Or lack there-of.
How is everyone doing? Keeping up with the word count? Banging your head off the keyboard yet? Plot line taken over by random bit-part characters? MC accidentally dead? Or is everything going as planned?
Tell us how it's going.
Currently I'm a little over 2k and feeling good about the beginning. It has set the scene, which is all I need. I still have no plot, but I never do. I leave that to my characters. All in all, a good start!
Someone shame me by telling me they're on 10k or over already! I always get cross when that happens :-D
Oh, and I have Dory, from Finding Nemo, in my head singing "Just keep writing, just keep writing, what do you do, just write, write, write." It's very annoying.
Good luck writing everyone!
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"There are no laws for the novel. There never have been, nor can there ever be." - Doris Lessing, British Author
45,028 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 12 00
Just over 3k at the moment, I'd like it to be 4k before I go to bed... Right from the start my main character hijacked the entire thing and decided to go clubbing (in bloody London) instead of staying home on his own.
I spent ages trying to get it back on track, and then in the spirit of NaNo just gave up and chucked all my notes in the bin.
It's acutally pretty fun to write, and probably way more interesting than what I had planned originally, although it does mean that I've been listening to Fedde Le Grand, Lady Gaga and Dizzee Rascal all freaking day!
Yay, NaNo is here again :)
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Nov 1, 2009 - 14 10
Well done Cerys! Always good to see fellows ahead on their count.
I managed to get just shy of 2k done between midnight and 2am. I spent most of the day pottering around watching bad TV and playing Warcraft until prime writing time started (that'll be from now until 2am again). Hopefully I'll hit 3k before the clock ticks over as I still have loads to write in chapter one.
And now, back to the grind for me.
----------Jesus saves (and backs up regularly).
50,321 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 14 16
1400 and trying for the 2k before midnight. Started okay but MC has turned from serious to humorous when he shouldn't have!
I might just kill him off and dispose of his body behind the laptop. (Oooops...I can't do that as it's in the first person.)
Don't know where I'm going with the storyline but as I've been taken over by the characters so far, I'm sure they'll get me through this.
Now listening to Jefferson Starship's 'Miracles' (because I'm old and can!) and wondering what the hell I'm doing this for!!!!
Good luck all
----------It's not the winning or losing...it's the taking apart that matters.
182 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 16 49
I haven't started yet. Twenty-five hours in, most of which I have spent at home. All I've done is paste the wordsworth poem from which my title is taken at the top of a brand new word document... ahhhh. And I've selected a new Nano notebook, and written my name in it, and "Nano 09".
I don't think any of these things really count, though...
1,523 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 01 10
1017 - I realised after that I really should have done a whole bunch more research before I started. Boo. Still - should be back on track for today. I hope!
43,247 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 04 05
Managed to reach my goal of 5,000 words so far. I have a tactic where I put Haribo rings on all my fingers. Everytime I write 250 words, I eat a ring. It works like a charm!
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Nov 2, 2009 - 04 13
That may be the best incentive I have heard of yet! *steals* :)
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Nov 2, 2009 - 04 23
Haribo! I love Haribo. Great idea. But I wouldn't have will power not to sit and eat them all instead of writing.
Red Octopus, sounds a multiple personality MC ;-) Some characters just aren't what you want them to be. As you're writing it in first person, it could be that your own mood and humour was being reflected in the character? If you're going for moody/serious then try listening to some music that makes you feel that way, or watch a dark movie before writing. I recommend anything by Steven King (such as Mist) followed by some Evanescence. If that doesn't work, kill off your MC and raise his evil twin. Or bring in a character who balances him out by being extra serious/dark/moody.
Frann, no I don't think it does. Hope you manage to make more progress today.
momentary - just make it up as you go along, and research it later ;-) Failing that, find ways of putting lengthy explanations of your research into your novel (maybe a very stupid character that needs everything explained to him in great detail).
Well done those people who have whizzed through so far!
I managed a couple of hundred more words last night, but not much (on account of having had too much wine to concentrate). I have to write a minimum of 987 words today to meet quota. Here's hoping I can do a bit more than that.
----------"There are no laws for the novel. There never have been, nor can there ever be." - Doris Lessing, British Author
44,001 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 04 39
Melisende and I had both managed our first day's quota by 1:30am yesterday... After she'd gone home, I bashed out today's, in order to have a day in hand with the intention of getting some essay done. That's gone totally out of the window, because I'm afraid of it. (1,500 words is really nothing, but when it's a critical assessment of Theodore Roosevelt's speech on manly virtues in relation to the close of the frontier and American imperialism... well, NaNo is a lot easier.)
----------2006 - Dance of the White Smoke: 51,191 words
2007 - The Wyching Hour: 50,100 words
2008 - Lost In Thought: 35,504 words
2009 - Queueing For Purgatory: ?
The Tsp as in teaspoon.
9,342 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 04 54
Yikes, Tsp. Rather you than me!
Good luck with it.
