Hi all ~
Here is the 2008 thread for members of Kelley Armstrong's OWG! (Well, actually, anyone who has signed up on Kelley's Writing Discussion Forums as a NaNo participant. But OWG is shorter and sounds better...)
Let's all rally together and get to "The End" by Nov 30, shall we?
~ Bookie / Nicole
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52,486 / 50,000
oct. 6, 2008 - 16 09
Thanks for making our new home! You've decorated it wonderfully *wink*
I'm really excited about NaNo this year! I only hit 25,000 last year, but with everything that was going on in my life, I was pleased that I made it as far as I did. This year I'm going the distance!
0 / 50,000
oct. 6, 2008 - 19 18
Hello, children. Aunty Tez on procrastination duty right now. Coincidentally, my theme song for my NaNo just popped up on my Playlist. I shall have to find a YouTube clip or something so I may share it with the world...
Gadzooks, man, my writing voice today seems rather odd. Odder than usual? Odder than Bill Oddie? Buggered if I know.
Back to my hidey-hole...
----------Tez Miller
http://tezmilleroz.livejournal.com
http://tezmilleroz.wordpress.com
8,742 / 50,000
oct. 6, 2008 - 21 16
Hmm. Any chance, considering your current mood, that the song is People Are Strange?
I'm... here, but undecided, I guess. If my short term disability is approved (FINALLY), then I'll have the time to try another NaNo. If it's denied, I'll have no choice but go back to work, ready or not. In which case I'll probably drag myself to a few of the bigger local events and cheer everyone on from the side lines. I'd love to know for sure that I can do it again this year, but if I'm working, 100% of my energy will be wrapped up in making it out the door on time and surviving until 5pm. There won't be much left over for writing.
0 / 50,000
oct. 7, 2008 - 03 43
More likely [i]I[/i] am strange, but I don't think that's a song ;-)
Just made a timeline for my narrator's past. Now how to make one for the world.
My brain is b0rked. Preparing to write a futuristic is hard.
Here's hoping your brains aren't b0rked, and have a lovely day! :-)
Tez Miller
----------http://tezmilleroz.livejournal.com
http://tezmilleroz.wordpress.com
Tez Miller
http://tezmilleroz.livejournal.com
http://tezmilleroz.wordpress.com
0 / 50,000
oct. 7, 2008 - 20 00
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_FtvwLSWBx0
Kasabian's "ID" is the theme song for my futuristic. It was never released as a single, so there's no video. But I found the audio online, so you can hear it.
Have a lovely day! :-)
----------Tez Miller
http://tezmilleroz.livejournal.com
http://tezmilleroz.wordpress.com
20,104 / 50,000
oct. 8, 2008 - 18 31
HI!!!!!
52,486 / 50,000
oct. 9, 2008 - 03 53
*waves* Hi ya!
I love NaNo! I feel like I'm getting ready for a big party or something. Insane, isn't it? LOL! I'm not wishing my life away, but I am looking forward to November.
21,203 / 50,000
oct. 9, 2008 - 22 41
Hi,
Made it okay. :)
0 / 50,000
oct. 10, 2008 - 11 18
Hello! Thought Id pop in and say hi!
(just saw the link on the OWG 5 October thread now lol)
0 / 50,000
oct. 10, 2008 - 14 43
Ach! I signed up to get email notifications of new replies in this thread, but they're not arriving in my Inbox :-(
Maybe the problem is Gmail - some of my LiveJournal stuff hasn't been arriving either...
Have a lovely day! :-)
----------Tez Miller
http://tezmilleroz.livejournal.com
http://tezmilleroz.wordpress.com
50,783 / 50,000
oct. 11, 2008 - 07 12
It's Kelley. I'm here and (almost) ready to go!
----------www.KelleyArmstrong.com
50,855 / 50,000
oct. 11, 2008 - 10 21
Hello,
Kelley,
I just wanted to say that I love your books. I look forward to getting started.
----------http://findthatperfectending.blogspot.com/
http://www.ycitywriters.com
50,056 / 50,000
oct. 11, 2008 - 15 42
Well, it looks like we'll have a pretty strong showing here this year, too! Good luck everyone, and have fun planning! There's... what... a little less than 3 full weeks left?
52,486 / 50,000
oct. 14, 2008 - 06 35
Maybe the problem is Gmail - some of my LiveJournal stuff hasn't been arriving either...
Have a lovely day! :-)
I'm not getting notified either. I wonder what's wrong?
Is everyone ready? I'm sorta stuck for plot points in the middle of my NaNo project. I NEED more stuff to throw *pouts*
Does anyone else have the middle "lag"?
50,043 / 50,000
oct. 15, 2008 - 07 47
Okay darn it, let's see if this one shows up. The NaNo board seems to hate me this year.
I'm here! I'm here!
Pick Me! Pick Me!
Oh, sorry, wrong personality came out for a minute there ...
0 / 50,000
oct. 16, 2008 - 19 47
Have just drafted a 5-sentence summary of my story, based on a template by Saundra Mitchell that I found here. If I may say so myself, I haven't done too badly ;-) Usually I'm emoing, so every little victory I get makes me proud ;-)
How are you all doing, may I ask?
