Everyone's doing NaNoWriMo!
And I have a concept for a novel and 2000 words written.
But but but I'm away for 9 days during November. And then there's the holidays, and my houseguest...
I dunno, seems unlikely.
This girl at school? She told me that gelatin is made from ground-up cow's feet and that every time you eat Jell-O there's some cow out there limping around without any feet. But I told her that I'm sure the cow is dead before they cut its feet off, right?
Dawn ,'Never Leave Me'
The Great Write Way
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Consuela - Oct 20, 2003 7:49:28 am PDT #2334 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Susan W. - Oct 20, 2003 7:55:36 am PDT #2335 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
No NaNoWriMo here. Like deb, too busy with ongoing projects. Also, I don't think I could complete a plot in 50,000 words to save my life.
erikaj - Oct 20, 2003 8:12:32 am PDT #2336 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I'm still not sure I can write them...but I'll try. Fic is gonna get the short end though...although maybe not. it's more fun when it's Bad and Wrong, anyway.
Betsy HP - Oct 20, 2003 8:46:50 am PDT #2337 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Also, I don't think I could complete a plot in 50,000 words to save my life.
That's sort of the point. You write the 50,000. That's all you're on the hook for. If you need to write more to complete the book, that's fine. The point is the commitment.
I think.
amych - Oct 20, 2003 8:53:27 am PDT #2338 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
The point is the commitment.
I think.
That's how I understand it, yeah. Since the idea is to set yourself a goal to write a novel in a month, they ask you to do a unique project rather than continuing something that's already in process, and they recommend that you do a more-or-less complete story. But it's not like they're checking up on your finished product.
Theodosia - Oct 20, 2003 8:55:12 am PDT #2339 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
And you shoudl be able to adjust your commitment. So figure 50K divided by 30 (1666/day), then subtract 9 days for travel, so 21 days is a goal of 35K instead.
erikaj - Oct 20, 2003 10:08:07 am PDT #2340 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
damn...too much. head exploding. but, it could happen, right?
deborah grabien - Oct 20, 2003 11:36:06 am PDT #2341 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Whoohoo!
I finished my Matty chapter segment, turned the big "you made this happen, you get to fix, and you do it right OR ELSE!" corner in the story, and can now read tomorrow night, secure in my own smug virtue.
Betsy HP - Oct 20, 2003 12:05:38 pm PDT #2342 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
t borrows Deb's smug virtue and runs off with it
deborah grabien - Oct 20, 2003 12:37:17 pm PDT #2343 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Betsy, if it sucks (the chapter segment, not the smug virtue), you need to tell me.