No, not a land war in Asia or going against a Sicilian when death is on the line.
I went back and read what I wrote this morning at 4AM.....
Jaime shrugged again. “Oh, I don’t know. I suppose I’ve always thought Belize sounded exotic and somehow… untamed. Free, you know? Oh don’t tell me that it’s all resorts and tourist spas, I know it is. But I still think it sounds like freedom. Sophia,” she said, and for a moment, she sounded almost happy, “I know it’s wrong, but I can’t help feeling free all of a sudden. I can’t give it up now, not just yet. I didn’t realize I felt so trapped until John died, and it wasn’t until just now, here, that I recognized this feeling, this fear, as the fear of freedom. I don’t want to be afraid anymore.”
She's feeling free. I get it. Of course, what she doesn't realize is that she's actually trapped in hideous prose, but whatever.
Must. Not. Edit.
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Livvy, but you can call me Weebles
Manhattan co-ML
NaNoWrimo Haiku: 30 days of noveling, 17 syllables at a time
60,000 / 50,000
Nov 7, 2009 - 08 55
I went back and read what I wrote this morning at 4AM.....
She's feeling free. I get it. Of course, what she doesn't realize is that she's actually trapped in hideous prose, but whatever.
Must. Not. Edit.
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Livvy, but you can call me Weebles
Manhattan co-ML
NaNoWrimo Haiku: 30 days of noveling, 17 syllables at a time
no editing! i was going to post some of my own drivel here, but that would require that i go back and read what i've written. and why were you awake at 4am anyway?
cornbread
----------"drench yourself in words unspoken
live your life with arms wide open
today is where your book begins
the rest is still unwritten"
-"unwritten" by natasha bedingfield
write hard!
78,343 / 50,000
Nov 7, 2009 - 09 03
I was sprinting by myself last night and two of my characters had a conversation (that is too long and too profanity-laden for this all-ages forum, so I will not post it verbatim) that went basically like this:
"Oh, we seem to be getting arrested."
"Why are we getting arrested?"
"[Long explanation]"
"Oh. Why would they arrest us for that?"
"Because they can."
"But I can't go to jail."
"It's not so bad."
"Wait, you've been arrested before? I can't believe anyone has ever been arrested ever!"
"Happens all the time."
"Oh, my god, I never realized cops were anything but good guys!"
The naivete of this character hurts my soul, you guys.
On the upside, this scene seems to want to erupt into a fist fight, so that'll be good.
----------~Erin
New York City Municipal Liaison
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45,654 / 50,000
Nov 7, 2009 - 09 30
Weebles, are you killing off the writing group in your novel? Or just people who've proven themselves too sturdy to be incapacitated by a single (well, double) blow to the head?
----------Not the sharpest clown in the happy meal.
75,578 / 50,000
Nov 7, 2009 - 09 41
Silea, as long as your John isn't deathly allergic to peanuts and avoids playing bondage games with the babysitter after she's eaten a bunch of peanut butter cookies, he should be safe. And I've said it before, I didn't mean to hit him so hard that first time
----------Livvy, but you can call me Weebles
Manhattan co-ML
NaNoWrimo Haiku: 30 days of noveling, 17 syllables at a time
45,248 / 50,000
Nov 7, 2009 - 10 09
Last year, I allowed "Yes, we can," to slip into my Nano. That was... kind of silly.
Two days ago, I inserted to describe how silent a room of people became: "A pin dropping could be heard, if a pin had been dropped at all." I cringed, but oh well. All in the name of Nano.
----------2007: "Bread and Circuses"
2008: "The Mystery of the Venerable Chalice"
Blogging at www.triscribe.com
45,654 / 50,000
Nov 7, 2009 - 10 13
He's not deathly allergic to peanuts, and if he plays bondage games with the babysitter, i'll kill him myself. So yeah, he's safe, for some notion of safe.
And does this imply that you DID mean to hit him so hard the second time?
----------Not the sharpest clown in the happy meal.
75,578 / 50,000
Nov 7, 2009 - 11 06
And does this imply that you DID mean to hit him so hard the second time?
He came back without your number. Hell yeah I meant to hit him that hard.
----------Livvy, but you can call me Weebles
Manhattan co-ML
NaNoWrimo Haiku: 30 days of noveling, 17 syllables at a time
56,092 / 50,000
Nov 7, 2009 - 14 48
Nothing too horrible in my meeasly 3000 words yet, but I remember last year (and I still cringe at this), one of my characters actually uttered the words "Deus ex machina, indeed" in response to her own situation (in a way that was not meant to be ironic or funny).
----------~End Transmission~
31,000 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2009 - 08 58
So I read wot I wrote yesterday, and basically 200 words into it this came up:
Shall we return to the story? Good.
Niesha laughed, the sound coming out like light sleigh bells.
I think my characters are starting to hate me...and really, I couldn't think about any thing else to compare her laugh to than *sleigh bells*?
45,654 / 50,000
Nov 12, 2009 - 11 26
Alas, someone has already written the 'killing the writing group' book.
----------http://www.amazon.com/Killing-Circle-Novel-Andrew-Pyper/dp/0312429037/re...
Not the sharpest clown in the happy meal.
45,412 / 50,000
Nov 12, 2009 - 11 40
Nope. No way. Not gonna do it. It's rough enough having to look at the first 200 or so words I wrote at midnight on 11/1 every time I open up the "novel info" page of My Nano.
I'll look back at what I've written once I've safely passed 50k (and 11/30) . . .
[Edit: Though thinking about it, going against a Sicilian when death is on the line might make a decent chapter . . .]
----------Nano 08: The Lovely Long Ago (Win)
NaNo 09: Lost Along The Way (Pending . . .)
36,036 / 50,000
Nov 13, 2009 - 10 55
Alas, someone has already written the 'killing the writing group' book.
http://www.amazon.com/Killing-Circle-Novel-Andrew-Pyper/dp/0312429037/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1258053928&sr=1-3
Added to my Goodreads To-Read list. A wanna-be writer joins a writing group for inspiration, horror ensues as reality begins to resemble fiction? I'm in ;)