LitWridoNaNoWriMo 2004 - The Support Thread

[Svenskaflicka]

Ok, I'm stuck.

This last week I haven't been able to write, due to too much work. And now...well...I just don't feel like it. Writing is all of a sudden no fun. I made seven separate attempts to sit doen and type another chapter in the last two hours, and exactly nothing came out. But I need at least 2500 words before midnight (9 pm now), or the muck will pile up on me in ways I cannot control.

Bwaaah.

#L

Throw in a sex scene.

 

[Svenskaflicka]

You can always edit it out later.

 

[oggbashan]

Og quits - this year

I'm officially retiring from this year's NaNo. I'm probably on 13,000 but the rest of the month is too busy in real life. I knew it would be.

Daughter's wedding and wife's Big O party are more important to me than NaNo.

I may well post more than 50,000 words on Lit this month including finishing part written stories. I won't have written 50,000 words for NaNo because of writing reports, letters, bids for lottery funding etc.

One plea to those continuing - if you can afford it, have you made your contribution to NaNoWriMo's funds? I have in my real name, not as Og. NaNoWriMo deserves our support and when they have covered their costs, the charity deserves support to.

Good luck to the rest of you.

Og

 

[Guest]

Re: Og quits - this year

I'm officially retiring from this year's NaNo. I'm probably on 13,000 but the rest of the month is too busy in real life. I knew it would be.

Daughter's wedding and wife's Big O party are more important to me than NaNo.

I may well post more than 50,000 words on Lit this month including finishing part written stories. I won't have written 50,000 words for NaNo because of writing reports, letters, bids for lottery funding etc.

One plea to those continuing - if you can afford it, have you made your contribution to NaNoWriMo's funds? I have in my real name, not as Og. NaNoWriMo deserves our support and when they have covered their costs, the charity deserves support to.

Good luck to the rest of you.

Og

Og, I won't put any pressure on you at all, because I realise quite how busy your life is right now.

I just want to say congratulations on giving it a shot, and well done on all you did achieve.

I am so happy that you've been part of it again this year. Thanks so much for all your words of encouragement.

Also, thank you for mentioning the donations. NaNo really could not go on without them.

Love,

Katie-Lou

 

[pop_54]

Re: Og quits - this year

I'm officially retiring from this year's NaNo. I'm probably on 13,000 but the rest of the month is too busy in real life. I knew it would be.

Daughter's wedding and wife's Big O party are more important to me than NaNo.

I may well post more than 50,000 words on Lit this month including finishing part written stories. I won't have written 50,000 words for NaNo because of writing reports, letters, bids for lottery funding etc.

One plea to those continuing - if you can afford it, have you made your contribution to NaNoWriMo's funds? I have in my real name, not as Og. NaNoWriMo deserves our support and when they have covered their costs, the charity deserves support to.

Good luck to the rest of you.

Og

At least you had a go mate, hope the daughter's wedding goes well, and don't get too pissed up at all these parties

Yes folks, hands in pockets please.


Oh tonight's count 30,400'ish 15 minutes ago.

 

[English Lady]

Og -good on you for giving it a go.

Damn pops you're ahead of me by about 1000 words...slow down and let me catch up ok? *L*

 

[pop_54]

Og -good on you for giving it a go.

Damn pops you're ahead of me by about 1000 words...slow down and let me catch up ok? *L*

Slowing down as we speak sweet one I'll give it a rest for the night now, I'm knackered, got a bit carried away with it I think.

 

[English Lady]

good good..I want to be able to keep up Getting carried away is a good thing. Now you need some rest!

 

[English Lady]

30, 025


and i'm off to bed!


Night all!

 

[Guest]

30, 025


and i'm off to bed!


Night all!

Whoop!

I've just updated yours and Pops' counts. Teasingly close to each other.

G'night, EL!

 

[Guest]

Throw in a sex scene.

Good advice, Svenska! That's what I tend to do if I get stuck.

I LOVE your AV, btw! V. cool!

Lou

 

[Liar]

Throw in a sex scene.

You're kidding, right? Sex scenes are the most frigging slow and tedious things there are to write. Ploughing plotline bullshit is easier. So I did that. Got some 1500 words written today at last. Far too little, but some kind of forward momentum.

#L, off to bed

 

[U4ea]

I hit 34K today! Whoo-hoo!!! Having a nice boring job that I spend all day writing through has it's advantages.

