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11-21-2012, 05:22 AM
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practical experience, FTW
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Central New York
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11-21-2012, 07:15 AM
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escaping the evil queen's curse
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Storybrooke, Maine
Posts: 169
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35,026 yay! I can see the light at the end of the long, dark NaNo tunnel!
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"she's understood the power of stories. Their magical ability to refill the wounded part of people" ~ Kate Morton "believing in even the possibility of a happy ending, is a very powerful thing" "that is part of the beauty of literature. you discover that your longings are universal longings, that you're not lonely and isolated from anyone. you belong." ~F. Scott Fitzgerald |
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11-21-2012, 07:30 AM
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not a psychopath I swear
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: far away
Posts: 423
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Just broke 50k!
Unfortunately, I'm only about halfway through the book. *sigh*
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11-21-2012, 08:43 AM
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Azarath Metrion Zinthos
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Austin
Posts: 564
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Just finished my story plus the epilogue at 94064 total. I am so happy I finished. But rest is for the weak. I begin on story two tomorrow.
EDIT: I really need to stop posting places on my ipad. The autocorrect makes me look like a bumbling fool.
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WIPs: Life in a Wasteland -- Horror -- trapped in the ether Of Brass and Smoke -- Fantasy -- Preparing for the wild The Throne vol 1 - Epic Fantasy -- Patiently waiting for edits The Throne vol 2 - Epic fantasy -- Writing |
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11-21-2012, 10:23 AM
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Look at me! I'm a guitar!
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: South Siiieeeddd! (Hint: Australia)
Posts: 28,260
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Been studying a bit more today than on previous days. A fair amount of it is starting to sink in...
So glad I can take my notes in with me! There's just so much to remember! It's meant to be 6 questions (your choice out of 21) and I'm just hoping that the 10 or so contingencies I'm really hoping are in there (and have been studying for) will amount to 6 questions or more. Seriously, I can't study for all of it and actually hope to retain more than a little bit. Studying for less means retaining more. I hope. But the subject is the Sociology of Everyday Life. Everyday Life. So basically, anything we encounter in life might be present in some form or another. That's a fuckload of things to be prepared for! Ack! Doing my best. Trying not to be a perfectionist. Doesn't mean I'm not trying - I'm just not going to beat myself up for being less prepared than the lecturer.
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Main WIPs The Enchanted City - need to write synopsis and query and submit. In other words, I've finished editing it. (Thank Goddess!) The Dead Of Winter - going to resume editing soon. The Anger That Drives Me To Heresy - need to start editing if I have time. I have a query here for The Enchanted City. (Password: vista) Any comments appreciated. |
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11-21-2012, 10:06 PM
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Dedicated Lurker
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Alberta, Canada
Posts: 230
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Stopped at 34,290 last night, so I've used up my lead. Fortunately, I'm almost done the other project that's been borrowing my time.
I'm hoping to get ahead again this weekend *crosses fingers* |
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11-22-2012, 12:48 AM
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practical experience, FTW
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: The land of the midnight sun
Posts: 288
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I'm sick as a dog, but pushed myself to write a little today. I'm at 29,226 words now.
Slooow progress.
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And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt. ~ Sylvia Plath
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11-22-2012, 01:46 AM
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practical experience, FTW
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: London, but I left my heart in San Francisco
Posts: 110
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Just broke 30k. I need to average 2k/day in order to make this work. I think I might be able to do it. The story's fun to write
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11-22-2012, 02:31 AM
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I fight like a dairy farmer
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Oxfordshire
Posts: 308
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I do love my story, but after a while my brain just makes clunking noises and then I forget how to type, and how to think. I was almost contemplating letting my first try at NaNo go by without a win, but my husband gave me a pep talk yesterday. And I think it's doable from here. As long as Life doesn't get in the way. There's less than a week and a half to go, after all - though I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing!
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Fantasy WIP 1 - 77K, first draft complete. YAY! Fantasy WIP 2 - outlining Fantasy WIP 3 - 51K, first (short) draft complete |
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11-22-2012, 03:32 AM
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Time Traveler
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Southern California
Posts: 545
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36,087. Can't wait to crack 40k!
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11-22-2012, 03:36 AM
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just a writer, unbranded
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 498
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I'm without about three or four thousand words of the "finish line." Nowhere near finishing my stories, though!! And yes, feeling utterly exhausted and like I've been neglecting other things.
Win at NaNo, lose at life?? I hope not. -_- |
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11-22-2012, 04:35 AM
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Nano'ing....
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: England
Posts: 69
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So stuff happened, and I lost my buffer, and I didn't write for a few days, and now I have to put in like 2.5k days for the rest of the month.
