out of my four years, this being my fourth, I have always "won" NaNoWriMo, however, I have never been THIS ahead in the game so early! I'm very excited. From this vantage point, I can see the light at the end of the 100K tunnel. I had previously abandoned the 100K goal, but I think subconsciously I'm hanging onto it!
I had a great evening. Two point five hours of writing last night yeilded me 5337 words! Woo Hoo!!!
Use this threat to brag about your accomplishments, no matter how small! And please, don't bash each other, or "out do" each other by saying things like, "well, so, I did x amount of words..." instead say encouraging things, like "way to go!"
Thanks!!! And keep writing!
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Claire
Title: Zombies Ate My Neighbors (based on song by Single File)
It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to write. ~Sinclair Lewis
112,253 / 50,000
Nov 9, 2007 - 10 15
My major accomplishment?
Being ahead enough on my 100K goal that I can afford to take today off for my recital ^_^.;; *Dies* Huzzah, I won't have to write like 10K tomorrow to make up for missing today! Plus, 30K in 8 days is a personal best for me, so yeah...I am a happy, tired, laryngitis-stricken Sabrina.
And WOW littlemunkiegirl...even with how hard I've been pushing myself, I don't think I've written more than just barely 5K a day this year. So...yeah, wow *Blinks*
----------2002: Untitled
2003-2006: WINNER (4 years)
2007: Embers of Espionage (WINNER!!! 100K!!!)
Character deaths: 32 (28 at once)
Romantic conflicts: 4
Remaining Sanity: 0% and falling
55,557 / 50,000
Nov 9, 2007 - 10 36
Congrats to both of you! I need to have one of those 5k days... not really that behind (haven't updated word count in a couple of days on here, I've done a couple k since), but would rather be ahead.
----------Dum Vivimus, Vivamus!
As always, if you're stuck, drop me a note! The Magical Novel Writing Faerie is here to help!
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50,634 / 50,000
Nov 9, 2007 - 10 54
My major accomplishment has been to completely restart, and actually keep up with the adjusted word count.
Well, okay, it's been two days, but still.
Just Jill
56,009 / 50,000
Nov 9, 2007 - 14 37
I'm going to your recital :D :D And bringing a friend. We'll cheer you on. :D :D
----------Nerd Fighter
~*~*~
2004 - "The Fall of Autumn" *winner*
2005 - "Le Roman du Mauvais" *winner*
2006 - "Mistaken" *winner*
2007 - "The One that Worked" *winner*
112,253 / 50,000
Nov 9, 2007 - 15 15
Oh mylanta...*starts panicking* Shhh, DON'T TELL ME THAT! Just show up and surprise me!
----------2002: Untitled
2003-2006: WINNER (4 years)
2007: Embers of Espionage (WINNER!!! 100K!!!)
Character deaths: 32 (28 at once)
Romantic conflicts: 4
Remaining Sanity: 0% and falling
58,488 / 50,000
Nov 9, 2007 - 15 47
I had a 6K day yesterday. Which will more than make up for today. I'm stuck at my mom's and it's impossible to write with her around. She keeps talking about poop.
71,227 / 50,000
Nov 9, 2007 - 16 24
Oh Emm Gee. That's hilarious! I know what you mean, though. I can't write around my mom either because all she wants to do is chit chat! That's alright because I don't see her but once a week or so, so I understand.
Your mom talks about poop, though, and that's hilarious!
----------Claire
Title: Zombies Ate My Neighbors (based on song by Single File)
It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to write. ~Sinclair Lewis
56,009 / 50,000
Nov 9, 2007 - 17 17
:p You've no idea who I am! It'll be great!!
----------Nerd Fighter
~*~*~
2004 - "The Fall of Autumn" *winner*
2005 - "Le Roman du Mauvais" *winner*
2006 - "Mistaken" *winner*
2007 - "The One that Worked" *winner*
50,013 / 50,000
Nov 9, 2007 - 17 27
I discovered a great back corner at the Southlands Caribou Coffee that I'm afraid I'll be haunting anytime I have a long break between shifts for the rest of the month. Just me, my mocha, my paper notebook--and my 2500 words in two and a half hours! (I started in the cafe at work, but my coworkers seem to think that the fact that I'm writing like a fiend just means I'm lonely and need my ear talked off; consequently, I may get a tattoo across my forehead that says "ANTISOCIAL AND PROUD", in nice gothic-type letters. Whaddaya think?)
