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Week 2: roundtable discussion post

Nov 14, 2011 09:35

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krazikrys November 14 2011, 17:53:03 UTC

I hate my story. It feels so repetitive to me. I'm hoping this "black out" that I just threw in will help me get some words written.

I'm behind by about 6k (as of today) and I just really want to quit. I haven't even hit 20k yet. Yeah, week 2 is hard, but I think the 20k's are worse. That's where my writer's block usually kicks in. I'm hoping because I've been battling the past week, that it won't and I'll be able to just write, but we'll just have to wait and see.

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krazikrys November 14 2011, 21:56:19 UTC

This week just got worse. My computer just up and quit and I decided to start over. I'm about 100 or so words in.

fading_xhopex November 14 2011, 18:16:02 UTC

This week has been a very good, albeit frustrating week for me. I'm just over 28k words yay! Little over halfway there and there's nothing like the joy of seeing the amount of words written greater than the amount shown. The novel has gone off so far from what I originally planned for it though. Part of it is exciting, because now I don't even know where I'm gonna end up, but it's also frustrating in the long run cause I am hoping to publish this beast eventually. So the more it veers the more rewrites I'm looking at.

blueducky89 November 14 2011, 18:22:36 UTC

I've only written about a thousand words this week :| I've had to write on my dad's desktop, and now that he's home from Germany I don't have the opportunity anymore. I just got a new laptop this weekend, so here's to hoping I can play some catch up. I'm at 13297, so here's to hoping I can catch up by 10k on my day off.

Plot wise, I've worked out some kinks in my time not writing, and I have a set of events planned out for the next few chapters.

Good luck and happy writing!

tigerdreams November 14 2011, 18:25:57 UTC

I think I'm at the point where insufficient outlining and pre-
NaNo prep work is starting to kick my ass. I'm always bad at "middles," and now I've run out of all the easy beginning stuff that I had pretty clear ideas about, I'm a day behind on my word count, and I have no idea what's going to happen in the ~3000 words I need to write today. Time for some brainstorming, I guess...

cassikat November 14 2011, 18:28:00 UTC

I've gotten a smidge over 33K words, and I appear to have hit either writer's block, or simply boredom with this project. Every paragraph it seems is a struggle, and when I hit where I've got three or four of the little buggers in a row I feel like a success (200 words today, o.O)

So today I'm taking off to do other things with the internet, read a book and just not think about writing unless demanding inspiration strikes and I just can't resist.

r_p_m November 15 2011, 14:46:45 UTC

You're well ahead of the curve, you can definitely afford a break. I just hope you don't settle in! There are plenty of resources on the 'net for suggestions on overcoming writer's block, should you need that. Good luck!

cassikat November 15 2011, 21:51:56 UTC

Given that I've found out that I feel weird if I'm not writing daily, I don't think I'll settle into not-writing *L* I just have to do a bit more research on a few scenes so I'll have verisimilitude for those particular scenes. In the meantime, there are scenes that don't need that amount of detail, so I've got plenty to write while I research. I think I just needed a break from the pushing I've been doing...y'know, trying to overachieve the daily goal? Anyway, I'm writing again, and the words are flowing, so I think I'm good again. *L*

Thanks for your kind words and good luck to you too! :)