----------"There are no laws for the novel. There never have been, nor can there ever be." - Doris Lessing, British Author
36,517 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 05 23
This is the first time I've tried NaNo, and I'm pretty pleased by my word count. Everything I'm writing is terrible though, but I've just introduced some cool characters who hopefully will liven things up a bit.
I don't have any idea of my overall storyline, though.
40,526 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 05 55
I managed another 400 or so words this morning before passing out again (yay being ill) which means that I'm just ahead on my cumalative word count, but I'm behind on my daily goal of 2k or finishing the chapter. I'm not convinced that this chapter will yield 2k, but at 400 words without naming the MC (of this chapter) I figure I can get a bit more mileage out of it.
Wow, that rambling really should have gone in my novel.
----------Jesus saves (and backs up regularly).
44,001 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 06 19
I TOTALLY meant to come into the library and work on my essay, but some of my characters showed up during my lecture and, here I am, another 320 words on... Oops.
----------2006 - Dance of the White Smoke: 51,191 words
2007 - The Wyching Hour: 50,100 words
2008 - Lost In Thought: 35,504 words
2009 - Queueing For Purgatory: ?
The Tsp as in teaspoon.
50,102 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 07 57
Well I got to just over 2k yesterday and I'm actually quite pleased with what I wrote! *shocker*
I think I'm writing out of sequence though. The chapter I'm on now is meant to be two but I reckon it will get moved to later on!
I adore my mc though. Such a cutie.
21,224 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 11 07
Worked late yesterday night and am ill today, so have not much done, but slowly catching up and enjoying the writing very much.
I'm setting some of the scene at sussex uni in Room 155 Arts A so if any of you NaNoWriMos are visiting that infamous seminar room in the next couple of weeks, drop me a line and let me know whether the mural is still up there and any faces you may recognise. I will also post this up in the Sussex Uni thread.
I will do my best to catch up by tomorrow.
----------2008 - The Good Girl
2009 - Cry Baby
42,027 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 11 24
~wave~ Hi all!
I'm not actually in Brighton (or, um, anywhere near England, for that matter), but as I currently have no plans to meet up with any of the more local groups and there are plenty of familiar screen names here still, I'll keep my region affiliation here...
Progressing well so far. This is going to be a busy month... I'm going to be out of town for a convention the 19th through the 22nd, and there will be lots of family goings on the next weekend (Thanksgiving), so I'm trying to get as far ahead as possible early on. Started with a 4k day, and hoping to hit 3k/day during this week. I expect things will slow a bit after that, as fatigue sets in and the plot heads in some unexpected direction, but anyway.
Happy writing everyone!
6,501 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 12 13
I'm joining Kaliopae & Lana in the nanowrimo sick bay (hope you both get well soon) with what I suspect is sinusitus but now appears to be turning into some kind of achey/dizzy/slightly nauseous thing.
As a consequence of that & only getting back from nephew's third birthday party a couple of hours ago (seriously, it was pretty hardcore - no wonder I'm sick!) word count is pants.
& what I do have isn't what I was expecting. Far darker & more sombre & not as much 'eeeee! We're a bunch of ker-azee radioactive glam rock chimps' as I thought.
This monkey's off to bed soon so will have to try & catch up on words another time but seriously impressed with all those already well into the thousands. Good luck all & look after your sinuses 'cos they're horrible when they go wrong!
9,342 / 50,000
Nov 3, 2009 - 06 12
Hello Mith, always good to hear from friends across the sea. Enjoy time with your family and good luck with your 3k/day. Let us know how you're doing.
Minema, you're doing really well. I am being outstaged by a newbie. How embarrassing! :-p
Kaliopae, Lana and Word-Monkey, get well soon! It's a miserable month for health and weather. Better stay indoors with cup of hot-beverage-of-your-choice and some chocolate. xx
----------"There are no laws for the novel. There never have been, nor can there ever be." - Doris Lessing, British Author
50,321 / 50,000
Nov 3, 2009 - 07 23
Fantastic advice, Sibyl. Instead, I've let it go down the mildly humorous route after starting Pratchett's The Colour of Magic again. I was already re-readin Steven King's "It" anyway as I find that midly amusing too! As for music, I've just thrown out my Paper Lace and Aqua collection and I now have on Evanescence and Still Remains to balance the humour with some scary stuff.
In the meantime, I'm on a roll now because the Two Sawyers in Pett has let me sit in the bar using their electricity and wireless connection! Poor me!
Thanks and good luck!
----------It's not the winning or losing...it's the taking apart that matters.
46,145 / 50,000
Nov 3, 2009 - 07 37
*fist pump* I have not only managed to hit my personal goal for the day of 10k with still a few more hours of writing time left, but I have managed to include the first of the prompts I drew from the panic jar. I am feeling very, very accomplished.
And now back to the grind.
----------Compassion hinders my creativity.
45,450 / 50,000
Nov 3, 2009 - 09 47
Keeping on target - mornings better for me, have shown to partner who has made general comments (we're not editing yet so don't go on!) Have decided that i need to spice things up a bit after reading some of your plot lines so someone is going to have to do more than fall over and graze their knee or feel nauseous (the only mishaps so far!)
