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Post by Jenny (Reffy) on Nov 6, 2015 14:02:21 GMT -5
Losing momentum. Hit a doubt patch and a "Why did I start this" ditch.
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Post by ASGetty ((Zovo)) on Nov 6, 2015 14:55:21 GMT -5
Losing momentum. Hit a doubt patch and a "Why did I start this" ditch. Maybe an inspirational Nano-Inklings is in order? Talk about progress (or lack thereof) and maybe we can point one another in the right direction. |
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Post by Jenny (Reffy) on Nov 6, 2015 15:00:40 GMT -5
Losing momentum. Hit a doubt patch and a "Why did I start this" ditch. Maybe an inspirational Nano-Inklings is in order? Talk about progress (or lack thereof) and maybe we can point one another in the right direction. That's not a bad idea ... When? |
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Post by ASGetty ((Zovo)) on Nov 6, 2015 15:05:20 GMT -5
Maybe an inspirational Nano-Inklings is in order? Talk about progress (or lack thereof) and maybe we can point one another in the right direction. That's not a bad idea ... When? Don't look at me; I'll almost definitely find some reason to not be there, regardless of time.  |
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Post by Jenny (Reffy) on Nov 6, 2015 18:55:38 GMT -5
Weirdly was actually my best writing day. Got the highest word count (per day) so far during this NaNo and introduced some new characters and explained the magic thing.
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Post by James on Nov 6, 2015 19:03:12 GMT -5
Today's going to be a good writing day because this is the chapter I'm lifting a lot of stuff from the spec story I wrote...
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Post by James on Nov 9, 2015 3:46:02 GMT -5
So, I'm feeling pretty good at the moment:
- 15,133 words. Which is now just 30% through NaNo and I'm still on target. I haven't dipped below the required overall amount once yet.
- Tonight was the first time I actually wrote 1,666+ in one sitting. I have been writing in short bursts, but today I just sat down for an hour and wrote without distractions and just got really into it.
- The "first draft mindset" is working really well for me, right now. I will freely admit that I can be a confidence writer and if I feel like the story isn't working, I get bogged down. Big news: I'm a little worried about this, but I'm not getting bogged down! Yet.
However, the fact that it's such a first draft means I probably won't be posting any excerpts. There are definitely parts I absolutely love. But what started as pretty gritty grimdark is slowly getting a bit of a sense of humour to it, so there's a lot of inconsistency.
But already I feel like I'm in a decent place where I can say: get it down, then leave it for a couple of months and work on some other projects before coming back to this.
And even that seems exciting!
How is everyone else coming along? Joe's racing away. The last I heard he was on 21,000. Reffy seems to be doing great! What about some of the others? Ink, any luck with the play? Is law getting you down, Sam? Do I need to steal your idea, Zovo? Worldbuilding, Pete?
Talk to me, people.
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Post by Inkdrinker on Nov 9, 2015 4:33:06 GMT -5
The play's going alright. Did another one of those 'write a short play in one night (and act in one the next)' things and came out with a script I actually kinda like. So with the knowledge that I can write something I like in non-prose, I should hopefully pick up the pace this week and finish the first act of my real play, which so far I don't think is as good as my six-hour play. So there's that.
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Post by ASGetty ((Zovo)) on Nov 9, 2015 13:57:03 GMT -5
Well, I went into this with a 25,000 word head start and I've been working diligently on squandering it.
I've written a few notes here and there, done some touch-ups to the existing prose; but as far as any new narrative, I haven't written a single word.
Which idea of mine were you thinking to pillage, James?
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Post by James on Nov 9, 2015 14:08:21 GMT -5
Which idea of mine were you thinking to pillage, James? Your entire novel. AWR has actually just been a front for this moment when we hold you up for your novel idea. |
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Post by ASGetty ((Zovo)) on Nov 9, 2015 14:18:10 GMT -5
Which idea of mine were you thinking to pillage, James? Your entire novel. AWR has actually just been a front for this moment when we hold you up for your novel idea. Oh... I see how it is. |
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Post by Jenny (Reffy) on Nov 9, 2015 14:45:44 GMT -5
My ditch went away. Feels better having actually found the plot rather than wandering around aimlessly. Got a mini buffer building. Worried I'm not as far as I normally am (usually days ahead by now) but may also have a life to care about this time!
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Post by ASGetty ((Zovo)) on Nov 9, 2015 15:12:07 GMT -5
My ditch went away. Feels better having actually found the plot rather than wandering around aimlessly. Got a mini buffer building. Worried I'm not as far as I normally am (usually days ahead by now) but may also have a life to care about this time! I feel like I'm sort of lost in my story and it's preventing me from moving forward. I'm having a hard time getting back into the mindset I was in when I wrote the first installments. That was a good place beause I sort of just sat down and it took off on it's own, but every time I sit down now, I find I'm looking forward and trying to determine how to make what I'm -going- to write jive with what I've already written and I get stuck. I need to start looking at the path in front of me, and not the summit it's taking me to. |
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Post by Jenny (Reffy) on Nov 9, 2015 15:52:26 GMT -5
Opposite problems - YAY! I always find over describing stuff brings me back to the present if I am zooming off too quickly. Some character development. Build layers like onions :]
Also, sex scene narrowly missed but opportunity not completely disappeared. His dream, which brought in the plot, stopped it from happening. Suppose it builds up the suspense.
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Post by James on Nov 11, 2015 4:15:16 GMT -5
My ditch went away. Feels better having actually found the plot rather than wandering around aimlessly. Got a mini buffer building. Worried I'm not as far as I normally am (usually days ahead by now) but may also have a life to care about this time! I feel like I'm sort of lost in my story and it's preventing me from moving forward. I'm having a hard time getting back into the mindset I was in when I wrote the first installments. That was a good place beause I sort of just sat down and it took off on it's own, but every time I sit down now, I find I'm looking forward and trying to determine how to make what I'm -going- to write jive with what I've already written and I get stuck. I need to start looking at the path in front of me, and not the summit it's taking me to. It might be a bizarre idea, but maybe try just simply typing out say the last 500 words of a preceding scene you already had written from the start of the year and then keep on typing onto the next new scene. I honestly have no idea if that will work, it just came to me now. My earlier advice was going to be way less helpful and comes in Shia LeBeouf form, though, so... |
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