Awww. Well, you have a week to work on tightening that up, so devote what time you can. But come Nov. 1, just focus on writing 50k words and don't worry about the rest - it'll work itself out! That's what I love about the challenge, it doesn't even matter if you write 50k of crap, as long as you write 50k! To me it seems a great way to get the juices flowing, and who knows what I might end up with at the end. Maybe I'll surprise myself. :)
Um... I sort of have to finish two fics. One of them is a secret Santa one I signed up for months ago, needs to be done by December 1st, so I'd rather have it done before November 1st.
I'm telling myself that this will help me prepare, having to finish two fics before I begin the novel.
Also, I'm very prepared to write crap. Or just porn. I wrote 25k porn in 20 days last year, too sissy to sign up for real. I will do this. Steal plots and bits from every sci-fi fandom I know, but so help me God, I will write a novel. While in San Diego, learning advanced English. Overachiever much?
I admire your Crazy Overachieving-Ness. No harm in trying! Good luck with the fics. Maybe you can incorporate that into the challenge somehow - not in terms of word count, but giving yourself 3 or 4 days to do each, at however many words per day, then start on Nano. And porn sounds like great filler! There's a thread on the Nano forums discussing shameless fillers, and porn is brought up - as it using Really Long and Varied Character Names, not using contractions like it is so going to give me an extra 100 words or so, having any place name be Terminal City or Boston City, etc. So there are tricks for padding, too, if you want to go that route. :)
Steal plots and bits from every sci-fi fandom I know, but so help me God, I will write a novel.
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LESS THAN A WEEK!?!?
*Panics*
But-but-but, my plot is weaker than candyfloss, my characters are uninteresting at best and my scenario isn't remotely thought through!!
I haven't even got a title! And I just discovered that my weak plot is even more unoriginal than I thought!
*Weeps for her own fate*
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I'm telling myself that this will help me prepare, having to finish two fics before I begin the novel.
Also, I'm very prepared to write crap. Or just porn. I wrote 25k porn in 20 days last year, too sissy to sign up for real. I will do this. Steal plots and bits from every sci-fi fandom I know, but so help me God, I will write a novel. While in San Diego, learning advanced English. Overachiever much?
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Steal plots and bits from every sci-fi fandom I know, but so help me God, I will write a novel.
Amen! That's the attitude we need. *grins*
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