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@Tybalt Capulet but you went to the beach and had fun. So it was probably worth it?
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Yeah, it was a good time. Well worth it; got lots of sleep and was introduced to Firefly.
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@Tybalt Capulet FIREFLY! <333
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@shylarahIt's fantastic!
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@Tybalt Capulet YES. No idea why I waited as long as I did to watch it!
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I'm still on track and even a little ahead, with 1900 words last night.

I'm committing pretty hard to the idea that this story is going to have a fairly slow burn. There are two timelines that eventually meet and collapse into one, and I'm cycling between each one with each chapter, and the protagonist undergoes a radical change between them, and then embarks on the actual character arc the real story is taking place on. I expected the construction to be complicated, and so far I've been right. But so far it's been a lot of fun to do the braiding and planning, and I think I can see what the final shape is going to look like, at least for the first, shitty, pass. If I ever get around to doing a rewrite and edits, I can already see places where things can be tightened together, but we'll see if I wind up having that kind of interest in the story afterward. I'm enjoying the journey all the same, though. :3
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@Naril One of my favorite series does something like that. Katharine Kerr's Devery novels? You know them?
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I'm actually not familiar with that series, but it is one of my favorite ways to experience a story. For just about everything I've ever written, I'm usually much more linear - this is my first large-scale attempt at contextualizing one story with another (sometimes even recursively), while using both to drive the larger narrative forward. It's a lot of work, hah!
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@Naril I did an rp years ago where my char jumped around in time -- iot was tricky and it /did/ make plot holes, but it ended up being very fun! Weaving multiple parts into a bigger thing can be rewarding, be it times, places, or character.
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I realized that the more years I participate in NaNoWriMo the lazier I get.
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Over 22,500!

Tomorrow, it'll probably be time to actually start a fight scene.
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I realized that the more years I participate in NaNoWriMo the lazier I get.


This is too real. I outright skipped a day from laziness this time. The regret is real.

Over 22,500!

Tomorrow, it'll probably be time to actually start a fight scene.


It took me forty pages to actually get to a point where something happens. And I'm still not satisfied with the imagery.
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It took me forty pages to actually get to a point where something happens. And I'm still not satisfied with the imagery.


I have the same problem. For Nanawrimo I generally try fast-paced, action-packed writing, but I don't think I can really write a flesh-outed story that can be written in 50,000 words.
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*hits blunt*

i
have
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happens
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Hidden 7 yrs ago Post by shylarah
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@Antarctic Termite when in doubt, kill them off. Alternatively, employ Chandler's Law. ^.^
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My problem is shipping. I do not know who is best with who.
#actionscenewriterproblems
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@POOHEAD189My problem is also shipping, but that's because it all happens on a boat.

I'll see myself out.
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I'm completely winging it this year and I decided to do it at the last minute, lol
honestly I don't plan on making whatever this mess is into an actual book/novel because I'm basically just writing stuff for RP characters outside of the actual RP but yeah it's a good time (I'm soooo behind though lmao)

ive tried something diff this year (mixing English and spanish w/ translations of spanish in english...it's not the smoothest writing style but it works for the feel Im going for) and it's definitely helping the word count ;)))

what are yalls usernames??? HMU @ayzrules
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I'll see myself out.

You should.
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@shylarah

When in doubt, have a man come through a door with a gun in his hand.
Chandler


I already did that, but it was the main character. Am now stepping it up to ten men with chainsaws.

My problem is shipping. I do not know who is best with who.
#actionscenewriterproblems


an option is to have your characters do what real humans do: make horrible mistakes and lash out at one another, ruining everything and leaving only a long hard road to emotional recovery as the true ending.
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