45,028 / 50,000
Nov 4, 2009 - 00 59
I MADE 10K *falls over.*
----------44,001 / 50,000
Nov 4, 2009 - 06 19
Whoa.... WHOA....
My word count had scrambled over 6000, but I am falling back on the excuse of my essay (which I wrote in about four hours yesterday... it's crap, but it's done, so, back to NaNo).
I feel really behind now.
----------2006 - Dance of the White Smoke: 51,191 words
2007 - The Wyching Hour: 50,100 words
2008 - Lost In Thought: 35,504 words
2009 - Queueing For Purgatory: ?
The Tsp as in teaspoon.
44,692 / 50,000
Nov 4, 2009 - 16 17
This is my first NaNoWriMo. I've been less well-behaved than I originally planned, but I've been keeping myself egged on with a spreadsheet which has my current progress and the 'par' for each day, which is the 1,667. I've hit better than my par on Day Two, but the others I was worse. Today I was doing better than yesterday, catching up with my abysmal 4477 (-524 than my needed amount) but while I was thinking "I should try to sleep vaguely early" I got inspired, wrote an additional 672 words and now I'm trying to get my brain to shut up so I can be up early tomorrow and carry on.
45,028 / 50,000
Nov 5, 2009 - 03 09
I'm trying to get my brain to shut up so I can be up early tomorrow and carry on.
This thought right here? This is madness. You will soon learn to embrace the NaNoWriMo Insomnia that is practically the official mascot for the month ;)
In all seriousness, if you can get yourself to work on command like that PLEASE TEACH ME! If I have the inspiration I have to write right now oh god yes please make it stop because otherwise I will never do it. This means I have dragged my laptop into bed with me after waking up at 5am, or written while walking down really steep hills (curse you, Lewes hospital!) or, on one occasion, used my friend as a table and written on a napkin. It makes for fun stories to tell people, though it is not so good for the sanity...
Er. I have no idea what I was saying any more. Oh yes, that was it: Write now. Sleep in December. ;)
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Nov 5, 2009 - 03 20
I do seem to remember that on either my first or second NaNo I was manageing to get up early every morning and get half an hour of writing done before heading work. I have no idea how I managed that, seeing as these days I tend to get up about 20mins before I have to leave!
I have now discovered the usefullness of writing on the bus to and from work. It's the messiest handwriting ever, as the bus jolts along Church/Western Road, but it means I get another 500 words done instead of wasting that time every day. Hasn't stopped me falling behind my target, though...
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2009 - Ice and Fire (working title)
2008 - The Mobster and the Mermaid
2007 - A Consequence of Living
2006 - Blue, Part 2
2005 - Blue, Part 1
44,001 / 50,000
Nov 5, 2009 - 05 10
I'm becoming horribly depressed at how huge everyone's word counts seem to be... It's very demoralising, guys, especially when I'm trying to not fail entirely in doing my reading for my classes. I'm aiming to be at 10k by the end of the day, NO MATTER WHAT. I'm considering having my computer out in my class later to write instead of taking notes....
----------2006 - Dance of the White Smoke: 51,191 words
2007 - The Wyching Hour: 50,100 words
2008 - Lost In Thought: 35,504 words
2009 - Queueing For Purgatory: ?
The Tsp as in teaspoon.
9,342 / 50,000
Nov 5, 2009 - 05 16
Well, I'm a little behind at the moment, but not too worried. Hopefully I'll catch up today, as I'll be meeting Nina in town for a coffee, chat and hopefully a little writing. I shall take my netbook to bed with me tonight and bash out as much as I can.
I On Sunday I am having an op. to remove a non-malignant cyst from the base joint of my right index finger. It's apparently routine, and I'll be in and out in a day, but I am strongly allergic to hospitals and have a phobia of needles. I'm all wound up already.
Anyway, I have to get ahead of my word count before Sunday, which is going be a challenge. Because I don't see much writing getting done Sunday, Monday, or possibly for the week, with my right hand out of action. I'll type as best I can with my left hand, but it's very slow going.
Wish me luck
----------"There are no laws for the novel. There never have been, nor can there ever be." - Doris Lessing, British Author
56,854 / 50,000
Nov 5, 2009 - 05 46
Good luck, Sibyl. Ouch.
For my part, I've made sure I'm well ahead each day and am writing a minimum of 2k words every day. The other day, I managed about 3 and a half thousand, which amazed me, as I never write that much in one hit.
More today (the Jubilee Library will be sick of the sight of me, but I can't seem to get motivated at home - it's really weird).
----------Kung fu changed my life
43,247 / 50,000
Nov 7, 2009 - 07 54
Glad you liked my method! I also have a growing stash of food - including a crunchie bar and a Percy pig - that's waiting for me if I hit 50k.
My aim is 5k every 2-3 days which is 1 word behind the recommended word count for 3 days... so it's not too bad. It's just a question of finding the time! Especially with college, I find myself thinking about it in class when I should be concentrating on Napolean III. Not good. :)
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