Nano November 2014 official thread

[Chessie]

7418 baby! That's total, did 2418 words today. I'm on fire! Hopefully I can keep this momentum going throughout the month. Looks like everyone is doing good.

Btw Caged Maiden, I totally agree on not being able to keep crap. Supposedly we're not supposed to go back and delete anything we wrote but I do that anyway. If its stupid, I'm not keeping it. Its not editing per say, just I'm not going to pursue a line of thought/sentence/paragraph that doesn't feel right. And get well soon.

 

[Ryan_Crown]

Up to 5000 so far today (hoping for another 1000 before the day is out, we'll see). The ugly realization I have had, however, is that my problem isn't going to be daily word count. My problem is that in taking a hard look at my story outline, it's starting to feel more like a novella than a full novel, so I could potentially run out of story to write before I hit 50,000 words! May need to add an extended prologue and epilogue onto this thing to make my word total.

That being said, this has already been an incredible learning experience, and it's only day 3! The biggest thing I've learned so far is that a couple decades spent writing short stories does not really prepare you for writing a full novel.

 

[Tom]

I'm currently at 925. Blah.

 

[ThinkerX]

About a thousand words today, half of those in an info-dumpy backstory section I may not keep. (Labyrinth: Seed is book 2, and this section is a sort of recap of book 1). The rest was in Chapter 2, which still needs a bit of work. 4600 words total.

I should get to Chapter 3 tomorrow.

I think this Daylight Savings abomination is catching up with me.

Been poking through the NaNoWriMo forums. Is it just me or are the vast majority of aspiring novelists there younger women?

 

[sankunai]

Up to 11 058 words so far. Doing pretty good, but I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to draw out my novel to be longer. I aimed for 70-100k words, but I'm already hitting some action. At this rate the novel will be done in 40-50k words... not good! Going to have to add some side-adventures inside it to make it longer and more exciting .

 

[ThinkerX]

Another 900 words added, split more or less evenly between Chapters Two and Three, bring me up to 5500 words.

I'd thought I had fairly solid mental outlines of most of the chapters, but I decided to let the villain introduced in Chapter Three linger for an indefinite while instead of being slain by the heroine right off. This makes writing the remainder of Chapter Three a bit tricky, and introduces complications afterwards, but makes for a more interesting tale.

Alas, in another couple of days I will have to set 'Labyrinth: Seed' aside to focus on rewriting the 'Jobe' story...

 

[cupiscent]

I'm NaNoing this year for the first time since 2002 (when my thesis was also due at the end of November - no contest). I thought I'd struggle, because I did Camp NaNo in July trying to get my then-project finished, and only managed 28k words. But I've got 12k words already. I think it's a combination of a) planning to a hysterical degree, so I have no what-do-i-write-next excuses, and b) having given myself huge permission to suck. In fact, my goal is to achieve a complete draft, with the full intention that it be half skeleton and a further third nonsense, but would give me something to get a sense of the whole story from which I could edit with a will.

Whatever, it's working. Onwards!

Oh, and I'm cupiscent over there as well, if anyone wants to buddy up.

 

[Smith]

Been away from the laptop for a few days. Lots of stuff to take care of that isn't writing. But I do have a project ready to write for NaNo. The Were-people Western set on a train.

Okay, that sounds totally amazing. Westerns, were-people and trains are three of my favourite things! I do so hope you manage to get some words down, I'd love to see where it goes.

I am very behind, 3863, thanks to three days of agonising purely over which story to pursue. The choice I started writing was making me want to shoot it in the face, so after said agonising, I went back to the idea I originally planned on doing and it's working out much better, plus the work I've already done (adaptation of the story from an RP board) is acting like a highly-detailed outline so hopefully I'll be able to catch up and keep up the momentum afterwards.

 

[Ryan_Crown]

Up to 11 058 words so far. Doing pretty good, but I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to draw out my novel to be longer. I aimed for 70-100k words, but I'm already hitting some action. At this rate the novel will be done in 40-50k words... not good! Going to have to add some side-adventures inside it to make it longer and more exciting .

I'm running into the same problem. My novel outline is starting to look more and more like a novella! Sadly, between writing short stories for years, and being a huge movie buff, I'm used to tight, focused plotlines with little or no sub-plots or side stories in them. Time to starting thinking outside the box to see if I can turn this thing into a full-fledged novel!

 

[sankunai]

I'm running into the same problem. My novel outline is starting to look more and more like a novella! Sadly, between writing short stories for years, and being a huge movie buff, I'm used to tight, focused plotlines with little or no sub-plots or side stories in them. Time to starting thinking outside the box to see if I can turn this thing into a full-fledged novel!

What I've done is sent two characters off on their own in the novel. By sending them that way, I can easily add a handfull more chapters, which will be very important to the novel.

 

[Philip Overby]

I'm par for now at about 8,300. It's weird and violent but that's how I like it.

Link in my signature if you want to see my progress.

 

[ThinkerX]

Drat. I seem to have lost the ability to do basic math. But Chapter Three is over 1200 words. Hmm...6700 words total, but about 700 of those are in the 'work' file. So...6000 words actual. I shall try to finish Chapters Two and Three tomorrow, then get started on Chapter Four Friday.

But starting Saturday, I have to switch over to Jobe for a week. Looking at a few thousand new words there...I suppose if all they care about is word count, I could drop that entire tale in...maybe 12,000 words when done?

I doubt I'll finish 'Seed' this NaNoWriMo, but I should reach a good stopping point that tells a near complete tale in its own right.

 

[sankunai]

Another good day for me, up to 15 606 words and starting chapter 6. Added a scene I had no idea I was going to add. I love how you start writing, and you kinda just let the characters take you on the journey, and you surprise even yourself with some stuff that happens .

 

[ThinkerX]

Did another thousand words tonight, finished the draft of Chapter Three. Hope to at least get Chapter Four underway tomorrow, though picking a starting point could be tricky: it's a 'traveling' chapter, not an 'action' one.

Life is starting to get in the way of writing big time, though.

 

[Chessie]

Man, I did terrible yesterday. Only 700 words. Had a rough day in general and said "eff it", since I couldn't concentrate on my story. So today is catch up day with a goal of 3,000. I have the entire day devoted to this, so I should be able to do it.

 

[sankunai]

Man, I did terrible yesterday. Only 700 words. Had a rough day in general and said "eff it", since I couldn't concentrate on my story. So today is catch up day with a goal of 3,000. I have the entire day devoted to this, so I should be able to do it.

How did it go? And 700 words isn't the goal, but it is far from bad. Every little bit helps in the long run... get that story written!

 

[ThinkerX]

Up to 8500 words tonight, mostly finishing Chapter Two. I didn't get to Chapter Four.

Way too many other things going on.

 

[Chessie]

How did it go? And 700 words isn't the goal, but it is far from bad. Every little bit helps in the long run... get that story written!

Thank you. I actually ended up with 2270 words for the day. I wanted to do 3,000 but it just wasn't happening. I've done one session already this morning and continuing on, so I'm pretty sure to reach a strong word count for today.

 

[SM-Dreamer]

I've been behind for a few days - just couldn't get to writing much. My region held a write-in today, so I went to it. Unfortunately it was just me and my municipal liaison, but it was fun, and I managed to write a little over today's quota

 

[Chessie]

I did 3,000 today. Home alone this evening so I typed like crazy. Story is going good, but I'm already thinking of ideas for the next one.