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Monday, January 13th, 2003
8:40 pm [mortaine]	Death in the family This was posted over on the NaNoWriMo boards. I am cross-posting it to nanowrimo2002 and newtonanowrimo JoAnn Wortz, our own beloved Ebola Smurf, died in a one-car accident on New Year's Eve. Here's the e-mail from her executor: My name is Tom Marshal. I'm writing to you from JoAnn's e-mail account because I found your addresses in her address list, and as her executor, I felt it was my responsibility to let you know what has happened. She was involved in a single car accident on New Years Eve. From the tracks, it appears she swerved to avoid a deer. The autopsy indicates she died instantly when her car hit a tree. No one else was in the car. If you know of anyone else on the internet who should receive this information, please pass it along. For various reasons, her computer hard drive will be reformated as soon as I have examined it completely. The various sites and boards she created will remain intact, and I encourage anyone subscribed to them to continue using them. Current Mood: sad (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, December 8th, 2002
4:32 pm [laidar]	A week after ... Recovery .. for some Yes I didn't do that well. I suppose I had a few vaild reasons but I still probably could have whipped out some better figures. I thought of join some of the loser groups around extending the nanowrimo idea. I know there are a few Nano til New year and other such nonsense. If I couldn't do in November there is no way Ill be able to do it in December! Im going to try to find a NANO FOREVER group. For those who excelled in the procrastination and ideals of a work is never truly finished or writing it all down just constrains your characters ( and other bishbosh). Well I hope everyone had fun and the most heartfelt warm congrates to those who did it! Mez [cross posted to other nano communties] Current Mood: amused (Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 27th, 2002
8:42 pm [satia]	Did it! I guess it is annoying to read posts from people who are saying that they are done but every time I read one I took it for encouragement from those who were sharing their excitement over the accomplishment. So I hope that this encourages someone out there. 50,562 words. I added the "winner" icon to my profile page but it seems to be a dead link. Oh well. I know what it is and that is all that matters. LOL! (Cross-posting this to the other NaNocommunities to which I belong.) (Comment on this)
Monday, November 25th, 2002
9:10 pm [ellenneithernor]	I am an evil, evil person who found a way to incorporate her final project for a fiction writing class (which, in my defense, was written wholly in November) into her NaNovel. That said, I just hit 40,000. :) Current Mood: bouncy (1 Comment |Comment on this)
5:55 pm [laidar]	Well can I still buy the t-shirt?? Okay I admit only my heart was in the right place this years. Grant it was my first and I was a little underprepared as I wanteded but there have been some extenuanting circumstances aswell. If I could just work out a way to get the rest of the week off work I might just make it, 48100 words in 5 days. Yes I might be able to make it. Ten reasons to why I didn't go that well. 1. Flu, migraine and that damn flu again!! I actually lost my voice for a few days there! 2. my life became maddly social out of the blue, lots of old friend just popping up in my life! 3. Family stuff ... Someone died last friday, have to attend funeral wednesday 4. Crummy work .. IE come home fragged out and with the cranks 5. other committments 6. The heat !! yes its been very very hot here and dry !!! 7. Sleep 8. Diablo2 HP mod ... (ie getting cranky at it ... ) 9. HP Fanfic .. heheh 10. Im the procrastination queen But what I really want to know Can I still get the tshirt ;) *laughs* Current Mood: mischievous (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, November 22nd, 2002
9:44 am [silverberry]	damnit I didn't get any writing done yesterday. I read my Danielle Steel book at the bus station. People bother you less if you're reading than if you're writing. On the bus, I read my book. When I got to work really early, I had to get my check and deposit it, and eat something so I wouldn't chew my arm off before lunch. Lunch time, I spent half of it in line waiting to pay for my food. The other half of it, I ate. Then I finished my Danielle Steel book because I was almost finished. I got home, and messed around online. Sooo.. no new words. bleh. I'm so lame. I'm not going to finish. I nkow I'm not going to write 10,000 words a day, or whatever I should be writing, even if I start writing right now. So.... yeah. I'm not giving up, because I'm going to keep going, but finishing is not the light at the end of my tunnel. :) If I hadn't gotten the flu 3 days into it, I'm sure I'd be a lot further along, and not as "bleh" about writing. I was 'off' for a week I'm having fun though, and this is really cool, but it *is* my first NaNoWriMo, and there's always next year. :) I'm going to be dong a writing workout everyday, getting myself in the habit of writing over the next year (starting in December), so I won't slack off as much next year. :) Current word count: 3,445 Cross-Posted (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, November 16th, 2002
11:22 am [satia]	Finished but not quite (The following is being cross-posted.) Yep. My novel is done. But I didn't quite hit the 50000 word goal. So now I have to revise, go back and add details and descriptions I had not written the first time through. Hopefully I can get another 10000 words out of exposition. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, November 10th, 2002
