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Post by yoda47 on Nov 28, 2011 12:27:57 GMT -5
50,107 words done...now to finish the story, then edit, edit, edit...
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Post by almarquardt on Nov 28, 2011 17:34:26 GMT -5
Less than 3K words to go to reach the 50, but my story isn't half-done! Why, oh why can't I write a story that doesn't keep going, and going, and going?
Yeah, I know, it's not really a problem is it?
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Post by Kessie on Nov 28, 2011 17:57:50 GMT -5
Almarquardt: How many plots and main characters do you have? I've had stories with four or five plots and at least 25 main characters that went well over 100,000 words. Someday I ought to try editing them. *insane Joker-laughter* I'm still getting about 1300 words a night, not sure about my total anymore. I finally managed to enchant myself last night, so I can't wait to get back to it. Also, that song about "never split the party" keeps going around in my head. www.youtube.com/watch?v=waa2ucfgVgQ
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Post by almarquardt on Nov 28, 2011 19:17:36 GMT -5
Hi Kessie,
My current story doesn't have that many main characters, thank goodness. The issue is that my story got a little more complicated than I intended. Instead of one antagonist, I now have two, possibly three. And my original protagonist and antagonist are switching roles.
Politics also entered the fray in a big way. What fun, huh?
1300 words a night is pretty good, but even better that you can't wait to return to it. To have your own story swallow you up is one of the best feelings, isn't it?
Loved the song, by the way. I'll admit it. I split my party!
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Post by newburydave on Dec 2, 2011 9:32:44 GMT -5
Kudos to all the Team Anomaly writers.
SGD dave
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Post by Teskas on Dec 2, 2011 21:07:00 GMT -5
Thanks, Dave. And thank all the rest of you for your kind words of support during the NaNo. God bless.
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Post by Kessie on Dec 2, 2011 21:40:09 GMT -5
Are we going to keep using this thread to post writing totals and edit progress? :-D
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Post by almarquardt on Dec 2, 2011 23:50:06 GMT -5
Why not? I've lowered my daily word count to no less than 1000. Gotta do the dishes and laundry sometime. Right now I'm up to 52026 (although I plan on a few more hundred before I stop for tonight). Question for everyone: Did you start your novel with plans to seek publication (or self-publish), did you decide it's not worth it as you kept writing, or did you start for the mere fun of it and decide later it's good enough to edit and submit?
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Post by Kessie on Dec 3, 2011 0:39:49 GMT -5
Oh good. I wrote about 1000 words tonight and last night, with lots of brainstorming in between. I complained about it on my blog (with illustrations).
Almarquardt: My stories just come as stories. As I haven't gotten any published and I don't have time for the massive amount of work that publication takes, right now I'm writing just to amuse myself and my husband. He has a whole stable of stories and characters, and I'm taking each one and novelizing them. Right now I'm writing the backstory of my dragon and kitsune characters who have been in my head for years. Next I'm going to tackle my hubby's story with a band of heroes who are gathered together to capture and chain a Dark Angelus who is bent on destroying the universe. (And she's not Satan! She's a stand-alone villain!)
If the world or the universe isn't in jeopardy, it's not fun for me to write. :-D
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Post by Teskas on Dec 3, 2011 9:17:31 GMT -5
Yes, this would seem to be a good place to follow up on NaNoWriMo. I stopped at 51057. I don't want to write any more until I download the Scrivener software. I was writing in Word and the story was getting unwieldy. I was constantly scrolling up and down. Sometimes it was hard to find the section I wanted to work on. Also, at about week 3, what started out as one novel morphed into two or three. The characters and sub-plots are all related, but seem better as separate stories. So once the new software is installed, I plan to split the original Word document. It should bring me back to around 22,000 words for the initial novel and the balance for what looks like two other novels.
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Post by Kessie on Dec 3, 2011 9:31:57 GMT -5
I just write in wordpad, and as each chapter hits 30 kb, I start a new chapter. For really long stories, I keep a cliff notes file with a brief summary of the critical plot points in each chapter.
Fancy software shmancy software. I used to do this all on notepaper. :-)
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Post by almarquardt on Dec 3, 2011 11:21:34 GMT -5
I'm using LibreOffice and keeping any ideas or possible changes in Microsoft's One Note. Love One Note! I've heard good things about Scrivener. I might have to check it out, because already I'm losing track of my characters, such as "did she have green eyes or brown?"
Like you, Teskas, it's tiring having to scroll up and down looking for information.
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Post by Teskas on Dec 3, 2011 16:52:24 GMT -5
What impressed me about Scrivener was its versatility. It is an ideal piece of software for a novelist, but goes beyond that. It can be used for academic research reports, technical manuals, and scientific papers, too. It is box ready to export the finished product for traditional publishing and e-publishing. Also the licence is generous. A user can put it on every home computer he owns, plus one computer outside his home. So basically the whole family can have a copy if they want. The registration key allows a person to add it to a newly acquired computer at any time, or transfer it from one machine to another. It is designed for MAC, Windows, and Linux OS machines. The Linux version is currently in Beta. You can use that for free, and Beta testers I believe get a massive discount when it goes live next year. Winners of NaNoWriMo 2011 get it half-price. And participants who did not hit the 50K can still get a 20 percent discount. It is half-price to students and teachers. When there are upgrades, the owner of the software can buy a new version at a discount. I think the full price is around $40 or $45. Anyone can download a 30-day trial for free, and by 30-day they mean 30 separate days. So if you use it for a couple of days and don't get back to writing your masterpiece for a while, you still have 28 days left of the trial. You can find out more about it from the design team at literatureandlatte.com/ and on the NaNoWriMo forum "Scrivener writing software for Mac and Windows." Anyway, I think it is pretty cool, and I'm getting my copy next week when the NaNo Winner's code appears on the Goodies page.
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Post by Teskas on Dec 3, 2011 17:09:38 GMT -5
I should have mentioned that, if you are strapped for cash and you can't afford anything but a 50% discount, try this forum on the NaNo website:
Forums » December and Beyond! » Life After NaNoWriMo "Special Offer Code Giveaways"
People are allowed to donate Scrivener codes they don't want. So even if you don't have the 50K, or you want to give it as a gift to someone else, you can try getting a discount code this way.
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Post by newburydave on Dec 4, 2011 15:32:12 GMT -5
Are we going to keep using this thread to post writing totals and edit progress? :-D =============== Kessie and all; I just set up the A.W.A.S.P. (Anomalous Writing Activities Support Project) thread I wrote about previously. There is a link to my Google docs folder with that spreadsheet I put together to track wordcount against goals and target date. wherethemapends.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=workshop&thread=2063Check it out. Maybe we can move our project reporting over to that thread. SGD dave
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