NaNoWriMo

I'd been floundering around for the first few days of this year's NaNoWriMo. I had the general idea for the plot, based on a slightly fantasy version of the Vicksburg Campaign, and I had some idea of the characters, and I had my Scene Planner cards all ready, but it just wasn't coming together. A thousand words one day, 500 words the next, and one section that wandered off into a different universe entirely. Last night I was quite discouraged, thinking "This Is Not For Me". This morning I said "You know, this story could be Star Wars: 1862 Edition", and from that I was able to write a 2500 word plot outline in which pretty much everything fell into place. Still a few plot questions to answer, here and there--"What does Ming Duo do during the climactic battle", for example--but I have enough that I can get started actually putting together a narrative. Huzzah!

Yes, there will be a fair amount of Find & Replace on the names before all is done. "We can fix that in Post."

NaNoWriMo kickoff

We had the NaNoWriMo kickoff, a little early this year. Held at the church at Ward's Corner, with about twenty people attending. A lively crowd, with spirited bidding on some of the plot bunnies.

NaNoWriMo 2012

I signed into the National Novel Writing Month site today to get my 2012 novel set up. Right now the title is Noun of the Adjective Noun, although I may change that to Protagonist's Noun.

Yeah, the Muse has not been working overtime on this. Yet.

NaNoWriMo

13181 words. Over a quarter done. Of course, we're over a third into the month, so I have some catching up to do.

Over 9000 !

Did another 1000 words tonight, which puts me over 9000 for the month.

NaNoWriMo

Got over 2000 words written today, which brings me to 4207--a bit behind pace, as I should be at 6670, but I'll make up some of the deficit tomorrow. Our Hero has discovered a mystery...

NaNoWriMo Pre-Kick-Off Party

At Kelley's Tavern again this year. Saw some of the same people back again this year.

Still need a plot, but hey, I have days and days before NaNoWriMo actually kicks off.

NaNoWriMo update

Woot ! I wrote 5033 words today, and I'm ahead of my goal for month-to-date! (A tiny tiny bit ahead, but ahead nonetheless).

Of course, I have no idea what the climax of this story is going to be or how my protagonist is going to avoid becoming human sushi in the process, but shall we let that deter us? NEVAH ! We press forward blindly boldly !

Edit: In response to a comment by another NaNo-er "a fresh plot point really carried you through, huh?", I replied:  "Plot? Nah. I just had a minor character try to cross a bridge guarded by attack sheep. She sang a song, one unhyphenated syllable at a time. That was 3762 words. Another 1300 words for throwing said character to the guard sheep, and the hemoglobin-diffusing unpleasantries associated therewith. The song was of course Ninety Nine Baa Tolls Of Beer On The Wall."

25K words

Okay, I'm over 25K words. That's one day behind schedule, but still, I'm more than halfway there. And I'll be adding to the word count tonight.

NaNoWriMo Pre-Kick-Off Party

The party was held tonight at Kelly's Tavern, Pembroke Mall. A bit more than thirty people total, possibly more since people kept drifting in.. I met Sam 1.0 (later revised to Sam Beta, which I further revised to Sam With Undocumented Features), Sam 2 and her husband Steven (martial arts instructors), Taylor the chimney sweep, Selena, Beth, Jessica the clown, Robert, Nathaniel, Robin and Alix (the Metro Liaisons), Ellen, Kara, Betsy with a great smile, and several others. Some were shy, some wired, most friendly, a couple flaky.  A few people, including me, attended in costume--we had a jedi, a couple of steampunks, one sort-of-medieval, a gypsy dancer, a Harry Potter student, and a tempest in a corset. And all of them -- us! -- vowing to write 50,000 words in a month.

The photo is from my office party rather than the NaNo party, but the same outfit.