I have tonight off, and after folding laundry for a couple of hours (sad but true), I'm hoping for another 3k or so!
Way to go, littlemunkiegirl! And great idea for a thread, btw.
----------I am the depilator of bunnies.
FLEE, YE RABBITS!
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2007: Valentina's (Winner!)
Psychopaths: 2
Elves in Disguise: 3
Goths: 5
Milksops: 1
Character Deaths: 2
Characters Maimed: 1
Smart-asses: Still counting
50,205 / 50,000
Nov 9, 2007 - 20 20
Well, i have no great accomplishments to add so far this year but i want to tell all of you
YOU ROCK!!!!!!
yay for you! yay for denver's word count! yay for the bunnies who still have hair! LOL
by the way, do we know how many wrimo's are signed up in denver anyhow? i'm sure the MLs do
Sabrina, sorry i didn't make it but YOU ROCKED TOO!
sherrill
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characters pregnant: none anymore!
cups of expresso downed: enough i have the shakes
ideas left for rest of novel: none, making it all up
current writing mood: hopeful!
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56,009 / 50,000
Nov 10, 2007 - 00 22
OMG! You're adorable. :D :D We didn't stay for cake because we felt it was more for the people who actually knew you and stuff. We went home and had ice cream. Not vanilla, but it was good anyway. ;)
----------Nerd Fighter
~*~*~
2004 - "The Fall of Autumn" *winner*
2005 - "Le Roman du Mauvais" *winner*
2006 - "Mistaken" *winner*
2007 - "The One that Worked" *winner*
60,012 / 50,000
Nov 10, 2007 - 07 18
2500 words an hour is pretty impressive. I'm happy to hit 1000, and I can only do that when I'm really in the groove. Nice going.
My big accomplishment came Thursday when I pulled a whopping 600 words ahead (going for the 50,000). Tragically, Friday was a rotten day and I lost ground. Now I find myself several hundred words behind. We shall see what the weekend brings.
----------Cups of Coffee Consumed: 83
Weight Gained: 4.2 lbs
Bodies snatched: 8 human, 1 canine
Soldiers lost: 272
Words procrastinating on forums: 3858
112,253 / 50,000
Nov 10, 2007 - 12 27
Awww...*blush* Thanks you guys! And Avarie Carita, you and your friend could have stuck around if you wanted! It was a free reception and there were like a million people stopping by just to eat without having even come until we shooed them off... but it was a nice surprise to have you guys come! I hope you liked it?
And now, for a big accomplishment for the region as a whole: I was checking through all the threads I've gotten behind on, and as far as those of us actively participating on the forums goes, the majority of Denver is AHEAD of the benchmark goal for today! Quite a few have gotten close or even past 20K, and the site goal is 16,667words by today...so all right, you guys! Great job!!!
----------2002: Untitled
2003-2006: WINNER (4 years)
2007: Embers of Espionage (WINNER!!! 100K!!!)
Character deaths: 32 (28 at once)
Romantic conflicts: 4
Remaining Sanity: 0% and falling
56,009 / 50,000
Nov 10, 2007 - 14 53
We did like it! We're musical junkies. We knew most of the songs, too. It was very hard not to sing along to 'Popular'. ;) My friend wants to know more about the Japanese song you sang. She thought it was really pretty. And I thought your guitar player was very cute. >:)
I don't have any "major" accomplishments, but I'm at goal. That feels GREAT!!
