Ouch.
Excuse me for having a goal and a deadline. Excuse me for wanting to do something fun and worthwhile now that I'm currently - and hopefully temporarily - unemployed. Excuse me for only having ONE chance to pause on the Write Or Die programme, and for not being able to concentrate on what I'm doing when you're blathering on in my right ear.
Excuse me for thinking that writing a novel might be more worthwhile than a stupid computer game. Excuse me for not being able to chat and focus on what I'm writing at the same time.
You know what? Fuck you. Seriously. Fuck you.
Apologies for anyone who just took the time to read this pointless rant, but, well. Ouch.
Today, my family sucks.
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NaNoWriMo, JaNoWriMo, JulNoWriMo, AugNoWriMo, GothNoWriMo - count me in!
31,704 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2009 - 06 37
/hug
----------99,9% of the time, the problem lies between the keyboard and the chair
23,200 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2009 - 06 43
You can laugh all you like when they have to buy your novel off Amazon...
----------I'll be more encouraged about thinking outside the box when there's any evidence of thinking going on inside it. ~ Terry Pratchett
26,388 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2009 - 07 07
Excuse me for having a goal and a deadline. Excuse me for wanting to do something fun and worthwhile now that I'm currently - and hopefully temporarily - unemployed. Excuse me for only having ONE chance to pause on the Write Or Die programme, and for not being able to concentrate on what I'm doing when you're blathering on in my right ear.
Excuse me for thinking that writing a novel might be more worthwhile than a stupid computer game. Excuse me for not being able to chat and focus on what I'm writing at the same time.
You know what? **** you. Seriously. **** you.
Apologies for anyone who just took the time to read this pointless rant, but, well. Ouch.
Today, my family sucks.
Don't forget to put that angst into your novel ;) ----------
Plot ninjas are ninjas that you randomly throw into your story because its slowing down. They interact with your characters and make stuff happen. When December rolls around, you edit them out but leave in the effects that they had - usually awesome effec
18,192 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2009 - 07 49
I know the feeling. My mother repeatedly asks me why I'm bothering to put myself through this pressure and my family don't get why I'm suddenly becoming a recluse and muttering about plot lines during dinner, but frankly, I'm freaking happy. I've never stuck something out this long and I'm aiming for another 400 words in 15 minutes :D This gives me hope that I'll be able to complete my assignments cos nothing in education can be as big as 50,000 words :)
Keep going, go against the flow of what your family are saying. Atleast at family dinners you will be able to boast that you have written a complete novel and that you could be a published writer.
----------First NaNoWriMo!
Plot: 30%
Craziness Level: 19%
Sleep Deprivation: 40%
Wanting to give up: 2%
Happy with what I've written: 95%
Obsession Level: 90/100
591,023 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2009 - 07 51
You are not alone. The first year I did this, they kept wondering why I was on so much. When they saw taht I was writing, they asked why I kept doing this and why I bothered. It annoyed and I really hope you just pull through it. What really helped for me was keeping giant head phones over my ears that I couldn't hear anything.
----------2005: 50.7K
2006: 100.2K
2007: 326.5K
2008: 686.4K
16,611 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2009 - 07 52
Its ok! Just ignore them! They wont understand the craziness of nano!
----------For me i live on my own at uni so i really have to motivate myself to do nano whilst fitting it in with my assessments and getting stuck in the plot and gah.
anyway Just keep going i am trying hard to do so and my plot is probably suffering for it, but its the QUANTITY not the quality that counts! :)
*hugs*
Coffee Addict.
Freaking out this year?! Slightly..
47,387 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2009 - 07 54
Seconded. Headphones have saved my relationship with my parents on more than one occassion, I'm sure. ----------
My '09 NaNoWriMo Blog
Join the protest at the Free Shrimp Dinner post, now with crafty poetic shrimp lovers! (And those who want one on principle.)
28,205 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2009 - 07 59
MY mother called me yesterday and said I should be going out to meet men instead of staying in and writing. I'm 24 and she has grandbabies on the mind. Not kidding. She wants me married and picking out a house TODAY. Forget writing. I should be changing diapers. WHAT????
Obviously, my main female character is single. And two hundred years old. TAKE THAT MOTHER.
591,023 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2009 - 08 12
Obviously, my main female character is single. And two hundred years old. TAKE THAT MOTHER.
