Hate your novel? Hate planning for your novel? Hate yourself for even getting into this stupid thing in the first place? This is the place to vent about it.
Feel free to vent free and clear in this thread about any novel related frustrations that come upon you during NaNo. We only request two small things:
1) No vulgar language. This is an all-ages forum!
and 2) Please don't vent about other participants in this area. If you have an issue that needs addressing in that neighborhood, please message the MLs.
That's it! Vent away!
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2005 Novel: The Mists of Centarium
2006 Winning Novel: Dancing Into The Night
2007 Winning Novel: PARALLAX
2008 Winning Novel: Keys in the Lock
NaNo 2009 Project: FUSiONFaLL
11,016 / 50,000
Oct 3, 2009 - 19 45
Yep, This is where I belong.
I loved my first novel. Hey, I still love it. I should be writing and finishing it. If anything, I could do a better job at it now.
I got too bogged down in details, but I loved the details. I got off onto tangents, but they were fun. I ....I......I.
Second novel was fun. It was so much more focused. I cut down on characters and got into the story telling better. Things progressed with the plot and I didn't get too side tracked. Fun themes showed up, interesting little twists. I.....I....I
Third novel took off into a new direction and was fun. I really liked what happened, and even got dern close to finishing it. But life got in the way and by the time I got back to it, the muse was gone. And somehow, like working on a warm outfit to wear in the winter, the summer came along and I couldn't see a reason to finish something I wouldn't 'wear'.
Fourth novel. Too complicated. again. bit off too much - like trying to explain over a 1000 years of history into 4 short paragraphs. I liked the characters though. I always love them. Even the little dragons that ate fish......
Fifth novel. I have ideas. I hate them. I have old dreams that might make interesting new things. I even have time this year. But I have the pre-novel Blahs that fit with my blahs toward life and a lot of other things. Blah. Enough complaining. I have dishes to wash......
----------2005: Tightlipped in Rootwad (winner!)
2006: Taking Care of Goldy (winner!)
2007: Out of My Mind, Please Leave a Message (winner!)
2008: Truwesa (winner!)
65,801 / 50,000
Oct 9, 2009 - 10 55
Fifth novel. I have ideas. I hate them. I have old dreams that might make interesting new things. I even have time this year. But I have the pre-novel Blahs that fit with my blahs toward life and a lot of other things. Blah. Enough complaining. I have dishes to wash......
Never, ever underestimate the power of mundane chores to get the story going. I had the basic idea for my novel back in September, but it only came together as a fully cohesive idea the day I decided to fight the blahs by making pasta sauce. Your fantastic novel idea could pop up while you're doing dishes!
Gayle
----------Co-ML, Springfield, MO
7th year NaNoer
Previous NaNos: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Wins: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
11,016 / 50,000
Oct 10, 2009 - 20 57
Actually, the dishes got done, the house is getting cleaned and I'm remembering what I used to do whenever I had a term paper to write - yes procrastinate and 'think' while cleaning house.
Things have popped up - the novel is showing up in my dreams and I'm threading storylines together while working out the tough things - who knows what will come up next!
HDT
----------2005: Tightlipped in Rootwad (winner!)
2006: Taking Care of Goldy (winner!)
2007: Out of My Mind, Please Leave a Message (winner!)
2008: Truwesa (winner!)
18,509 / 50,000
Oct 23, 2009 - 06 17
fffffffffffffffff why does this always happen ;_; why must I ALWAYS change my plans for my NaNovel last minute auuuugh what
So instead of going with a nice, planned, plot-like thing, I'm going with something completely unstructured and unplanned and I have about a week to figure out what I want my Major Conflict to be so I can at least have something to pull it all together. Now THAT'S the spirit of NaNo.
----------~ I'll be reaching for the stars with you...
Oh, honey, who cares? No one else believes... ~
NaNovel 2009: In a Weary World
http://to-waver.livejournal.com/
33,446 / 50,000
Oct 25, 2009 - 15 44
Computers, love em, hate em. and it's a right and royal pain in the neck when they try to die right before Nano. Hopefully I've got it all fixed (with a whole new os that I am in no way used to), but it has a word processor with a word count and notepad which I did all my prewriting on (And had the foresight to not save it to hard drive but to thumbdrive). But holy hanah that was a long two weeks of pure misery,
18,509 / 50,000
Oct 26, 2009 - 10 29
guys guys why does my body hate me T__T I ate lots of food today why is my blood pressure still low -- well, I think it's my blood pressure, but my heart is like aaaaaa ;_; I have two exams today I can't oh god what is going on whyy ;_;
*passes out in PSU*
----------~ I'll be reaching for the stars with you...
Oh, honey, who cares? No one else believes... ~
NaNovel 2009: In a Weary World
http://to-waver.livejournal.com/
18,509 / 50,000
Nov 5, 2009 - 22 46
fffffffffffffff double-posting is bad but
AAAAAUUUUU WORST TIMING TO GET SICK EVER. :| First the teefs, and the side effects of the medicine started hitting me Sunday and Monday. Or so I thought, because it turns out three fourths of our family has the flu. So now I'm missing even MORE class (I got sick earlier in the semester, and then there was the fact that we had to frantically find a place to move and then do it), and my speech teacher thinks it'd be best if I drop the course because I've missed so much and this is the second time I've missed a speech and she only allows us to make up one. .___. I know it can't really be helped but but but amigawd it still makes me feel like a bad student. ;_;
someone get me out of here
----------~ I'll be reaching for the stars with you...
Oh, honey, who cares? No one else believes... ~
NaNovel 2009: In a Weary World
http://to-waver.livejournal.com/