----------Nerd Fighter
~*~*~
2004 - "The Fall of Autumn" *winner*
2005 - "Le Roman du Mauvais" *winner*
2006 - "Mistaken" *winner*
2007 - "The One that Worked" *winner*
112,253 / 50,000
Nov 10, 2007 - 18 03
^_^. Everyone wants to sing along with Popular. Except for me, since I'm usually too busy singing along with I Speak Six Languages. But that's just me. Anyway, I could possibly get you guys a copy of the MP3 of the Japanese song if you want? I picked it out from the background music in an anime and bought the CD pretty much just for that song, but since the CD was like, oh, $30 with shipping and handling, I have no objections to just sending you guys the one song.
And Steve IS cute! He has his own song, the Steve Varney song, that our voice teacher sings whenever he comes into choir rehearsal. Now if only he wasn't apparently married.... *Sighs*
----------2002: Untitled
2003-2006: WINNER (4 years)
2007: Embers of Espionage (WINNER!!! 100K!!!)
Character deaths: 32 (28 at once)
Romantic conflicts: 4
Remaining Sanity: 0% and falling
56,009 / 50,000
Nov 10, 2007 - 23 00
OH! Yes, please send! My email is my name (avariecaita) all together with no commas or anything [at] gmail [dot] com.
Of course he's married. They always are.
----------Nerd Fighter
~*~*~
2004 - "The Fall of Autumn" *winner*
2005 - "Le Roman du Mauvais" *winner*
2006 - "Mistaken" *winner*
2007 - "The One that Worked" *winner*
112,253 / 50,000
Nov 11, 2007 - 20 49
Um...I'm not sure this is an accomplishment, but it's very definitely a "Guess what I did!!!" moment.
I've been blocked on my final lyric assignment for songwriting for a week now because I keep writing songs for the band in my story, which frankly are sucking big time. So I decided to just write down the first rhyming phrase that popped into my head, and here it is:
"Fifty thousand words remain, the novelist's refrain"
*Headdesk* I now have a 6 verse, 4 chorus song written all about NaNo and how we must all have a masochistic streak to do this year after year after year. Well, I guess I have something special to contribute to the TGIO party now...
----------2002: Untitled
2003-2006: WINNER (4 years)
2007: Embers of Espionage (WINNER!!! 100K!!!)
Character deaths: 32 (28 at once)
Romantic conflicts: 4
Remaining Sanity: 0% and falling
50,755 / 50,000
Nov 13, 2007 - 08 16
Shout out to all Denver writers!!! I wanted to add a quick note here, since I'm on week two and still alive to talk about it!
I made 20K this weekend and almost almost 22K last night - I'm still going strong which as amazing thing for me! The most i've written before has been a series of unconnected scenes that sit in a folder on the shelf, staring down at me like a gothic gargoyle, and I look up at it with a whimper in my throat; I never really felt I had the ability to stick with something for so long (30 days - aaahhh!) but NaNo's been the perfect platform to keep me motivated.
Congrats to everyone out there who's still on target, and to those ahead of the game!
Angie :-)
71,227 / 50,000
Nov 13, 2007 - 11 24
Congratulations for still being alive and plugging away! My very first NaNoWriMo back in 2004 was really an eye opener into the noveling world. It taught me a lot about just getting that first draft out! Typos, grammatical errors, inconsistencies will all be caught in the first rewrite!
Every year I look forward to NaNoWriMo. It seems like it's really the only month that I am able to do this sort of thing.
----------Claire
Title: Zombies Ate My Neighbors (based on song by Single File)
It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to write. ~Sinclair Lewis
112,253 / 50,000
Nov 14, 2007 - 00 07
*Points at the gorgeous green bar triumphantly* THERE. That's my major accomplishment. 50K in exactly 13 days. Woo. Hoo. *Spazzes, cheers, and dies*
...all right, I'm gonna go ice my wrists now. Owie. My fingers kind of hurt now.
----------2002: Untitled
2003-2006: WINNER (4 years)
2007: Embers of Espionage (WINNER!!! 100K!!!)
Character deaths: 32 (28 at once)
Romantic conflicts: 4
Remaining Sanity: 0% and falling
50,205 / 50,000
Nov 14, 2007 - 07 34
Wow, JupitarStar, I bow in the glow of your noveling ability. I feel like it's a major accomplishment just to be up to date with my daily word goals. but i must say, last year, t he bars were purple when you won and i like the purple much better. LOL picky about purple.
well, life goes on. hangin there everyone....we aren't all supernovelists, but we can still be there one day at a time!
sherrill
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characters pregnant: none anymore!
cups of expresso downed: enough i have the shakes
ideas left for rest of novel: none, making it all up
current writing mood: hopeful!
