Showing posts with label NanoWriMo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NanoWriMo. Show all posts

Sunday, November 28, 2010

We're Back: Not a Dinosaur story

I know only about 10 people come to the site daily, so this isn't really news to anyone, but I'm nearly over my chest infection, my family crisis is still on-going, I'm almost sick of playing video games and taking cough syrup (syzzurp) and I've failed NanoWriMo. I got up to 30 000 words and even now looking at it, whilst I'm happy with what I have, I know that the book/novel/delusion was going to be at least 75 000 to 100 000, I was barely nearing a 1/3 where I was at. I did hope someone enjoyed reading it with all the typo's and such.
Anyway, I will be starting some updates tomorrow morning and a small piece about the 10 things I've learnt from playing video games this year and 10 things I've learnt from music this year (due Wednesday)
So to everyone who actually reads or was waiting for something, I thank you dearly.
In the mean time, I hope this poster and song brings back fond memories, which have not been dashed by a man named Doug:

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Translator - Part 2

I have barely got anything done this week, which makes me glad I've been releasing these in 3 chapter increments.
I'm technically up to chapter 13 but I've got the entire arc of the book planned out in chapter sets. Right now I'm writing about a small rendevous our protagonist gets up to.
Here's the link for chapters 4-6
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Qea72RzMnVE9yplCIrf-htLOV6DlpMD7OdSGaJNXhIA/edit?hl=en&authkey=COiu_-YM
For those who missed last week's chapters, here's 1-3
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F6P1wijC7Qd7S9Xhu1-7C-muYC3zXiN3FUkKW-roU0s/edit?hl=en&authkey=CMODhfoK

Have a great weekend.

Friday, November 5, 2010

Jack Trades: Master of Nuns Chapter 1

I took some time out of doing NanoWriMo to just go mad with a very different character and storyline to Translator. I just needed to get this out of me and to relax. Enjoy...also Blogs and formatting do not go well together.



Sunday, October 31, 2010

NanoWriMo: WTFAYD + 5 Tips

So for writer's NanoWriMo is quite an important month. Starting tomorrow, writers will begin an arduous journey of trying to balance their real life (if they have jobs or family) and actually writing five-hundred thousand words for a prospective novel/la in their future. I imagine December is a strangely big month for book publishers to suddenly recieve several manuscripts of largely unedited material (something I wish to propose to fix below).
Whilst I personally do not have a job, I do have University assignments due tomorrow, Wednesday (A Script I will put up here) and an exam next Monday, so my writing may be pale in comparison till after the 8th of November, which possibly means that with a week gone I will have to do 12,500 words (if you break up your work pattern for a weekly, rather than fortnightly or even an overall monthly total) in a week and that's not even including other things which may get in the way between now and then such as birthdays, deaths and satanic rituals.
So with everything in the way and this being my first year trying it, I give you 5 tips on doing NanoWriMo effectively...but before you say, oh but if it's your first year, how do you know...read the name of the blog.