NaNoWriMo 2017!

Daily Goal: However much I can do each day.
What I'm working on: The sixth draft of my fourth book, Edge of Eternity.
Inspiration: Anything from Doctor Who to Persona 4 to Digimon to...I'd be here all day if I kept going.

 

Hi! I've chosen NaNoWriMo as a motivator to get back into writing after a way too long writing hiatus. So I'm keeping my goals as modest as possible as to not force myself. Last time, writing got to become a chore, killing any fun I'd felt from it. So this time I'm aiming to keep the passion in writing, setting modest goals and not forcing it.

Daily goal: Sit my ass down in the chair once every day and write until the joy starts to subside or time runs out.
What I'm working on: A story set in what for the reader will be a twist setting with a story will twist and turn along with the setting.
Inspiration: Great works in both fantasy and sci-fi which are combined in the setting.

I wish you all good luck and a fruitful November, regardless if you meet the goals you set or if you only end up writing a single sentence.

 

Goal ~1ooo words a day


What I'm working on - My yet unnamed sci-fi

Inspiration - The beginning of the 20 century, The period before WW1

 

Daily goal: 2,000+
What I'm working on: From the Ashes second draft. the straightforward tale of a man trying to find redemption in his life while the world around him dies. And he tries to stop it.
Inspiration: Lots of things. Epic fantasy and steampunk had a lot to do with it. Aesthetically, its all Final Fantasy though.

I update the progress in the writers work thread so if you're interested in keeping up you'll find a much more detailed accounting over there. Good luck everyone!

 

Yep, I'm in....when I can squeeze in the time. Lot going on in RL. On a brighter note I theoretically have more days off than in the past, hence, (maybe) more writing time.

Goal: Finish what is projected to be a 15-25K novelette or novella by the end of the month. No daily WC goal.

What I'm working on: 'Strange Exit,' a tale that begins 'forty years from now' in a US that has undergone a 'soft apocalypse' - some places normal and filled with content corporate citizens who have lots of high tech toys...and other parts pretty much straight out of the 'Road Warrior,' where warlords rule and civilized folk tread carefully. At the edge of the wastes is a radio station. These days, that's all it is. But, once, it was much, much more. Dark secrets directly connected to the apocalypse linger here, watched over by a caretaker who masquerades as a DJ. But now, those secrets are out. And a criminal wants his cut. Meanwhile, elsewhere, a wanderer seeks to return to earth. All three collide in the Nexus, a realm of bizarre physical properties, immense potential and horror.

Inspiration: Lovecraft, or more specifically short fiction written by those who followed in Lovecraft's literary footsteps.

I might or might not start tonight, couple elements that need contemplating.

 

I just did an hours worth of work and got 1,684 words in. That is totally doable. And why haven't I been doing that more?

Goal: 1,667

What I am working on: I don;t have a title for the novel, but I am working on a novel about a son, who happens to be a banished angel of death, looking for his son that was kidnapped by a psycho apocalyptic cult. He also may or may not be a banker.

Inspiration: My son, Sanderson, Tolkien, and life, man.

 

Well, for my first NaNoWriMo, I can say I've written more on the starting day of Nano than ever before!!

Daily Goal: However many words I need to write to make it to 50K by the last minute of the last day of this month.

That won't be an average amount for every day, now by default: I hit 1220 words on Day One.

Seriously, what I feared would happen happened. I didn't know anything about Medieval needlework. The process/tools, not the product. So...some quick(ish) on-the-spot research. And I had to find a few names I could be happy using for background characters mentioned in passing. And I had to get into the feel of this story. The first 500 words or so took about 4 of the 6 hours I spent at the keyboard on the project. Then the rest flowed rather quickly. Finished scene one of the rough.

What I'm working on: Something I suspect will be longer than 50K by the end of it, so probably not finished this month, but I won't know that until much later into the month. Working title is The Severing Legacy. It's a coming-of-age character/family drama sort of thing—that involves an expansionist kingdom's royal family and its not-heir, not-spare third son trying to have a place in his family, then trying to survive his family, all the while facing the decision of choosing between his family and a rebel group. While also trying to come to terms with his own identity, of course.

Inspiration: Peter Pan. More specifically, this song: Lost Boy. No joke, I'd been listening to that song on my iPhone several times a day for a week or two when I realized I had to write something like what that song made me think and feel. But the story morphed and evolved in the weeks after that, becoming something with a bit of Frankenstein, too. And, more generally, other aspects of dark fantasy.

 

850 words. Introducing Diane, the DJ of 91.13 'The Curse' - and Caretaker of the mothballed installation beneath the station. She did an artful putdown of 'Boss' Percy Galt, a neighboring warlord.

Tomorrow, Max, a former employee of the station who gleaned an inkling of its true nature, which inspired a plan far more foolhardy than he realizes. But, desperate people do desperate things.

Names have significance.

 

My goal: 1000 words a day

What I'm working on: the upteenth draft of my third book. I'm just over 50,000 so I'm using the discipline of NaNoWriMo to finish it. Working title Fledgling. I'm yet to par down to the nut and bolts and write a pitch.

Inspiration: Pride and Prejudice, but in a fantasy setting.

 

Chessie2 I understand the "work" thing. I worked a little over 8 hours yesterday before coming home to sit 6 hours at my keyboard. I probably could have hit the daily Nano mark if I'd kept writing, but I had another early morning coming so I stopped at the end of the first scene. Seemed like a decent place to stop, given those other factors. I still ended up getting less sleep than normal.

I usually wake fairly early to brew a pot of coffee and imbibe it while playing my daily Hearthstone quest. This is my wake-up ritual. After this weekend, once I discover whether I can rely on weekends to make up for the daily workday loss in word counts, I may give up Hearthstone for some early morning writing.

 

I guess there aren't going to be any cabins this time?

 

Oh. I didn't know that. Thanks.