NaNoWriMo 2017!

Who's staying up tonight?! *sobs* I like sleep...

Same. It's nice to see what everyone else is doing. And also from a BJD perspective. Though i'm not ready. I wish I had more days.

MINE TOO

Yikes! Now I have to do it!! XD

 

I wish you all a good start!!
I still have 2,5 hours until it is November xD...
Let's hope for the best!

 

I have no idea how many words I'm at....I handwrote in bed last night XD
I need to type them out. I'm sure I'm behind already tho.

 

I needed at least one more day! I haven't written a single word yet, because I had to finish a review of what came first that I'm tacking on to. I just finished that up a few minutes ago, so once I'm done eating, I'll be cracking the whip on myself for the rest of the evening.

At least tomorrow I'll probably have some time at work. The short downtimes today were spent on the reread. And on wishing I had the costumes and props/scenery to stage photos of some of the scenes...

 

Oi! Staging scenes, I see them in my mind but I can't dwell on them I need to continue to write. So far so good but my other projects are falling behind. At this point I'm grateful that I don't have a full time job. I'm too scatter brained. Working on three character's story-lines so far, many more to go, so I'm doing it in bits and pieces.

 

Almost made my word count for the day. I'm a couple hundred off, but I'll get it in before bed. And hopefully a few more so I'll be ahead for tomorrow. That's the only way I can keep up....by being ahead D:

I needed another day too! Last night I thought of all these important things I need. Like names for half my characters and the actual job of the MC who already appeared in the first chapter. At work. No idea what he is. I wish I'd remembered I didn't know all this earlier.

Same here. No scene staging. Besides I have all of one character shelled so it would be a boring scene. I can do wardrobe changes. That's about it!

The only Nano I ever "won" was the one I did in bits and pieces! That's a good way to go! Working linear is too hard lol

 

I'd just be happy if I could find a title for the half-finished chapter that I think I just finished out. (I'll decide tomorrow if I want to add one more scene to it, or move forward to the next chapter, but I'm leaning toward moving forward for the sake of the story flow.)

I have enough of the characters to stage scenes with them, but not nearly enough of the right outfits to even get started, I've been a massive slacker on that. I'm tempted to draw some of the scenes, too, but that's a good way to completely fail at my word count, so I'm just going to try to focus on the words and see what happens here...

 

I just realized that English must be much easier language for doing NaNo and meeting the word count. I mean, they have lots of little articles and prepositions that Finnish totally lacks. They have pronouns in verbs, like 'I do', whereas Finnish lacks the pronoun I from in front of the verb. They express many things with multiple words whereas in Finnish words are generally put together to form a long monster word. 'A long monster word' can be expressed with one ir two words.

Other than that I am doing fine. Lol I did wonder why I have not met the word count with 5 pages of text. I end up writing 2 novels at this rate. Anyone else feel 'unfairness' in this for their writing language? Haha

On another note I read Hannibal yesterday and today decided to add on a scene where people are locked into a house and a fire set to the basement under the floor so that smoke kills everyone but one baby that is put into an oven where the smoke won't get. I need to pick more calm inspiration books lol.

 

I suppose you could run it through google translate to get the word count in english. That's a tough one.

 

@SteamWitch I hear Word has a translator too. I could try that. I have the 2016 version so it shouldn't be so bad. Thanks uni and free Office 365 for making my writing process possible lol.

 

Day 2, 4200 wc, three sub plots being worked on atm. I may jump to a different one tomorrow.

 

Good job everyone @vauhtikatti a translator sounds like the way to go to me.
I made it to 3564, but I have to write tonight still. I'm pretty happy that I got that far since I've already started over! lol

Still don't know anyone's name. Or job. Or how to make my plots connect. Or you know. Anything.
But I like my new beginning better.

 

-zombies on in- Ugh, I'm so tired. Every batch of words feels like the longest batch of X words ever. I'm only at below 2k words right now, but I think I can still make it... just need to be awake and start earlier, I guess.

 

I had a lot less code building today, but since I jumped ahead yesterday I still got to 3,668. I feel like it helps this year that I'm starting off in the middle. I don't have to wait to get to the good stuff this time (though I do still like my opening scene from the previous work).