It's no problem, right? *hyperventilates into bag*
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~Cat~ WIP - some sort of time-travellish apocalyptic urban fantasy weirdness April Nano project |
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11-22-2012, 07:51 AM
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Azarath Metrion Zinthos
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Austin
Posts: 564
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I am feeling my lead slip today I only got in 3.3k but that does mean I hit 97k. I need to make up for it tomorrow.
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WIPs: Life in a Wasteland -- Horror -- trapped in the ether Of Brass and Smoke -- Fantasy -- Preparing for the wild The Throne vol 1 - Epic Fantasy -- Patiently waiting for edits The Throne vol 2 - Epic fantasy -- Writing |
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11-22-2012, 08:40 AM
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ever decreasing circles
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: outside
Posts: 469
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40,435 the order are but all I'm in sure words right not the
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11-22-2012, 10:03 AM
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just a writer, unbranded
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 498
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Passed 50,ooo tonight.
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11-22-2012, 10:44 AM
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Look at me! I'm a guitar!
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: South Siiieeeddd! (Hint: Australia)
Posts: 28,260
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Go go go everyone!
 ... Just went through 30-40 pages of notes (which I read the other day) to put asterisks at the top of all the important pages, and at the important parts of those pages. So I now have another 10-15 pages (some part-pages) along with my 10 readings' notes to study as much as I can tomorrow. Still very thankful I can take the notes in with me, though! Even with culling a lot of it as I've done, there's still sooooo much to learn! Starting to freak out about the exam now. I'm having horror thoughts such as, "What if I fail this subject?" I probably won't... But I just don't know 100%, and won't until after the exam (or perhaps when I get my grade, if the exam goes badly). I mean, at the moment I'm planning on doing 4 subjects next semester. 2 of the ones I want to do are only available to me if I pass this particular subject... If I fail that poetry class that I sucked at, no big deal (apart from needing to do an extra subject at some point). But this one... It could set me to the point of being a part-timer next semester, which would mean the government would get on my back about getting a job... Ugh. Trying not to freak out... In all probability, the exam will go well.
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Main WIPs The Enchanted City - need to write synopsis and query and submit. In other words, I've finished editing it. (Thank Goddess!) The Dead Of Winter - going to resume editing soon. The Anger That Drives Me To Heresy - need to start editing if I have time. I have a query here for The Enchanted City. (Password: vista) Any comments appreciated. |
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11-22-2012, 09:12 PM
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All these little things
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Doncaster
Posts: 1,141
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Not posted for a bit
Laptop was being repaired {got a bad virius thing, needed hard drive cleaning } but climbed up to 40k, wanted to give up a couple of times though but didn't and I'm now full of cold November always seems to be a bad time for my Laptop, the screen broke during NaNo last year
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HIDE & SEEKS [EDITING] -------------------- Frost Bite* Book two* Young Adult* Resting* Nobody Bleeds* Young Adult* Trunked for now* Hide & Seek* Young Adult* Complete* Resting* |
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11-22-2012, 11:01 PM
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Dedicated Lurker
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Alberta, Canada
Posts: 230
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Reached 35,100 last night, and my have to spend tonight and tomorrow working instead. Hopefully I'll have enough time on the weekend to make up any ground I lose.
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11-22-2012, 11:37 PM
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Along for the ride
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: California
Posts: 170
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Passed 50k! I win! But I think I have another 15k to finish the story so I'm still working. But time to eat some turkey.
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 My blog: A Writer's Progression  A fantasy novella available for free at Smashwords.
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11-23-2012, 12:35 AM
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a bookish one
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: 500 km south of the Arctic Circle
Posts: 203
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44K, so maybe maybe I'll reach 50 on Sunday. Fingers crossed. Still expecting something to come in my way....
It has dawned on me that the novel is nowhere near finished at 50K, though!
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My current goal: Have at least one queryworthy novel ready before I turn 40 (I am not anywhere near 29 anymore ;-). My projects: NaNoWriMo2012 - YA dystopian: 1st draft done, 70k. Revision awaits. Untitled - YA contemporary: 2nd draft done, 80k. Revising, editing... Bleeding Heart - historical fiction: briefly outlined, researching. Story is brewing. |
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11-23-2012, 01:00 AM
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The door is ajar.
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Canada
Posts: 368
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The turkey is in the oven, football is on the t.v, and I haven't written a word yet.
I really need to get started on that.
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When I don't know what to write, I just have someone kick down the door and start shooting. - Jim Butcher NOTE: You say "trope", I say "well-honed story tool." - John Rogers Camp Nano: Night of the Hunter A Boy Named Alice |
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11-23-2012, 02:21 AM
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practical experience, FTW
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: The land of the midnight sun
Posts: 288
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30K!
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And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt. ~ Sylvia Plath
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