Well, there's always those moms who want to see babies again...And how can you just get married today? I mean, unless you go to Vegas, get drunk, and then head off to get married by Elvis--in which case, forget I even asked the question. xD ----------
2005: 50.7K
2006: 100.2K
2007: 326.5K
2008: 686.4K
40,001 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2009 - 08 23
Obviously, my main female character is single. And two hundred years old. TAKE THAT MOTHER.
Don't worry, my mother did the same thing. She occasionally still does it, but only about once or twice a year. And she stopped pressuring me into marriage and babies only two years ago. (I'm 32 now. :) ) Some people simply don't understand that others may have different principles in life.
Or, as Jane Austen put it: "One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other."
Just keep going, all of you. Remember that this is something you do for yourselves.
----------31,176 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2009 - 08 23
My parents don't quite get it either, but at least they're (albeit confusedly) supportive of me.
I'm sorry that families suck sometimes.
52,568 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2009 - 08 51
Honestly, I've just kept it to myself. The only person in the world who knows I'm doing this is my boyfriend and that's only because we live together. Family, friends, co-workers, none of them know. I don't want any comments about it—good or bad.
----------First time participant, first time winner.
28,205 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2009 - 08 52
Yay for NaNoWriMo forums. So supportive!!
9,500 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2009 - 09 07
I'm so glad my mother isn't pressuring me to get babies.
There again I'm a guy, and I think that makes things a leeeeettle different.
----------Nano induced cups of coffee: 4
Freakouts over lack of coffee in house: 1
Because some things just require coffee.
58,608 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2009 - 09 30
Not necessarily, Welshcakes.
I'm twenty-five, and I am changing diapers, and my parents tend to steal the baby and spend more time with her than I do (which, I suppose could be a good thing this month).
Babies aren't so bad. They're quite wonderful, actually.
And hey, OP:
That's really terrible. Some people just don't understand. Maybe they're jealous, or they could be bitter, like my family, assuming I'm doing this to make myself look better than them. Or bitter because they never did anything for themselves and it pisses them off that I do.
Life can't be all work, you know? That would drive me crazy.
----------40,026 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2009 - 09 54
Fortunately (?), I recently ended a long-term relationship with a guy my mom really didn't approve of, so she's totally fine with my November plan consisting of 1) adopting a cat and 2) writing 50,000 words of a novel and 3) probably not dating at all.
See, all you've got to do is date someone your mom hates for a bit, and she'll lighten up a lot after realizing there are worse possibilities than your just staying at home! ;)
85,415 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2009 - 10 12
I'm 20 and my mother does not want me to get married and have babies right now. My little sister is dating someone both my parents don't like and my mom is worried she is going to get pregnant, but even before that they were fine with me being single. I do want to get married and have kids eventually, but I feel like I'm too young now and I'm enjoying the single life.
As for the OP I agree with what someone else said about making your parents buy your book if its ever published. No free copies for them!
31,827 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2009 - 10 20
Bah! I had my first child at 38 years old and now I have 5 beautiful ones. You have PLENTY of time for all that. Right now it's November and you only have 22 days to finish this novel.
Tell mum to cool her jets and write your novel. ;)
Oh, and OP?
{{{{{HUGS}}}}} sweetie. Family can suck a LOT.
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-Blue
NaNo 2009 - Wounded Ship
Depression level: pale grey
Times contemplated giving up: 1
-----------Blue
Depression level: pale grey
Times contemplated giving up: 1
Plot status: cautiously forming!
Point on insanity scale: 4.5
37,618 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2009 - 10 20
Guys, dun get married early just because your mum been bitching about it. I'm 25, married with a bratty son, and not only my mum haven't stop bitching, but I got an extra dog who call herself my MIL bark at me all the time each time she comes for a visit. Worst thing, hubby is a mummy's boy.
*SNARL*
What a fuctard life I'm leading. Thank god for NaNo, else I'd be tearing my own head from my neck!
----------http://cleffairy.wordpress.com
16,240 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2009 - 10 27
I wouldln't know about the dating; I'm 15, and my parents want me to stay home, and safe. And I'm fine with that, as long as I'm allowed a computer and unlimited acess to the library.
My father doesn't seem to remember I'm doing this, my little sister doesn't care because it doesn't affect her social life, and my mother is happy I'm dedicated to it, but not if I'm writing at 12 at night. If I win, my father will grunt out something that sounds like 'good for you', my sister will gush about it for five seconds and then move on, and my mother will congraduate me, and then ask if I did that math homework.
