Zoë Sumra Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Looked at my vague outline, chucked it, started writing a whodunnit. (Set in space, of course.) So far, small but perfectly formed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaime's Wench Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Good luck to everyone who is doing it this year. If the month was August, I would go for it. But alas I am far too busy this month! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minaku Posted November 4, 2013 Author Share Posted November 4, 2013 That's what we all said but we're in it anyway. ONE OF US. ONE OF US. DOOOO EEEEEET. Word sprint netted me 687. Gonna do another soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wise Fool Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Well, I haven't started, so unless I dig deep within and somehow vomit up 4500 words by tonight I'm probably out. ITS ALL OVER. THE HEROES COMMITTED SUICIDE, THE GODS ARE DEAD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minaku Posted November 4, 2013 Author Share Posted November 4, 2013 I started 2 days late the last time I did this, but I had a few days when I had no obligations and no kids to look after so I'd churn out 5k. 1811 today. Relatively easy day compared to yesterday's slog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datepalm Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 The last time I managed to win (in, er, highschool) it was due to a 6000 word day on the last one. Once I did 10k in a day (on something else.) I wasn't trying for it or anything, the story just came together and I knew exactly what needed to happen and how to write it, and bam, 10k without noticing. Yesterday was lame - just barely 1300, though i'm still on track overall. The only thing I researched yesterday is how many heartbeats a person is likely to have in a month and renaissance italian male names and a bit on Dante. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minaku Posted November 5, 2013 Author Share Posted November 5, 2013 1811. Onward and upward. C'mon y'all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoë Sumra Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Having written nothing yesterday, in favour of reading the whole of The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms and then getting mildly drunk with my husband, I knocked off around 600 words during today's morning commute. Raring to go this evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wise Fool Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 1759 words today... 1759 words total so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howdyphillip Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 I am tapping out... It has just been unusually busy at work and I haven't been able to make up the time... I will try again next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derfel Cadarn Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 I'm 50k into last years project (been on hold since mid january) and planning to finish it. No time this week, will start monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datepalm Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 I keep feeling vaguely guilty about not working on various toher half-finished stuff. I know this is mostly a fluffy exercise that is built on not caring about it very much and that's not going to go anywhere, so why, if I have writing-energy, am I not putting it into something I do care about and do care about finishing? Grrr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ella Darklyn Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 Hey!So I've been lurking this board for a bit (my normal posts, if any, are over on the BOD side of things). But I figured I'd say hi since I am doing NaNo as well, if not in the traditional sort of way- I didn't sign up at the site, I'm just sort of, you know, doing it.Datepalm, I totally hear what you're saying. This is my first year trying NaNo and instead of following the advice of doing a wholly new work, I am using it as motivation to do a full rewrite of a project that I kept starting and losing motivation on for the last several years. I might not get to 50k, but I have gotten a lot farther with it than I have before, and hopefully I can roll up enough energy to power through after November and finish it as a whole.Anyway, I suppose my thoughts are if you are doing it as an exercise with the intention of keeping that energy running after November with your other projects (the steamroller method, I suppose), that seems totally fine to me. But I also think that if you want to focus on the things you really want to work on, that would be fine too. NaNo doesn't have to box you in to its formula. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSC5 Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 About 7,000 words in and on pace. I broke the rules (I think) and am working to finish the novel I started in March (my first!) About to hit 100k for the whole novel tonight. Planning on it being in the 150k range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Arya Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 I missed my mark on Monday then didn't write yesterday, now I'm going to try for at least 3,000 tonight to catch up... yeah... Good luck to everyone!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minaku Posted November 7, 2013 Author Share Posted November 7, 2013 Welcome to everyone new, boo to Howdyphillip, I'm fairly well on track, hit 1800 or so yesterday and am trying to hit 1800 daily. This Saturday I might have some time to get ahead. Sunday is busy busy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samsaptakas Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Not taking part in NaNowriMo, but I'm hitting above one thousand anyway. Maybe next year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ella Darklyn Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Only did about 1,000 today. With my schedule next week I'm a bit worried that I've slid too far off track to hit 50k, but I think I'm on track for at least 40k and I would still be happy with that. I suspect I will be doing a major push over Thanksgiving though, along with everyone else! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C0bR Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 I am not partaking in NaNoWriMo, as I have been working on something which I started in summer, but good luck to you guys. I've been trying to increase my tempo for the sake of quality though, but I just can't bring myself to do it. I just keep rewriting stuff or thinking over one paragraph for minutes. I've actually spent those few hours I had today composing a stanza in dróttkvætt, instead of getting out few hundred words, so that describes my writing habits nicely. I hope you are all having fun with your works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Arya Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Awesome Minaku! Also, Saturday is the day the people of NaNoWriMo are trying to encourage a write-a-thon to catch up. That's great Ella! I only made half my goal last night before I was too tired and my writing started to turn delirious :lol: I'll be playing catch up through the weekend as well. Not to get anyone off track, but does anyone else have certain songs/bands that are inspiring their current work or that you enjoy listening to as you write? These are my two big ones : Arctic Monkeys- Do I Wanna Know? and The NBHD - Sweater Weather. Good luck and great job to everyone! Every word written is more than the people on the couch! (Wait.. I write on the couch.. Maybe that only works for running..) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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