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[Lectorog]

I'm writing about a guy who writes and I'm managing to not make it autobiographic. Pretty proud. There's a lot of musing, but it's not necessarily my views.

[Darkmere]

Just hit 13,000 words. I'll even have time to catch up tomorrow and ... dare I say it... get a lead on my word count.

[Skyrunner]

I look at them the same as those people who have three doctorates by age 20.  I choose to ignore them, because the universe is a happier place if I don't know they exist.

There's something to be said for that philosophy. I think I will adopt it.


Edit: #nano on irc.darkmyst.net was the channel we used before. I'll hang out there if anyone wants to word war or needs a writing cheerleader etc.

Nobody there.

... not that I'm writing one.

[Sappho]

I'm having an emotionally trying day (see my post in the "things that made you sad today" thread if you want details, I'm definitely not going to write it again). I feel completely rotted up and twisted inside, violated, helpless, terrified to face the world. I keep trying to sit down and write but then the events of last night pop back into my head and I lose it all over again. I really hope I can regain control of myself by evening. I don't want the fuckers who made me feel this way to also get control over my creative outlet and stop me from making my word count for the first time. : (

[Darkmere]

I'll leave what I wrote in the other thread for the other thread. But for this one, the advice is the same as any other day. Just worry about putting one word after the other, and repeat.

[Caz]

Hope you feel better soon Sappho, don't feel bad about taking a day off if you're not up to it. You can always make up the word count later.

[Digital Hellhound]

1745 words today, finishing a chapter and the entire first section of my book. Now follows a complete character and plotline change for another 18k or more (or less) words.

I don't wanna reread what I wrote today because it is not fun to write while sick, and I imagine the quality varies a bit. Still, it's done! I persevered! Hurray.

[EnigmaticHat]

I'm having an emotionally trying day (see my post in the "things that made you sad today" thread if you want details, I'm definitely not going to write it again). I feel completely rotted up and twisted inside, violated, helpless, terrified to face the world. I keep trying to sit down and write but then the events of last night pop back into my head and I lose it all over again. I really hope I can regain control of myself by evening. I don't want the fuckers who made me feel this way to also get control over my creative outlet and stop me from making my word count for the first time. : (

Sorry that happened to you : (

[Darkmere]

I just broke 15,000 words before midnight.First time in a week that I've seen two green bars on my book's stat screen. Feels good. Feels reeeaaaal goooood. 

Now off to toss out another thousand towards tomorrow's count.

[Sappho]

I'm having an emotionally trying day (see my post in the "things that made you sad today" thread if you want details, I'm definitely not going to write it again). I feel completely rotted up and twisted inside, violated, helpless, terrified to face the world. I keep trying to sit down and write but then the events of last night pop back into my head and I lose it all over again. I really hope I can regain control of myself by evening. I don't want the fuckers who made me feel this way to also get control over my creative outlet and stop me from making my word count for the first time. : (

Sorry that happened to you : (

Thanks. I didn't write anything yesterday, but I'm determined to catch up today. Coffee at the ready!

[Aqizzar]

Welp, I threw in the towel.  And I feel great about it.

I only signed on for this challenge because I wanted to see if I could do it, but I realized that if I don't actually care about what I'm working on, it turns into a chore.  And when something feels like a chore, I find other things to do instead.

I was already working on a writing project that I want to be writing and was making great progress with right before November.  There's also my roguelike to program, that I'm finally past a block with.  And I already know that if I had a subject, I could crank out 50000 words in a month - I've done 22000 in two weeks before, and that still wasn't my maximum effort.  It just has to be something that I want to do.

So, good luck all.  Maybe I'll try again next year.

[Sappho]

I think NaNo is a tool, and if it's not a useful tool for you at the moment, there's no shame in letting it go this time around.

As for me, I have just gotten my two green bars! I wrote 2,735 words today and that got me back up to par despite my rough day yesterday. And I'm bursting to write the next couple of scenes. Maybe I'll keep going and get a head start. Who knows how I'll feel tomorrow...

[Digital Hellhound]

I don't find NaNo a tool, really. A tool to get a lot of writing done? I wouldn't risk any of my cherished story ideas to NaNo, but rather take my time for higher quality (and probably never get it done). I'm doing NaNo for its own sake, so I can stand on 50k words and say 'I did this, bitches!'.

I've been kept away from writing today. Hoping to get a good late-night spurt going when I get home. Some people on my buddy list are getting past me in wordcount and that's just unacceptable.

[EnigmaticHat]

A lot of writers achieve quality through editing.  The idea is to write a shitty first draft and then clean that up.  So in theory, Nanowrimo is a good tool with which to do that.

[sjm9876]

Welp, I can't do this any more. november has decided to absorb all my spare time and make me feel like shit simultaneously, and even when I do get a chance to write I end up just staring at the screen because I've been over the plot in my head and there's nothing interesting about it left to me, so I just can't write.