National Novel Writing Month 2019: When in doubt, write Nanomachines!

FlowersisBritish · Oct 31, 2019

Primethius said:
So do we write on the site or can we write anywhere and update our progress in this thread?

I'm unfamiliar with the process.

As a reminder for people, to officially win National Novel Writing Month, you need to paste your 50,000 words on the website.

But as far as this thread goes, please post your progress and I'll update the list of participants with your wordcount by your name. I read through every post and am usually very good about catching people's updates, but if you could put WC (or some variation) next to your words to make my life a little easier, than that would be swell.

zulux21 · Oct 31, 2019

FlowersisBritish said:
As a reminder for people, to officially win National Novel Writing Month, you need to paste your 50,000 words on the website.

But as far as this thread goes, please post your progress and I'll update the list of participants with your wordcount by your name. I read through every post and am usually very good about catching people's updates, but if you could put WC (or some variation) next to your words to make my life a little easier, than that would be swell.

If you want a different way to log things as well I updated my little sheet which lets you put in your daily words and adds them up and tells you what % you are to the goal :P

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...q7MN6BfjyAw4ouC02ClpRI8GyY/edit#gid=873032199

William · Oct 31, 2019

Getting up early tomorrow morning to get started before work. Got my scrivener all set up and an inspirational Pinterest. Looking forward to it this year.

I update my word count in the nano website they usually display it as a nice progress graph and you get badges and stuff.

zulux21 · Oct 31, 2019

William said:
Getting up early tomorrow morning to get started before work. Got my scrivener all set up and an inspirational Pinterest. Looking forward to it this year.

I update my word count in the nano website they usually display it as a nice progress graph and you get badges and stuff.

I will forever hate the nano site for the stupid way they do the average words per day left as it always includes today after you update so it's always off by a day :/

Kalor · Oct 31, 2019

2 hours to go at this point. I'll probably stay up and write for 30 minutes just to get into the swing of things. I should figure out an ending because I have a bunch of worldbuilding and maybe 75% of a story but struggling where I'll end it. Though plenty of time until I need to make a decision.

zulux21 · Oct 31, 2019

Kalor said:
2 hours to go at this point. I'll probably stay up and write for 30 minutes just to get into the swing of things. I should figure out an ending because I have a bunch of worldbuilding and maybe 75% of a story but struggling where I'll end it. Though plenty of time until I need to make a decision.

my usual recommendation for an ending...

and then from the sky a giant rock fell killing everyone and everything. The End.

:P

Timppis · Oct 31, 2019

4 minutes past midnight and I have 101 words. YEAH!

IT'S ON!

MilkBeard · Oct 31, 2019

What I'm writing to tonight

zulux21 · Oct 31, 2019

MilkBeard said:
What I'm writing to tonight

is likely to be my playlist for tonight :P

Island · Oct 31, 2019

I remember this thread from the old place. I have been hmming and hawing about writing this year, but I have a whole bunch of time off coming up.....

I will at least watch this thead with great interest.

Sakashima · Oct 31, 2019

I'm in.

FlowersisBritish · Oct 31, 2019

Island said:
I remember this thread from the old place. I have been hmming and hawing about writing this year, but I have a whole bunch of time off coming up.....

I will at least watch this thead with great interest.

Well just know if you decide to put words onto to paper, this thread is here for you.

Sakashima said:
I'm in.

Welcome aboard the funnest thread during November!!

Xita · Oct 31, 2019

Going to bed with 2,018 words so far. Very proud of myself.

Itching to do more but sleep is calling. Feels kind of liberating to just drop my inner editor off like a bag of rocks even though I fear the inevitable editing stage.

Bluebot · Oct 31, 2019

I'm going to give this a shot. My first time too.

vainya · Oct 31, 2019

I've always wanted to do this, but I'm intimidated by the word count. I guess I could start writing something and see where it goes.

zulux21 · Oct 31, 2019

vainya said:
I've always wanted to do this, but I'm intimidated by the word count. I guess I could start writing something and see where it goes.

yup just do it. even if you only do a little per day and fail to hit 50k you will still have more words than if you didn't do anything.

