NaNoWriMo Part 1
So my word count is officially 0 at the end of Day two. However if you count all the outlining and prework I did yesterday and today, I probably have about 2300 words. Since you’re supposed to do about...
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Pre-Writing Word Count: ~5200 Actual Word Count: 0 So I got more of the world fleshed out and about 85% of Act 1 of the book’s outline done this evening in about 2 and a half hours. I see the hardest...
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Pre-Writing Word Count: 9142 (Delta(1): +3942) (Prime Delta: +2474) Actual Word Count: 0 Wow. Bit of a jump there. Well I included my NPC list this time as well as my outline and world design. But then...
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Pre-Novel Words: 9,935 (Delta(2): +793) (Prime Delta: -67) Novel Words: 0 So I was bad. I didn’t manage to write anything yesterday. And looking at this weekend I don’t believe I’ll manage to write...
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Pre-Novel Words: 11,542 (Delta(1): +1607) (Prime Delta: -127) Novel Words: 0 So I’m starting to wonder if I’ll actually ever start writing. Or if I’m just going to use this NaNoWriMo to do nothing but...
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Pre-Novel Words: 14,424 (Delta(3): +2882) (Prime Delta: -2246) Novel Words: 0 So I haven’t been writing nearly enough. While I have managed to write every single day it hasn’t nearly been anywhere near...
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Pre-Novel Words: 16,957 (Delta: +2533) (Prime Delta: -1380) Novel Words: 0 Tonight was somewhat flowing. I let myself get distracted a bit here and there. I used Pandora for my music, seeding with The...
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Pre-Novel Words: 20,270 (Delta(1): +3313) (Prime Delta: +266) Novel Words: 0 Ooooh! So close! Only 266 words away from being on average. And I ended 15 minuets early. I really should have just pushed!...
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Pre-Novel Words: 21,503 (Delta(1): +1233) (Prime Delta: -168) Novel Words: 0 So three quick things. 1. I was off on my prime delta last post. I was actually 266 words /over/ the expected amount of...
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Pre-Novel Words: 24821 (Delta(2): +3318) (Prime Delta: -184) Novel Words: 0 So I decided to re-write the last two chapters. They weren’t right. The characters weren’t acting right. As I mentioned...
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Pre-Novel Words: 26,663 (Delta(0): +1842) (Prime Delta: +1658) Novel Words: 0 Careful! Turtles and Bullet Bills everywhere! Sorry. Heh. Holy Crap! Go me! Okay I don’t normally like to toot my own horn....
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Pre-Novel Words: 28,445 (Delta(1): +1782) (Prime Delta: +1773) Novel Words: 0 So in an astonishing move I’ve decided to go ahead and keep my word count on my NaNoWriMo site. I’m only including world,...
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Pre-Novel Words: 29,320 (Delta: +875) (Prime Delta: +981) Novel Words: 0 Not a lot of writing done today. Thats because I had a impromptu run to the movies to see Men Who Stare at Goats. Funny movie....
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Pre-Novel Words: 31,178 (Delta(3) +1858) (Prime Delta: -2162) Novel Words: 0 Oh woe is me. For I admit that I fell off the NaNoWriMo wagon. For two days I ignored writing in favor of actually...
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Pre-Novel Words: 32,721 (Delta: +1543) (Prime Delta: -7287) Novel Words: 0 So yeah I’ve fallen way behind. I more or less took the weekend off. So my likely hood of “finishing” this year will be poor....
View ArticleNaNoWriMo Part 14/ Steampunk #14
Pre-Novel Words: 33,310 (Delta: +589) Novel Words: 0 So I did not succeed. My final count for NaNoWriMo was 32,721 words. That last week was just a killer. Thanksgiving, combined with socialization....
View ArticleSteampunk #15 – A short story
Wow its kind of been awhile hasn’t it? You can probably guess my plan as I stated it last post didn’t follow through as planned. In fact I didn’t even pick back up this project until last week. I blame...
View ArticleWriting Group #1, Steampunk #16
So I had my first writing group meeting last night. It currently consists of myself and a co-worker from my day job who I also regularly game with. We decided to meet for a writing group on the odd...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo 2010 (I am definitely insane)
So here is my official announcement, I’ll be joining NaNoWriMo again this year. So we now know for sure that I am insane. Called NNWM by one particular person I know, it acronym/abbreviation/camel-caps...
