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Re: Novel in a month
« Reply #315 on: November 14, 2003, 10:15:56 PM »
4K, eh?  That's quite the goal.  Good luck!

Fell, you can do 2.8.  Just start your characters talking...

And HoM--yeah, I think starting you off at 17k is fair.  Goodness knows, I find cutting words far harder than adding them.
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Re: Novel in a month
« Reply #316 on: November 14, 2003, 10:50:52 PM »
It's a more easily reachable goal if you can ACCESS THE EMAIL ACCOUNT THAT YOU SENT IT TO SO YOU COULD WORK ON IT AT HOME!!!!!!!

AAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

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Heh, just as I his save, my little "you've got email" icon appears in my system tray, and my email arrived. I can get back to work! Yay!
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Re: Novel in a month
« Reply #317 on: November 15, 2003, 02:22:35 AM »
I was able to do 3200 before I stopped--not by dialogue but, of all things, traveling. I wanted to finish the scene, but it's going to be a long one. (And it's going to have some fighting in it! Yay!)
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Re: Novel in a month
« Reply #318 on: November 15, 2003, 04:06:59 AM »
Fighting, yep.  I really need to hurry this scene along and get to the fighting.  I did 3,000 words in one sitting tonight!  I am pumped!
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Re: Novel in a month
« Reply #319 on: November 15, 2003, 08:35:00 AM »
*Yawn*

Mark me down for 2,260.  I'm goin' to bed.
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Re: Novel in a month
« Reply #320 on: November 15, 2003, 09:20:56 AM »
Fell, was that exactly 3200? or can I have a final post count for the day?

I wrote mroe than EUOL, but not nearly my goal. I'm feeling discouraged because I'm not writing as fast, but except for my day of nothing on Wednesday, I'm still above daily minimum, so I'll finish. I just wanted to be done before Tgiving.

So I'm going to try and write ALL DAY today. and I discovered one other thing. I missed my scripture study twice this week, and maybe that has something to do with it. So I've already done that, and I'll probably finish my lesson during a break later. Here's to a productive saturday.

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Re: Novel in a month
« Reply #321 on: November 15, 2003, 10:25:33 AM »
So will these be availible on the site?
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Re: Novel in a month
« Reply #322 on: November 15, 2003, 10:47:02 AM »
probably not, this is just the support thread. I plan to make serious publication attempts, and therefore won't be making it available online

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Re: Novel in a month
« Reply #323 on: November 15, 2003, 11:53:11 AM »
Jeffe, if you ask really nice, I might let you read my short story about Santa Claus being a vampire.
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Re: Novel in a month
« Reply #324 on: November 15, 2003, 12:21:55 PM »
btw, I've added HoM to the calendar and caught up on all other details I have, excetp for Fell's word count, which I'm not sure is exact.

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Re: Novel in a month
« Reply #325 on: November 15, 2003, 03:46:22 PM »
My total as of last night was 25,444. It looks like today has gone the same way last saturday did--no chance at all to write anything. I'll have to keep pushing myself during the weekdays, I guess.
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Re: Novel in a month
« Reply #326 on: November 15, 2003, 04:00:46 PM »
That's good to hear. That measn that officially i'm 36 words ahead of you as of this moment. And catching up to EUOL. So by 4 I'll be back in the lead. And if I can keep writing all day like I plan, I'll be a couple thousand in the lead!

I don't htink I'll hit my 7k for the weekend goal, but I'll do pretty good. Feels good to be in a groove again.

I'll update you a little later today, posting and chatting don't hurt my groove, but updating the calendar for some reason does.

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Re: Novel in a month
« Reply #327 on: November 15, 2003, 04:18:00 PM »
I can't seem to get into my groove, which is regretable, but I will keep pounding at my keyboard. I figured out that if I write 7 pages, I will make my goal of 4k for today.

Currently, 8.8k words behind and struggling to regain the progress I made earlier this week.
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Re: Novel in a month
« Reply #328 on: November 15, 2003, 04:53:47 PM »
Well, I'm done for the week--Saturdays aren't good for me, either.  Here's to saying farewell to my tenuous lead...


Anyway, good job, all.  I must say, this is going better than I thought it would.  
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Re: Novel in a month
« Reply #329 on: November 15, 2003, 06:34:31 PM »
Well, yhe good news for Fell & EUOL is that their firday wordcounts were above the daily goal for saturday. however, they both are under Sundays, so, for taking Sunday off opn principle, they'll need to work extra hard on monday.

the good news for me is that i'm (almost exactly) at 26k already, and i expect at least 1k more (possibly 2!)which gets me ahead for the weekend, though still less than i want.

I hope that I don't sound like I'm bragging, but I'm competitive (though I try to hide it if I expect to lose). And more to the point: I've not been this dedicated to writing and been so consistant... EVER. So I'm really excited and just want to share. I still think that everyone has a shot.