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Participate in NaNoWriMo!
In the month of November, we will be writing novels. This is because it's National Novel Writing Month.
That's 50,000 words. Can you do it?
For more details, see http://nanowrimo.org.
If you finish, I will award to you a whole box of Ramune, your choice of flavor.
To participate in the contest, please sign up at nanowrimo.org, and add TanisNikana to your writing buddies.
Participants:- MizzArianna
- Naru-chan
- Shidou
- Saya-chan14
- CatchxMe
- DemonSpawn
- Mitsukai Mizu Amaya
- Winfred
- Vampire-Kameko
- Cheshare
- Oslapedo
- murder-pf-raven
- TanisNikana
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No takers?
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So...you have to pretty much write a 50,000 word essay on eating a banana?
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50,000 word novel about anything you please.
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Ok. Seemed more like an essay to me. I guess I'll try it, and most likely fail.
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By the way, I'll be giving a box of Ramune to anyone who can win NaNoWriMo by writing a whole 50,000 word novel in one month, from November 1 to November 30.
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**** that, I'll do it in like a week. Already have a story in my head.
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50,000 words is a lot of words. Wish I had a story in my head.
But remember, you can't start until November 1!
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hmmmm i dunno... i mean thats a lot of words and they havent taught me how to read or write yet sooo yea.......
besides im currently busy with the 20 word essay......
by the way do you win just by finishing your essay in time?
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I'm so in!
SIGN MEH UP!
I wants that Ramune!
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how the hell would they know if i started before Nov 1st anyway
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It's not essay. It's novel. And you win by finishing it in time.
By the way, a couple of rules apply:
1. Your original content only. No copying from Wiki to fill 50,000 words.
2. Needs to be a complete story.
3. Follow all grammar conventions of the English Language.
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Mine will be a romantic story on the Revolutionary war. I'm making a web comic on it.
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~_~ but i have no real writing voice or talent
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Hm...XD. Maybe if I think of a plot.
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I've rewritten the first post. Please read it again, so you know what the rules are.
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Yea, I'm going to win this.
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-.- you can't start til November
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-fails-
I...guess....I could do....a romance? ???
I would so need help with this. XD I have a plot in mah head.
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Heheh I already started.
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I already have the main plot, the Characters, the setting, and the Ending
XD
its gonna be fun!
XD
do you want me to help you?
:)
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Make sure to sign up on the website and friend me! Only the folks on my friends list are part of the contest!
And no writing in advance.
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SURE! But I have to write most of it first...
this reminds me of the stories I wrote for Ari...ugh, I'm about to puke.
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SURE! But I have to write most of it first...
this reminds me of the stories I wrote for Ari...ugh, I'm about to puke.
YOU NEED TO SEND ME THOSE NAO!
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lol I signed up!
:)
I'm officially in this to win!
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Hmmm, maybe I'll give it a shot. I specialize in epic poetry, but maybe I can try a novel for once.
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And think of the rewards! You'll have a box of ramune if you finish, and a novel to share or sell or do with as you please!
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*Fails at opening Ramune bottles*
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lol YAY!!!
XD
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Mine will be about nouns verbing the adjective, adjective noun in an adverb verb to verb the noun.
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Mmm wow...hilarious. *Sarcasm* ::)
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HEY I'M IN IF BELLA AND ARI ARE
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....XD I gave in. I added you, Tanis. Now, just a plot. >>
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Wait, so do we have to win, or just finish?
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lol just finish XD
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Yay, got a plot. I can't wait to start writing this. I think it's a murder mystery kind of thing, since my mom is a big influence on that since that's all she reads. There'll be a twist at the end. >)
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Yay, got a plot. I can't wait to start writing this. I think it's a murder mystery kind of thing, since my mom is a big influence on that since that's all she reads. There'll be a twist at the end. >)
WILL I APPEAR?
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Yay, got a plot. I can't wait to start writing this. I think it's a murder mystery kind of thing, since my mom is a big influence on that since that's all she reads. There'll be a twist at the end. >)
WILL I APPEAR?
er. ....HOW ABOUT A CAMEO?
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lol wow
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I'M DOWN WITH THAT. >D
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I'M DOWN WITH THAT. >D
OKAY, YOU CAN BE................A CANDIDATE ON THE WEBSITE I TOLD YOU ABOUT IN THE PLOT.
