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A NaNo Conversation
"Hello, Nano Work-in-Progress."
"Why, hello there, Jen. You're sure been spending a lot of time with me, haven't you?"
"Why, yes I have."
"You just said 'why' twice."
"...What?"
"I said WHY hello there, Jen, and you said WHY yes I have. That's an ECHO."
"Why, yes it is."
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Friday 5
1. I need to rake the yard. I also need to write.
Sooooo....do I write?
Or rake?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Total no-brainer.
2. Whenever I think NaNo's getting kind of tough, I remember this--
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NaNo 2012 Word Count Day #7
Well, today I wandered from the Land of I'm-So-In-Love-With-My-Manuscript to the Valley of What-The-Hell-Kind-of-Shit-Do-I-Think-I'm-Writing. But at least I made my 4K goal to make up for doing absolutely nothing yesterday. It only took me ALL DAY.
I'm totally tired of this grumpy guy's face, so I'm changing my word meter, probably tomorrow.
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NaNo 2012 Word Count Day# 5
What's interesting about this year's NaNo is that this dreaded first draft doesn't seem as devastatingly unreadable as previous NaNo attempts. Either (after 3 novels) I'm getting better at this "first draft" stuff, or I'm...well, totally in love with this project, in utter denial, and suffering from some serious delusions of grandeur.
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NaNoWriMo Day # 1
1. Idea: √
2. Character list: √
3. Protagonist: √
4. Antagonist(s): √
5. Character names: √
6. Basic plot: √ (?)
7. Characterizations: _
8. Setting: _
9. Motivations: _
10. Conflicts: _
11. Historical research:_
12. Resolution: _
13. Anything resembling a believable ending: _
14. A brain: _
(Notice the sad lack of check marks 7 through 14)
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