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Post by jliessa44 on Nov 19, 2017 15:05:47 GMT
Lol. I'm sorry. I hope you still get done before break.
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Nov 20, 2017 2:44:10 GMT
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Post by jliessa44 on Nov 20, 2017 2:44:10 GMT
Ughhhh. I just need to write another 600 words, but I'm back to the guard's point of view and I'm struggling again. Grah.
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Nov 20, 2017 18:24:51 GMT
Ouch. I'm sorry. Did you get it done in the end?
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Nov 20, 2017 21:17:46 GMT
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Post by jliessa44 on Nov 20, 2017 21:17:46 GMT
I did! Which was exciting. But now I'm stuck with needing another 3,000 words and I'm not sure where to go. I think my problem this time is less the character though, and more I don't know what to do? The next major plot point is in the con man's PoV.
I think typing this out gave me an idea though that will start the gang subplot. So hopefully that helps.
Edit- It would probably help more if I ever got the chance to actually write instead of being forced to socialize. Now I'm just exhausted, haven't even reached the 1667 mark today, and I'll be gone 13hrs tomorrow.
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Nov 21, 2017 12:22:00 GMT
Ouch. I'm sorry; that's rough. Forced socialization is the worst.
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Nov 21, 2017 17:17:46 GMT
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Post by jliessa44 on Nov 21, 2017 17:17:46 GMT
It really is... I'm hiding rn because she found me again earlier. She's sweet, but she makes it impossible to get work done because she just wants to talk.
Edit-I've just decided to skip the rest of this chapter. It's important stuff, but it requires more thinking out to iron out wrinkles.
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Nov 23, 2017 1:51:41 GMT
Who's "she"? But yeah. I have friends who can be like that.
That works. *nods*
I finished my first edit yesterday! Now I get to cut 10K words out of my 30K manuscript, haha.
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Nov 23, 2017 3:47:08 GMT
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Post by jliessa44 on Nov 23, 2017 3:47:08 GMT
She's a new friend I guess? I'm not very good at making friends, and I don't enjoy the process very much. That's probably why I haven't made a new friend in the past six or seven years. Probably longer than that and closer to 10-12, or since I was like two. I've known most of my friends since before I can remember.
That's super awesome! Though, probably pretty hard. Lol
Edit. These past few days it's been all I could do to write the 1667 needed to not fall further behind. I'm simultaneously confident about getting caught up/doubting I'll be able to.
Also, Happy thanksgiving.
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Nov 23, 2017 19:23:06 GMT
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Nov 23, 2017 19:23:06 GMT
She's a new friend I guess? I'm not very good at making friends, and I don't enjoy the process very much. That's probably why I haven't made a new friend in the past six or seven years. Probably longer than that and closer to 10-12, or since I was like two. I've known most of my friends since before I can remember. That's super awesome! Though, probably pretty hard. Lol Edit. These past few days it's been all I could do to write the 1667 needed to not fall further behind. I'm simultaneously confident about getting caught up/doubting I'll be able to. Also, Happy thanksgiving. Ah, got it. Yeah. I worked through the first 2K-ish words today and cut about 500. If I keep up that rate of cutting, I'll at least get closer to 20K. Well, at least you're staying on track! Any chance of extra time this weekend? Same to you!
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Nov 23, 2017 20:43:28 GMT
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Post by jliessa44 on Nov 23, 2017 20:43:28 GMT
Oooh! That's pretty good. ^.^
Yeah. I don't think we have anything on Saturday or Sunday, and tomorrow I'm going shopping only in the morning/afternoon. And the rest of today is free so that's really nice.
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Nov 24, 2017 23:41:21 GMT
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Post by jliessa44 on Nov 24, 2017 23:41:21 GMT
Honestly I should know better than to make plans. Idk when I'll actually have time to write and I'm runnin out of time.... I'm going to have sneak a few minute at a time.
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Nov 25, 2017 0:46:03 GMT
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Nov 25, 2017 0:46:03 GMT
Ouch. You still got this, though. You still have time; half the weekend is still ahead of you!