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lol In mine everyone has normal names and it takes place in Liverpool england in 2002
XD
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XD Mine takes place in present time, I'm thinking a big eastern coast city. >> I need lotsa crime.
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hmmmm
like what kinds crime?
cuz in certain places there are a lot of Drug crimes.
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>> I don't want to give TOO much away, but murder and that sort of thing. It's going to be geared more towards murder, though.
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hmmmm.....
well you could like search the places with the most murder right now in the us.
that might help Narrow down the place.
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XD That's true! [/googles] Hm, for 2006, I'm getting Detroit, Michigan, and Baltimore, Maryland for the highest so far...
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you might wanna go with Maryland then XD
I mean 2006 is a pretty good time period
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-just typed a buttload of the plot to send to Syd-
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This is going to be fun, though!
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lol I'm typing out the main events of my story...I'm on number 60...holly **** this thing will be long
XD
well I'm going to bed now!
good night Syd and Megan!
I love you Megan! I'll talk to you tomorrow :)
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I think I've got my starting bit worked out - a small community has taken residence a secured and airtight bubble, painted over to lose all sense of the outside world. This is because everything that is outside has been rendered through with all sorts of nasty undocumented diseases.
I'll be refining my plot a bit more, but here's a bit I drew up just now, to see if it would work:
Jacob watched on at a safe, comfortable distance as a man wandered past the plaza, shouting madly.
"It's safe out there, I swear, oh Lord in Heaven who's Earth is clean! It's safe--"
The man's shouting was suddenly halted by a bullet in his neck, where he fell to the ground, a city guard eyeing his dead body, slowly lowering his rifle.
"Code 4, all clear. Send them in. Reporting in for decontamination."
The guard adjusted his aerator and headed off, knowing that he might full well die of what this idiot drug in with him, but safe in the fact that the town will survive. He had a look back over at the door the newly-created corpse ran through. It was at one point airtight, but a few centuries of abuse and neglect ran through it, and it looked to be more of a danger than an asset.
"And can we get someone out to patch that door?"
From what was perceived to be his safe comfortable distance, Jacob decided this was far, far too close to anything recently shot, diseased, and otherwise deadly, and dashed back the way he came.
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On second thought, that's a bit too direct. I don't want anyone to deal with a tragedy, I want them to deal with the results of a tragedy.
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eh after some careful thinking i have decided that if i come up with a good story idea i will write for your novel contest....
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You've all got about 15 days left to think up an idea for your book.
Anyone else up for a challenge and some Ramune?
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hmm why not sign me up, wait tho, do you actualy need to win a contest, or is it you sigh up write a novel and get the ramune?
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The contest is you versus 50,000 words, waiting to be written. If you finish, you get the prize. To sign up, register at nanowrimo.org and friend me.
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Whoa, Tanis that was wicked. o.o
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Yeah, but that fragment puts the dangers of the outside world at the forefront, where what I really want to see is the interactions between the characters as a result of the (lack of the) outside world.
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Alright, here's my notes from workchat, irrelevant stuff omitted:
(14:18:32) sdc_tnikana: Here's my notes, as I wrote them:
(14:18:47) sdc_tnikana: Decades of war, seismic and biological.
(14:19:32) sdc_tnikana: Small community surrounded by large mountains is entirely fractured off from the mainland. Religious leaders in town have kept people from climbing the mountains only to see a sheer drop, followed by nothing at all.
(14:19:55) sdc_tnikana: Last word heard broadcast were "economic turmoil", but that was over 150 years ago.
(14:20:04) sdc_tnikana: So how do the citizens in town deal with this?
(14:20:28) sdc_tnikana: The postmaster has a secret: he fakes the incoming mail; writes it all himself. Gives the people hope.
(14:20:51) sdc_tnikana: There's a busted crop duster, too bad it can't fly, let alone get over the mountains.
(14:21:16) sdc_tnikana: There's an old radio which has become the object of religious attention, its worshippers waiting for it to speak.
(14:21:56) sdc_tnikana: The main character is a 52 year old male, living in town since he was born there. Through the actions of his two kids, he grows disenchanted with the system.
(14:22:17) sdc_tnikana: However, there is absolutely nothing beyond the mountains, and in general, every last person is gently caressed.
(14:22:21) sdc_tnikana: And this is where the story ends.
