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[majikero]

After playing Magicka, inspiration struck me!

I guess I'll go with Fantasy Adventure again, but with a good dose of comedy.

[sjm9876]

4186. Now i realise i have urgent schoolwork to do.....

[majikero]

Am I doing my humor right?

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The earth beneath shatters as I lift my hand. By my command the ground churns and crumble beneath my feet. I reach for the sky and clouds gather. Rain pours forth an floods the land. The world is my plaything.
“Thanks for tilling and watering the fields, sir Wizard,” the farmer tips his hat at my direction as he observes my work.

An adventure of a wizard, shunned by his peers and banished from his order. For now, it's gonna be a series of adventure stories till I figure out how it ends.

[USEC_OFFICER]

-snip-

I will admit, I chuckled.

[sjm9876]

Am I doing my humor right?

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The earth beneath shatters as I lift my hand. By my command the ground churns and crumble beneath my feet. I reach for the sky and clouds gather. Rain pours forth an floods the land. The world is my plaything.
“Thanks for tilling and watering the fields, sir Wizard,” the farmer tips his hat at my direction as he observes my work.

An adventure of a wizard, shunned by his peers and banished from his order. For now, it's gonna be a series of adventure stories till I figure out how it ends.

Love it

[Sappho]

I got up to 1857, letting it stop there for tonight. Starting is always the hardest part for me. Now that the story is rolling a bit, it should come a little easier. I just have to fight off the desire to edit everything six or seven times before moving on. It's worse than heroin, this editing addiction.

It doesn't help that I haven't finished my research. I was hoping I could meet a particular Czech friend this week and discuss traditional fairy tales, stories, random bits of history, life in a village (I have only lived in Prague), and various other details that I will need, but she was too busy. She said she should be able to find some time next week. I hope so, otherwise I'll surely have to rewrite loads of stuff once I have the correct information.

My "buddy list" on the site seems to feature 2 kinds of users: the ones who have written 4000+ words already and the ones who have hardly started yet. I seem to be the only one who went just a little over the minimum and then stopped. We'll see how it goes. I suppose that in many parts of the world it isn't already 9.30 at night.

I can't resist the temptation to share a snippet as well. It always helps my motivation when I know people are reading something, even if it's unfinished.

Spoiler: Excerpt from Day 1 (click to show/hide)

Anne knew better than to believe such foolish stories. Witches were a fairy tale based on the sexist persecution of women hundreds of years ago. There were no accepted legends about Iroquois warriors turning into wolf spirits, and all actual wolves had been wiped out in this area when it was first settled by Europeans, to protect their livestock. She had looked it up on Wikipedia. As for the kids seeing demons’ eyes, she certainly wasn’t about to trust the word of some kids who broke their curfew and snuck out at night. And anyway, plenty of animals’ eyes seemed to glow in the dark. If they had seen anything, it was probably just a cat.

She didn’t like cats very much.

As a vehement cat lover, I feel it is important to have a character who doesn't like cats so that she can learn the error of her ways over the course of the story. Also, this character is nine years old.

I'm having fun already. : )

[inEQUALITY]

Starting is always the hardest part for me. Now that the story is rolling a bit, it should come a little easier. I just have to fight off the desire to edit everything six or seven times before moving on. It's worse than heroin, this editing addiction.

Haha, are you me? Starting on a blank page is infuriating. Sometimes I type motivational sentences, pump myself up, and then start off doing my actual writing. It helps sometimes. This time, though, I forced myself to dive straight in with my story. Also, my internal editor is quite the hellhound too. Incredibly hard to tame. Even tends to break out of his cage, from time to time. It's a struggle.

I'm right at 2143 words; decided to cut myself off before I ran out of steam. Going to keep it bottled for the next day. And the next. I'm hoping things work out better than last year, when I petered off after a few days and gave up.

I guess since everyone is giving excerpts, I figure why not throw up a paragraph without any context:

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There were no cries of pain. With fervor every man lifted their bleeding fists to their lord. They were the first men called to be Bloodgiven in generations; the last of the Guard had perished in wars long past.

[Caz]

A bunch of people like to get head-starts in the beginning. It does make me jealous though when I see someone on day 2 or 3 that already has 14000 words. Maniacs.

I like that beginning. All characters must discover the virtues of cats. The main plot in my story is about a guy searching for his beloved cat. Through uncounted dreamworlds.

Which basically means I can take the plot anywhere. Somehow he's in a mental hospital atm. Fun, fun...

[Sappho]

A bunch of people like to get head-starts in the beginning. It does make me jealous though when I see someone on day 2 or 3 that already has 14000 words. Maniacs.

I like that beginning. All characters must discover the virtues of cats. The main plot in my story is about a guy searching for his beloved cat. Through uncounted dreamworlds.

Which basically means I can take the plot anywhere. Somehow he's in a mental hospital atm. Fun, fun...

That... sounds amazing. Want to swap stories? : D

[shadenight123]

I'm shadenight123.
And this is Jackass.

I...got up to 12.796.
...
I know I should feel ashamed of myself.
I know.
But...writing fanfiction helps. A lot.

excerpt of "The Investigator
And
The Case of the Missing Brain"

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“Tell me, little unoriginal brat,” the man smiled showing all of his perfectly white teeth. She had to wonder how he could keep them like that, when even finding a toothbrush was a hassle. “Why should I help someone without the soul of a poet?”
Lyara narrowed her eyes; her shoulders trembled in displeasure as she clenched her hands. The package began to drip on the floor with a greyish liquid. She winced and dropped it hastily, her hand burned upon contact with whatever was inside. The bundle fell on the ground with a sickening plop, before the paper wrapped around it broke aside to reveal its grimy contents.

[WillowLuman]

I have a very bad cold, I stayed up entirely too late last night, I'm on some fairly strong medication, I haven't eaten anything all day. LET'S DO THIS!

Hallucinations can only help the writing process, yes?

[Digital Hellhound]

...well. I enjoyed my wordcount superiority while it lasted. I'll just go sob in the corner now, shadenight.

[shadenight123]

Consider that once, writing fanfiction of Naruto...
I wrote two 16K chapters.
In a single day. (One finished early in the morning, the other in the afternoon)
It's no wonders I have the writer's cramps though and my wrists ache in moody weather.

[Sappho]

I have a very bad cold, I stayed up entirely too late last night, I'm on some fairly strong medication, I haven't eaten anything all day. LET'S DO THIS!

Hallucinations can only help the writing process, yes?

YES.

[Willfor]

http://nanocountdown.com/

I'll post my own status later.