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[Sirus]

I got 155 words in half an hour. Got distracted by the pets wanting their breakfast >_<

[Sappho]

You should join the IRC channel. We can start and finish more precisely that way. : ) I've got 796 words since the hour started, which is a pretty good feeling. More productive than I've been in days. I'll keep going. If anyone wants to join a sprint, let's officially start at :35 and go until the next hour. And join the IRC channel (#bay12nano on that freenode site, all the info is a page or two back in the thread). : )

[Darkmere]

I've gotten clearance to shuffle some people into the IRC for my local group. It's a "elsewhere" that covers a large area, so most of our stuff is online for people like me who live in the middle of nowhere.

Anyway, my local group is generally at least somewhat active most of the time and at nights central it's pretty busy. it's also on freenode so you can just hop in from the web client linked earlier, but I'm not going to give out the channel name in public.

What I will do is make a point to stay in the Bay12 channel and direct people from there, but this means odds are decent most of the day that I'm AFK. Just ask and if I'm there I'll pass info along.

EDIT: I should mention some of my group are doing erotica, so if that's something that you're not comfortable with, be warned that it does enter conversation from time to time.

[Sappho]

How's everyone doing? I managed my 2000 words today thanks to a couple of word sprints with some of you lovely folks. : D

I am definitely starting to hate my story, but I remember that this is normal, so I think I'm just going to tell myself to forget my lame excuses and write anyway. And now I'm going to play video games, dammit.

[Digital Hellhound]

I'd appreciate if I could get the channel name PM'd. I uh, forgot what it was and can't find my way back in. I'm just twiddling my thumbs on #bay12nano, waiting for someone to guide me on.

[Darkmere]

I'd appreciate if I could get the channel name PM'd.

Sent. It may be a little empty for a while since I'm not technically "back" yet but there you have it.

[inEQUALITY]

Not gotten much written last few days. When I haven't been doing other things, I just haven't been able to concentrate on anything at all for personal reasons. Nothing bad - good, to a point, actually - but a bit complicated and I'm just not used to it these days. But anyway. At least I'm still well ahead of the curve. I should be able to get back into the swing of things again soon though.

[Caz]

Wrote nothing 'cause I was literally busy all day and most of yesterday. Not even sure how I got to par yesterday. It's all pretty much a blur.

Gonna get some sleep, remember how to be a human bean and coming back to write tomorrow.

[Sappho]

Never Forget Who You Are

[inEQUALITY]

Never Forget Who You Are

Oh my goodness, thanks for that. I needed a laugh today!

I shouldn't have jinxed myself in my last post. Almost as soon as I did, things went to hell. Turns out hell isn't conducive to writing. Who knew?

[Sappho]

I have crossed the 25,000 word line! I have caught back up to par! I am doing this! I am making this happen!

And now I will try to get some work done on my next Commune video, at long last!

[Caz]

Got back to form today. Was a little worried, but it went fine. Another 2k done, though I'm rapidly running out of material. Argh.

[Malt_Hitman]

I know I haven't been replying much in this thread and sorry about that.  I guess I read over people's replies, come up with something interesting to say, and figure it would be best to post after I write so I end up with a strange feeling that I've already posted a reply when all I did was spam my story with text.

Still, finally hit 25k after a few low productivity days so I'm just over halfway there!  I have plenty of stuff I'd like to write but I know if I try and do too much out of order then I'll just end with a huge number of holes needing to be filled and stuff may begin to fall apart.  I know edits are for December and all that but how many people here worry about writing out of order vs. just writing stuff up and going over it later?

[Caz]

I know edits are for December and all that but how many people here worry about writing out of order vs. just writing stuff up and going over it later?

Eh, not really. Writing is really rewriting. Having a first draft done in November is a lot better than having a 'slightly' edited uncompleted draft. That and writing and editing don't really play well together - different skillsets/mentality or something.

Just keep writing, you.

[Malt_Hitman]

Well, I can see at my early morning posting that I couldn’t even convey the simple question I wanted to ask.

Would you rather have a flowing/connected story that would be not finished or have a patchwork of dangling scenes that you’d then have to go back and string together?

I still have 25k to go but if I just keep slogging along through the filler I’m not sure I’ll hit an end for my story within the 25k as I tend to dive deep into tangents for word count.  I’d like to have a road for a final product but if it doesn’t “end” then it may just wander off.  If I have a patchwork I know I’ll run to problems with characterization and details not matching up.  That will bug me but it’s not like it can’t be fixed in editing but it may take more time to do so.