tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post6735217180793299588..comments2024-03-08T05:27:56.968-08:00Comments on 1000th.monkey: I use a mac, not a typewriter: The fight of the year1000th.monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-14171103501761113152012-11-27T10:28:05.295-08:002012-11-27T10:28:05.295-08:00Woo-hoo!Woo-hoo!1000th.monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-78472155742886286802012-11-27T06:59:23.954-08:002012-11-27T06:59:23.954-08:00Ghoul one, yup. I'm starting the second versio...Ghoul one, yup. I'm starting the second version of it today, which I've never done for anything. The character is just too much fun to write.alcarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14929849073911012353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-16277125934947441392012-11-27T06:57:04.493-08:002012-11-27T06:57:04.493-08:00I got back LATE Sunday night... yesterday was a fl...I got back LATE Sunday night... yesterday was a flurry of picking up pets, re-stocking the 'fridge, and other *fun* chores that have to be done ;)<br /><br />...most of today is going to be spent shopping for some essentials... like kitchen utensils/pots/pans/etc.1000th.monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-42963243719303054492012-11-27T06:55:02.849-08:002012-11-27T06:55:02.849-08:00I think I'm going to shoot for a half-NaNo, wh...I think I'm going to shoot for a half-NaNo, which is what I've done the past 5 or 6 years. If I can get another 5,000 words in the next couple of days, I think I'll be happy with that :)<br /><br />November IS a crazy month...1000th.monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-26123997542009572612012-11-27T06:54:06.080-08:002012-11-27T06:54:06.080-08:00Ha! ...you're ONLY tossing out 20,000 words? I...Ha! ...you're ONLY tossing out 20,000 words? Isn't that, in itself, progress? ;)<br /><br />Hmmm, I kind of like that it's not semi-post-Disaster...<br /><br />...and I assume this is about the ghoul-story, right? Which I absolutely LOVE the voice!!!1000th.monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-12202271460858771792012-11-27T06:52:00.109-08:002012-11-27T06:52:00.109-08:00Maybe you've got more plotter than pantser in ...Maybe you've got more plotter than pantser in you then? Planning out future scenes and writing to them :) Whatever it is, is sounds like it's working for you, so that's most excellent :)1000th.monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-88181046050669533792012-11-27T06:50:44.925-08:002012-11-27T06:50:44.925-08:00That's cool :) I've never tried to write l...That's cool :) I've never tried to write long-hand, but that's mostly because I can't read my own handwriting ;)<br /><br />Heh... I like the taste of McD's coffee waaaaaaay better than Starbucks, so that's pretty awesome :)1000th.monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-5242924889188726432012-11-26T13:06:29.176-08:002012-11-26T13:06:29.176-08:00you not home yet?you not home yet?suehttp://sassyspeaks.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-87347375723052397892012-11-25T20:26:41.871-08:002012-11-25T20:26:41.871-08:00Yeah, been there and it can get rough. But keep at...Yeah, been there and it can get rough. But keep at it and you'll find your way...I know, such cliche advice. I'm just over 25,000 words and I'm pretty such I won't be getting to 50,000. I tried, I really tried, but it was a much more active month than I had assumed it would be.prerna picketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06207620652405474672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-11244276971630508172012-11-25T12:02:01.075-08:002012-11-25T12:02:01.075-08:00I suspect we are in the same boat. I realized (far...I suspect we are in the same boat. I realized (far too late into the story) that the final 20K simply don't work at all and I need to re-do some serious aspects of the setting from scratch. To say nothing of reworking one major character (though not the MC) from the ground up. <br /><br />On the plus side, the setting will no longer be semi-post Disaster. On the downside, all the effort that alcarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14929849073911012353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-32633784736302340852012-11-23T13:17:05.930-08:002012-11-23T13:17:05.930-08:00hate to say this from one panster to another, but ...hate to say this from one panster to another, but as I'm finding out on my nano, plot it out... I know what you're saying --I couldn't just write my story either, I knew where I wanted to end up and why, granted you don't know that yet maybe, so when I prepared for NaNo which was something so new to me, I ploted and outlined. Then when I started to write I let my fingers do their suehttp://sassyspeaks.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-26521405818575781342012-11-23T11:47:33.742-08:002012-11-23T11:47:33.742-08:00It's fun to step out of your comfort zone some...It's fun to step out of your comfort zone sometimes :) Good luck with the drafting! <br /><br />I've found that I'm sometimes much more productive if I write outside of my routine. For example, I usually write on my laptop, so writing on my boyfriend's desktop can make me more productive. Sometimes I'll scribble out a particularly difficult scene long-hand in a notebook and tlbodinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08334888426768433724noreply@blogger.com