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50,013 / 50,000
Nov 14, 2007 - 08 37
WOO-HOO, JUPITERSTAR!!!! You go, girl! I don't know how you've managed to rock NaNo while being in school, but it sounds like you found the right formula. Way to go!
----------I am the depilator of bunnies.
FLEE, YE RABBITS!
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2007: Valentina's (Winner!)
Psychopaths: 2
Elves in Disguise: 3
Goths: 5
Milksops: 1
Character Deaths: 2
Characters Maimed: 1
Smart-asses: Still counting
112,253 / 50,000
Nov 14, 2007 - 09 11
Actually, I believe the bars went purple when you went through the final wordcount validator to get your certificate and before that they were green...but last year was the first year I got to 50K before the validator was available, so before that I thought it was purple, too. Psh, it's a color other than blue! *dances*
----------2002: Untitled
2003-2006: WINNER (4 years)
2007: Embers of Espionage (WINNER!!! 100K!!!)
Character deaths: 32 (28 at once)
Romantic conflicts: 4
Remaining Sanity: 0% and falling
56,081 / 50,000
Nov 14, 2007 - 09 20
Gratz all...Denver is kicking ass this year :)
----------Tirjasdyn-Denver ML
Nanowrimo Denver Events and News
http://www.dennanos.org
My Stuff
http://michellejnorton.com http://78images.com
50,755 / 50,000
Nov 14, 2007 - 09 50
Woohoo!!! I just checked out Denver and we're 25 out of 350 - we ROCK!!!
JupiterStar, you're my hero! :-)
71,227 / 50,000
Nov 14, 2007 - 12 38
Way to go! You so totally ROCK!!!
I'm hoping to get to 40K tonight, and now that I've told you all, I will have to do that! Consider it a challenge, self! LOL. Anyway, I'll be here tomorrow celebrating another 5K day! I'm trying to reach 100K by the 30th... we'll see how that goes!!!
----------Claire
Title: Zombies Ate My Neighbors (based on song by Single File)
It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to write. ~Sinclair Lewis
56,081 / 50,000
Nov 14, 2007 - 12 44
Woot!
Way to go!
And gratz to all who are flying by!
----------Tirjasdyn-Denver ML
Nanowrimo Denver Events and News
http://www.dennanos.org
My Stuff
http://michellejnorton.com http://78images.com
71,227 / 50,000
Nov 15, 2007 - 09 29
WOO HOO!!! *Does the happy dance* I had another 5K night last night!!! I pushed myself for two hours to get 5K written so I could come in this morning with 40K!!! I DID IT!!! Yay me!
And YAY to everyone who has had any type of accomplishment, no matter now large or small!!!
DENVER, YOU ROCK!!!
----------Claire
Title: Zombies Ate My Neighbors (based on song by Single File)
It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to write. ~Sinclair Lewis
56,009 / 50,000
Nov 15, 2007 - 11 56
Wow! This group is filled with AMAZINGLY fast typers ;)
My major accomplishment is managing to stay on-target even through a new job and lots of OT. I'd like to thank the NaNo Exchange CDs and my laptop.
:D
----------Nerd Fighter
~*~*~
2004 - "The Fall of Autumn" *winner*
2005 - "Le Roman du Mauvais" *winner*
2006 - "Mistaken" *winner*
2007 - "The One that Worked" *winner*
71,227 / 50,000
Nov 15, 2007 - 12 45
Hey, and that is an awesome accomplishment! new jobs aren't easy especially when they are coupled with lots of OT. I hope you are on an hourly rate so you can reap the benefits of your extra hours!!!
What are NaNo Exchange CDs? Sounds interesting...
----------Claire
Title: Zombies Ate My Neighbors (based on song by Single File)
It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to write. ~Sinclair Lewis