Thread: NatNoWriMo!

I'm at a little over 62K, I think I will do some supplemental/experimental scenes and probably end up around 70k, hopefully. I have a TON of historical research to do, have three books on the Great Basin frontier that will take up most of my December. Then I believe I will start again from the beginning, using what I have more as an outline than rough draft. I liked what I did last year, but I think this one has a chance . This is the...

Final day for everyone! I was a winner on the 24th and wrapped it up on the 25th which was perfect as this weekend threw me way too many curveballs. Tomorrow, I'm going to go through and correct the grammar, spelling, and editing issues (I kept forgetting characters names and just put in their occupation). And frankly, the "bad guys" are just too bad. Quote: Originally Posted by elfkin477 I have a question for people as...

Quote: Originally Posted by Maserschmidt I also don't think the book will end at exactly 50K, which is fine, I'm guessing more like 60 or 65K Given that I reached 50K late Tuesday, I know for sure mine's not done at that length. It'll probably take another 30-40K before it's really done. I'm aiming for completing everything by Ground Hog's Day. I have a question for people as they finish: what did you...

Sigh. I'm still exactly on track. I tell you it's stressful, people, living on the edge like this!

I'm at around 3600 words and am sticking pretty carefully to the 1,667 per day goal. More than that and I'll get cocky and burn out (I know myself too damn well). This way I've got a reachable goal that takes me about an hour each night. If I do more, great, but I'm not counting on it. I'm kind of cheating NaNo anyway because my project is ongoing and not a complete novel. But 50,000 words is 50,000 words, so to me, it...

Nonstarter. I just got the job and have to pack to fly back to Saudi.

I'm a few thousand behind, because I'm having real problems with the current part.

Quote: Originally Posted by Erdosain Please hold, I have Audrey Niffenegger's attorneys on the line... Anyway, I have a question for you NaNoWriMo participants. What do you do if you don't have Word on your computer? Annoyingly, I don't have any word processing software on my computer and Microsoft wants something like $150 for Word. (Remember the days when you got Office for free, preinstalled on your computer? Who knew that...

Quote: Originally Posted by Erdosain Anyway, I have a question for you NaNoWriMo participants. What do you do if you don't have Word on your computer? Annoyingly, I don't have any word processing software on my computer and Microsoft wants something like $150 for Word. (Remember the days when you got Office for free, preinstalled on your computer? Who knew that those would be the golden years?) Can anyone recommend something fairly...

I'm at 5300 words, and I will be starting my third chapter tommorrow. I wanted to try to get a bit higher today, but I reached a logical end of chapter two and I didn't want to start the new chapter tonight. My story is coming together but I fear that I'm getting into long talky sections again, too much dialog, too much dialog. I just start writing, and all of a sudden I realize someone is going off on a monolog. Luckily, the...