(14:22:36) sdc_tnikana: I think it could work. ^_^
(14:23:26) sdc_tnikana: I came up with this last night, with poking and prodding from friends. ^_^
(14:25:29) sdc_tnikana: Now although it will never actually be revealed in the book, I'm trying to think of ways that such large amounts of geography could effectively be nullified.
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I have been challenged! I will write. It will suck, but I shall do it!
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lol I have a problem actually.....
XD
Hailey can I use the Story we sorta came up with together?
the one with Damian and Dani?
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CHEATER!
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COLLABORATION? Interesting idea...
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lol I have a problem actually.....
XD
Hailey can I use the Story we sorta came up with together?
the one with Damian and Dani?
No, that was previously written. Its like cheating. Its pre plotted and stuff. This is supposed to be a spur of the moment thing.
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No collaborations, no prewriting.
Other folk editing is cool, though.
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I've never had ramune before but one of my friends says it's icky X3
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no its not!
me and you never got Far on it and pretty much gave up on the Idea
and I'm changing the Main Idea's a bit
I'm the one that has to Draw it.
but if it bugs you I'll think of something else
XD
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no its not!
me and you never got Far on it and pretty much gave up on the Idea
and I'm changing the Main Idea's a bit
I'm the one that has to Draw it.
but if it bugs you I'll think of something else
XD
Hey dorkus, I have the notebook, I've been writing. I'm just a little stuck.
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>.<
I wanna see PROOF!!!
WHAT HAVE YOU WRITTEN IN THE LAST 2 MONTHES?!
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>.<
I wanna see PROOF!!!
WHAT HAVE YOU WRITTEN IN THE LAST 2 MONTHES?!
More about the tarantula.
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oh yaya
XD
thats not much
Fine I'll think of something else XP
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I'm going to write.... about vampires. Because I love them.
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I thought you would say something like that
XD
Hailey you might be a little obsessed.
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Yeah, maybe just a little. But the book I'm reading right now is SO good!
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lol are you almost done with it or is it a new one that you just started?
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Alyssa is withholding the third from me so I'm prcrastinating finishing the second onne.
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oh I see XD
thats a good wait to put it XD
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Mhmm. Sorcerer + Vampire = Badass Villian
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lol makes me think of a scary Halloween cotume I saw at Fred meyeres
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Cory Littleton doesn't shop at Fred Meyer's! He just shreds house siding and breaks through concrete while getting shot with silver bullets.
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oh wow
wait what?
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Yeah! And he hurt poor Warren. T~T Don't die Warren! I love you.
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is this from your book?
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....What book! *hiss* its mine!
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lol wow.....
you have Issues meh best friend XD
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I SHALL PARTICIPATE! I've had an idea in my head for a while, anyway. ^^
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Nuuu, I don't want anyone else to do it!
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I can't stop staring at your avvie... you look exactly like my friend Keary. AND TOO BAD!
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Om nom nom. Bacon. Maybe I'll write about bacon.
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I SHALL PARTICIPATE! I've had an idea in my head for a while, anyway. ^^
I don't see you on my friends' list. Did you register?
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Just now. Hoooold on.
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Added you.
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I'm gonna try. :)
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Good luck ya'lls.
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I'm gonna try. :)
Make sure to add me if you haven't already.
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Can the novel be really really randomness about nothing what-so-ever? ;D
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50,000 words about anything with a story.
Try this on for size: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnegans_Wake
Despite being one of the most well-known books of the 20th century, Finnegans Wake remains unread by the larger public. Joyce's methods of stream of consciousness, literary allusions and free dream associations are pushed to the limit in the book, which abandons conventions of plot and character construction and which is written in a unique language based mainly on complex multi-level puns. Although many readers and commentators have reached a broad consensus about the central cast of characters and general story, many details remain elusive.
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Sweet! Then count me in! :P
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Now go back and read the first post about what you have to do to actually sign up to be in the contest.
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More people to enter the contest, step forward!
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Okay, I read the first post. I want to try. >.<;
And are you saying I'm alowwed to right a novel about bunny's and cakes?
Just checking..
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About anything.
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Bwaha.
This novel will be epic win. =D
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I did this last year. but I got lazy, lost my idea, and I didn't really care anymore(wonderful aren't I? XD). I can't even remember my account. but hey good luck to any of those that participate in this. :3
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About anything.
NO, NO MOAR PPL!
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Yes moar people! Remember, this is not a race. If you finish, you win. Doesn't matter what order you all come in. If you're done before the end of November, you win Ramune, simple as that.
