SparrowMarie Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Who all is doing NaNoWriMo this year? I would love some accountability buddies. I only have a couple irl friends that I know that are doing it but I'd love more people to do it with. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 I'm really thinking about it. Had a couple days where I was writing a lot and was gettin' all geared up to do it, but I've been a slug the last couple days now, as per usual, and the thought of having to make myself pretend to be disciplined on a day like this sounds just miserable lol. But think I'm gonna. Doing short-stories instead of a novel--gonna skip back through all the old notebooks and make a list of the languishing ideas and half-started things I really want to work on. And break out the prompt/exercise books. And see what happens. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparrowMarie Posted October 20, 2020 Author Share Posted October 20, 2020 @Marvin I've never finished one. The closest I've gotten is about 1/3 of the way through. I have a good feeling about this one, just working out the kinks currently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 I did it in '16--again tho, stories, which isn't quite the same--and wrote, like, 75k words in a month lol. It was nuts. I went through and gathered all my loose ends and was actually ready to back all the way out. Felt like I didn't have much of anything. But then today I did some prompts and turned out a couple starters that are totally usable, and then I checked off the collected ideas that still really interest me, and there's a good thirty of them. So. Not as hopeless as I thought, anyway. Gonna keep working on prompts through the end of the month. Put myself in good position to really do it. Murder the excuses! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparrowMarie Posted October 21, 2020 Author Share Posted October 21, 2020 @Marvin that's awesome! I forgot how much a pain in the butt world building is. I mean it's not in a totally fictional place but building up even small-medium towns can have a lot of moving parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparrowMarie Posted October 22, 2020 Author Share Posted October 22, 2020 I got bored and made a cover mock up because I'm stuck on the whole story planning stuff. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparrowMarie Posted October 23, 2020 Author Share Posted October 23, 2020 With some very helpful suggestions by @Sylverthorne I tweaked it and am much happier now. Thank the Canva gods for stock photography and Google for free clipart. Still not sure about the title though. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparrowMarie Posted October 23, 2020 Author Share Posted October 23, 2020 This sure is a process. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Font change is good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainPete Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 I think this is the first year I'll be skipping since I started in 2016. It's just... Not going to happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparrowMarie Posted October 25, 2020 Author Share Posted October 25, 2020 13 hours ago, CaptainPete said: I think this is the first year I'll be skipping since I started in 2016. It's just... Not going to happen. This'll be the first year since 2015 for me. I've never "won" but I'll try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainPete Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 Yeah, I never won either. It was just to get stuff done. But, as much as I want to get stuff down, I don't need the extra stress this year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Ah broccoli me, I guess I actually have to start this tomorrow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparrowMarie Posted November 1, 2020 Author Share Posted November 1, 2020 Going to sleep tonight instead of actually starting at midnight. I have a doc of location descriptions that are very rough. I looked at the word count and it's over 4k... If I wanted to info dump I've sure got a head start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Ah, I didn't think about a midnight start lol. That'd be like getting a whole extra day (with an extra hour tonight to boot). I'm aiming to wade in tomorrow, I reckon. Church online, leftover pizza, and then straight into a half-finished story. Worked well the last time I tried this--already a start (though I won't count those words, obvs.) but plenty left to get me rolling. And then I'll play it by feel from there. Provided I get that far. Eh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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