| Dunx | 15,000 Word Thread |
   60,156 / 50,000 Joined: Okt 25, 2004
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This is a bit of a forward-looking statement from me - I am still hoping to hit 15k this evening, but I need a solid half hour of fast writing to make it. Anyone else care to brag? |
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60,156 / 50,000
Nov 5, 2009 - 15 05
Hurrah! In lieu of paying attention in an uninteresting meeting, I slapped the keys to break 15k!
I have not counted rigorously, but I choose to believe that the fateful word is in this sentence:
"Chickens swarmed around his feet as he shook Baxin's hand."
----------Dunx
Winning NaNoWriMo since 2004*.
This Year: The Kissiltur Trilogy, Book 3: Crown
[*] 2006 and 2008 were close, though
50,921 / 50,000
Nov 5, 2009 - 15 44
I'm in that range now! The word was "was."
----------~ To be a real woman is to bring out the best in a man. ~
50,374 / 50,000
Nov 5, 2009 - 15 46
Nice...
I did manage to go from 2800 to a little over 12k today. I might hit 15k if I have the time to write more.
85,159 / 50,000
Nov 6, 2009 - 11 30
I'm at 20k. ^_^ Hope to be around 25k tonight.
----------My NaNoNovel: Readers Help me Write!
~~~
60,952 / 50,000
Nov 6, 2009 - 11 53
-Edit-
----------Portland's Ninja ML (the undercover one)
Hostess of "The NaNo Project" - http://thenanoproject.blogspot.com/
Title: Magdalena Crane, Rogue Zombie Hunter
60,952 / 50,000
Nov 6, 2009 - 11 53
Oh, good grief! And here I felt like hot stuff for hitting 17k last night (slightly over the 100k mark of 166something). At least I have a write-in tonight. *prepares to buckle down and get well over 20k!* Thanks for the kick in my competitive pants!
----------Portland's Ninja ML (the undercover one)
Hostess of "The NaNo Project" - http://thenanoproject.blogspot.com/
Title: Magdalena Crane, Rogue Zombie Hunter
85,159 / 50,000
Nov 6, 2009 - 11 58
Hehe, I'm trying to do something different this NaNo so I'm writing a chapter a day instead of 1600 or whatever. *sweatdrop* I want to finish this novel rather than just write 50k.
----------My NaNoNovel: Readers Help me Write!
~~~
60,952 / 50,000
Nov 6, 2009 - 12 55
Well, all the best! Feel free to come out to any of the central write ins and show us all up! We could sure use it. :D
----------Portland's Ninja ML (the undercover one)
Hostess of "The NaNo Project" - http://thenanoproject.blogspot.com/
Title: Magdalena Crane, Rogue Zombie Hunter
45,025 / 50,000
Nov 6, 2009 - 13 02
Yeah I am going to break 15000 words today too :)
----------85,159 / 50,000
Nov 6, 2009 - 13 09
I plan to show up to the Ceder Hills write in on Sunday, since that's not downtown. *rarely goes downtown so feels pretty uncomfortable heading there* ----------
My NaNoNovel: Readers Help me Write!
~~~
60,952 / 50,000
Nov 6, 2009 - 15 34
If you ever feel like making the trek and want someone to show you around, give me a holler. It's not as scary as it looks in the movies. :-)
----------Portland's Ninja ML (the undercover one)
Hostess of "The NaNo Project" - http://thenanoproject.blogspot.com/
Title: Magdalena Crane, Rogue Zombie Hunter
80,253 / 50,000
Nov 6, 2009 - 19 21
Wow, I had a rough day with the hubby getting pulled in for 12 hours overtime graveyard shift, an 8-hour turnaround attempting to sleep in the morning, then back to work this afternoon, which makes my day screwy as well, but I hit the mark. Magic word: ventured.
"We could have ventured forth together across the lands of Ashby and beyond the sea, as we dreamed of doing during those ephemeral, halcyon years of friendship."
----------2006 - Ghost Coast
2007 - Children of Trinhodg
2008 - The Lastisto Ambassador
2009 - Daughters of Ashby - In Progress
25,987 / 50,000
Nov 6, 2009 - 19 53
I feel quite lame about my paltry 4000 odd words.
Ah, but MINE are extremely carefully chosen, so....er...THERE!
38,467 / 50,000
Nov 6, 2009 - 23 42
And the word is--- Weight
Thought I would hit 20k tonight, but it is not going to happen.