 

Congrats everyone on your progress! I'm at 4,423 words right now - wanted to get a little ahead because this weekend promises to be busy. A lot of it's info dump and too much of it is meandering, but I'm trying not to edit or be overly critical and just get on with the story. xD;;

 

I'm at 7k, and doing better than expected! I'm hoping to keep plugging along with that, even though my brain has been eaten by work, and I do not approve of it. I did make it out to a write-in (and accidentally ended up at a launch party) though, so I'm proud of myself for that, too..!

 

@Mayhem - That's awesome! A few of us tried to have a write-in, but the coffee house we went to ended up being taken over by a German class (they were actually having the class in the coffee shop, so we went elsewhere). xD

 

I'm on 6000 currently! In English that'd be about 8000. (Believe it or not.) I am aiming to write about 4k more during weekend so that I don't have to write so much on monday and tuesday. I'm pretty busy bc law school has all kinds of free events with free food and drink. (Crucial for a poor student.) Next week we have a wine and pizza conference and that'd take my ability to write for a day. Lol.

 

On another note, anyone else feel like this picture yet while describing a scene? (Please, link, work.)

Studio Ghibli

 

*raises hand to that*

I'm always so torn on describing scenes... I don't want to write them like that, but I don't want to get purple either... The struggle is real.

 

SAME That could have been written by me. I'm not even sure how much I should describe, if any as my POV character doesn't notice shit.

 

That was quite an amusing link. xD I'm also struggling with how to describe things as my characters would see the world rather than how I would (which is pretty much like that linked description, whoops).

 

Packaging Legos up for the Boys&Girls club ate my morning so I'll all of 176 words today, though I'm here to start on character #4's backstory. How all this is going to fit together I'll not figure out for a while. Just get it down.
Ha, I have written whole paragraphs and then ravaged them into pieces so I've gone from 400 to 200 now at 176. My fingers get ahead of my ability to type on this new laptop. I get frustrated but, onward, the story awaits.

 

I just love making too complex plot twists and puzzles and then I forget to describe what happens in between.

For example today I made a scene where character 1 asks character two a question before they part ways forever. The question, concerning the possibility to make one particular thing happen, can be answered yes or no. Character 2 says that if someone would be watching, he would get killed regardless of the answer. 1 tries to find some sign in his face but fails. When 1 leaves, 2, being a book seller and having lots of books, gives her his bible and says that she should rely on something else than him. 1 reads the book through but it's untouched. Only later, weeks later, she holds the book in her hands and listens to church bells ringing far away, remembering her dead brother, while she realizes: 'I believe' is the answer. "Yes or No? I believe." The bible was an answer to her question.

Just a question out of curiosity - if your book has any "real world" elements in it, what's the weirdest thing you have ever had to google for it? Mine was probably "how drugs can be made". So gangsta. I had to know which drugs are possible without complex production process, so that my wheelchair-bound heroine (pun, ha!) could have her pain in control.

 

You know, I do this too, because I can't help but edit everything. But I always keep what I rewrote, because I wrote it. So it counts. I usually do a strike-through what I don't want to keep, or make it red or something. I mean, if you wrote it, count it.

 

EDIT: OH I wanted to ask if any of you do Pinterest inspiration boards? I have one for mine - it's been ongoing for a year or so now....I should probably delete some of the crap in it....

Not really weird but I have looked up a lot of Anti-Social Personality Disorder related stuff, like psychopathy. Also Schizophrenia and medications to treat it. I need to look up law enforcement hierarchy and procedures - I just haven't done it yet (and I don't want to. Arg.). And yesterday I googled cemeteries in New York.

And trolls. But that's not really real world.

Or is it? :O

EDIT: OOPS i totally meant to edit this into my previous post and didn't!!

 

I haven't gone too weird, either, but I did look up both information on PTSD and blueprints for houses. (I spent probably far too much time on those blueprints; the PTSD is more sprinkled throughout.)

 

I didn't think about that part the strikethrough. Woo! Thanks, yes I wrote so it counts. I won't get back what I deleted before, but I'll keep it in mind from now on.
No interest boards on pintrest specifically for my characters but maybe I will start one or two for some of my characters.

