Well, wri mo is over. Did any of us make it?
Yes! Me! I'd cracked 50 000 words by 23rd November, and went on just far enough to finish the story, about 51K. Now I'm trying to be good and edit it properly.
My work's illegal, but at least it's honest.
Mal ,'Shindig'
The Great Write Way
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Am-Chau Yarkona - Dec 03, 2003 12:56:32 am PST #2936 of 10001
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
Nilly - Dec 03, 2003 1:34:36 am PST #2937 of 10001
Swouncing
So by my standards, yeah, I won.
Yours are the important ones, in this case at least, I think. So go you.
I'm writing again!
Congrats, Susan!
Liese S. - Dec 03, 2003 4:37:19 am PST #2938 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Whohoo, Am-Chau! Good on you!
And yay for us, too, who learned about the process. I'm pretty happy with the plot I ended up with. I think I can do something with it later. And I'll kind of be happy to discard the meme of mediocrity. It was good exercise, but I disliked the feeling of leaving something I knew lacked luster, for the sake of the count. Still, it was something I wouldn't have done otherwise, so I'm glad I did try.
I think I'll keep working on it, and then, of course, there's always next year. (Cubs fan much?)
§ ita § - Dec 03, 2003 5:07:17 am PST #2939 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I looked at NaNoWriMo, and thought "which of my wee ideas could be a novel?"
None, was the answer.
However, the next question was "Well what could they be, then?"
And I'm working on that.
Deena - Dec 03, 2003 5:20:16 am PST #2940 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Wow, Am, go you!
I got about 15k words too, and a story that I like well enough to try and finish it. I'm shooting for 80k and hoping. So, overall, I feel like it was a success.
Betsy HP - Dec 03, 2003 7:56:02 am PST #2941 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Go Am-Chau! Yea!
Susan W. - Dec 03, 2003 7:57:40 am PST #2942 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Way to go, Am-Chau!
deborah grabien - Dec 03, 2003 7:57:50 am PST #2943 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Am, with the rockage. MOST excellent.
erikaj - Dec 03, 2003 8:14:21 am PST #2944 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Yes, definitely!
deborah grabien - Dec 03, 2003 8:28:41 am PST #2945 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
OK, a question. Not specifically writing related, but rather writer-related.
I need to send prezzies to my editor and her staff, my publicist, and my agent. Holiday stuff, but also an extra-special doodah for Jenn, the agent.
Everyone except the agent is taken care of; they're all slavish junkies for my ginger cake and they're each getting their own big pan of it.
The agent - to whom I need to send something truly wonderful, because it's also a thanks for the 2-book deal and making them lose the joint accounting clause - is tricky.
She's tiny (about 5 feet tall) and doesn't eat much in the way of sweets. In fact, say "chocolate" and she shudders, not pleasurably - she has romance writer clients and they all send her choc and she doesn't care for it. Ditto booze - no tolerance for the stuff. ANd sending her a book of any description would cause her to kill me with a long distance death ray.
I'm thinking something Buffyish. Action figure?
Help?