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Wait, so everyone that finishes it gets a box of Ramune?
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YUP!
XD
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This is correct.
But 50,000 words is a lot! That's 1,667 words per day!
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Mmm that's nothing.
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I still have to think of an Ending
>.>
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SURE, WHY NOT. I mean, I failed last year, might as well try agaaain. Hooray! Thar we go, added (under the name of Winfred)!
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50,000 words. That's a lot.
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Mmm I don't think it's very much.
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MOAR PEOPLE PLEASE.
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THANKS BUT NO THANKS!
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>:3 Oh I can do this!!!! MUAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHA!!! *cracks nuckles and starts jotting down ideas* 50k? so easy x.x
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I'd be willing if I didn't have so much homework to catch up on T_T
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its in nov right? theres like no school that month ._.
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Oh yeah! Okay... maybe I'm in, but only maybe!
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yay! >:3
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Is not enough to simply say that you're in. Read the first post for further instructions.
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made an acount, I'm adding you Tanis
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I'll make an account it I decide to do this for sure...
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now I'm trying to pick a plot from my plot journal... its not going so well -.-
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oh tanis my name on the national novel thing is Cheshare.... i used my lj name instead of the one I use on here >.>
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Can I add you to LJ?
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uh sure ._.
wow first time some ones asked that ^^;;;
http://cheshare.livejournal.com/
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Mine's at tanisnikana.livejournal.com, and I post fairly frequently. It's often the inspiration for what I do on the forums.
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cool I'll add you :3
I dont post to often sadly, I made the acount EONS ago... (need to fix up my bio for it -_-; ) but I just recently started using it again.
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So I have my random dissociated novel notes, if anyone wants to look. The trick is to write them out on the iPod, so that they don't blossom into prose, thus invalidating the entire story.
Postmaster Jim Sherman fakes the mail because it's all he knows. What happens when he runs out of paper?
One last working radio that squaks random stuff in every now and then. It's neither words or music, though. Just loud noise.
A busted crop duster that can't fly over the mountain. Maybe if we can roll it down Main street while the preacher isn't looking?
One of the town's residents rigged up his extensive solar panels a long time ago, and passed his house through the generations. He has a six-shooter with four bullets left, the other two having a history. He uses two shots to drop the massive irradiated bird. The others could be used on the preacher. This man's name is David Becker, and his wife is Mary.
Main character is a 52 year old male living in town for as long as he can remember, who through the actions of his kid, grows disenchanted with the system. How long ago did his wife pass away? His name is Scott Riley. His wife is Jessica, and his kid's name is Martin.
What happens when the medical supplies run out?
The preacher acts as the real mayor, and he legislates from the church. The preacher's name is The Reverend Samuel Alexander Ingram.
Possibly: near the end of the novel, there is a massive earthquake that destroys a mountain, allowing the inhabitants to see the outside world for themselves.
Because there are no bullets left in the village, a girl, Kelly, will be executed by the priest and his men for the shameful crime of sodomy by stoning. Bundled along with her is a boy rendered catatonic, one of the neighbor's kids, Jeffrey, about what he saw when he climbed the mountain. He is unable to speak of it.
The preacher blames both of them for the power outage caused when a massive cancerous looking bird destroys the solar panels.
There is absolutely nothing visible beyond the mountains. Everyone is boned at the end.
The name of the town is Bluejay.
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I would want to participate if I had the time :'(
Thank goodness I'm taking creative writing next term. Gotta get at it.
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Okay... I'm in! Tanis I added you! x3
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Remember, you're not racing each other! Everyone has a chance to win!
You're racing against the inevitable: you're racing against the whole month of November! Will you write a novel before it dies? Or will it die and leave you novelless? Only you can decide!
This means I'll probably be handing out multiple boxes of Ramune. Or possibly just one. Or maybe even none. Depends on how many finish, really.
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Well... I don't know if I count cuz I was going to do NaNo either way, but I certainly wouldn't say no to Ramune. :3
So yeah, adding you to my buddy list. =)
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hmm...maybe I'll take part in this in hopes its a tempting enough carrot to make me write my plot bunnies.
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Last chance to sign up! We begin at midnight!
And best of luck to all us participants!
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Enter Rant Mode: @#$%$&#$%@#^&^&(*$%^ Exit Rant Mode
Appears the site is taking on high traffic so the author search is disabled. I'll have to add you to my buddy list in the near future.