 

5224 today so far, though I doubt I'll get anymore done tonight.

 

I got on a good roll today, so I'm calling it a night at 5,537 here at the end of a scene. I can't decide what to do in the next one anyway.

 

I'm at 6228. Which is way better than I expected. Also calling it for the day.
I feel like I'm on a tiny roll tbh. After the struggle I had with the first day, scrapping all I wrote (figuratively, since I'm keeping it as part of my word count) was the best thing I could have done. It's been way easier since I started over.

I'm happy that will help!

I love doing Pinterest boards for my characters, but also the worlds. Yesterday when I was really stuck I looked at my board for a while and it helped me get past that "I don't know what to do next" problem.

 

I just hit the 10k - I never thought to get so far - especially that I can keep up with my writing schedule....

I rarely use Pinterest, mostly for craft or sew inspirations. But I thin it would be handy to have one now, for some certain characters - but I have no time to do these now xD

 

Pinterest can really be a black hole for your time! I have a couple of boards for different things (relevant to this forum in general, I have some inspiration boards for some specific dolls who I'm working on styling, and some general "hey this would be cool to do for a doll sometime" boards too.)

I haven't written a word yet today... I really need to get my laundry moving so I can sit down and start figuring out what my next scene is.

 

It probably helps to do the Pinterest boards before Nano lol
But I also use them for characters - and therefor dolls since most of my characters are in BJD form.

@NanaM woo! 10K already! I will be happy if I make it there at all......

 

I wrote about 100 today. FAILED. I have many vedy demanding exams coming up in three weeks and I have read 1/6 of the materials that were handed over 5 weeks ago. It's about 3k pages. I'm really getting nervous over the options lol.

I am striving to keep it up and I really feel like that this is undoubtedly the best text version I have ever produced, but every page and all the ideas really drain my sanity, especially when I am not only aiming to publish the novel but also want it to really be the best of me. Like the very best. It's not for my joy only. I've been one in the less than 4 per cent to get accepted to my school through a 5-month exams process yet I can't write a novel and do my study job at the same time. Lol.

I feel that writing can't be done just like, say, you sit down in a bus on your way to your college and decide 'this trip'll take an hour anyway, I can write at least 700.' It takes mental preparation for me. I have to be still and close my eyes for half an hour to one hour before I really can get out of this world. Am I in too deep? Lol. I definitely require too much from this novel, but I know that less taste of your own blood and sweat in the process means less results when you are done.

 

Maybe you could try being a "rebel" and working on other things while you're on the bus, just to warm up your thought processes or get ideas that you can use in the main story? For me, I do a lot of my writing during code builds; in the time it takes me to do the rebuild on the system I work on, I can write about 80-100 words (give or take). With all the times I have to rebuild code in the day, I can often get close to par just doing that, and then finish out the day when I get home.

 

It's a nightmare, isn't it? I'm working, doing a master's degree (with exams coming up in December) and doing nano. I'm trying to plan Christmas, tidy my house, do my job, write a novel, do my degree and on top of that have some time to actually do fun stuff. (And I know how awful those applications and assessments can be. The one for my job took two years. ) Some people can do all this and more, but I'm no good at 'adulting'.

I think sometimes studying is overwhelming because of the sheer amount of stuff. Just when I think I might be catching up, they pile more on. I can't wait till December 15th... Exams will be over, Nano will be over! And next semester won't start till the end of January! Still have to do my job, though.

 

Yesterday was a fail but my excuse is I drove 5 hours, 2.5 hours there and back to wish my 90 year old aunt happy birthday and see cousins and grandcousins I haven't seen in a long time and little ones I've never met in person. It was extremely exhausting, and being a reclusive introverted hermit (is that redundant?) it was somewhat terrifying. It they weren't my family I probably wouldn't have gone. Still it was nice to see them and get lots of hugs. so yesterday was zippo and today is creeping along. I've packaged three tubs of legos for the kids groups so I'm almost done with that. I reshelled one of my main characters so I'll have to incorporate his new appearance into the story line.
So I'm still writing this evening. AND I lost my stupid hearing aides. I have a feeling they got pushed or dropped into something while I was making room to sort legos so I am hoping to find them soon. Glad, I don't have to make you guys crazy by saying Huh? or What?
Okay enough back to work on the other writing.