View ArticleWriting Group (2010/10/26), NaNoWriMo, Zombie Steampunk
So my writing group, Anomalous Writing, met last night for the first time in awhile. We met to discuss NaNoWriMo and went over our ideas for it. We had two guests, one who needed editing for statement...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo 2010 Part #0 / Zombie Steampunk #17
So in just a little less than two hours NaNoWriMo will start for me. I spent almost half of today preparing my outline and shoring up some world setting and character bios that will hopefully ride me...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo 2010 Part 1 / Zombie Steampunk #18
Word Count: 1696 (Delta: +1696 [0]) (Prime Delta: +29) So for those of you new to Nojh’s NaNoWriMo blog. Word Count is the total number of words written since November 1st. Delta is how many words have...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo 2010 Part 2 / Zombie Steampunk #19
Word Count: 3,621 (Delta: +1924 [1]) (Prime Delta: +287) Second day of NaNoWriMo: Success! Given how much I grueled and hated the scene that I wrote while I was writing it, the fact that I made my goal...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo 2010 Part 3 / Zombie Steampunk #20
Word Count: 6,595 (Delta: +2974 [1]) (Prime Delta: +1595) Woo! Look at that! I’m nearly a day up! I’ve been past a day up before in the past but today I just managed to hit a serious stride. The scene...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo 2010 Part 4 / Zombie Steampunk #21
Word Count: 8,943 (Delta: +2,348 [1]) (Prime Delta: +2,276) Today was awesome. Even better than yesterday. Although I didn’t write nearly as much as I did yesterday, I had the sense that I did. My...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo 2010 Part 5 / Zombie Steampunk #22
Word Count: 10,785 (Delta: +1,842[1]) (Prime Delta: +2,450) So relatively compared to the past few days I slacked off a bit today. That being said I’m still on a roll, which is awesome. Here is to...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo 2010 Part 6 / Zombie Steampunk #22
Word Count: 13,094 (Delta: +2,309[2]) (Prime Delta: +1,425) And down goes the prime delta. I didn’t write anything yesterday, although I wrote a little bit extra today to try and help make up for it....
View ArticleNaNoWriMo 2010 Part 7 / Zombie Steampunk #23
Word Count: 14,931 (Delta: +1,837[1]) (Prime Delta: +1,595) So the title is now out of sync. Since I didn’t update on Saturday, I’m a day behind. Kinda annoying. Now my post titles are NaNoWriMo 2010...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo 2010 Part 9 / Zombie Steampunk #25
Word Count: 19,709 (Delta: +2,288[1]) (Prime Delta: +3,039) Same story. Started off slow and hard. Ended up running quick after I hit my word count. I am really hoping that it will pay off this weekend...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo 2010 Part 10 / Zombie Steampunk #26
Word Count: 22,446 (Delta: +2,737 [1]) (Prime Delta: +4,109) Today started off smooth because I was finishing a scene rather than starting one. Starting scenes really do seem to be one of my weaker...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo 2010 Part 11 / Zombie Steampunk #26
Word Count: 25,073 (Delta: +2,627 [1]) (Prime Delta: +5,069) HALF WAY THERE! Woo! Today was a bit of a hiccup. You may have seen a prior post introducing Zoe. Well Zoe got fixed today and, being a...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo 2010 Part 12 / Zombie Steampunk #27
Word Count: 30,935 (Delta: +5,862 [1]) (Prime Delta: +9,264) Wow. Nearly six thousand words in one day in my own home. Now that was something. Luckily one of my writing group came over for my semi...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo 2010 Part 13 / Zombie Steampunk #28
Word Count: 35,677 (Delta: +4,742 [1]) (Prime Delta: +12,339) A little early for an update I know. But I’m starting to think maybe my brain has broken. Okay I’m exaggerating. I look now at how much...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo 2010 Part 14 / Zombie Steampunk #29
Word Count: 37,703 (Delta: +2,026 [1]) (Prime Delta: +12,698) Today was about average but like always, the first half sucked and the second half was an avalanch I had to stop for time. Really makes me...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo 2010 Part 15 / Zombie Steampunk #30
Word Count: 39,376 (Delta: +1,673 [1]) (Prime Delta: +12,704) Today was a ‘get my word count and go!’ type of day. Which means this post will be very short. I had to drive to my vacation spot and well,...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo 2010 Part 16 / Zombie Steampunk #31
Word Count: 43,102 (Delta: +3,726 [8]) (Prime Delta: +3,094) And we’re back! Sorry for the long respite guys. Eight whole days. And two of those days I was actually writing I just didn’t update my word...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo 2010 Part 17 / Zombie Steampunk #32
Word Count: 44,890 (Delta: +1,788 [0]) (Prime Delta: +4,882) Quick update today as I need to get traveling. Writing was kind of hard. Had to go to a new location since all the coffee shops were closed...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo 2010 Part 18 / Zombie Steampunk #33
Word Count: 46,224 (Delta: +1,334 [2]) (Prime Delta: +1,215) Just a quick update of what I managed to do over the holidays. Not a lot huh? That’s how holidays effect you. I’m now actually at an offical...
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NaNoWriMo 2010 Part 19 / Zombie Steampunk #34 / Everlasting #1
Word Count: 50,516 (Delta: +4,292 [0]) (Prime Delta: +5,507) So for those of you keeping track, the word count up there is over 50,000. [spoiler show="It's over what?" hide="Aggh! Old meme!"] Sorry....
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Draft Word Count: 52,897 (Delta: +2,381 [2]) So a new type of post begins. Well not a new type of post. Same kind of post, different title. So those of you who have been following Zombie Steampunk,...
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