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GRRR! I have no idea how to update my freaking word count! >.<
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Is it just me or is the site being really slow?
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its being really slow. it having too much traffic.
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I wish it would stop.
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I've got the first couple thousand words of my story up here, if anyone's interested:
http://tanisnikana.livejournal.com/276794.html
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Also, 4,006!
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TEEHEE! I haven't started yet!
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TEEHEE! I haven't started yet!
We're so much alike, my twinny! :D
I'm going to start it tonight! I SWEAR!
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lol I HAVE 1160 done!
xD
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Bwahaha, I have about 1,400 words so far, and my story is coming along nicely.
It's about a Vampire...But so far he doesnt know he's a vampire...and yeah... >>
NARU, YOU AND ME WILL BE GETTING RAMUNE. xD
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I TAKE THAT AS A CHALLENGE! XD
I WILL START NOW!
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@Catch
swear to what?
@Shay
and when he gets the thirst for blood?
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To starting!
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@ CatchxMe. YES!
YOU CAN DO IT.
We all believe in you.
xD
@Seraph. I just started writing about that.
Hee hee hee. >:]
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wait shay what is your story about?
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A boy named Alexander Simons, who is a vampire, but doesnt quite know it yet.
-Nods-
Hee hee, I have the entire story mapped out in my head.
BOX OF RAMUNE, HERE I COME.
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lol YES!!!
XD
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I have 1100 words roughly. Mines about the end of the world, and I'm basically winging it except that I know it ends with a death.
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I STILL HAVEN'T STARTED! *flail*
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You should start!
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I've started a little bit. I think I'll be tripping around a lot with it though. its a slow start I think.
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My start was fast but now I'm just like, "How the hell am I gunna fire out 50,000 words?"
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I was like that with every sentence =(:::::
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o.o How the crap do you paste the freaking document?
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o.o How the crap do you paste the freaking document?
Don't worry about that yet; it's not available. The whole site is kind of fluctuating.
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Wooo, 650 words! Lol imma not gonna make it to 1,000.
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lol I have 3000 words, and the start of a second chapter, which is good xD
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I'm writing it right now! >:3
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If you're interested, watch my LJ on a daily basis for updates to my novel, Bluejay.
http://tanisnikana.livejournal.com
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I FINALLY STARTED! Prologue ish done! And it's not very long either! XD
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I'm totally doing this.
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Yay, good for you.
you can do it.
GO MANGAKALUNA. xD
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Whoo, count me in! (Yes, Tanis, I've made an account and added you. xD)
I have an idea in my head, now. =^^=
AND GO DIANA!
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The nanowrimo site is currently crushed by its userbase, so if I haven't gotten around to adding you yet, would you kindly mail me your username to tanisnikana@gmail.com?
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I barely have over 100 words... I'm not coming back on to KCon until I get 10k!
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10,000 is quite a bit. I've been at it for five days and have only 9,142.
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*Is so far failing at this*
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@Demon
isn't the only one
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50,000!
(characters, exactly. I stopped in the middle of a word to post this. 9768 words.)
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Ahhh! I'm so flippin slow ;_;
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Well, if you divide 50,000 by 30, you get 1,667 words per day. And to keep with the schedule, you need to have 8,335 words by now. If you don't have that much, you're falling behind!
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O)GL?HBEHB
[/shift jam]
ALL NIGHTER? xD
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Yay! ^__^ I just made it to 10000 today! :) this year is totally less hard than last year was.
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And there goes the 10,000 word milestone! Also, the maximum length of a post is 40,000 characters, otherwise I would have posted my novel here.
Edit: I was talking about mine, not hers. But both are still cool. ^_^
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WTF! You guys are so much more intense than I!
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Actually, you are much less intense than we. Hop to it, you got some catching up to do.
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Oh, also, I write for only about 40 minutes a day, sometimes a bit more if I'm in the mood.
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Maybe I will! I'll be writing late into the night if Shay'll let me :D
I need to write, period xD
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Maybe I will! I'll be writing late into the night if Shay'll let me :D
I need to write, period xD
Go go go!
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Oh gawd..
I wrote like 6,000 words..
And realized I didnt like the direction the story was headed, so I'm back to 1,000.
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Oh gawd..
I wrote like 6,000 words..
And realized I didnt like the direction the story was headed, so I'm back to 1,000.
