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Post by James on Nov 12, 2015 3:31:26 GMT -5
20,175 words and 50+ pages.
We're 6,000 words away from this being the second longest thing I've ever written.
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Post by Kaez on Nov 12, 2015 9:29:00 GMT -5
20,175 words and 50+ pages. We're 6,000 words away from this being the second longest thing I've ever written. Dude. Congratulations.Seriously. Keep that shit up. I hope Saturday I can get on Skype and chat with you about it, 'cause I'm really eager to. NaNo didn't really work out for me, but I'm perfectly okay with that. I did, and am, getting a lot of great worldbuilding done, and I'm also busy doing some other things (like an honors thesis, and getting involved in some community stuff in Destiny on a level I haven't done since the hayday of WoW) that I'm perfectly happy with. But I'm really excited for you. Are you still doing the kind of "skeleton to be later fleshed-out" thing? 'Cause if so, this is gonna end up surpassing Phantoms. |
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Post by Ad Absurdum on Nov 12, 2015 14:06:06 GMT -5
That's awesome James, glad that you're keeping sweet pace.
I'm alive. I'm still in the fight and only a day's count behind, but that's natural for me, I like that last day to be a bit of challenge anyways. The prose is mush but I'm still pretty happy with its development. Definitely looking forward to editing the shit out of this come December.
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Post by James on Nov 12, 2015 14:48:27 GMT -5
Seriously. Keep that shit up. I hope Saturday I can get on Skype and chat with you about it, 'cause I'm really eager to. I'll be on Saturday. I don't know if we're doing this Spirit of 77 or not, but we can probably run two mini NaNo Inklings on both Saturday and Sunday for Reffy's benefit. Do we get to see some of that worldbuilding, huh, mister? Nah, it's good to hear you still got some stuff done. Also, in between Destiny stuff, we still need to fit in a game of FIFA at some point. Kind of? I'm definitely not writing a "finished product". It's probably not "bare bones" either. Somewhere in between. I'm definitely writing with a mindframe of "I can come back and flesh this out later", though. My main issue I'm still not sure about the tone. I think I've already said, I started off with this gritty dark outline and I find that a little boring. I think I want to infuse the darkness with some subtle humour and that will be easier to do after everything is written. |
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Post by James on Nov 12, 2015 15:25:25 GMT -5
Definitely looking forward to editing the shit out of this come December. I feel like I'm going to leave it untouched for a couple of months after I'm done. Work on some other stuff. Good to hear someone else is keeping up as well! Between Reffy, J Russell, you and I, AWR could have four NaNo winners this year. That's 200,000 words minimum! |
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Post by Jenny (Reffy) on Nov 13, 2015 7:35:25 GMT -5
Still going. Has been difficult again. Probably because it isn't my usual genre. Only got down 800 yesterday and then spam watched Constantine with Chris. Oops!
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Post by James on Nov 13, 2015 19:54:55 GMT -5
Still going. Has been difficult again. Probably because it isn't my usual genre. Only got down 800 yesterday and then spam watched Constantine with Chris. Oops! I'm only 200 words behind you. I'm going to overtake you, Reffy. |
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Post by The Counter Cultist(Sawyer) on Nov 13, 2015 23:10:18 GMT -5
Also still going here. But I'm waaaaaaay behind, at like 12,000 words
Honestly, I'm just happy to participate. Be nice if I get a second wind and get the 50K by the 30th, but I'm just happy that I've written this much.
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Post by Jenny (Reffy) on Nov 14, 2015 3:54:03 GMT -5
Still going. Has been difficult again. Probably because it isn't my usual genre. Only got down 800 yesterday and then spam watched Constantine with Chris. Oops! I'm only 200 words behind you. I'm going to overtake you, Reffy. Ha! Well done  Best up my game if I want to keep my lead. Managed 1.8 yesterday despite the foul mood about it. |
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Post by James on Nov 14, 2015 18:23:29 GMT -5
Reminder to self: try not to distract yourself with ideas for other stories while writing...
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Post by James on Nov 14, 2015 18:33:24 GMT -5
Also, not all POVs are created equally. I'm going to have to ponder during the edit stage to make Fletch the Conservator as interesting as Solomon the Kingpin.
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Post by James on Nov 15, 2015 3:39:22 GMT -5
25,615 words. Also, my first 2,000+ day since Day 1.  |
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Post by James on Nov 18, 2015 18:17:15 GMT -5
I've decided to put the central confrontation of the book on a rock just off the island city's boundaries in the middle of the sea.
... because it seemed cool?
This is definitely not the right way to write a novel.
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Post by Injin on Nov 18, 2015 19:15:25 GMT -5
I've decided to put the central confrontation of the book on a rock just off the island city's boundaries in the middle of the sea. ... because it seemed cool? This is definitely not the right way to write a novel. You are going to have to make it so there's a logical reason for the fight to take place there and you know it. |
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Post by James on Nov 18, 2015 19:53:08 GMT -5
I've decided to put the central confrontation of the book on a rock just off the island city's boundaries in the middle of the sea. ... because it seemed cool? This is definitely not the right way to write a novel. You are going to have to make it so there's a logical reason for the fight to take place there and you know it. It's not a fight. The central confrontation is a talk. On neutral ground. Where the ground is an implied warning I got this. |
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Best up my game if I want to keep my lead. Managed 1.8 yesterday despite the foul mood about it.
