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PrintableAnxiety said: DeactivatedMUSE said:  Please let the book have nothing to do with Fams and Prince! oh my god, you just gave me an idea. muse, you live up to your name!  Oh shit...the invasions will be forever imortalized in writing  I'm scared! | |
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superspaceboy said: Anxiety said: aw, come on. do it! whatcha scurred of?
i'm writing a story about someone ridiculously famous who in reality doesn't even exist. it's kind of a pop culture fairy tale in reverse. i hope.   my life story...you really shouldn't have. Let me know if you need any "inside"  information.Okay. Is "jack-ass" hyphenated?  | |
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2the9s said: superspaceboy said: my life story...you really shouldn't have. Let me know if you need any "inside" information.Okay. Is "jack-ass" hyphenated? Are you writing your biography? [Edited 11/1/05 12:36pm] Christian Zombie Vampires | |
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Anxiety said: www.nanowrimo.org
NaNoWriMo begins TODAY! For the month of November, I will be trying to complete a 50,000 word novel. It's kind of the "Boston Marathon" for writers, in which the goal isn't to create a masterpiece but just to accomplish something for the sake of doing it. I have 781 words so far...not much, but it's a beginning!
Anyone else doing this? I've never even heard of this. It's an intriguing concept. I haven't written anything in a very long time, and I need to get down to it. Stephen King's memoir was actually really inspiring, and I never really followed through on it.  | |
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i'm at 1153 words now...i broke my first thousand words!
it's not a huge deal, but it's a little encouraging to be in the realm of four-numbered word counts. | |
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this sounds VERY intriguing! | |
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endorphin74 said:
this sounds VERY intriguing! even if you fail, you still wrote more words that you might have otherwise. it's really a no-lose project! | |
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Anxiety said: i'm at 1153 words now...i broke my first thousand words!
it's not a huge deal, but it's a little encouraging to be in the realm of four-numbered word counts.  I just averaged it out...it's only 1,667 words a day you're almost there already!! | |
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Anxiety said: well, no. not really. not if you like to write fiction. it's more about the process of writing 50,000 words than it is about completing a polished, marketable novel. most people who like to write go through life never writing anything they could consider "major" or "substantial". this is merely an exercise to help people embark on bigger, more ambitious projects...or at the very least, people can walk away saying 'i wrote 50,000 words of a story!' it's a great exercise - not futile at all.
exactly. It's just the act of accomplishing and finishing a novel, regardless how shitty and rough it is. My friend is doing this and has set up a blog about her progress. I'm not doing it (too much other shit going on this month) but maybe I will next year. good luck, anx! I think it's killer that you're participating. I mean, like, where is the sun? | |
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Natsume said: Anxiety said: well, no. not really. not if you like to write fiction. it's more about the process of writing 50,000 words than it is about completing a polished, marketable novel. most people who like to write go through life never writing anything they could consider "major" or "substantial". this is merely an exercise to help people embark on bigger, more ambitious projects...or at the very least, people can walk away saying 'i wrote 50,000 words of a story!' it's a great exercise - not futile at all.
exactly. It's just the act of accomplishing and finishing a novel, regardless how shitty and rough it is. My friend is doing this and has set up a blog about her progress. I'm not doing it (too much other shit going on this month) but maybe I will next year. good luck, anx! I think it's killer that you're participating. thank you! i'm just doing it as an exercise and to get a lot of half-baked ideas out of my head and on to a page, even if the story winds up being a piece of crap that i want nobody to read (which is altogether possible). | |
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Anxiety said: thank you! i'm just doing it as an exercise and to get a lot of half-baked ideas out of my head and on to a page, even if the story winds up being a piece of crap that i want nobody to read (which is altogether possible).
But think how lovely it will be if you find something truly worth pursuing during this; if you get a REAL story idea out of it! My heart is with all you writers this month.   I mean, like, where is the sun? | |
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Wooo good on you!! I've done two novellas. TAkez a great deal of discipline to actually sit in one spot and write. I need alot of mood setters like stormy weather to get into it i find!!  I write my best that way i find. Without having to 'think about it' TOO much.No hablo espanol,no! 
Pero hablo ingles..ssii muy muy bien...
 "Come into my world..."
Missy Quote of da Month: "yeah, sure, that's cool...wait WHAT?! "  | |
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National novel writing month, huh.
Well, I guess I'll pull out that novel I started seven years ago. I wrote about a hundred pages ...then just got lost and started reinventing stuff. I became so overwhelmed I couldn't recover. I put it away and starting writing something else. The characters keep visiting me every day though. I think they want some closure too. | |
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so far i have 2,000 words! only 48,000 more to go! | |
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JasmineFire said: so far i have 2,000 words! only 48,000 more to go!
way to go! i'm at a point with my story now where i can't wait to get back to work on it. i'm in the zone! | |
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Anxiety said: JasmineFire said: so far i have 2,000 words! only 48,000 more to go!
way to go! i'm at a point with my story now where i can't wait to get back to work on it. i'm in the zone! me, too. i don't know how good my work is but i'm sure getting drawn in.  | |
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U can all do it!!! There's nothing like the feeling you get when you see your novel, bound, printed and ready to be shared with the world. It's priceless... My author page: https://www.amazon.com/au...eretttruth | |
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