 

I spent today with family too, though thankfully the drive wasn't as long as yours. xD;; Even loving my family, interactions with them are still exhausting when you're an introvert. Good luck with your writing, SteamWitch, and I hope you find your hearing aides soon!

 

I've just been busy trying to catch up on weeks of chores and tasks that have been sliding... today's been a little bit of a struggle (and a more difficult section to write), but I'm at 9,089 right now and going to try to push myself the last 100-ish words to also make it past 1,667 written per day, since my personal goal this time around is to make both the total and daily word counts for the full 30 days, regardless of what day I "win" on.

 

I've been slacking for the last few days ;; but I'm going to try to make up some of that this evening. I've told myself that if I get 50k I can order the Narae N60S head, so hopefully I can do it!!

 

Thank you, I'm hoping to get 1K more done tonight. The disaster area is clearing so I'm leaving the legos until tomorrow.

 

1k more is my goal too. Good luck to both of us!

 

"Finish this section" won out over "things aren't flowing easily tonight," so I'm calling the night at 9,866 and 2,302 words for today... good luck to everyone else!

 

Good everyone, and I hope you all get to your today goals! And seriously to those who are taking classes and studying. I bow down to you. No way would I attempt Nano and classes at the same time. Work and Nano is a big enough pain.

1k is my goal for today to! It will put me just over on track lol. I just started so I'm not even close yet, and already procrastinating. This is also the first day I'm going out of order. I just thought of some stuff I wanted to try getting down before I forget....

 

Agreed, major props to those of you doing school and writing on the side! Job and general life and NaNo is tiring enough. xD;;

 

I don't know how you do it all, but well wishes from me too. I made my 1K plus so I'm at 8K total. I like that I have 4 subplots going at the same time, keeps my mind busy during the whole day. Although to get my word count up tomorrow I may need to start my 5th subplot. Juggling is a mental skill I have, not a physical one.
Is it just me or are all the moving emoticons moving much faster??

 

Family time for me, too! I still managed to fit in 1000 words but I am kind of running out of Ideas... I thought I had them for at least, like, 100 pages, but nah they only took 20 pages.

@SteamWitch woah, you know a lot of your family! I can only imagine what that could be like. I have no idea of my roots or third cousins. Fun fact; my boyfriend is actually my second cousin, and neither of us knew about it when the relationship started. If he only would have turned out to be my actual cousin, I could have written my novel about that lol. We both write books though and he has been a great inspiration for the first week of NaNo.

 

Lol SAME I haven't even gotten into all my subplots yet, but I'm really hoping they all tie together and fit into the actual plot. I feel like I almost have it, but I could have used another day or 6 to plan. D:
And today I've yet to write one word. I'm going to forget everything by the time I have time tonight.



I dunno. They look normal to me? I don't use many moving ones other than this one

Because if I'd known this existed >> I would have used it all the time. Like every post ever.

 

They are moving faster, the shiver wasn't so shivery before.
I have all of 159 words so far today. I spent time working on modding another doll and updating my clockwork hand project journal that lost all of it's photos (thanks a ton PB ). I do have plans to work on the 5th subplot this evening, they start out fine and then just wind up short stories about the characters but i guess that is okay too.

I want to get ahead because Thursday looks like it might be fine faceup weather!!!!

 

Welp. Here's your reminder to back things up... even when you don't think you need to. Open Office likes eating documents and leaving pound signs in their place. To make matters worse, I could totally recover the 10k I lost in only a couple days... but I've been waking up way, way too early for my (full-time) job the past two weeks, and I'm actually at the end of my rope about that. Mental and chronic illnesses and life-long sleep issues do not mix well with forcefully changed sleep patterns.

So uh. Yeah. I'll be able to pick up in the scant spare time I have, but for now I'm really regretting this crappy job. And, you know. Losing my entire wordcount for the month.

 

Oh no Mayhem, that really sucks! D:

 

So sorry but thanks @Mayhem you reminded me that I haven't backed up my files in days.

 

Oh no, @Mayhem, I'm really sorry to hear that!