| PrincessDesire | 20,000 Word Count Thread |
   50,921 / 50,000 Joined: Aug 17, 2009
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Nov 6, 2009 - 16 02 |
It may not be good, but there sure is a lot of it! *Grins* I am so insanely happy not only to have reached 20k, but that my 20,000th word is freakin' awesome. Not an "a" or "the" like the other milestones. The lucky word was POULTRY, found in this sentence: ""First off, can you tell me how it is that I find you surrounded by frozen poultry?"" ---------- |
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58,236 / 50,000
Nov 6, 2009 - 20 51
Rock and roll, Princess!
Today was not a good day to write it transpired so I managed a bare 366 words. I am too wiped to do anything but sleep now, but tomorrow I have the morning: goal is to get to the end of chapter 9 (I just started chapter 7) and I am expecting to break 20k with extreme prejudice.
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Dunx
Winning NaNoWriMo since 2004*.
This Year: The Kissiltur Trilogy, Book 3: Crown
[*] 2006 and 2008 were close, though
76,184 / 50,000
Nov 6, 2009 - 21 37
I'm trying to hit 25k before bed. Ugh, so hard today.
----------My NaNoNovel: Readers Help me Write!
~~~
31,265 / 50,000
Nov 6, 2009 - 21 50
Secretly, deep down inside, i'm a little jealous and may hate you a teensy bit but CONGRATS! That's amazing especially within the first week! Keep at it!
----------- Nicki
"Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery." - Jane Austen
79,571 / 50,000
Nov 6, 2009 - 22 26
Hah! Yes, we can feel jealous of those with fast fingers. And admire them!
----------2006 - Ghost Coast
2007 - Children of Trinhodg
2008 - The Lastisto Ambassador
2009 - Daughters of Ashby - In Progress
58,236 / 50,000
Nov 7, 2009 - 10 51
Just broke 20k, and I still have another hour write! Should get past 21k before I stop.
The magic word was "father", as in "he missed his father and his mother".
... because, you know, people get sad even in science fiction epics.
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Dunx
Winning NaNoWriMo since 2004*.
This Year: The Kissiltur Trilogy, Book 3: Crown
[*] 2006 and 2008 were close, though
50,921 / 50,000
Nov 7, 2009 - 11 00
Aw thanks guys. *feels special*
----------~ To be a real woman is to bring out the best in a man. ~
58,236 / 50,000
Nov 7, 2009 - 12 50
So, word count for the day ended up just shy of 5,000 - I would have done more, but I was fighting with Scrivener.
A Scrivener tip: if your text suddenly all starts going in in CAPS, then try pressing Command-3 to turn off the scriptwriting mode you have probably inadvertently activated.
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Dunx
Winning NaNoWriMo since 2004*.
This Year: The Kissiltur Trilogy, Book 3: Crown
[*] 2006 and 2008 were close, though
58,236 / 50,000
Nov 7, 2009 - 20 26
Knocked out another eighty five words to say I had another 5k day, but they were rubbish so I don't really know why I bothered.
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Dunx
Winning NaNoWriMo since 2004*.
This Year: The Kissiltur Trilogy, Book 3: Crown
[*] 2006 and 2008 were close, though
53,472 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2009 - 15 02
Was just not feeling up to it but forced myself to slog through it and write a few hundred words last night to break the 20K line. My 20,000th word was "a" How anticlimactic.
53,472 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2009 - 15 03
Was really not feeling up to it last night but forced myself to write a few hundred words in order to break the 20K mark. Slogging through that was harder than writing a few thousand words on other nights. Don't know why. Turned out my 20,000th word was "a" Felt let down by that.
38,596 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2009 - 15 05
Here I am. :-)
----------I wanna live till I die, no more, no less. --Eddie Izzard
47,193 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2009 - 18 13
Woo-hoo! My 20,000th word was "know."
"I don't know what Sarah's planning on doing."
FYI, I have been wildly helped by that Write or Die thingie. It was 10,000 word day. Astounding! My previous goal was 8,000 words in one day.
Good luck, everybody!!!!
----------2009: Pug Radio
2008: Places Inhabited by the Color Orange
2007: Belly Belly Double-Dip WINNER
2006: The Secret Pets of Children WINNER
2005: After the Condors, Again WINNER
2004: Schutzhund! WINNER
2003: Stephanie Strom and the Search for the Spang
40,719 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2009 - 20 25
My 20,000th word is "a" as in "Come quick, it might be a mirage!"
This is soooo much fun, even better than last year-
----------I'll try anything once-move over Hemingway...
Pat
40,719 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2009 - 20 29
Eddie Izzard is my favorite! His live performance in Portland was incredible!
----------I saw him in Dublin, too, in 2008 when he received the James Joyce Award of the Literary and Historical Society (my son was in school there at the time).
