11-14-2011 at 5:05 AM

Ugh, still at 6402. I'm having to get up at 5 in the morning to write, because during the day I've got so much other work to do x.x

11-14-2011 at 12:27 AM

Broke 10k today D; too bad the goal is 21k

11-3-2011 at 8:31 PM

I'm at 4000(ish) :3 1k more to go for today! I was quite a ways ahead the first day too xD Didnt last long.

11-3-2011 at 5:31 PM

I'm stuck at 1166 words for now. If only I didn't have an 8 page paper due Monday on how feminism can be applied to literary theory, I'd be good to go! *grumbles*

11-3-2011 at 1:49 PM

3813 words for me! I'm already doubting this story a lot, though. T_T <br /> <br /> To force myself to continue, I'm pretending that it's homework and that I have no choice but to finish it hahaha

11-3-2011 at 12:09 AM

Nice! now if only I could focus and get off Ala >.&lt; I need to WRITE!

11-3-2011 at 12:07 AM

My literary theory class is the one I outline through. 1 hour and 15 minutes of analyzing theory! >.><br /> <br /> I just passed 1000 words. <i>Now</i> it feels like I'm writing. *dances*

11-2-2011 at 11:55 PM

Now 2105.<br /> Hehe-- my Spanish 2 class is my homework/doodling class. I seriously learn nothing. So it's perfect for character sketches xD

11-2-2011 at 11:49 PM

Sheesh! You're doing pretty well! I have the first part of my story outlined and everything (got bored in class..heh) but I can't seem to write it out nicely. It's all "I did blah blah, he did blah blah, they went there, this was that" and I spend so much time deleting that I think I'm officially losing words >.&lt; haha

11-2-2011 at 11:45 PM

2039 for me x} I need to write another 1000 before I can go to bed.

11-2-2011 at 11:42 PM

Eesh! So mine is getting off to a slow start. I'm only at about 800 words. Once I get into it, it'll be fairly easy for me to crank out 1667 a day till the end. But it's the starting that gets me. How's everyone else doing?

11-1-2011 at 9:17 AM

Well, if anyone's interested in following my novel, here's a link to my NaNo,<br /> <a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/gladdy/novels/the-eccentric-and-the-hatter">The Eccentric and The Hatter</a>

11-1-2011 at 1:08 AM

Woot it has begun for my timezone anyway! xD <br /> <br /> I will be working on an idea I've been...plotting...for several years. I havent actually sat down and wrote the darn thing, though, so this is the perfect opportunity for me to hopefully get myself to work on it and actually get a lot done >.&lt; I'm going to try and make myself do so, anyway.<br /> <br /> Perhaps next year, if I manage to finish this... I will try jumping into it without any preparation ahead of time, just to see how it goes :3<br /> <br /> Heeey we should all become writing buddies :D Then we can prod at each other if our word counts are low! xD

10-30-2011 at 8:21 PM

Yeah, I understand being paranoid. :[ I'm that way with my art sometimes, and that doesn't take nearly as much effort as NaNoWriMo.<br /> <br /> Hold on to that optimism, Three. ^^<br /> <br /> Character meetings are so exciting. :3

10-30-2011 at 6:07 PM

I may post online, but I'm usually pretty paranoid about it >.&lt;<br /> <br /> I'm in the same boat! I have characters that have to meet and go somewhere, but I can't decide how they should meet. Everything I try just feels wrong >.&lt;

10-30-2011 at 5:19 PM

I might post it online, but honestly it'll probably need to be edited like crazy. So it'll probably be well after November before I get it ready to be read by anyone. My goal is to do absolutely no editing until I've reached 50k words.<br /> <br /> I've never been so determined for NaNoWriMo before. <br /> <br /> Which is weird, because I still have NO IDEA how to begin my novel - I don't know how my characters will run into each other. D: <br /> <br /> Despite that, I'm still more optimistic than I've been in the past.<br /> <br /> Watch me just blow it, though XD

10-30-2011 at 12:26 AM

<a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/82291878/keep-writing-inspirational-cross-stitch?ref=sc_4">A good response</a> to your internal critic. :P (I kind of want to buy it. I could put it right above my computer.)<br /> <br /> I was struggling internally with whether to do NaNo this year, but I think I'm not motivated enough to stick to it. Maybe I'll just try to write something every day instead; that'll be better than my current apathetic "I'll get written someday" attitude.<br /> <br /> Out of curiosity, are any of you planning on posting what you write online? I'd love to read some good novels during November. :3

10-29-2011 at 11:50 PM

How have you trained yourself to do that? Or is it just something that came to you naturally? <br /> <br /> My internal critic is a horrible person than instills crippling anxiety into my soul.<br />

10-29-2011 at 9:41 PM

So am I :P<br /> <br /> It's not that I don't brainstorm, it's just that I don't put too much weight into what I think up. If I do, my internal critic yells at me and tells me it's an overused idea and it's not original and that no one will like it and that it's horrible and etc. I keep trying to shut her up, but it's not working. Therefore, I jump in more or less blind. XD

10-29-2011 at 3:24 PM

Roo, I'm totally curious as to how people do that.<br /> <br /> I don't really plan a lot, but I always plan out the beginning, what the antagonists wants, and the end. I feel like if I didn't know the plot in this basic way, I'd never get anything done. But then it comes down to the day before November and if I don't have one of those things figured out I start to panic. I really wish I knew how to just write spontaneously. I feel like it would make NaNoWriMo a lot less stressful for me.