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Book Title: Call of the Sea, currently.Word Count: 34,624
Characters Killed: two humans and one deer. But the deer wasn't really a character.
Cups of Coffee Drunk: 1.
Chocolate consumed: *stares at feet*
Hours Spent Procrastinating: None, today, because I've been too busy to even procrastinate :O
Word Goal for Today: 37K.
Words written today: uh, none.
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Brigid ✩, No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.
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Word Count: 50,483
Characters Killed: one ish
Cups of Coffee Drunk: one
Chocolate consumed: uhhh none today
Hours Spent Procrastinating: Ummm all of today? Well, except I had to pack and do homework.
Word Goal for Today: I dunno. I'd like to get to like ... 57k. Because I'd still like to get to 100k total. But, I sort of doubt it'll happen.
Words written today: Errm. Like 300ish.
Oh, I decided the whole "switching to Sky-Fall" idea was a terrible idea after all. So I'll just stick with Sweet Sorrow and hope it gets more interesting.
Book Title: umm...it would be nice if I had oneWord Count: 33,598
Characters Killed: None yet
Cups of Coffee Drunk: 0
Hours Spent Procrastinating: 564,676,342,278,452 hours
Word Goal for Today: at least 37k if not 40k
Words Actually Written today: 2590
Book Title: Just MeWord Count: 7,415 (yes I know sad right. I'm using today to catch up. I've already written over 1000 today!)
Characters Killed: None
Cups of Coffee Drunk: 0
Hours Spent Procrastinating: probably around 620
Word Goal for Today: At least 3000
Words Actually Written today:About 500 or so
Aurélie wrote: "Book Title: Just MeWord Count: 7,415 (yes I know sad right. I'm using today to catch up. I've already written over 1000 today!)
Characters Killed: None
Cups of Coffee Drunk: 0
Hours Spent Procrast..."
Hey, I only got to 149 before I quit. XP
Book Title: Call of the Sea, currently. Word Count: 43,570
Characters Killed: two humans, one bird and one deer. But the last two weren't really characters.
Cups of Coffee Drunk: 2.
Chocolatey articles consumed: So much it's embarassing.
Hours Spent Procrastinating: About an hour, I guess, in which I watched tragic Russian cartoons from the 70s or something.
Word Goal for Today: I've exceeded my word count goal for today, so, I might try and reach 44K.
Words written today: 1,863.
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Maria [the clockwork creeps on useless lives], Butts butts
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Word Count: 38010
Characters Killed: 3, so far.
Cups of Tea Drunk: At least 12.
Hours Spent Procrastinating: Way too many to count.
Word Goal for Today: To get to 40K.
Words Actually Written today: 1772
Book Title: ...well, about that...Word Count: 40,055
Characters Killed: just wait for it..
Cups of coffee drunk: I woke up like two hours ago
Hours Spent Procrastinating: Two
Word Goal for Today: 43,000
Words Actually Written Today: 0
Book Title: Call of the Sea, currently. Word Count: 48,918
Characters Killed: two humans, one bird and one deer. But the last two weren't really characters.
Cups of Coffee Drunk: two.
Chocolatey articles consumed: *stares at feet*
Hours Spent Procrastinating: I have no time to procrastinate because I've basically been at the theatre all afternoon/evening and I wrote all morning.
Word Goal for Today: 50K.
Words written today: 5,348 O___o
Book Title: Just MEWord Count: 9238
Characters Killed: None, Yet
Cups of Coffee Drunk:
Chocolatey articles consumed: Trust me, you don't want to know.
Hours Spent Procrastinating: I need to finish this thing!
Word Goal for Today: 2000
Words written today:1 863
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Word Count: LESS THAN IT SHOULD BE BECAUSE... MY COMPUTER HATES ME.
Always always always back up your writing, children.
Do you guys think it's a ok-ish idea to write scene by scene instead of straight from beginning to end? Cuz that's what I'm trying to do. It's working so far, but I just want to make sure that it won't cause trouble down the road.
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BUT everyone writes differently. If you want to write scene by scene and it's working for you, go for it! I know quite a few writers do that and it works for them. :D
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Like Lav, I've almost always written chronologically. And for pretty much the same reason––it just makes it easier to figure out the order of things, the timeline, the continuity, etc. I'm always afraid that if I write out of order, I'll only write the "important" parts and then I won't know how long to stretch out the filler in between those parts, if that makes sense.
The problem with writing in chronological order is when you hit those "filler" bits when not much is happening. But generally, I've found that-–although painful to get through––those parts educate me a lot about the story. I learn a lot about characters through writing random dialogues, inner monologues, and so forth in order to fill up space. Sure, a lot of that stuff gets edited out in later drafts, but it helps me to figure out what I'm trying to say and what I'm trying to get across. That's just my personal experience.
However, plenty of writers write out of order and it might work for them. I, being quite disorganized, just can't really do it. I like to "wander" through the story more and see how it surprises me along the way.
mine isn't for nanowrimo, but it's a story i am desperate to finish.Book Title: i don't know yet ...
Word Count: 7536
Characters Killed: 0
Cups of Coffee Drunk: 0
Hours Spent Procrastinating: 0
Word Goal for Today: 3,500
Words Actually Written today: less than my goal :)
thanks guys! i'll be careful. :)i've actually gotten to a point where i know almost exactly word for word how i want to do it, so i'm going chronologically for now. it's really only parts in the beginning that have trouble with. that and description. :) i never know how much is enough and what's too little or too much.
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Word Count: 50262
Characters Killed: 2
Cups of Coffee Drunk: NONE TODAYYY
Hours Spent Procrastinating:MANY
Word Goal for Today: 50k! :D BEAT IT
Words Actually Written today: 5000"
Woot! Congrats, Sabore!!!