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Oct. 26th, 2004 08:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Okay, with a week left ... a show of hands. Who's doing NaNoWriMo? And just of curiosity, do you know what you're writing yet?
Personally, I've got a title, characters, and a location. A plot, however, is something I'm sorely lacking at this point. And yay, only a week to pull one out of thin air. But at last I have a very tiny purple stapler, with very tiny purple staples. :)
Personally, I've got a title, characters, and a location. A plot, however, is something I'm sorely lacking at this point. And yay, only a week to pull one out of thin air. But at last I have a very tiny purple stapler, with very tiny purple staples. :)
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Date: 2004-10-26 06:45 pm (UTC)I have a few characters, a setting, a general idea.
And this year, I'm giving myself permission to fail. Last time, there was much pain and suffering. This year, there will be much pain and suffering, but it will be sanctioned.
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Date: 2004-10-26 08:52 pm (UTC)*snerk* Me, too.
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Date: 2004-10-26 06:58 pm (UTC)I have a story - it's based on the Hot and Gorgeous Club, a club made out of those people that make magazine's Most Attractive People list. And there is CONS-PIE-RACY OMG.
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Date: 2004-10-26 07:00 pm (UTC)*flinches as BELL OF DOOM peals out it's haunting call in observance of the official death of my college career*
As for plot, I've got nothing. But it's probably going to involve a thoughtful exploration of something-or-other, with a side of dark humor and lots of smut.
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Date: 2004-10-26 07:22 pm (UTC)No ninjas, though.
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Date: 2004-10-26 07:32 pm (UTC)Plus, I'm thinking of taking a day off at the end of the month to catch up as much as possible. Oh, here's hoping I can get both stories done by the end of the year. *crosses fingers*
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Date: 2004-10-26 07:24 pm (UTC)God, I love saying that.
Giant Baby of DOOOOOOOM! DOOOOOOOM! DOOOOOOOM!
*scampers off into a corner to practice her pre-apocalyptic shrieking*
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Date: 2004-10-26 07:27 pm (UTC)I signed up for Nano last year around the middle of October and had a fantastically fun time. I got my quota five days or so early (must have been first-time madness). This year I've got a much heavier homework schedule and grad school to apply to (*scream*) but I signed up on the first. I have characters, some with actual names, multiple settings, and a vague plot. One or two motivations lurk in the background but aren't too great yet.
That stapler sounds awesome.
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Date: 2004-10-26 07:37 pm (UTC)The teeny tiny office supplies are the best things EVER. They're only five bucks at Borders in the notepad aisle, and there's a hole punch, a stapler, staples, a tape dispenser, a spare tiny roll of tape and a staple remover. Mine is purple, and there's pink and orange, too.
I really need to get the tiny scented highlighters. If only so I can own tiny scented highlighters. :)
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Date: 2004-10-26 07:28 pm (UTC)I have a plot, basically, and characters - it's a story I've been toying with for a little while, but just got the brand spanking new idea that will (hopefully) get me over the plot hump. No title, though - I need to think of something, so that I don't spend a month calling it "that *#@(Y@ thing". ;)
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Date: 2004-10-26 07:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-26 08:01 pm (UTC)*Raises hand.*
Date: 2004-10-26 08:10 pm (UTC)Oh, no. No pressure at all.
Hm. Half of my fingernails are chewed off. Oh, well.
;)
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Date: 2004-10-26 08:53 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2004-10-26 09:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-26 10:15 pm (UTC)I've got characters, a title I don't like, a slightly morbid opening scene, and an icon. Plot? Not so much.
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Date: 2004-10-26 10:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-27 05:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-26 11:40 pm (UTC)so far i've got a main character, a sci-fi world background kinda made up and a book title.
now...all i need is a plot...
(all this and i'm moving apts in nov. too...sigh...)
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Date: 2004-10-26 11:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-27 12:14 am (UTC)Heck no. :) I've won twice, and only once did I have anything resembling a plot... and that wasn't until day 6 or so. :)
Yup, going for my fourth year--I'm such the masochist. I have a vague setting and a possible main character, but that's it so far.
Yipes...
*worried look*
Maybe I need a tiny purple stapler too?
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Date: 2004-10-27 04:10 am (UTC)"A Power Beyond Reason" is the second sequel to "Social Morality" -- last year's offering. I'm currently tearing my hair out over the draft that goes in between them.
I have characters, world, general plot, etc. One of the reasons NaNo works so well for me is that I don't outline. I open my brain and basically vomit story into the computer file.
And somehow it all works. :)
I don't have tiny office supplies, but I do have a shiny project-specific icon!
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Date: 2004-10-27 04:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-27 05:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-27 06:29 am (UTC)I've got a whole lot of madness, and not much brain.
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Date: 2004-10-27 08:19 am (UTC)But yes. I am writing a novel this month. It's called RED LETTER DAYS: DEVIL'S BARGAIN and it's due to Silhouette on November 30.
Pardon me while I stagger off and cry a moment, 'cause I've still got 5,000 words to go on the book that's due in FOUR DAYS.
Does that count? Probably not. But I'm officially in NaNoWriMo, 'cause, um, I have to write a novel, and it has to be in a month.
Luckily, only 80,000 words. :headdesk: :headdesk: :headdesk:
-- J.
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Date: 2004-10-27 09:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-27 10:12 am (UTC)