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Lady Fellshot
Senior Scribe
USA
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 Posted - 02 Nov 2010 : 02:03:35
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It's annoying to be sure, but also kind of cool that enough people are pumped about writing like the demented to overwhelm the servers like this. 
Also, my understanding was that you want to write 50k words during the month (regardless of what you've got to start with) and you update that count in the little insto update field in the top right corner of your user page.
Got 1200 so far! |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
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Lady Fellshot
Senior Scribe
USA
379 Posts |
Posted - 02 Nov 2010 : 05:56:51
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| And I've filled my quota for the day! Whoo hoo! 1705 words! |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
3750 Posts |
Posted - 02 Nov 2010 : 06:11:36
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| LOL!! no, Ashe, I only WISH I had written that much in one day- did get in a respectable 1120, though. It's included in there somewhere. The good thing about the contest is that it will get me back in shape on deadlines- I've been a little lax in that department since I stopped participating in the monthly fan-fic comps over on Marvel. I just got frustrated trying to come up with a new tale each month ON TOP of all my regular writing projects. Had to pair it down, so the comps had to go. Didn't care much for their new forum format, either... |
The Goddess is alive, and magic is afoot.
"Where Science ends, Magic begins" -Spiral, Uncanny X-Men #491
"You idiots! You've captured their STUNT doubles!" -Spaceballs
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Sandro
Learned Scribe
New Zealand
266 Posts |
Posted - 02 Nov 2010 : 08:01:28
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As a (failed) veteran of NaNo, working with anything less than the 1700(ish) words per day required to churn out 50K words after 30 consistent days of writing is setting yourself up to fail: it doesn't matter so much at the beginning, but those deadlines are vital.
However, I do offer nothing but best wishes for you guys participating: it's a great initiative, and when (if?) you manage to finish it all, it's one hell of an achievement. Keep it up.  |
"Gods, little fishes, and spells to turn the one to the other," Mordenkainen sighed. "It's started already..." |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
3243 Posts |
Posted - 02 Nov 2010 : 12:36:40
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Originally posted by Sandro
As a (failed) veteran of NaNo, working with anything less than the 1700(ish) words per day required to churn out 50K words after 30 consistent days of writing is setting yourself up to fail: it doesn't matter so much at the beginning, but those deadlines are vital.
However, I do offer nothing but best wishes for you guys participating: it's a great initiative, and when (if?) you manage to finish it all, it's one hell of an achievement. Keep it up.
Yeah, I fell way short of my goal yesterday. But in my defense, I've been fighting a cold and as I sat down to the computer to write after dinner, I promptly fell asleep for two hours. I awoke with a terrible kink in my neck and only two of the four hours left that I had set aside to write. |
I actually DO know everything. I just have a very poor index of my knowledge.
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
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Mr_Miscellany
Senior Scribe
545 Posts |
Posted - 02 Nov 2010 : 20:51:58
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As of today my story is officially disjointed, contradictory and I’m sure doesn’t make the least bit of sense to a layperson not familiar with D&D or the Realms (though my girlfriend was complimentary and told me I had a big imagination). ;)
But this write-and-take-no-prisoners-process is fun.
It’s like DMing on the fly; where you’re trying to keep ahead of your players and keep the game fun through the story you’re all unfolding together.
Once you get going, it’s like the damn thing almost writes itself. |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
3243 Posts |
Posted - 02 Nov 2010 : 23:10:21
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| Not sure if I'm going to get a chance to write tonight. Phone's been ringing off the hook from the last batch of resumes I sent out. |
I actually DO know everything. I just have a very poor index of my knowledge.
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Lady Fellshot
Senior Scribe
USA
379 Posts |
Posted - 02 Nov 2010 : 23:36:20
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Answer the phones, because day jobs are important for things like rent, food and clothes then write after they stop. Sleep is overrated.  |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
3750 Posts |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36803 Posts |
Posted - 03 Nov 2010 : 02:36:40
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quote:
Originally posted by Ashe Ravenheart
Not sure if I'm going to get a chance to write tonight. Phone's been ringing off the hook from the last batch of resumes I sent out.
