Subject: So close!
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Posted on: 2012-12-03 06:34:00 UTC
Oh, so close! Shoot!
...That's really all I have to say. ^///^;;
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NaNoWriMo post! by
on 2012-12-01 08:08:00 UTC
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*deep breath*
I DID IT! :D
I did it kind of funky this year. I didn't finish the story i was doing last year (the story I've been working on for way too long) so I picked up where I left off and finished it, then continued on the next installment. I made it in by a hair of 67 words on their word count validator, but 1,553 by MS Word's count. Here's hoping I do even better next year.
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I tried. by
on 2012-12-03 00:19:00 UTC
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At least I started working on this frakking book!
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I ran out of plot at 45k. by
on 2012-12-02 17:56:00 UTC
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It went downhill from then. But I won't give up on it, even though editing it will be work.
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So close! by
on 2012-12-03 06:34:00 UTC
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Oh, so close! Shoot!
...That's really all I have to say. ^///^;; -
Well, I did win. by
on 2012-12-03 13:09:00 UTC
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I squeezed the remaining words in, wrote epilogue chapters and, dunno, kind of alternative versions of the big scenes, which are going to be merged into one.
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For the first time ever... by
on 2012-12-01 23:46:00 UTC
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Or the first time in six years, since that's how long I've been trying--
Broke the finish line! By 62 words, and I'm looking at this thing going "Man, I've got another 20,000 at least before I'm satisfied with his arc."
But still. I really didn't think I'd finish this year, but the last-minute push was so worth it. My friend spent the last day pushing me to write, and I'm ridiculously happy. Every year, I wind up thinking "Well, this didn't work out, but next year!" So it's kinda cool to think it finally paid off.
Now - who's up for round two? :D -
Re: For the first time ever... by
on 2012-12-02 02:09:00 UTC
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For me it was the professor who ran this creative writing seminar I attended last year who did the pushing. Only, she wasn't pushing the whole time; she just emailed me about it at the beginning of November because I'd been the one to tell her this actually existed. Because of that, I started five days late. But I still made it!
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Got hit in the face with school... by
on 2012-12-02 00:07:00 UTC
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I had stuff due and tests pretty much ever day for the first two weeks of November. Gave up after that...
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Final Count: 24,756 by
on 2012-12-01 22:21:00 UTC
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I meant to hit at least 40,000 this year, but my laptop charger cord died on day 14. I hate my life...
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13,732 words. Eh, I wrote. (nm) by
on 2012-12-01 20:15:00 UTC
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Final Word Count: 1 :\ by
on 2012-12-01 19:48:00 UTC
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Yeah, that's that happens when laziness and RL combine.
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Didn't make it to 50k. by
on 2012-12-01 18:20:00 UTC
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But I did make it to the 30k goal I had set for myself after Hurricane Sandy came and knocked out my power for two weeks. Even that makes me feel good, that I wrote and average of 1,000 words a day.
Plus, even if I had gotten to 50k I wouldn't have been done with the story. From now on I'm just going to be working on it when I have ideas and not just to push out words. By the way I work I'll probably finish the first draft by March. -
I failed. by
on 2012-12-01 18:11:00 UTC
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My keyboard broke, and even now I am using my onscreen keyboard.
If I were to use my keys right now, it would look like=this=because=my=entire=1eft=side=is=bretty=much=a=gQner -
Well, I tried. by
on 2012-12-01 16:55:00 UTC
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I only made it to 39k this year, which is still better than last year, but not enough to win. I don't really mind losing though, it's all just for fun for me.
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Yay! by
on 2012-12-01 16:11:00 UTC
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I made it to 50,041 by their count, and 50,052 by GDocs'.
Mine was about magical girls! What happened in yours? -
Re: Yay! by
on 2012-12-02 02:06:00 UTC
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Stupid count cut off well over a thousand words on mine. >:[
Mine's about a medieval fantasy war between two factions of humans and how a ragtag bunch of kids find their way to each other and slowly (partially thanks to the machinations of a benevolent Grim Reaper figure) discover that they all are either connected to or hold secrets concerning the cause of the war, and thus are their land's only hope for peace. -
... by
on 2012-12-02 00:14:00 UTC
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And as someone who read it, I can say it's awesome.
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Lost like a Boss. by
on 2012-12-01 15:54:00 UTC
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I've got about 12 k still... I blame health issues and my junior year of college. I'm still working on the story, though.
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I did it, too! by
on 2012-12-01 15:39:00 UTC
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After losing several years in a row, I managed to squeak by with 41 words to spare.
Congrats to everyone else who made it! -
This was my second year by
on 2012-12-02 02:07:00 UTC
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I only got to about 30,000 some words last year, but i made it in by 67!
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I did by
on 2012-12-01 08:58:00 UTC
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And I won. Dragged myself over the finish line with a cold and too little sleep.
Right now I can't stand the sight of my script so I've started editing the story I did in August for Camp NaNo, now that I can finally stand the sight of that. :D -
I participated... by
on 2012-12-01 08:34:00 UTC
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...in the forums.
I kind of goofed around during the month and missed the mark.
Actually, I initially brought up the topic of NaNaWriMo (October, it was), so I was in it a bit early.