Timu · Oct 31, 2019

There's a storm in my area, possible tornado, so I'm going to have to write later when possible.

Korigama · Oct 31, 2019

zulux21 said:
that will be about the point where Flowers will want to quit.
Me... I still don't even understand why anyone cares about the game lol.

Yeah, everything about Death Stranding is too weird and too vague for me to care all that much about it, no matter how I try. Kojima lost me at MGSV, and nothing about his newest game is luring me back.

FlowersisBritish · Oct 31, 2019

Xita said:
Going to bed with 2,018 words so far. Very proud of myself.

Hey good job! that's a solid start!

Bluebot said:
I'm going to give this a shot. My first time too.

Welcome aboard!

vainya said:
I've always wanted to do this, but I'm intimidated by the word count. I guess I could start writing something and see where it goes.

That's the spirit! Don't worry so much about the wordcount and just write. See where it takes you.

PKthndr · Oct 31, 2019

Definitely not ready for Nanowrimo, but I never am. I need to start writing before more ideas can start flowing again.

Dedication Through Light · Oct 31, 2019

Wow how are people starting, im still planning at the 11th hour, Living life on the edge.

EverythingShiny · Oct 31, 2019

I'm pretty much pantsing it this year. I have a vague, nebulous idea (Exorcist + The Expanse + Dead Space) and an idea of what I'd like my unnamed protagonist's character arc to be, but that's about it. I've won twice before; hopefully I can pull it off a third time. I've spent the past two years as the critique partner for my friend publishing her debut novel with one of the big publishers and while it's been an incredible experience I've barely written anything of my own.

zulux21 · Oct 31, 2019

Dedication Through Light said:
Wow how are people starting, im still planning at the 11th hour, Living life on the edge.

some people live in the future :P

ChristianH94 · Oct 31, 2019

Seeing this thread reminds me that I keep telling myself I'm gonna do National novel writing month... and then I never do it. I never have a good reason as to why I don't, I just like put it off until it's too late and then get all annoyed at myself for not doing diddly squat.

So you know what? After skimming this thread and reading people actually doing it, I hereby am going to actually go through and write a novel next month because I've wanted to for awhile and it also looks really fun

FlowersisBritish · Oct 31, 2019

EverythingShiny said:
I'm pretty much pantsing it this year. I have a vague, nebulous idea (Exorcist + The Expanse + Dead Space) and an idea of what I'd like my unnamed protagonist's character arc to be, but that's about it. I've won twice before; hopefully I can pull it off a third time. I've spent the past two years as the critique partner for my friend publishing her debut novel with one of the big publishers and while it's been an incredible experience I've barely written anything of my own.

I love all three of those things! Your idea sounds right up my alley!

ChristianH94 said:
Seeing this thread reminds me that I keep telling myself I'm gonna do National novel writing month... and then I never do it. I never have a good reason as to why I don't, I just like put it off until it's too late and then get all annoyed at myself for not doing diddly squat.

So you know what? After skimming this thread and reading people actually doing it, I hereby am going to actually go through and write a novel next month because I've wanted to for awhile and it also looks really fun

Welcome aboard! Nows the perfect time to try out that novel!

Narag · Nov 1, 2019

It's finally here!

zulux21 · Nov 1, 2019

east coast go...

FlowersisBritish · Nov 1, 2019

zulux21 said:
east coast go...

IT IS TIME!!!!

Timu · Nov 1, 2019

zulux21 said:
east coast go...

I'm going to start soon or whenever I can!

zulux21 · Nov 1, 2019

FlowersisBritish said:
IT IS TIME!!!!

you better get at least 721 words today or I will formally put in a request to change your name to FlowersisLame :3

and at least on Discord Wee might do it :P

PKthndr · Nov 1, 2019

ChristianH94 said:
Seeing this thread reminds me that I keep telling myself I'm gonna do National novel writing month... and then I never do it. I never have a good reason as to why I don't, I just like put it off until it's too late and then get all annoyed at myself for not doing diddly squat.

