Comments on: WABWM On Saturday

By: Leigh

Leigh — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:16:24 +0000

So that makes the typing faster? I’ve got names for all my characters… interesting concept. Maybe I’ll do a bunch of “xxxxxxxx” for scenes where I need to work out the details and they’re making me stare at the ceiling grinding my teeth, and then power through to the next scene, then the next. Write what I know. I don’t think it’s my style, though, to not edit as I go. I gotta stop being so precious with this thing though.

By: Cat (from HtTS)

Cat (from HtTS) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:35:21 +0000

You can cheat by using xxx and yyy and zzz for your character’s names and use Word’s “Find-Replace”-feature later. It’s legal cheating and I use it a lot at the moment because I fell behind, too (due to a lung infection).

By: Leigh

Leigh — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:31:33 +0000

5967 words
I’ve determined I write 500 words an hour (ish)
I have my scenes, plot completely mapped out, I just have to write the dang thing.
Parents, beach trip, other distractions getting in way.
Any hope of finishing Nano? 44,033 words in 8 days… that’d be 5,504 words a day… at 500/hr would be 11 hours a day.

Cry. Not going to make it on my first attempt at Nano. mad at myself.

By: Larkk

Larkk — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:01:43 +0000

Friday 601 words, Saturday 645 words.

They danced without music, going through the motions, but last night, drifting off to sleep, I found their rhythm, their reason again and I’m off to the finish line…

By: DasteRoad

DasteRoad — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:56:31 +0000

I cannot answer, since I tried reading it and had to put it aside around page 30. I suppose it wasn’t really my thing

By: Teri

Teri — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:36:23 +0000

Thank you, both.

Nano is really challenging me. I feel like I’m constantly playing catch-up I’m thrilled with how it’s going, but I’ll be glad when December rolls around and I can go back to my 500 word a day goal.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:14:53 +0000

572 words for Saturday. Wrote a xcene that has to be inserted somewhere ealier in the book, to set up a clue about the murderer.

By: Ieva

Ieva — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:11:39 +0000

I wrote 3K or something in write-a-thon, something that keeps me on track and everything. I’m now stalling a bit, trying to convince myself to invent more trouble for my protag. It always takes me a while to convince myself to be bad to them.

By: Gabby

Gabby — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:44:59 +0000

Wow, congratulations! That is a lot of words.

By: Gabby

Gabby — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:42:36 +0000

It’s all about the angst, man Forbidden love, dreamy boy. I got caught up in it too but I actually liked her “Host” book much better than the Twilight series. And, for me, Twilight just doesn’t compare to a book like Harry Potter that has so much world development to go along with it. (But I honestly couldn’t put them down… now the movies, that’s a different story [not a fan]).