Aww, that's a shame. Usually I just roll with stuff like that, as if I'm just watching my fingers make a story.
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*fail* XP
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13,026! Come on guys, you can do it!
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I hope you know I'm only doing it for the Ramune. o-o
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A box full!
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Now I feel more motivated. I'll try to have 15,000 by Sunday.
-Sigh-
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I got to 9000 last night at 4 in the morning...
I had so many detractions.
people kept talking to me, but i got it done.
^^
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Yay Bella! Keep it up!
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^^ I will, i'm really glad i did it!
now I just have to finish the chapter.
xD
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The 2,000 words that was originally the beggining of my story, just became the prologue.
o-o
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15,000 words is a hard push. It's only 1800 more than where I'm at now, about two pages, but what to do with those two pages?
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One more thing: Ramune in large quantities is heavy, and I can't drive! So if you win, you gotta come here to pick it up.
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By the end of today, everyone should have 15,003 words if they want to be keeping up. If you have more, it means you can slack off later. If you have less, better catch up!
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... *dies*
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Also, box of Ramune.
I have 17,120 words. Hopefully I won't be the only one with a box of delicious Ramune. If you wanna see what I have, it can be found, in 2,000 word chunks, on tanisnikana.livejournal.com.
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I don't even think I have 1k yet :D
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20,003! Come on, guys, you can do it!
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Who you telling to "come on"? ^__~ 23,000.
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Yay! I made it to the 25,000 mark! I can't tell if I'm more than half-way done with my novel or less than, but I sure as hell don't feel like this is the halfway point :-\
Oh wells! ^__^ Excitement abounds and such.
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I'm back on track for my novel.
The story line is a bit silly though.
xD
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@Shay
thats great! my story is starting to build steam......finally @_@
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Woot!
I'd say mine is fantasy, maybe.
It's really stupid at times though.
Even the sad or suspensful parts make me 'Lol'.
x]
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mine is modern fantasy. I don't think mind is stupid. just a bunch of horrible writing. I'll to edit it later....with high explosives
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I don't even think I have 1k yet :D
WHOO. [/high five] WE SHOULD START A LESS THAN 5K GROUP.
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Can we also have an over 20,000 club? Also, there's folks running around with 0, still...
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I don't even think I have 1k yet :D
WHOO. [/high five] WE SHOULD START A LESS THAN 5K GROUP.
>: I have 9k!
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Woo.
Good job everybody.
You can do it.
I believe in you all.
-Teary eyes-
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mine is modern fantasy.
mine... i'm not sure what to classify it as. it's like a philosophical superhero story, but i'm not sure that encompasses everything. it's really dark mostly, although there are some funny parts.
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... I'm getting there. About fourty more pages (It's handwritten). I'll type it up afterwards.
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... I'm getting there. About fourty more pages (It's handwritten). I'll type it up afterwards.
I heard from someone that you had mistaken the count to be 500,000 words, and that you already had a 50,000 word story ready, with another one sitting at 40Kish. Am I right?
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25,056! Over halfway!
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.. I'm not doing this.
xD I'm too busy in other aspects of my life to do something I'm not really passionate about. :/
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.. I'm not doing this.
xD I'm too busy in other aspects of my life to do something I'm not really passionate about. :/
You're a bit late anyway; it's halfway over. You'd have to crank out over 4,000 words a day to catch up.
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No, I said I was gonna do this before. I've changed my mind. I know I'd have to do a lot. So I'm not going to. Because I don't have the dedication to it. (If I did, I'd be working on it now).
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Yay! 30,000 words and I'm starting to feel like I know how I'll wrap all this up. Heehee, it's always weird writing this much, this fast, I'm sure half of this will read like it was written by somebody else to me next month (last year there were seriously parts I didn't remember writing).
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Most of you guys' wordcounts suck! You won't win with 3,000 words!
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OTL As soon as I finish my two big essays, I am gonna pull an all-nighter to get my word count up >:(
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You should give me ramune anyway, Tanis. lol My birthday is tomorrow! J/K I'll work for it like everyone else. got 1k pages today.
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You should give me ramune anyway, Tanis. lol My birthday is tomorrow! J/K I'll work for it like everyone else. got 1k pages today.
something tells me you meant "1k words". 1k pages would be /very/ impressive.
oh yes and: yay! 33000 words! :3 here's hoping I can make it to 35000 today!
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oops yeah 1k words!
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32,011!