Man, wish I'd had that problem back when I was unemployed! |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31772 Posts |
Posted - 03 Nov 2010 : 03:07:50
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Well, I suppose it comes as no surprise to many of my fellow scribes that I've succumbed to the intense gravitation effects of SageTime. Thus, my attempts to meet certain word-limits over the last two days has been severely compromised.  |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
3750 Posts |
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Lady Fellshot
Senior Scribe
USA
379 Posts |
Posted - 03 Nov 2010 : 06:57:17
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| I'm going to bed at midnight, but I'm still meeting quota. 3430 words down, lots to go! |
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Mr_Miscellany
Senior Scribe
545 Posts |
Posted - 03 Nov 2010 : 16:23:07
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My Day 2, Chapter 2 effort morphed into Day 2 and 3, with 2,175 words written.
I need to sort the days out and get it all put together properly before the girlfriend sets eyes on it tonight.
Press ever forward, fellow writers! |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
3750 Posts |
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Lady Fellshot
Senior Scribe
USA
379 Posts |
Posted - 04 Nov 2010 : 06:24:03
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| Curses, Sleep is winning tonight, the jerk. Only a thousand words today. |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
3243 Posts |
Posted - 04 Nov 2010 : 12:44:53
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| I *WILL* play catchup this weekend. 2nd night in a row where I got more phone calls. I had 3 phone interviews yesterday alone. |
I actually DO know everything. I just have a very poor index of my knowledge.
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Alphabetized Index of Realms NPCs |
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Lady Fellshot
Senior Scribe
USA
379 Posts |
Posted - 04 Nov 2010 : 13:31:03
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Hah, I just open my twitter feed and found this tweet from Nick Harkaway in it
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from @Harkaway
Seriously: writing is a stamina game. Editing this book is like running a marathon naked in the arctic using only my brain.
Go brains! |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
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Lady Fellshot
Senior Scribe
USA
379 Posts |
Posted - 05 Nov 2010 : 06:39:51
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| Typed out nearly 2500 words today. I am well pleased. :D |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
3750 Posts |
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Mr_Miscellany
Senior Scribe
545 Posts |
Posted - 05 Nov 2010 : 15:17:53
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| Ack! I'm behind now. Will have to move on from this unfinished chapter to write the next. |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
3243 Posts |
Posted - 05 Nov 2010 : 16:01:24
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| I will be locking myself in my apartment this weekend. There will be a giant hamster bottle of water near my desk and a rotation of hot pockets/microwave burritos for meals until I reach 12,000+ words. |
I actually DO know everything. I just have a very poor index of my knowledge.
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Alphabetized Index of Realms NPCs |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
3750 Posts |
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Daviot
Senior Scribe
USA
372 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2010 : 05:43:12
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And despite a late start due to circumstances beyond my control (including a rough draft and some art for the Kobold Quarterly blog), I've gone from zero to 3000 in a day. Huzzah!
Gehenna: The Package Description is up. |
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Lady Fellshot
Senior Scribe
USA
379 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2010 : 05:59:41
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| Congrats! |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
3750 Posts |
Posted - 07 Nov 2010 : 06:53:40
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| I got to 1599 today. In SPITE of feeling like crap, spending half the day running around town shopping and helping my mom rearrange her kitchen cabinets, and taking a series of short naps due to fatigue and horrendous headache. I intend to do at least 3000 tomorrow to make up for not getting any yesterday, and to catch up on the shortages from the last few days. I'm locking myself in the trailer all day! |
The Goddess is alive, and magic is afoot.
"Where Science ends, Magic begins" -Spiral, Uncanny X-Men #491
"You idiots! You've captured their STUNT doubles!" -Spaceballs
Lothir's character background/stats: http://forum.candlekeep.com/pop_profile.asp?mode=display&id=5469
My stories:
http://z3.invisionfree.com/Mickeys_Comic_Tavern/index.php?showforum=188
Lothir, courtesy of Sylinde (Deviant Art)/Luaxena (Chosen of Eilistraee)
http://sylinde.deviantart.com/#/d2z6e4u |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
3243 Posts |
Posted - 07 Nov 2010 : 16:01:55
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Got to over 4000 last night, hoping to get to over 10,000 tonight.
Here's a good trick: I have had the entire story arc in my head for about a year (it's also going to be a campaign for my players in Pathfinder). So I know the breakdown of each "chapter" and how each one opens and ends. Instead of writing it linearly, I'm going through and getting each of the chapter's openings finished to bookmark the idea of what's going on there. Then I can go back and detail the rest later.
Hopefully. I'm really good at beginnings and endings. It's the middle stuff that I get blocked on... |
I actually DO know everything. I just have a very poor index of my knowledge.
Ashe's Character Sheet
Alphabetized Index of Realms NPCs |
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National Novel Writing Month 2010
