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Author Topic: NaNoWriMo 2013- It Ends!  (Read 40986 times)

Caz

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Re: NaNoWriMo 2013- It Begins!
« Reply #225 on: November 03, 2013, 05:00:07 pm »

I bought myself a single beer and set it on the desk next to me. I will be allowed to open and drink it only once I have met my word count for the day. Two green bars on the stats page. I want that beer. I try to get my subconscious mind to link the act of writing with the reward of drinking the beer. It doesn't quite work. I know too much.

I update my word count after every paragraph. I am not in the mood to write tonight. But I want those green bars, and I want my beer.

At last. 5,303 words. I am over 10% of the way done with this book (assuming I stop at 50,000). Come here, Budvar, my friend. I am going to drink you.

I've had a similar night, except my reward was a single cancer stick.

Put it out of sight. It'll only distract you until you're complete. I was updating my wordcount every 50 words by the end. :P Finally made it, though. Bring on day 4.
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Re: NaNoWriMo 2013- It Begins!
« Reply #226 on: November 03, 2013, 05:34:09 pm »

End of November 3rd: I've hit 10k. I should really study for Physics tonight, but maybe I'll see if I can't slip another thousand or two in there.
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Re: NaNoWriMo 2013- It Begins!
« Reply #227 on: November 03, 2013, 05:34:47 pm »

Unfortunately, an Essay has been taking my time this weekend. A piddling 400 something words are mine. I shall have to catch up majorly.
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Re: NaNoWriMo 2013- It Begins!
« Reply #228 on: November 03, 2013, 07:19:51 pm »

I am behind. This is bad. To TVtropes I go to get ideas.
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Re: NaNoWriMo 2013- It Begins!
« Reply #229 on: November 03, 2013, 07:47:13 pm »

I am behind. This is bad. To TVtropes I go to get ideas.

And Doomblade187 was never seen again.
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Re: NaNoWriMo 2013- It Begins!
« Reply #230 on: November 03, 2013, 08:17:36 pm »

1823 words pounded out today, putting me up to 6195 total. Makes me happy to be just about 1200 words over the day 3 goal. Hopefully I can keep this grind up day by day. I feel like the quality of my writing is dropping from time to time, but at least the words are getting out. The revision process might just kill me though, if I ever decide to revisit this after November.
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Re: NaNoWriMo 2013- It Begins!
« Reply #231 on: November 03, 2013, 08:26:09 pm »

I've got 598. I'm on the same boat as you, Hugo.

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Re: NaNoWriMo 2013- It Begins!
« Reply #232 on: November 03, 2013, 08:45:53 pm »

I've got 598. I'm on the same boat as you, Hugo.
Yo yo. I've been arguably busy, with non-essay stuff. Nanowrimo is more important than most of my homework.
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Re: NaNoWriMo 2013- It Begins!
« Reply #233 on: November 03, 2013, 09:25:05 pm »

I am behind. This is bad. To TVtropes I go to get ideas.

And Doomblade187 was never seen again.

And that's a sig if ever I heard one.

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Re: NaNoWriMo 2013- It Begins!
« Reply #234 on: November 03, 2013, 10:11:55 pm »

I am behind. This is bad. To TVtropes I go to get ideas.

And Doomblade187 was never seen again.

And that's a sig if ever I heard one.
And the worst thing is that it was almost true... Yeah, I barely have a hundred words, but at least I'm starting to get a decent idea.
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Re: NaNoWriMo 2013- It Begins!
« Reply #235 on: November 03, 2013, 10:13:43 pm »

My word count: 6.

Yay me.
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Re: NaNoWriMo 2013- It Begins!
« Reply #236 on: November 04, 2013, 01:43:11 am »

I'm still fighting the editing demon who wants to constantly go back and fix things to make them nicer. I wasted ten minutes obsessively tweaking the title of a chapter that, for all I know, I will end up cutting entirely when I get around to properly editing this thing.

Just get it done, you can get it right later.
Just get it done, you can get it right later.
Just get it done, you can get it right later.

I'm getting a bit nervous now, though, because I'm getting into territory I haven't finished researching yet. The person I was hoping to use for research hasn't answered my request to meet up this week, and I've got a big empty blank space in my head where that part of the story should be.

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Re: NaNoWriMo 2013- It Begins!
« Reply #237 on: November 04, 2013, 04:30:36 am »

Make stuff up.
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Re: NaNoWriMo 2013- It Begins!
« Reply #238 on: November 04, 2013, 12:32:57 pm »

7914 words total as I wrap up today. Being ahead of the word count tempts me to go a day where I only keep my average word count above par, and write little, but I squash those thoughts pretty quick. Laziness can take hold permanently too easily to let myself slack so early on. Maybe I can finally train my brain to stop fighting my fledgling work ethic.
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Re: NaNoWriMo 2013- It Begins!
« Reply #239 on: November 04, 2013, 01:09:48 pm »

I am behind. This is bad. To TVtropes I go to get ideas.

And Doomblade187 was never seen again.

Did the same thing myself yesterday, when I decided to use the TVTropes story generator to get ideas.  While this wasted an afternoon (I didn't have much free time this weekend anyway), I did at least come out of it with an idea.

Long story short (since I haven't written it yet), a lot of the content won't be too surprising to anyone who's familiar with my old days of megaposting.
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