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3,624 words. :/
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lol fail....
haven't worked on it in 2 weeks
xD
I really don't have a chance in hell in finishing....
v.v
I will get no Ramune.
but thats okay, cuz Tanis is my friend and I mooch off him anyways.
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Type hard and type fast. You can still win, if you really have at!
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I really really hope to finish!
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I'm pretty much out of the competition. Dx
I only have 2,000 words or so.
I FAIL.
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32,941!
If I win, I'm gonna decline my share of the Ramune, seeing as how I'll buy it for me anyway.
I will, however, take part in my share of the publishing profits.
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Yay! I'm now at 41000 (I hope to get to 43K by the end of tonight)! ^__^ I hope to be finishing up by Monday or Tuesday! Anybody who wants to read it should totally PM me an email address or something. I would love to have some Beta-ers.
EDIT: =3 I actually made it! 43000 words means I'd make it even if I only wrote 875 words each day for the rest of the month.
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wow raven thats great! <3 I'm pushin for another five thousand tonight myself, i posted on the forums at NanoWriMo and dared everyone to try for at least another 5k tonight, if not more!
and dude raven totaly send it to me <3
chihiro_chan_me@yahoo.com
oh if some one called "cheshare" adds you to their buddy list on nano thats me.
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I'm like giving up on this because I'm majorly failing.
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And Chihiro takes home a box of melon!
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Yay! I did it! ;D
I am now seriously looking for Beta readers, please contact me if you are interested in reading or editing my novel! ^__^ I'm very happy about how it turned out.
Oh, and is anybody else going to the NaNo after party thing the weekend after next? We should totally meet up there!
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I've been done for about a week or so. I know this because it's handwritten and after a bunch of mathematical calculations figured it to be totaled at around 54,000 words so far. (I averaged 300 words a page, did about 180 pages)Just need to get off my lazy butt and count them all and get someone to confirm. Is it against the rules to have finished the first draft with about 140 pages (about 42000 words) and started to second draft (on about page 38 or 39 on that one) which makes up the rest of the 50000? Or do I have to lengthen the first draft another 8000 words? By the way, it's handwritten.
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I seriously have no life. XD
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I'm already editing Chihiro's novel, and having two novels lying around to edit could get hairy.
If you two can, send a copy of your manuscript to tanisnikana@gmail.com. Mitsukai, I only need to see yours with my eyes.
Once that's done, you two can pick your flavors. Right now, I have only a case of regular in my closet, so if you want that, it'll be ready for you immediately, otherwise it takes two weeks to order a case from Uwaji.
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M'kay. I've almost finished getting my mom to verify the wordcount on the handwritten manuscript, then I'll finish the typing of it. Already 8000 or so into typing... should be done by friday. Then I'll submit to NaNoWriMo and send you the manuscript.
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You can always generate Lorem Ipsum to plug into NaNo...
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... really?! But then how would I show it to you?
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Show it to me in person, with written paper. Send the Lorem Ipsum to the NaNo website. ^^
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Ah! Alright then, I shall! ^^
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/fail
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* oslapedo has epicly failed at this
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@oslapedo
we're in the same boat.
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I didn't even get to 5k words.
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LULZ!
I went to 10
....no....11
Yay!
I'm going to continue working on it if I have time.
I really like it, it calls for more effort.
anyways, Tanis you totally cheated.
you put it in twice.
but I guess it really doesn't matter sinc eyour getting to 50 anyways.
^^
congrates to thosw that made it
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LULZ!
I went to 10
....no....11
Yay!
I'm going to continue working on it if I have time.
I really like it, it calls for more effort.
anyways, Tanis you totally cheated.
you put it in twice.
but I guess it really doesn't matter sinc eyour getting to 50 anyways.
^^
congrates to thosw that made it
That was an accident... still frantically scraping up that final 10K here in the next four days.
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Good luck =O
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I give up. :/
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I overshot myself a bit. Just finished submitting - used the lorem like you suggested - ended up being exactly 52362 words.
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Sweet!
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Thats good. I got 4798
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Yup! problem is, my mom lost the first page of the first draft. -sighs- >.> gotta go find it or just make do with what I've got for the second draft so far. (Once I pass a part in the 2nd draft, that part in the first isn't needed as much. But I still want my entire little brainchild around, you know? Moonlight is my baby. *snuggles manuscript*)
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Good job on finishing.
