Comments | strangecreature: Bad ideas are bad

strangecreature

Bad ideas are bad

Sep 25, 2010 20:27

So, hey, I've decided to actually make an effort to plot my NaNo novel beyond the first plot point this year! Don't worry, I haven't been body-snatched by a far more intelligent and organized life form or anything, I'm just scared about how I'm going to make this happen. (Full-time work of the ten-hours-a-day plus bar exam requirements plus ( Read more... )

writing, the best laid plans..., nano, impending fic, boomtown

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chlare September 26 2010, 03:12:56 UTC

zomg, it really *is* almost that time of year, isn't it? *cowers* :D

strangecreature September 26 2010, 03:20:07 UTC

IS ALMOST TIME! *crazy-eyes* Man, I'm pretty worried about the sanity of it this year, but I see no harm in giving it a good ol' try.

chlare September 26 2010, 03:49:08 UTC

I have, umm, high hopes of doing things right this year and actually doing some plotting and thinking before hand.... Orrrrrrrr, it will be by the seat of my pants again. Pttht.

roh_wyn September 26 2010, 03:14:00 UTC

I attempt NaNoWriMo every year, (incl. in 2007, where...uh, well, let's just say it was a stupid thing for a 9-month pregnant woman to try, lol).

Last year, I actually "won" (having outlined an extensive plot beforehand), but you know what? I never finished the actual story! I had spent so much time thinking about it that by the time I started writing it, I was totally bored.

This year, I'm making a one-page outline and then just flying by the seat of my pants. *fingers crossed*

Good luck with all your writing, and your bar exams! *fingers crossed*

strangecreature September 26 2010, 03:24:26 UTC

Bwah!! Best NaNo challenge yet! *kowtows* You got a NaNo name? Can I add to you my stalking list? :-D

My entire plot last year was "Okay, so there's this werewolf-but-not-exactly, this mad scientist with a drug problem, a kid with a hell of an inferiority complex who can lift stuff with his mind, and an undercover mercenary lady who's pretending to be a mild-manner psychic. Let's put them in a big house and see how much stuff they can break in a month!!"

Fank you! I wish they'd get our damn marks back to us quicker. In another week I'll be heading into the fifth section and I've only gotten two marks back so far. Grumble-grumble. Stressful!

roh_wyn September 26 2010, 03:28:49 UTC

I'm rohwyn over there (i.e. same as here, but without random punctuation, lol).

You're making our bar exams seem like elementary school tests by comparison. ;)

strangecreature September 26 2010, 03:38:21 UTC

Found ya! :-D

Heh... Nah, I think ours are just prolonged, is all. I'm massively hoping I can pass everything on the first go so that this nonsense doesn't keep going past December.

desfinado September 26 2010, 17:59:23 UTC

Good luuuuuck!

strangecreature September 28 2010, 01:34:56 UTC

:-D Thank you! I'm looking forward to it!

remember_nomore September 28 2010, 00:37:58 UTC

*looks longly* I wish I had time for Nano... :(

strangecreature September 28 2010, 01:39:28 UTC

My dearest Miss Nora. I beseech you to remember who you're talking to before sad-facing at me about not having time for NaNo. If you want to do it, make it happen.

remember_nomore September 28 2010, 01:43:25 UTC

Oh I know. I have 80+ hours at work and two people to take care of along with a house from hell. lol.

I barely have time to get online. But I do want to do it. Need to get a plot pulled out of my butt if I do it...