Have a lovely day! :-)
----------Tez Miller
http://tezmilleroz.livejournal.com
http://tezmilleroz.wordpress.com
50,777 / 50,000
oct. 24, 2008 - 06 29
Hey there everyone! Just dropping in to say hi and wish everyone luck ... prep time is running out! I need two new buttons on my keyboard ... the EASY Button and the PANIC button!
15,162 / 50,000
oct. 26, 2008 - 07 20
Saying hi.
Only a few more days to go. Are you ready?
0 / 50,000
oct. 26, 2008 - 15 17
Hell no, I'm not ready! My beginning seems good, my end's okay, but the entire middle has to be scrapped, and my brain needs to come up with something better.
Thinking makes my brain hurt. At least, it did on Saturday.
Have a lovely day! :-)
----------Tez Miller
http://tezmilleroz.livejournal.com
http://tezmilleroz.wordpress.com
50,056 / 50,000
nov. 1, 2008 - 16 54
Okay, gang, so NaNo's started! How is your progress coming along?
Thoughts, worries, exultations, horror stories?
For myself, I started off just after midnight, and the writing was going well but I got tired. After getting up this morning, however, the words took a lot more work to get on the page. I'm almost to the daily 1667 needed to make 50K, but it's been like pulling teeth at times.
24,000 / 50,000
nov. 3, 2008 - 18 46
I'm here! I'm here! (Avangyline, that is!)
I've already had some surprise interruptions, but I'm not lagging too far behind and it's early enough not to worry.
Good luck, everyone!
----------Avangyline, fear_and_faith
50,791 / 50,000
nov. 3, 2008 - 20 30
Just found this place and hoping don't get kicked out so waves madly!!!
Right, didn't even know there was a discussion forum so sort of missed that. Doing nano again for like the 5th year in a row and hoping to hold onto my sanity :-)
15,162 / 50,000
nov. 4, 2008 - 07 27
I'm making the word goals so far, but it's definitely a daily strain.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to make it easier/less painful?
50,791 / 50,000
nov. 4, 2008 - 19 18
I tend to make my goals on a 2 day run, that way if I'm having one bad day I can still make my goal up the next day. And that's really helped this year so far, with 2 ho-hum days and 2 gangbuster days.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to make it easier/less painful?
50,330 / 50,000
nov. 5, 2008 - 05 51
Thoughts, worries, exultations, horror stories?
This being my first NaNo, I have a few impressions so far:
-it's much harder to hit 1667 words a day than I thought it would be. I'm barely averaging 1300 words/day and that's without watching hockey or any of my favorite TV shows this week!
-I can definitely see the value in preparing a detailed outline. I'm constantly referring to my outline for plot structure. I only wish I had spent more time on the outline because I find myself randomly inserting new scenes to fill in gaps.
-sometimes my writing is labored and sometimes it's free flowing. The best part is finding that rhythmn once you latch onto an idea.
Scooby : )
24,000 / 50,000
nov. 7, 2008 - 04 56
Welcome aboard!
Unfortunately, Kelley's site is down today--the plus being that the NaNoers can check in here.
I've started doing writing sprints; too early to know if it will get me up to goal, but so far so good.
----------Avangyline, fear_and_faith
21,203 / 50,000
nov. 8, 2008 - 12 14
Not doing so well at the moment. But at least I'm still moving forward.
MUST STOP EDITING!
50,791 / 50,000
nov. 8, 2008 - 13 20
MUST STOP EDITING!
Don't worry, just keep plugging away. Sometimes my second week is better than my first and other times, my muse and all my thought processes leave in the second week.
As for the editing, you can try and make a deal with your internal editor. Write for 50 minutes or 55 minutes, then set a timer and edit for 10-5 minutes. Then no more until you've written for another 50 or so minutes - it's helped me my first couple of years when all I wanted to do was make it perfect as I went :-)
59,007 / 50,000
nov. 9, 2008 - 08 38
Hi everyone. As usual, I'm late to the party. As long as you haven't hogged all the chips and dip, I'll be happy. :)
Actually, I'm using a work in progress, but I had written just under 5,000 words before November 1. So I am taking the 5K off my word totals. So if you are on the board and look at any of my posts, you'll see a discrepancy in word count.
If I can help anyone with anything, you've only to ask.
Susan
60,712 / 50,000
nov. 9, 2008 - 19 00
I found it, I found it!!!
Okay, so I suck at computer communication for the last little while...okay, months. Real life has been real interesting lately.
But here's my nano story saga so far...
3 days before nano, I have no ideas, characters or plots
2 days, have the niggling twitter of an idea
1 day before nano, in sheer panic I latch onto the idea and write out 10 sorta chapter headings...not scenes, but chapter headings. In a quirky twist of fate, my writing of this book has become more acceptable. I know the set up and climax or the climax and end of each of the ten chapters which is actually working for me. Cool. Weird, but cool. I may have stumbled upon something to help me with my writing the rest of the 11 months of the year. Or not, we'll have to see how I do this year.
Nano is working though. I'm up to 20k by the 9th, so that's good. Hope it continues. We will see. Well wishes to everyone! Will be working extra hard on story during the 10th and 11th as I have them off!
----------Good luck!
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