At 10,000 words, you come upon a gigantic obstacle that you have to run your way around.
There's no telling what it is, they've got it covered by a gigantic tarp.
Looks like it's about a hundred feet tall and at least twenty feet by twenty feet.
I think it's a statue and they're repainting or repairing it.
What do you think it is?
Last person through tear down the curtain and tell us what it is, please.
And now that I get a look at the back side of it, there's a banner on it.
"Grand Reveal November 30, 2009."
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JanNoWriMo07 - Still Waters Run Deep - >70,000 won (didn't know there was a group!)
AugNoWriMo07 - The Wreck of the Day ->50,000 won (over on Proboards)
NaNoWriMo07 - Fever ->65,670 won.
NaNoWriMo08 - Abracadabra - >72,663 won
53,171 / 50,000
Nov 5, 2009 - 22 10
I actually took a peek while everybody was pretending to pay attention to your original post, Brian. All I gotta say? Tewtally ginchy.
----------2009 - Black Mirror Broken - ?
35,069 / 50,000
Nov 5, 2009 - 22 18
The big thing behind the curtain? I thought you were thinking interstate or freeway?
----------"You can get away with stuff in real life that you can’t get away with in fiction." -Robin McKinley
40,182 / 50,000
Nov 5, 2009 - 22 21
Too tired to say what that big obstacle might be. Just know that I got to 10,000!
67,204 / 50,000
Nov 6, 2009 - 01 50
Hm. I think it's a giant rocket firework. The biggest one EVER built. And it's going to be lit and sent off at the end of November and make a GIGANTIC boom that is so loud that it resounding in your chest. Boy, will it be great! I cannot wait! (Uh...rhyme. *slight groan*)
Here's to 10k! *toasts*
Uh, can somebody take me off the fire? I'm getting a little crispy over here...
----------21,284 / 50,000
Nov 6, 2009 - 09 30
Pay no attention to that...
Uh... ... ...
Sorry guys. I'm sleep deprived.
----------http://www.bymaggie.com/
"All good writing is swimming underwater and holding your breath."
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
"Every book is a children's book if the kid can read."
- Mitch Hedberg
50,671 / 50,000
Nov 6, 2009 - 09 48
Going around is such a pain, I'll just keep my eyes closed so I don't ruin the surprise...
*ouch* that didn't work so well. And I still can't see what it is due to the stars and birdies. This is going to make for some interesting plot developments.
----------It's not about the words, it's about the meaning - the words are just there to hold it all together.
2007 - Hands Down - winner
2008 - Natural Spirits - winner
2009 - The Queen's Own - ?
54,675 / 50,000
Nov 6, 2009 - 13 12
You know, I'm really liking this huge firework-thing concept.
Although, as I ran around this thing, it looks to me like it's possibly a giant pile of gifts, waiting to be distributed among those who cross the 50,000 word mark by the end of November. An extra, early Christmas/Yule gift thing for those who win. I so want to peak, but I know I mustn't get distracted.
ONWARD!! :)
50,229 / 50,000
Nov 6, 2009 - 13 30
As I stand back and look, head slightly tilted to the right, I think... hmmm... looks like a big rock. Way to get the masses hopeful and looking forward to gifts and fireworks. Is it even carved to resemble a pen or a laptop or something interesting?
----------"You gotta go on and be crazy. Craziness is like heaven." - Jimi Hendrix
45,021 / 50,000
Nov 6, 2009 - 17 08
Gifts would be AWESOME but i actually think i saw the tarp moving. I think it might be breathing
----------Sarah
"She said she cried at least once each day not because she was sad, but because the world was so beautiful and life was so short" - Brian Andreas
50,142 / 50,000
Nov 6, 2009 - 20 21
It's my girlfriend sitting on the couch and watching television. I think I'll join her now.
----------[Redundant Widget Removed]
~Chris
23,069 / 50,000
Nov 6, 2009 - 21 39
*Derek wanders into the room, a dazed look plastered on his face, his eyes dazed.*
"I made it! I actually made it! I'm so excited! Now, what exactly is behind that curtain? Oh, I think it's a ......"
*Derek Passes out at his table at IHOP.*
----------You fail only if you stop writing - Ray Bradbury
NaNoWriMo 2008: The Heir of Atlantis: WIN!
