Author Topic: NaNoWriMo 2014 - All work and no play makes Kosuzu a dull girl (Read 8825 times)

Iced Fairy · « **on:** October 24, 2014, 02:56:09 AM »

November is National Novel Writing Month. A month people set aside to attempt to write 50,000 words in 30 days. It's a marathon crash course on writing for both beginners and experts, and the setup only grows bigger every year. Most importantly, it's only 9 days away. That's not a lot of time to brainstorm, create outlines or do research, but there's no time like the present to start. An outline, even a rough one, can be the difference between victory or coming up 20000 words short.

If you're one of the many MotK people signing up please feel free to toss your profile up so we can collect them in this first post and others can find you as a writing buddy or just gaze upon your work from afar. And of course as always feel free to post your struggles in thread. Maybe this year we can talk about the editing afterwards as well! (Ha.)

I'm going to try to write something original this year so I expect to crash and burn horribly. How about you all?

Iced
Trancehime
Stuffman
Kiro
Asterus
Kanjou
Ruro
Funen1
Sect
Ibaraki-Ibuki
Youkai Jesus
Lem
Roukan

trancehime · « **Reply #1 on:** October 24, 2014, 03:08:57 AM »

http://nanowrimo.org/participants/trancehime

lgi

weekends only writing

final destination

Stuffman · « **Reply #2 on:** October 24, 2014, 04:21:52 AM »

It's time.

Kiro · « **Reply #3 on:** October 24, 2014, 05:25:17 AM »

Fffffffffffffffffffffff.

Do I actually want to do it this year? Maybe I can actually "finish" the last novel from 2010 (even though I already had the ending in mind, but never put it into words). Granted I could probably change it now that characters like Kosuzu exist.

http://nanowrimo.org/participants/kiro

Gonna think about it.

Asterus · « **Reply #4 on:** October 24, 2014, 05:03:22 PM »

Last year was my first NaNoWriMo, and it fell solidly into the "Rebel" category. Still, I did make the goal (2 hours before November ended), so I was happy with it.

My name is Asterus on the site

Tamashii Kanjou · « **Reply #5 on:** October 26, 2014, 10:24:34 PM »

>Fails previous 2 years.

Oh why the hell not!

Kanjou is aiming to at least get past 10k this year. Halfway would be a solid improvement, and pretty big milestone for me. And 50k is... still a long-shot; but who knows~ XD

Alfred F. Jones · « **Reply #6 on:** October 27, 2014, 01:17:31 PM »

You know, seeing as how I haven't had good enough internet access to even be able to make this thread (thanks Iced!), I find it doubtful that I will be able to win this year, but what the hell, bring on the challenge. Let's see all two words I will be able to add to Weave the Stars this time around. http://nanowrimo.org/participants/sakurarurouni/

ふねん1 · « **Reply #7 on:** October 29, 2014, 04:48:41 PM »

I already had plans to write a Touhou story independent of NaNoWriMo, and I had been planning it out and studying the craft of writing on my own time over the past month or so. However, seeing as the timing of all this is very good, I might as well give this a shot. My profile is here.

Sect · « **Reply #8 on:** October 29, 2014, 08:43:32 PM »

http://nanowrimo.org/participants/sect

Lets see if I end up writing something.

Ibaraki Ibuki · « **Reply #9 on:** October 30, 2014, 04:43:44 AM »

I have all the time in the world to write a novel.
I have one good idea for what sort of novel I'd like to write.
I have virtually zero creative writing experience.
I have not much hope that I'll get to 50,000 or even 10,000.
I'm all in.

Iced Fairy · « **Reply #10 on:** October 30, 2014, 04:55:57 AM »

Soon. Very soon. Only 48 hours to procrastinate on your outlines!

Stuffman · « **Reply #11 on:** October 30, 2014, 05:27:04 AM »

I'M NOT READY

I'M NOT READY

I'M NOT READY

Kiro · « **Reply #12 on:** October 30, 2014, 05:30:58 AM »

What's an outline?

PX · « **Reply #13 on:** October 30, 2014, 06:59:27 AM »

Quote from: Kiro on October 30, 2014, 05:30:58 AM

What's an outline?

Alfred F. Jones · « **Reply #14 on:** October 30, 2014, 09:50:05 AM »

I'M SO FUCKING HOSED I HAVE NO OUTLINE AND NO IDEAS FOR HOW TO GET PAST THIS PARTICULAR BLOCK OF STORY

IT'S TIME TO TURN TO MY FAVOURITE SOURCE OF NANOWRIMO ADVICE

[Y]oukai [J]esus · « **Reply #15 on:** October 30, 2014, 12:52:40 PM »

TIME TO NOT FINISH THIS WEW

http://nanowrimo.org/participants/azurewraith

Tamashii Kanjou · « **Reply #16 on:** November 01, 2014, 11:52:59 AM »

IT BEGINS!

