Nobody’s Home, I'm glad you haven't quit, even though it's hard. If it was easy, it wouldn't be as fun...or as helpful.
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Write 5k towards a novel! YAY! Okay, so I have a good synopsis now, but that's it.
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And I feel you on editing. Some days I'm better than others. I don't usually go back and actually EDIT the story, but I do, during sprints sometimes, stop and fix misspellings and such. I can't help it! Or at the very least, I almost always do afterward. lol
I'm sorry you're so far behind,
stolenthrones.
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That sucks.
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As for your comment about being sure you know what you meant when writing, I make notes to myself as I write. Here's an example of what I might do...
"No," he said. "Stop it."
"Why?" (DO I WANT HIM TO ASK WHY HERE OR FURTHER DOWN?)
"Because I said so, that's why." (IF HE DOESN"T ASK WHY, THEN NEED TO FIX THIS LINE.)
So, I'm making notes and adding to my word count.
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I put all sorts of notes in about do I really want the dog to be brown or I need to come up with a café name in this part or I don't like how I worded that or whatever. It helps keep my thoughts straight and adds to the word count.
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Also, while I frequently write linearly, I don't let that define my planning. If I'm feeling like writing something much farther along than I am, I just label the scene so I can find it and write it. BTW, those labels help with word count as well.
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But you mentioned you were a pantser. I was as well, and still consider myself one at heart, but I must say, "
October Novel Prep Challenge"
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does wonders for my NaNo projects! I came up with so much more through the exercises (that I hated doing at the time
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). I know, but you're a pantser. Next year, just give it a try. It won't make your writing worse, that I guarantee. And you won't figure out every detail, by any means. And if you do word sprints with the Prep winners (or even by yourself), there's plenty of pantsing opportunities left.
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I hope to see you at Prep next year!
I'm sorry you're struggling,
Duchess Laughing Lemurs, but I respect the positive attitude. Great work! Keep it up!
Great job catching up,
WriterAngel! I hope you are now where you wanted to be. But I totally feel you on editing.
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I hate it. As for writing, yep, last night I went to bed with less than 250 words to go before I hit 50k. I just didn't have them in me. Yet, I'd written over 9k yesterday.
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Why couldn't I come up with another 250?!? No idea, but whatever. I knocked it out and won this morning, but it's just strange how the words come or not, as they see fit. Rude.
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As for needing another 25k more to finish the story, definitely normal! 50k is really more novella size. 70-80k is a SMALL novel. So, needing more than 50k means you're actually writing a novel, not a novella or a really long story.
lol Great! Good luck with finishing up! You got this!
I love your poem,
Adherennium - Maybe Writing?!
stevengepp, I love your attitude and completely agree!
Good luck, everyone! My your thoughts be swift and your fingers/pen be swifter!
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