NaNoWriMo 2009: Cinderella: Vampire Slayer
38,352 / 50,000
Nov 7, 2009 - 10 00
Unsure, but I plan on writing about it tomorrow. For now, I washed past 10k and moved out into 12k all in one morning. SatisfactioN!
40,009 / 50,000
Nov 7, 2009 - 22 21
I've arrived! Just barely, but I've made it! *Huffs and puffs a bit*.
Today was a 3000 word day. Uber productive.
*Notices giant roadblock*
Wow. Well, now...*wiggles under, then strange liquid-y sounds and rusting, clinking and squiggling comes from under the tarp*
I'm pretty sure it's a giant espresso machine.
CHEERS!
----------It's on, now!
35,078 / 50,000
Nov 7, 2009 - 23 14
*finally joins the club*
33,791 / 50,000
Nov 9, 2009 - 07 56
I guess I made it...
----------http://matthew.kilanowski.us
32,708 / 50,000
Nov 9, 2009 - 09 09
I'm here, too. Hit it slightly before 9:30 last night. As I was writing yesterday, I went through a few different phases:
1. I'm over 500 words. That's good enough, right? *kept writing anyway*
2. Ooh, I'm almost to the 1667 for the day. That's good enough, right? *kept writing anyway*
3. Well, look at that! I'm almost at 2000 words for the day. That's good enough, right? *kept writing anyway*
4. Dang, only a little bit further to go for 10,000! That's good enough, right? Right.
Here's hoping I go through similar phases in the future. I would like to be caught up at least one day this month (other than the first, when I was right on schedule).
----------32,501 / 50,000
Nov 9, 2009 - 20 57
Hit it at the Loft write-in today. Yay!
25,646 / 50,000
Nov 10, 2009 - 19 15
AHHH YAY.
Honestly, I'm not really following the whole running around something under a curtain metaphor, but I just wanted to say I JUST GOT TEN THOUSAND WORDS AND OH MY GOSH I AM SO FREAKING HAPPY AND AHHHH. My schedule has been beyond insane, so I'm still significantly behind, but this is a MASSIVE milestone and I'm so excited. :D
----------39,060 / 50,000
Nov 11, 2009 - 12 01
I'm finally here! I wanted to be here yesterday, but I'm here today, and I'm not nearly done for the day yet, so I'm happy enough. Hooray!
----------"Ach, the muse is a terrible thing to have happen to ye."
-Rob Anybody, "The Wee Free Men" by Terry Pratchett
21,284 / 50,000
Nov 11, 2009 - 12 32
Hit it last night. Know what lies between 10K and 11?
ZOMBIES!
Sweet. So glad to be here. Thank you very much.
----------http://www.bymaggie.com/
"All good writing is swimming underwater and holding your breath."
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
"Every book is a children's book if the kid can read."
- Mitch Hedberg
39,060 / 50,000
Nov 11, 2009 - 13 53
So that's what those things were trying to munch my brains and steal my words. Well, I'm safely out of that range now.
----------"Ach, the muse is a terrible thing to have happen to ye."
-Rob Anybody, "The Wee Free Men" by Terry Pratchett
16,580 / 50,000
Nov 13, 2009 - 08 24
Ok, Ok.
I know that the rest of you have moved on from here and are viewing the lighthouse at 25,000, and I know that I am still more than 10,000 words behind, BUT
I am really happy that I hit 10,000 words late last night. I was so excited I went right to bed and didn't even post here.
So anyways, I still have some hope. I mean, I'm still on the first day of the murder, so there's got to be a lot more, right?
txutxi
39,060 / 50,000
Nov 13, 2009 - 14 13
Congrats txutxi! You can do it!
----------"Ach, the muse is a terrible thing to have happen to ye."
-Rob Anybody, "The Wee Free Men" by Terry Pratchett
10,005 / 50,000
Nov 15, 2009 - 21 53
Yay finally! I reached 10,000 words!!!!!
----------No power in the 'verse can stop me
39,060 / 50,000
Nov 15, 2009 - 21 56
That picture is AWESOME.
*steals*
----------"Ach, the muse is a terrible thing to have happen to ye."
-Rob Anybody, "The Wee Free Men" by Terry Pratchett