*grins*

 

[sweetnpetite]

Ok, I'm stuck.

This last week I haven't been able to write, due to too much work. And now...well...I just don't feel like it. Writing is all of a sudden no fun. I made seven separate attempts to sit doen and type another chapter in the last two hours, and exactly nothing came out. But I need at least 2500 words before midnight (9 pm now), or the muck will pile up on me in ways I cannot control.

Bwaaah.

#L

Try writing character discription, or introduce a new character, meaningless diologue, plot summery (you can always add details later) scenery discription, leters, diaries or whatever that might your character ramble on about an opinon about anything, or a flashback.

Just a few ideas. Good luck.

 

[English Lady]

Liar-good for you! you wrote and thats the main thing!

 

[Guest]

Well, I'm plodding along. I hope all you fellow NaNo plodders are still putting one foot in front of the other and trying to keep pace.

As pep talks go, that was a bit crap, wasn't it?

Lou

 

[cheerful_deviant]

As pep talks go, that was a bit crap, wasn't it?

Yeah, now go plod.

 

[Guest]

Yeah, now go plod.

I am! I'm up to my knees in it. I just hope I can turn it around when it comes to the edit.

(On a slightly more serious note, I am assured by somebody very close to me that it's very good so far. I do trust him, so I'll believe him, but he could be biased. ).

Lou

 

[Svenskaflicka]

Good advice, Svenska! That's what I tend to do if I get stuck.

I LOVE your AV, btw! V. cool!

Lou

Thank you.

 

[Remec]

Well, I'm plodding along. I hope all you fellow NaNo plodders are still putting one foot in front of the other and trying to keep pace.

As pep talks go, that was a bit crap, wasn't it?

'Salright...I feel like crap jus' at da moment, so anythin' works out jus' nicely...I haven't read Baty's Week 3 message yet 'cause I'm still digging out of the (through?) the Wall and fighting off weasels from Week 2...<sigh>

Ya ever notice how much time ya have ta do stuff when ya don't want it? It's like Murphy's Special Law of Time or something.

 

[Liar]

Finally plodding just fine here. Had the afternoon off, so i got another 5k down.

Howevah... I did try to combine good (or at least decent) writing with fast writing up until today. I have now abandoned that plan and will just aim for words. It will totally fuck up the rather serious minded style and plot, so I guess I'll just bring out the big broom and sweep the result down from 50k of mixed media to aprrox 25k of actually readable story.

What's the tactics for y'all here? Do you have ambition to actually have a readable, albeit unedited, novel at the end of this hooplah?

#L, counting 21003 words.

 

[pop_54]

Evening all... pop's still plodding on, still no end to the lunacy and inspiration, still not enough time to devote to it though, the mood I'm in with this year's Nano tale, (as with last year), it should have been up past 50,000 days ago, but real life fucks with writing time every day....... 33,087 and counting.

Might even make legal age in it soon and post a snippet again.

 

[pop_54]

Finally plodding just fine here. Had the afternoon off, so i got another 5k down.

Howevah... I did try to combine good (or at least decent) writing with fast writing up until today. I have now abandoned that plan and will just aim for words. It will totally fuck up the rather serious minded style and plot, so I guess I'll just bring out the big broom and sweep the result down from 50k of mixed media to aprrox 25k of actually readable story.

What's the tactics for y'all here? Do you have ambition to actually have a readable, albeit unedited, novel at the end of this hooplah?

#L, counting 21003 words.

Man you're flying, tactics WTF, tactics are get it on paper for the count, edit it in December and beyond... My last year's effort is up around 70,000 words now and still in edit/being written. (It finished Nano at 51,000'ish last year)

 

[Quiet_Cool]

Wrote a fiar bit this morning, but not enough, like Liar. I'm at just over 13000 now, and not even putting a nick in the actualy plot.

Sorry to see you go, OG, but RL is more important, after all (I think it is, anyway... ). See you around the board, and enjoy the wedding. Give the daughter a solid hug and kiss for all of us.

Edited message to Liar about plodding. If I didn't do seven things it once it wouldn't take me so long that ten of you post while I'm typing...

Ignore the self-centered bitching, please.

Good luck all

Q_C

 

[Black Tulip]

Sigh, I was doing rather well, but I really really really have to pay attention to real life for a bit.

Not much writing time this week as I will have to do my assignments. And still job hunting.



Hope to write some in the weekend.