So you know what? After skimming this thread and reading people actually doing it, I hereby am going to actually go through and write a novel next month because I've wanted to for awhile and it also looks really fun

Good luck! I believe in you.

FlowersisBritish · Nov 1, 2019

Holy shit the Nano site is working right now! It's usually either crashed or moving at a snails pace when midnight starts to come! I guess those site changes really did do something.

Man God · Nov 1, 2019

Just pounded out a 1405 word chapter one. I guess having food poisoning and a lot of time to think today really helped more than an outline ever could.

Dandy Crocodile · Nov 1, 2019

WC: 1092

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Timu · Nov 1, 2019

I'm such a fast writer, closing in on 2k words already and I just got started...

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Man God · Nov 1, 2019

Maybe something will actually happen in chapter two! Maybe not! It's kinda fun to just rant as this character, though if I don't move the story along I'll get to 50k without even getting the plot started, and that would be the antithesis of a light novel.

zulux21 · Nov 1, 2019

Man God said:
Maybe something will actually happen in chapter two! Maybe not! It's kinda fun to just rant as this character, though if I don't move the story along I'll get to 50k without even getting the plot started, and that would be the antithesis of a light novel.

just let the words flow. they don't have to be good :P

W-00 · Nov 1, 2019

Haaa aaah, less than 70 minutes until it's time on the Pacific coast and I still don't know what I'll be writing.

zulux21 · Nov 1, 2019

W-00 said:
Haaa aaah, less than 70 minutes until it's time on the Pacific coast and I still don't know what I'll be writing.

just click until you find something that... well clicks :P

https://thestoryshack.com/tools/writing-prompt-generator/

Surakian · Nov 1, 2019

I'm in. Started planning my nano these last two days at work in my downtime between reports and emails.

I won't be sprinting tonight, though. I'll get started once I come home in the afternoon and try to knock out 3k to give myself a buffer.

zulux21 · Nov 1, 2019

Surakian said:
I'm in. Started planning my nano these last two days at work in my downtime between reports and emails.

I won't be sprinting tonight, though. I'll get started once I come home in the afternoon and try to knock out 3k to give myself a buffer.

first day buffers are nice, until you decide to take that second day off and fall behind :P

FlowersisBritish · Nov 1, 2019

WC 2185

Pretty good start for the first two in a half hours for me. I tend to try and do these a chapter a day, so tomorrow will be chapter 2 and hoping I can keep this good pace.

zulux21 · Nov 1, 2019

FlowersisBritish said:
WC 2185

Pretty good start for the first two in a half hours for me. I tend to try and do these a chapter a day, so tomorrow will be chapter 2 and hoping I can keep this good pace.

You can do it. I believe in you, you're magic.

Timu · Nov 1, 2019

Yeah I'm over 3k words. It's early, but so far this may end up being the most fun I will ever do with Nano in this decade. Everything is going well.

Alcoremortis · Nov 1, 2019

Actually, I think I'm going to have to bow out, sadly. I've got to focus on writing this bloody paper and outlining my thesis and I can't do that while also thinking of nifty fiction to write.

Alas.

I'll stick around to cheerlead those who are doing it, though.

zulux21 · Nov 1, 2019

Alcoremortis said:
Actually, I think I'm going to have to bow out, sadly. I've got to focus on writing this bloody paper and outlining my thesis and I can't do that while also thinking of nifty fiction to write.

Alas.

I'll stick around to cheerlead those who are doing it, though.

more people can give away things to motivate people than me.

just saying :P

Dedication Through Light · Nov 1, 2019

Alcoremortis said:
Actually, I think I'm going to have to bow out, sadly. I've got to focus on writing this bloody paper and outlining my thesis and I can't do that while also thinking of nifty fiction to write.

Alas.

I'll stick around to cheerlead those who are doing it, though.

I did it while I was doing my dissertation writing. Was nice to take a break from scientific writing and write scifi in the evening.

Gibson · Nov 1, 2019

Okay so I spent most of my morning editing rather than writing :V

But I got maybe 650 words or so done. After work I'll do another thousand to reach the daily goal.

I'm too much of a perfectionist to only write, gotta edit!

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