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Nov 25, 2017 1:22:08 GMT
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Post by jliessa44 on Nov 25, 2017 1:22:08 GMT
True. And I've come back from worse. (That's what I keep telling myself.... I think I wrote like 13k in one day at some point. All I need is self discipline. And google docs is on my phone now so I can work on it through my phone too.
So I'm just a little bit irritated that after trying write or die, it completely erased my five hundred words that I'd managed.
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Nov 25, 2017 12:53:37 GMT
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Nov 25, 2017 12:53:37 GMT
True. And I've come back from worse. (That's what I keep telling myself.... I think I wrote like 13k in one day at some point. All I need is self discipline. And google docs is on my phone now so I can work on it through my phone too. So I'm just a little bit irritated that after trying write or die, it completely erased my five hundred words that I'd managed. Exactly! And Google Docs is awesome. *Nods* It was a lifesaver last April for me. Oh, ouch. And that is why I'll never try Write or Die. If you need motivation, have you ever tried Fighter's Block?
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Nov 25, 2017 16:03:45 GMT
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Post by jliessa44 on Nov 25, 2017 16:03:45 GMT
I have a love hate with Google docs. Lol. I go back and forth using it and using word. But I like it a lot better than flash drives.
Yeah. And it wasn't even as a punishment. I hit save it and it converted it all into a file I couldn't open. I was honestly so mad. I haven't tried it, but I did just look at it. I think I'll try it when I get home.
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Nov 26, 2017 5:11:49 GMT
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Post by jliessa44 on Nov 26, 2017 5:11:49 GMT
Today ended up being a lot of animal chores, but I still managed to hit my personal goal of 25k by Sunday a full day early. So that's exciting. I don't think we have anything planned tomorrow so I'm going to work on it most of tomorrow. Hopefully I can steal my laptop back.
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Nov 26, 2017 13:13:07 GMT
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Nov 26, 2017 13:13:07 GMT
I mostly just like it because I can use it on my phone and therefore anywhere. As far as ease of use goes, I prefer Word. But yeah.
Oh, ouch. That's the worst.
Good luck on your writing today! I've been keeping up with my goal; haven't been doing as much extra as I'd like.
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Nov 26, 2017 19:29:33 GMT
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Post by jliessa44 on Nov 26, 2017 19:29:33 GMT
Ah. Very true. Honestly, that's the only reason i like it as well. That and I don't have to bring my flash drive or my laptop to school with me to work on it.
Thanks! So far I've written a little over 3k today. I'm hoping to write another two and reach 30k by tonight. I am not looking forward to editing though, I just realized I have almost 40k written and have only reached like my third or fourth plot point.... out of like 30. Sooo.... that's going to have to change. I know some of the stuff Ive written this month has been fluff though that can chopped easily.
That's really good though. It looks like you're coming close to reaching your goal.
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Nov 27, 2017 18:59:30 GMT
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Nov 27, 2017 18:59:30 GMT
Ah. Very true. Honestly, that's the only reason i like it as well. That and I don't have to bring my flash drive or my laptop to school with me to work on it. Thanks! So far I've written a little over 3k today. I'm hoping to write another two and reach 30k by tonight. I am not looking forward to editing though, I just realized I have almost 40k written and have only reached like my third or fourth plot point.... out of like 30. Sooo.... that's going to have to change. I know some of the stuff Ive written this month has been fluff though that can chopped easily. That's really good though. It looks like you're coming close to reaching your goal. Yeah. Though I carry a flash drive around with me anyway. I like having backups. Cutting is annoying. But it sounds like you're making progress, and fluff is good for character development, at least. Yep. Just a few more hours . . .
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Nov 27, 2017 20:22:48 GMT
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Post by jliessa44 on Nov 27, 2017 20:22:48 GMT
Lol. I always lose mine! It drives me nuts.
