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Posted on 08/07/2007 7:52:15 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
My honey’s been trying to tell me Tony’s not dead. He never did get a silent clock. Well, it all sounds very exciting. I didn’t Janeane.
Good morning. How’s Jr. and the car?
I have a feeling Im going to have huge blanks spots with notes like "go do research" and "what makes you think this will work here?"...not to mention stream of consciousness peppered with WTF?! LOL
Was it animal or vegetable?
Good morning :~D
I like the red! I’m looking forward to a place that’s worth bright paint... heh... someday!
That’s fine! Just don’t let yourself get distracted by research during November. Write in November, take December off, start fixing things in January.
Hmm...
That sounds like something Im going through right now - I want to give my story/characters to struggle with, but how far down the road do I want to go?
Er...animal, I think. Though it might have partially consisted of vegetables run through animal...
Whatever it was, it was nasty.
Mornin’!
Naw, just plain white ones.
I have a dusty rose colored scrub jacket though...
How would he find something like that in your yard though?
He's in class and I've been on the phone with insurance. Gonna take it to our mechanic to make sure it's safe to drive. If not, at least I have rental coverage.
I have no idea...unless there’s a very, very large squirrel out there that I don’t know about...
LOL - yep I am DEFINITELY insane. Thanks, JenB - I know I am in good company!
Is that what an average goal is? About 1500 words?? I *think* I can manage that, at least for the first day. I know the NaNo people say dont start with work youve already started, but really my novel is based on a bit of a blurb I jotted down in a moment when the muse hit that basically encapsulates who my MC is and what makes her special.
1667 words every day would get you there. So figure out how to fit that into your life. If some days you just know you won’t get more than 500 in, then other days you will need 2500.
Try to get a word count buffer - write a few thousand extra words the first weekend and that will help you get through. Like if you write 2000 words for three days, then the fourth day only 500, your average is still ok.
In my mind, blurbs are fine. Starting with three chapters already done is not.
You’re allowed to do as much character sketching, outlining, scene planning, etc. as you want, so a blurb isn’t really outside the rules.
Now...starting with a half-written story isn’t really kosher. That’s different.
I did it anyhow last year, but...I knew it was a cheat. I just wanted to push myself to work on that story.
Which I still haven’t finished. *sigh* Especially since one secondary character took charge and the main character wandered off and now really belongs in a book of her own. My attempts to stuff her back in were pretty disastrous. So it’s now *two* raw, unfinished stories instead of one. Way to go, Rosie.
Heheh...
Drool worthy, for sure. But those pictures of Lainie Kazan have to be at least 25 yrs. old. She was the mother of the bride in My Big Fat Greek Wedding, though she IS still pretty hot looking! But if you're looking for an older woman/younger man thing, they certainly would do nicely!
Heh, they need SirKit there to slap them around. He's got a PhD, but he can't stand the hemming and hawing; DO something, already!
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