And Trance, you already hit 5,500! I mean, you always start so strong~ XD

ふねん1 · « **Reply #17 on:** November 01, 2014, 09:43:48 PM »

It has begun! ~~MORTAL KOMBAT!~~

Anyway, 2166 words from my first chapter. Admittedly it was a reworking of an earlier version from years ago, so it's not entirely made of new writing per se, but it's all better framed, I think. Feels so much better to have it part of a more coherent theme this time. All the stuff beyond this point is gonna be new writing, but I should be able to find some sort of rhythm once I get going.

EDIT: Make that 2836 words for my first day. I wanted to get what I had in mind for the beginning of the second chapter written down before tomorrow, because ~~football~~ I may not have as much time as I expected.

FinnKaenbyou · « **Reply #18 on:** November 01, 2014, 10:35:24 PM »

http://nanowrimo.org/participants/roukanken

some would call starting your novel a day late and without any sort of preparation a mistake

i prefer to call it a handicap

Tamashii Kanjou · « **Reply #19 on:** November 02, 2014, 12:23:43 AM »

Not going to lie, quite happy getting over 2k done on the first day. The ideas just kept flowing, so I have to hope that I can get past the 10k mark this time round~

Stuffman · « **Reply #20 on:** November 02, 2014, 01:29:07 AM »

Ditto, figuring out how to start a story is the hardest part, getting through it easily is always a relief.

Third Eye Lem · « **Reply #21 on:** November 02, 2014, 02:00:20 AM »

In which I started late because Halloween was still a thing. Still, it's a start. Here's hoping I can make the first actual chapter(?) tomorrow.

Iced Fairy · « **Reply #22 on:** November 02, 2014, 03:49:32 AM »

Refusing to look back and edit gives massive time boosts! It also makes me wince every time I think about posting it or editing it.

Anyway 5k words today thanks to ~outlines~ and setting creation. Considered aiming for 7k but that's a dumb idea. Don't want to burn out day one.

Besides soon I'll get to the early plot and I have no idea where that's going....

Tamashii Kanjou · « **Reply #23 on:** November 02, 2014, 12:30:31 PM »

OH MY GOSH! I've actually got past Day 2's par already, and it's only 12:30pm now. I could actually get to Day 3's par before it even starts if I keep this up! I never start off this good! XD

trancehime · « **Reply #24 on:** November 02, 2014, 12:59:33 PM »

Broke 10k words by day 2.

I'm alright with this progress. I've been feeling very shitty these past couple of days so I think I should be fine with this.

Prody · « **Reply #25 on:** November 02, 2014, 05:36:07 PM »

good progress so far
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Tamashii Kanjou · « **Reply #26 on:** November 02, 2014, 05:53:11 PM »

And that's 5,000 crossed. I can't believe this is going so smoothly! I have belief for once; the words just don't seem to be stopping~ ^^

ふねん1 · « **Reply #27 on:** November 02, 2014, 09:21:07 PM »

4318 words after finishing the second chapter. That was as far as I was able to outline the "beats" before November started, so I'll have to devote more time to organizing them for future chapters.

Is it just me or is updating the word count on the website kinda finicky? It likes to time me out at least once every time.

Tamashii Kanjou · « **Reply #28 on:** November 03, 2014, 12:34:29 AM »

I get the occasional moment where I click the box, and it either auto selects the whole page, or just makes the box vanish completely. Kind of annoying, but I'm dealing with it.

Also, just got past 7,000 words. It's half past midnight here, and I'm kind of freaking out at the moment. 10k is going to be broken for sure. 25k has to be a realistic goal for me now; especially if I can keep this kind of pace going. I'm preparing for at least one or two days where I'm just going to be too tired to do anything (full day shifts on every Friday this month, shudder), but otherwise, I should be okay~

EDIT (12:20am, 4th of November. Word count is OVER 9000! I've beaten my personal best, and I can easily get 10k by the end of today. BRING ON THE WALL!)

ふねん1 · « **Reply #29 on:** November 04, 2014, 03:38:28 AM »

~~Can't get on the NaNoWriMo site right now to update this~~ (EDIT: managed to get on), but I'm up to 6175 words partway through the third chapter. Now is when my time management skill will be tested, as I finally received the first work of the month from my company, and that obviously comes first. I'm happy that I managed to stay on pace despite that though, even if I had to work late into the night. Also I find it ironic that I decided to give Reimu a minor headache in this chapter, and then I start developing one myself this afternoon. :V