Could be better, could be worse.
----------33,767 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2009 - 10 31
This is why I havne't told my family about NaNo. I know my sister in law and my brothers would support me (or at least do a darn good job pretending.) but my parents would probably be unsuuportive.
----------Days in: 19
Number of characters killed: 8 secondary characters and a whole bunch of un-named ones.(I'm feeling blood thirsty)
9,500 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2009 - 10 34
I was on about the biological mechanics, but I guess you're right.
I just hope having an older sister will take the Baby Crazies away from me. Poor sister. Talk about taking one for the team!
----------Nano induced cups of coffee: 4
Freakouts over lack of coffee in house: 1
Because some things just require coffee.
27,596 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2009 - 10 36
Everytime i mention to my parents my word count. They're like that's nice! I'm like you don't seem to understand how hard this is!
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Nov 8, 2009 - 10 37
I live with my grandmother and although she is eternally confused about why I bother, she understands that's in just another one of 'Her Things'. I have many; my family is under the general impression that I'm insane and therefore, should be left to my own insanity for most of the time. This does not stop them being endlessly nosy about my writing, which drives me crazy. They're sick of hearing me say I don't want to discuss it.
What gets me more is other people I know. Why do you bother writing, Nou? You have university work to do. Why do you bother writing, Nou? It's pointless.
To which I answer: do you read books?
When their answer is yes, it is then very easy to answer that, without crazy author-type people like yourself, there would be no books for them to read. Ha-HA, take that :D
Try not to feel too bad about it. Let it be your motivation for getting to 50k and beyond, then you can feel all smug when you're all finished and published.
----------"Being an author is like being in charge of your own personal insane asylum." ~Graycie Harmon
27,596 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2009 - 10 41
I am totally loving your self confidence on this subject Nou. I think your very correct, when we all get published we should thank Nano and say F*** YOu to the people who have been unsupportive.
----------9,500 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2009 - 10 42
So tempted to bubble burst :P
----------Nano induced cups of coffee: 4
Freakouts over lack of coffee in house: 1
Because some things just require coffee.
11,419 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2009 - 10 54
Frankly, if people keep asking me why I'm doing something - writing for instance - with a half grimace on their face, then their not worth worrying about just now; they may even crop up in my novel!
If on the other hand they seem interested or vaguely curious, but with no contempt, then they will probably receive a copy to proof read.
What does it matter why your doing it? As long as people accept you are and leave you be for a while. If they don't; there's always the door.
2009 - Untitled(and practically unwritten).
29,311 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2009 - 10 58
My roommates here in college are like this. They keep asking me how it's going all condescendingly, like they're expecting me to crash and burn. I'll joke about how they don't 'get' WriMo, but they start to get seriously butthurt about how elitist I'm being.
I'm just trying to write a damn novel. >.>
----------This will be my third year doing WriMo. My first year predates this account though. Bah. I need some tea.
34,310 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2009 - 11 03
Obviously, my main female character is single. And two hundred years old. TAKE THAT MOTHER.
On the one hand, what is this? The 1950's? Write a novel. Let the very concepts of the kitchen and babies burn, if you so choose.
On the other hand, the fact that she's pestering you at least indicates she still feels you have the capacity to find someone worth your time. My own mother has told me she has come to terms with the liklihood that she'll not have any grandchildren, which implicitly means she doesn't see any women in my future. How's that for a burn? At twenty-five, my own mother predicts I'll be a bachelor for life.
Bah. Parents: Can't live with them; can't be birthed without them.
----------2009 -- Consent of the Governed
Metawriting?
18,154 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2009 - 11 29
Aphina: eeeexactly. Hey, it might never happen, but we can dream, right? :D it's all about your frame of mind at the time. I just don't let what other people think bother me, is all.
Welshcakes: is that my bubble you speak of? You can try... but you'll find there really isn't one. As I said: it's a dream. Hey, might never happen, but you never know, right? :D
Edit: oh, and I write to Writelikeamadthing.... personally, I'm right on the track to crashing and burning and I'm still going regardless :P I'm not as confident (or cocky!) as my previous post might make me seem!
----------"Being an author is like being in charge of your own personal insane asylum." ~Graycie Harmon