Heh. I am, or I did yesterday. Lol. I reached 30k and just kinda hit a wall for the night. But after a night of rest, one ceramics class, and two hours of tutoring later, I'm feeling ready to hit the keyboard again. And on the fluff, it was definitely needed for me to get into the character's heads. A lot of iit is backstory things that will eventually be spread out through the whole novel but I needed to get all written now so I know what happened since it's a cause of major friction between the two MCs.
Sweet! I'm sure you can make it. Are you getting enough words cut?
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Nov 28, 2017 1:51:43 GMT
I've nearly lost this one three times. But it clips to my backpack, so that helps.
Awesome! Congrats on 30K! You totally got this. And see? Fluff is useful.
I think so? I ended up cutting a bunch of extra action I added to one scene in the last edit . . . I thought it helped amp up the tension, and maybe it did, but it also almost doubled the wordcount for that scene. Plus I took out a lot of musing and extra details from a passing-time passage . . . I'm a little more uncertain about cutting that, though.
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Nov 28, 2017 12:16:37 GMT
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Post by jliessa44 on Nov 28, 2017 12:16:37 GMT
On no! Yeah, a clip would definitely help.
Lol. Thanks. ^.^ I ended up being super busy yesterday, so I only got to 1667 last night, but I'm planning to work on it all day to make up for it.
Hmmm. With the details I would look at do they play an important role later? But idk. Lol. Sounds like you're doing really good though!
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Nov 28, 2017 19:53:26 GMT
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Post by jliessa44 on Nov 28, 2017 19:53:26 GMT
Ugh. Not gonna lie, today has been a really bad day so now I'm just kinda in a mood where I'm just tired and upset and all I want to do is go home and sleep. I'm not sure I'm going to get 6k done.
Edit-Seven hours later and this day went from a bad day to almost fourteen hours of heck at school and I'm honestly not sure I'm going to emotionally recover. Like just that bad for all kinds of reasons and I just... ugh. Idk. I might cheat and use the words I already have in the story to validate it at the end because I have 50k in the novel total. It's not going to be a real win, but like having got this far with everything else I've had to do I feel like I have "won" and I want my little ribbon thing.
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Nov 29, 2017 12:31:36 GMT
I'm sorry you had a rough day. Do what you have to do as far as NaNo goes; if you have 50K in the novel and you feel like you've accomplished something, despite all the stress you've been under, I'd say go for it. I technically hit my goal last night, but I still have a lot of novel to work though, so no break for me now. Though I may celebrate by officially sending in my Rooglewood submission form.
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Nov 29, 2017 20:45:06 GMT
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Post by jliessa44 on Nov 29, 2017 20:45:06 GMT
Heh. Thanks. Yeah. I'm feeling better about everything today. I'm probably still not going to make the word count though. Unless I suddenly feel energized when I get home tonight. I doubt I'll get anything done here at school.
Ooh yay! I'm excited for you! You should for sure send in your application!
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Nov 29, 2017 21:16:35 GMT
Yeah . . . Good luck, all the same!
Thanks! And I will . . . just as soon as I remember to print the thing.
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Post by Dmitri Pendragon on Mar 21, 2018 6:44:16 GMT
Does anyone plan to do Camp NaNoWriMo in April? I'm hoping to go for 50K for the first time, and I'll ideally have my outline's deep logic worked out by then.
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Mar 21, 2018 11:42:16 GMT
I'm doing Camp NaNo! I have a cabin as well, and I'm pretty sure that you (or anyone else who wants to) can join. (At the moment, most of the members are part of Kendra E. Ardnek's Golden Braids writing group challenge thing, but I'm sure people outside the challenge would be welcome as well.)
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Mar 25, 2018 20:10:23 GMT
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Post by jliessa44 on Mar 25, 2018 20:10:23 GMT
I hadn't given it much thought... this is probably the time to do it though. For once I don't have outside obligations.
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Mar 25, 2018 21:20:49 GMT
Oooh! Yeah, this would definitely be a good time for you to do it. I'd love for you to join!
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