5:09 pm [mortaine]	No Dropping Out [cross-posted to nanowrimo2002] Hey, we're at about 10 days, which is just halfway through Week Two of NaNoWriMo. Here's the thing that experienced NaNoWriMos will tell you (not that I'm one or anything): Week Two is Hell. It really is. No, I'm not kidding. It's hard. The first week, you breeze right through because you have all these great ideas and they're waiting to get out and you had to wait until Nov. 1 to start, and now you can START! By Week Two, you hit the wall. Your word count is lower than you'd been aiming for. You let your life actually get in the way of your writing. You didn't pace yourself and you used up all your ideas and now there's nothing left. But it gets better. I promise. This is the time to take a breath, write the "slow chapter" of your novel, or whatever slow section you've decided to put in. Pace your novel the way your creativity is going. No matter what, though, there's going to be a trickle of activity, even if you don't think it's worth the effort. It's worth the effort. Let it out. This is the hardest part because your brain is now transitioning from generating ideas whenever it wants to, to generating ideas when you tell it to. Brains can get very rebellious right about now. So, whether you are at 200 words or 20,000 words, if you have hit that wall and are thinking "Oh, my god, there is no way I can possibly finish" just ignore that voice, okay? Do a couple of brainstorming exercises to get yourself back into your characters, back into your story, throw the exercises into the story, and let the words keep going from there. You will not regret trying to finish the novel. You will, absolutely, regret dropping out now. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, November 4th, 2002
8:23 pm [scratchbook]	Me again: Correction ..ah, I mean a 52 years old female Commander of the Police... Current Mood: amused (4 Comments |Comment on this)
8:15 pm [scratchbook]	Stuck.... I'm stuck at chapter 3.... Hmm... what would a 52 female Commander of the Police keep in her office as a pet? *muses, muses, muses* Turtle? Owl? (isn't that not allowed?) Goofy looking gold fish? Baby piranha? (hmm, no, that's way too weird..) I want something funny and unusual. Any suggestion? Btw, I forgot about the dare made by people in this community. You know, some words/sentences we're supposed to put in the novel. What are those, exactly? And damn it, I still can't find the title! >___<; Wordcount status: 10822 Current Mood: amused (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, November 3rd, 2002
8:59 pm [sarahsmiles]	Day 3; Beth in the Schoolyard Chapter Three is done, and posted. And I'm tired. It is 1867 words. And at least I have gotten a single thought covered each day. I think this autobiography thing is going to kill me. I have to ignore so much of my life, and just focus on one interesting thing, to me, that gives a single essence of what it was like. And I'm leaving out ALL the descriptions of what the world was like. What the school yard was like. What about the other kids? Just the facts mam. just the story. I hope I get done my life by day 20, and then I get just get back to writing all the descriptions... grass smelled different then. And so did the rain. Good Luck all you writiers! (Comment on this)
Friday, November 1st, 2002
11:08 pm [seimaisin]	word counts Okay ... fellow newbies, how did your first day go? Post your word counts here! Mine? 1,897. I'm pretty proud of myself. :) Current Mood: accomplished (13 Comments |Comment on this)
8:31 pm [scratchbook]	I did it! I did it! I really did it! First chapter is done! Just uploaded it to here! Yay! And there's 17 more.... *slumps* Spent 6 hours just for that. I'm now sleep deprived and in dire need of mint coffee. How's everyone doing? *looks around* (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, October 31st, 2002
2:46 pm [satia]	Not a cross post Normally I cross post to various NoNo related sites but today, this post, is for this site only. One of the things I am worried about is loss of motivation. I am especially concerned that as I read the frustration and despair of others that it will wear my resolve down. This is a delicate balance, trying to reach the word count every day, focusing on the writing and not the quality of what I am writing, etc. I want to surround myself with only positive messages and experiences but I don't know if that is realistic or possible. Anyone else trying to keep themselves focusing on the positive? I know it can be done. We know others have succeeded. But can I do it . . . ? (2 Comments |Comment on this)
1:34 pm [ladymissdiva]	this is a pep talk ok guys. so we're new. we're new and talented. and hungry. and obviously insane. this is our forum. use it. vent if you need it. we're here for eachother. and something something something. Current Mood: quasi motivational (Comment on this)
4:44 am [feachador]	( Inspiration ) (Comment on this)
Wednesday, October 30th, 2002
9:57 am [ellenneithernor]	I've set up a poll wherein you (yes, you) can contribute suggestions for my Nanowrimo novel, as well as rank my sanity in attempting it. Come one, come all... Current Mood: giddy (Comment on this)
Monday, October 28th, 2002
12:10 pm [alitaorg]	*third and final drum roll* hm. so. i, too, am partaking of the insanity. i, too, have no real plot, only a prediction of where it'll probably go. but who knows. it's currently pre-titled bijou mondays (which is nice and ambiguous). i'm fighting the urge to write it all in lowercase, since i know that annoys many to no end. i have a few short stories i've written, but i haven't spat out an iota of creative writing for over a year. terrifying. is anyone else borrowing a laptop for november? i really want to, but can't find a soul who has one or a place that would even rent one. ideas? (sorry 'bout the triple posting...) (Comment on this)
Sunday, October 27th, 2002
11:40 pm [manicwriter]	Another loony for the bin I'm cross-posting this to all three NaNoWriMo LJ communities, so if it bugs you, I'm sorry. Just wanted to introduce myself-- I'm a 22-year-old psychology undergrad, and next month (Friday is next month-- how scary is that?) I'll be writing a young adult novel. The plot? Damned if I know the particulars, but it's girl-meets-girl, an anti-love story. Or something. Current Mood: excited (1 Comment |Comment on this)
4:00 am [sarahsmiles]	50k or bust Hi Everyone. I'm pumped, though doomed for failure. I've done two sessions of 100 poems in 100 days this year. Not that hard at all. It's like what probably 200 words. 50k seems moronic, but I'm all up for moronic. I've got about 75k worth of a novel done, which I'm putting aside for this. I'm keeping the same characters and mood, but writing from another character's perspective. It will stand alone as a novel, but it would be cooler if I could, after the fact, weave them together. Luckily, I'm neither planned or a perfectionist. I compose using the blunt force trauma method. This is about quantity, and I'm right there. Excuse the cross posting, but I'm not sure if we're all on the same 3 LJ groups for this. Sar (Comment on this)