Camp NovMo July '26: puppets? zombies? maybe both

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To be completely honest I haven't even noticed novmo going on but then a crow told me so here I am
I will most likely be writing my puppet shenanigans as I'm working on that for LMS but I might also do some zombies parasite writing
goal:
1797/5k words
finish valto's character profile (mc)
finish 2 of the maps I've made (finished)
Last edited by Smetana on Wed Jul 29, 2026 4:43 pm, edited 1 time in total.




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The premise for "forest doors and puppets" sounds incredibly fascinating. And ooh, you're making maps! Good luck with this :elephant:
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Days: 11.-12. 7. 2026
wordcount: 543 words and once again I question my ability to finish novmo and to write ability (messed it up at least thrice)




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Go Smet go, there's still a lot of time! You can do this :D (Also spam me with any new lore, I'm invested)
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Go go go! Fly like an Eagle! For novmo stuff, I usually just push other projects to the side to work on writing. I found worrying about wordcount isnt really helpful to me lol. Any work on it is progress!




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It's okay, just keep writing and I'm sure you'll reach your goal eventually! Valto loves you for making him either way. And oh, a maps? Now I'm intrigued, very much looking forward to those!!




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so apparently i completely forgot to update it after that so here is my update from like... 2 weeks ago?
1254 words, 3303 words left to write
2 of the maps finished




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awesome work, Smetana!! so cool that you made maps too :D
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