43,916 / 50,000
Nov 7, 2009 - 00 13
Didn't expect to hit 15,000 tonight, but I did. And my word..... I swear I didn't plan it but it would have been in the running if I had:
lesbian
as in, "She's a through and through lesbian, she said a couple weeks later at a party."
Not a brilliant sentence, but I love that my 15,000th word is lesbian *grin*
----------Dot Hearn
Writer & Creative Adventurer
P.O. Box 33183
Portland, OR 97292-3183
http://www.TheWritingVein.com
2008 - Open Boxes - Winner
40,115 / 50,000
Nov 7, 2009 - 18 11
just breached this barrier. Going to hit 20000 tomorrow. Wrote my first sex scene, too. :-)
----------I wanna live till I die, no more, no less. --Eddie Izzard
44,024 / 50,000
Nov 7, 2009 - 18 54
Woot! Word number 15000: "other."
As in:
"We had to be certain you carried no weapons, nor any other means of doing harm."
40,024 / 50,000
Nov 7, 2009 - 22 29
"Flooding"
… it was like the old stories came flooding back all at once.
From here she is going to get the idea that she needs to write down some of these "Old Stories" and will go running over to the coffee shop and look for that sexy WriMo she noticed a few days back... Mr. Ian Woon.
*Mr Woon strokes his Plot Bunny and prays he'll get lucky*
41,165 / 50,000
Nov 7, 2009 - 22 51
face...as in
A quick read of her face told him that she was serious, and he began stammering, unable to complete a sentence.
----------I'll try anything once-move over Hemingway...
Pat
47,193 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2009 - 12 33
"on"
How exciting.
----------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
46,103 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2009 - 16 17
MIne was 'church'. Fitting I supose for a novel about demons and angels fighting on earth. :)
----------When writing a novel that's pretty much entirely what life turns into: "House burned down. Car stolen. Cat exploded. Did 1500 easy words, so all in all it was a pretty good day."
-Neil Gaiman
37,819 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2009 - 18 10
ok. I just hit 15,000. The word is took as in ... She took a big drink of coffee to settle her nerves.
45,333 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2009 - 18 57
Made it! Whew!
Another boring word, though: "she."
"She placed it face down in a yellow plastic drying rack and set her hands on the countertop, staring out the wide bay window."
I'm getting adjective-happy in my noveling delirium!!
----------49,018 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2009 - 19 21
You must remember this.
----------My word was 'reminisce'.
On that you can rely.
My story's on the road to Rick's
As time goes by.
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
45,000 / 50,000
Nov 9, 2009 - 19 26
I hit 15,000 this afternoon - 'the'
----------Good news -the body was discovered in a barrel at the back of a storage container...the plot thickens (with the addition of salt and flour).
Nanita
25,656 / 50,000
Nov 10, 2009 - 08 43
Whoot!! Over 15K now:
The word: opened
The context: “So you guys ready to go?” Grandpa perked up and headed for the door. He grabbed a leather satchel from a chair at the front door and opened up the door.
----------"If you wish to be a writer, write" Epictetus
2009 Freak Squad: Wraith in Time
http://pattihaack.blogspot.com/
35,610 / 50,000
Nov 10, 2009 - 22 24
egad, i finally did it! it was a struggle to get there today... and i feel like i'm so behind! but i'm going to huddle down tomorrow afternoon and type, type, type!!! i will reach 25,000 by the end of the 15th, i will, i will, i will!!!!!
*sigh* i hope i convinced everyone (including myself, LOL!)
37,369 / 50,000
Nov 11, 2009 - 11 31
highlighted
as in: This section of the book was heavily highlighted and notes in tight small caps were crammed in the margins.
40,173 / 50,000
Nov 11, 2009 - 14 53
Well this is my first year and I thought it would be a cinch. I figured I do a lot of writing every day so it wouldn't be hard to get my limits in. Boy was I misguided. I reached 15,000 yesterday. I'm a liitle over 3,000 behind. I'm hoping to kick it up and get back on track. But heck! I made 15,000 in 7 days on a brand new manuscript. Go me! Congratulations on all of you who have made it to this milestone.
35,610 / 50,000
Nov 12, 2009 - 12 58
congrats to you, too, maepen!!! and don't worry about being behind by a few thousand words... there are people that are farther behind that that! i'm doing fairly well today... i'm about 1000 words behind right now, but hopefully, with a few more hours, i'll be back on track!
good luck to you :-) and happy writing!