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Well, you overshot, so as long as you hand me enough words, we're good to go.
Also, I made 43,000 even tonight! It came up as 42,998, but then I slipped in an "and" and a "she" to bring it up.
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Lol....7000 more!
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48,323!
Only 1,674 to go!
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I failed. I stopped at about 10k words. I'll finish it over a period of time.
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I'm a novelist!
50,266.
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TT^TT
I failed.
Oh well. I'll try again next year. I didn't have any time this NaNoWriMo around, due ta first term in College and such.
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Wah, I failed too.
Dx
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Huzzah for failers?
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Woo! -failhighfive-
But hooray for winning, Tanis!
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Alrighty, lets talk prizes:
Payout goes to these fine folks:
- Chihiro: One box of melon.
- Mitsukai, tentatively (when she shows me a manuscript): One box of an undecided flavor.
- Raven Murder: One box of strawberry.
And that's it! Show's over!
Thread locks when discussion is complete.
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Alrighty, lets talk prizes:
Payout goes to these fine folks:
- Chihiro: One box of melon.
- Mitsukai, tentatively (when she shows me a manuscript): One box of an undecided flavor.
- Raven Murder: One box of strawberry.
And that's it! Show's over!
Thread locks when discussion is complete.
Yay! Congratulations everybody! 4 people finishing really is pretty good, everybody who gave it a good effort should feel proud of themselves. Anybody who is interested in reading my novel or trading editing work on their's please please please PM me. ^__^
Edit: Oh, and I hate to repeat myself but is anybody else planning on going to the end of NaNo thing next Saturday at the downtown Powell's?
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I'll be going!
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Congratulations everyone! I'll try harder next year! >:3
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Congo rats!
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I would need a ride... wait, isn't that the 13th? That's the Christmas party... I'll be there, the Winter Rage at my school and stuff. @.@
Are you going to the Christmas party, Tanis? I could show you the manuscript then,
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The TGIO party is on the sixth. And show me the manuscript whenever, it's all cool. ^_^
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May go, may not.
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I would need a ride... wait, isn't that the 13th? That's the Christmas party... I'll be there, the Winter Rage at my school and stuff. @.@
Are you going to the Christmas party, Tanis? I could show you the manuscript then,
And I doubt you'd need a ride. There's fifty-three bus lines and three train lines servicing the Powell's we'll be at.
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I got zero words, I'm so proud. :D
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It feels weird not working on a novel tonight.
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same here. @.@... *goes to work on second draft* can't... stop. XD
oh, so it's THIs saturday. I'll ask my mom.
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It feels weird not working on a novel tonight.
Seriously! I suddenly feel totally aimless. I've went back to my normal hobbies (reading, watching anime, playing videogames, etc) but with a vengeance. I feel like I'm doing NaNoWriMo for each of those things this month :D
But it really is a normal feeling, it happened last year but more badly (last year I got really depressed actually X3)
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I'm depressed I DIDN'T finish, and you're upset that you did? Can no one win?
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I'm depressed I DIDN'T finish, and you're upset that you did? Can no one win?
No, it's more like you are depressed that your life is no longer challenging and your goals are no longer crystal clear. But yeah, everything is a little bit good and a little bit bad.
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I want to participate next year ;)
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True dat :D
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lol I tried my best!
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Oh well. There goes my ramune.
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Alright, hurry up and claim your prizes; it's all just sitting here in my closet.
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I'll be at the TGIO party today, if you'd like to bring it then ::shrug::
Otherwise I'm not exactly sure when I can make it... XD I doubt my parents would be cool with me traveling to a different city to go to a 20-something-year-old boy's house to obtain soda. Perhaps we could meet somewhere like Uwajimaya? PM me if you think of anything that might work out.
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Logistics, though. Everyone seems to think Ramune is weightless, but in actuality a box is 40 pounds and I don't drive, so I'd be lugging it all the way over to wherever you are on foot...
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Logistics, though. Everyone seems to think Ramune is weightless, but in actuality a box is 40 pounds and I don't drive, so I'd be lugging it all the way over to wherever you are on foot...
Well I don't drive either. :-[
Hmm... lemme talk to some of my friends and see if I can work something out. If I can't get it to work out maybe you'll just have to keep it :'(
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It's gotta come out of my closet one way or another...
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Two more to dole out.
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Winners have one week past thaw to claim their Ramune. After that, I'll drink it.
Contest over, books published, thread locked.