My boring summer vacations have started. I guess I will join so I can evade my boredom, and get myself involved in worthwhile pursuit. I am very excited as I am writing my novel for the very first time. I got many ideas about my future novel, but the hardest part is actually to define a concrete plot. I haven't given a thought to word limit. Anyway, Count me in!
"The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing. ~~ Steven Covey " "For me, writing is a world where I am desperately trying to find my voice"
Okay, I'm in! I gather this is a little more flexible than Nanowrimo -- are we allowed to set a work goal for stuff we've already started? I'm about 2 pages into something that's been totally sidelined by the aforementioned Maths homework.
"You are altogether a human being, Jane? You are certain of that?" "I conscientiously believe so, Mr Rochester." ~ Jane Eyre
Okay, new round of elephants being shipped in now.
ultraviolet: Kibble: MadameX: (I'm writing a few freelance articles too, they're really fun!)
@Kibble: Sure! There are not really rules here [this thread, not YWS], and you can always break them if you want.
Here's a tip if you still need a plot idea.
*Just talk with someone about your plot. This tip really worked with me. I talked to mi madre about my plot idea, and it turned from a cool idea into an epic plot all in about 20 minutes. I think that just saying it out loud helped me to discover plot holes, and even ideas people tell you that you won't use can inspire ones you will. So talk. Talk here. Talk to your friends. That's all I got.
"This is a song for a scribbled out name That my love keeps writing again and again And again"
I come with good news! Since July has 31 days, we only have to write 1612.9 words/day to get 50 000 words!
I calculated a breakdown (based on 1613 words/day)
Day 1: 1613 Day 2: 3226 Day 3: 4839 Day 4: 6452 Day 5: 8065 Day 6: 9678 Day 7: 11291 Day 8: 12901 Day 9: 14517 Day 10: 16130 Day 11: 17743 Day 12: 19356 Day 13: 20969 Day 14: 22582 Day 15: 24195 Day 16: 25808 Day 17: 27421 Day 18: 29034 Day 19: 30647 Day 20: 32260 Day 21: 33873 Day 22: 35486 Day 23: 37099 Day 24: 38712 Day 25: 40325 Day 26: 41938 Day 27: 43551 Day 28: 45164 Day 29: 46777 Day 30: 48390 (I sincerely hope this adds up..!) Day 31: 50003 (Phew it does)
"You are altogether a human being, Jane? You are certain of that?" "I conscientiously believe so, Mr Rochester." ~ Jane Eyre
*takes elephant* Ewww that's math. Math... Blegh. Anyways, I am still undecided on what exactly I am going to do. I think I'll either try to get 20,000+ words of my novel or 50,000 words of anything. I dunno. I guess I'll figure it out when July comes. The only problem is that for a week in July I will be on a trip, and won't have a lot of writing time. Hmmm...
"Many people hear voices when no-one is there. Some of them are called mad and are shut up in rooms where they stare at the walls all day. Others are called writers and they do pretty much the same thing." -Meg Chittenden
I know what you mean. When I signed up for this I forgot that I have a week of camp in July, so I'm just going to try and do my best. Maybe I can get some writing done at camp with pen and paper, and type it up when I get back. Though I'm not sure I'll be able to resist editing. *sigh*
"Blah blah blah. You feel trapped in your life. Here is what I am hearing: happiness isn't worth any inconvenience."
Man, I know what you mean, ultraviolet. I myself didn't realize it's going to be pretty late every night when I get back from work, and it's going to be kind of crazy writing 1613 coherent words at that point while still keeping up with reviews on YWS. >_< (Although, then again, considering how random and silly The Trouble with Titanium can be, maybe a little incoherence will be a good thing...). I managed NaNo in the midst of my crazy November IB homework streak, though, so I'm going to try. XDD
Good luck to all of us!
"The world is not beautiful, therefore, it is." --Kino's Journey
My friend is making me do this with her :p It's been July for 31 minutes! :O Better get started then
I am nothing but a mouthful of 'sorry's, half-hearted apologies that roll of my tongue, smoothquick, like 'r's or maybe like pocket candy that's just a bit too sweet.
Well, July's started for me (kinda cause I'm technically in the future). I should get hacking.
And ideally, I'm gonna write 80k.
"The moral of this story, is that if I cause a stranger to choke to death for my amusement, what do you think I’ll do to you if you don’t tell me who ordered you to kill Colosimo?“
I've been itching to start writing all day.