I'll try anything once-move over Hemingway...
Pat
40,719 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2009 - 20 37
Sorry- should have sent this to ethanthej as I was admiring his Eddie Izzard quote...
----------my bad-
I'll try anything once-move over Hemingway...
Pat
40,024 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2009 - 23 58
20,000th word was "buying"
Lana tried to set her straight, saying there was nothing between herself and Ian, but she got about as far as she did with everybody else. They just weren’t buying the “Its not like that” line.
Sweet Dreams Everybody
:-)
Shirley
58,236 / 50,000
Nov 9, 2009 - 06 59
[pscheans] Can't argue with your enthusiasm, though. Eddie's great.
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Dunx
Winning NaNoWriMo since 2004*.
This Year: The Kissiltur Trilogy, Book 3: Crown
[*] 2006 and 2008 were close, though
37,127 / 50,000
Nov 9, 2009 - 12 16
20,000th word -- Looking
I am pleased.
41,551 / 50,000
Nov 9, 2009 - 14 05
Wooo! I hit 20,000 today - didn't think I'd make it.
My 20,000th word is "tell" .... as in
"She could turn around right now. She could. And she did not have to tell anyone."
Dot
----------Dot Hearn
Writer & Creative Adventurer
P.O. Box 33183
Portland, OR 97292-3183
http://www.TheWritingVein.com
2008 - Open Boxes - Winner
51,046 / 50,000
Nov 9, 2009 - 19 51
I hit 20000 sometime today. Don't know exactly when, and I have no idea what the word is. Doesn't matter much, at least not to me.
----------GP
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2006 NaNo winner - Berlin, Witnesses at the Crossroads of History, Book I
2007 NaNo winner - Berlin, Witnesses at the Crossroads of History, Book II
2008 NaNo winner - Berlin, Witnesses at the Crossroads of History, Book III
2009 -
38,059 / 50,000
Nov 9, 2009 - 22 43
Just hit it tonight. Slowing down a little bit from my earlier speed, but things are picking up again.
79,571 / 50,000
Nov 9, 2009 - 23 09
Finally reached it. Magic word: "enemy"
Excerpt: "Delaney dreaded visiting this enemy of her clan, but the smile on the lady’s face and her sad eyes softened her heart."
----------2006 - Ghost Coast
2007 - Children of Trinhodg
2008 - The Lastisto Ambassador
2009 - Daughters of Ashby - In Progress
42,062 / 50,000
Nov 10, 2009 - 21 20
Yay! I made it!
"How different even the oceans were now, so many of the ancient creatures — the monsters and allies alike — either long-since expired or disappeared to depths unknown."
29,353 / 50,000
Nov 10, 2009 - 22 12
I made it! Wow I should be halfway though this thing tomorrow! Whoo hoo!
45,748 / 50,000
Nov 11, 2009 - 13 18
What can I say? The word was 'Tell'.
----------And I've socked away a one day lead so I can relax on Thanksgiving.
Winner 2005: Murder on the Yukon
Winner 2006: On the Barbary Coast
Winner 2007: Aantides and the Peloponnesian War
Winner 2008: Ancestral Voices
Author 2008: Laws of Induction
25,656 / 50,000
Nov 12, 2009 - 09 50
Hit 20,006 today!!
The 20,000th word: effort
Context: "The boys scooted as far as they could on their mats in an effort to face grandpa and his display."
Not really a phenomenal sentence - but they are getting into the meat of the story now. Yahooo!!
----------"If you wish to be a writer, write" Epictetus
2009 Freak Squad: Wraith in Time
http://pattihaack.blogspot.com/
33,992 / 50,000
Nov 12, 2009 - 10 43
I reached 20k last night, though by the time I did I couldn't be bothered to update my word count. My 20,000th word is.... buried somewhere in the middle of a pile of about 60 typed and handwritten pages. XD;;;
----------Most Words in a Single Day: 6654
Characters: 9
Points of View: 2
Days without Working on Nano: 0
Days without Writing on Nano: 1
Cups of Coffee: 57
Cans of Monster: 18
Cans of Mega Monsters: 1
Conversations with Self: 3
Words: 28208
Headaches: 5
36,815 / 50,000
Nov 12, 2009 - 20 19
I'm at exactly 20,000, so the lucky word is at the end of this sentence:
I didn’t question the fact that he could be very dangerous and I didn’t believe that he had any sympathies toward me.
woot!
39,000 / 50,000
Nov 12, 2009 - 20 44
20,000 tonite - with a goal of 21,000 before bed. Sooo worth it.
----------Nanita
43,174 / 50,000
Nov 12, 2009 - 23 07
Made it!
The special word is "almost" (which is a step up from "a" and "the"!):
"The same mother bore them, but they shared almost nothing."
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