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TheArchimage posted:Historically they usually don't open this up until halfway through the month. I remember using the word counter to check my progress all last year. Like, not the validation checker, just a word counter.
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Final day one update: 3220. Considering this is the first writing I'm working on in moooonths I'll take it as a huge win. Going to try to sneak on before my run tomorrow morning and then maybe again after if the kids aren't up yet. Keep it going y'all!
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Nov 2, 2019 01:28
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McTimmy posted:I remember using the word counter to check my progress all last year. Like, not the validation checker, just a word counter. There's a little plus sign button next to "Writer's Resources" at the top. Click it and put your number in. Tada. Yeah, they should really label that stupid thing. I can't wait for the site to stop being a mess.
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Nov 2, 2019 01:42
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1868 words on the first day for me. I was hoping for a little bit more but something I ate disagreed with me and wiped me out for a couple of hours.  But I'm still a little bit ahead of schedule so it's all good.And yeah god the new website is still throwing me for a loop.
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Nov 2, 2019 04:34
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2606 words and ended int he middle of an interesting scene that should be easy to pick up again! Hope everyone's first day of Nano went well!
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Nov 2, 2019 06:07
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Holy poo poo the new website is loving garbo. None of this poo poo makes any sense and its a huge pain in the rear end to just figure out how to update your word count on your current project. All words I write bitching about how bad their website is should count towards my word count goal and they should make a less lovely website. Anyways, ~1200 words today, ideally I pound out way more this weekend.
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Nov 2, 2019 07:12
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Is there no way to see what your buddies have accomplished so far? I remember on the previous site being able to see everyone's word count on one page. I suppose I could actually check everyone's project individually but let's be real, I probably won't do that. Added about 1k words (4200 total) this morning after the kids woke up and we had breakfast. My three year old was at my elbow most of the time repeatedly asking what my story is about and pretending to write her own story with a crayon. Hoping to add another 1k between naptime & after they go to bed which will give me a full day's buffer ahead of a day with loooots of free time tomorrow. I want to try to enter day 4 at 10k words
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Nov 2, 2019 14:02
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I cheated and started on Oct 31st/counted words I wrote towards the Thunderdome but i'm still pretty happy to be sitting at 4k words on day 2.
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Nov 2, 2019 19:26
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For real, this is the first year where I've been actively avoiding the main NaNo site as much as possible other than to input my word count at the end of the day. Hopefully it'll be better next year after some more work on it but until then I'm just gonna hang out on 4thewords. I'm up to about 3000 so far and I'm hoping to get another ~1000 in by the end of the day. Perfect weekend for that extra hour thanks to Daylight Savings Time here in my neck of the woods, too.
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Nov 2, 2019 21:48
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Today I learned a new respect for Hemingway because writing with a hangover is garbage. Gave up after 200ish words, maybe I'll have a rally before midnight but ya, gently caress writing with a hangover.
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Nov 3, 2019 02:36
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7115 words total after day 2, feeling pretty good still, and already my story has jumped into a pattern of home life > plot > home life > plot I guess the protagonist will have to wait to turn into a vampire tomorrow.
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Nov 3, 2019 03:26
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4972. Looking to double up tomorrow. ^ I’m starting to wrap up my characters home life aaaaand the superflu’s just about to wipe out the world. Lots of solitary fun coming up
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Nov 3, 2019 03:34
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hit 5K, though im jumping around in the story!
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Nov 3, 2019 03:47
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Whoria Discordia posted:Just remember the quality doesn't matter, just whether or not it's done. It doesn't have to be ready to publish any time soon or anything, and you can edit all you want come December. You've got this! And don't forget, everything is December Me's Problem!
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Nov 3, 2019 05:35
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I hit 6500 today. It's nice to have a little bit of a buffer especially going into the work week. The extra hour from Daylight Savings Time was nice, too. Glad to hear so many of you are off to a strong start as well!!
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Nov 4, 2019 04:19
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Can I not edit the word counts from past days either? Ugh, why would you remove features like that.
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Nov 4, 2019 06:05
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And so I end day three with a 11669 word count. Feeling pretty good so far, and I've got a nice buffer. I'm sure that will change since the weekend is over, though.
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Turns out Sunday was a busy day! I managed to get 500~ words done in a morning blitz but never got a chance to go back. Day 3 total was 5469- barely ahead of schedule but definitely feeling good. edit - okay I pretended to work for a bit and wrote instead- 900+ later and I'm rolling again. Going to actually work now and hop back on at lunch. Omnikin fucked around with this message at 15:33 on Nov 4, 2019 |
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Nov 4, 2019 14:59
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I have no idea where my story is going, but I'm making good time.
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Nov 4, 2019 15:51
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Had a more productive weekend than I feared, but less productive than I'd hoped. I'm at 8k words and about to head off to work for the rest of the day. Here's hoping I can stay ahead of the curve for the workweek, or at least not fall too far behind.
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Nov 4, 2019 20:07
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Another 900 for lunch. Up to 7,271. Gonna get those kids to bed early tonight and try to add more! edit - added nothing last night. Oops. Just wrapped up a quick blitz with 339 added. These short little blitzes may be my saving grace instead of my usual attempts at sitting still for an hour+ trying to stay focused. Omnikin fucked around with this message at 15:48 on Nov 5, 2019 |
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Nov 4, 2019 20:59
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Why did the site randomly erase half the progress I made yesterday. EDIT: Now it's adding words! What the gently caress. McTimmy fucked around with this message at 21:13 on Nov 5, 2019 |
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Nov 5, 2019 20:30
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Having to catch up after a wasted weekend. Ended up starting a Google Doc (with the intent to transfer everything to Scrivener later) just so I can keep everything together. Last couple years I've had bits of novel on my phone, laptop, and tablet that I had to assemble later. Now I just need to do the actual writing.
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Nov 5, 2019 22:23
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8,413 total. Barely ahead of the curve but that's what I was aiming for tonight. Story's at a place where I think I can really open up and get wild now
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Nov 6, 2019 02:50
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Bam, hit 10K. Got a good buffer going on!
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Nov 6, 2019 04:36
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 Just trailing by about 900 words. Hoping to make up the difference tonight or tomorrow.
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Nov 6, 2019 04:51
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Crossed 10k today! I feel like this year's writing is going pretty smooth for me so far which I'll admit has me a little worried about the inevitable halfway slump.
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Nov 6, 2019 04:55
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Whew, hit my daily goal just before the clock ticked over. Now to do it all again. It's been a nice return to form after several years of lethargy.
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Nov 6, 2019 06:00
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17513 words. I should be able to hit 20k by this time tomorrow, which is both a blessing and a curse because my story is nowhere near anything that could resemble a 40% mark in terms of plot, which means I'm writing too much fluff and not enough stuff. But the fluff is so fun to write though.
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Nov 6, 2019 11:12
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So like I mentioned in my last post, story is ready to open up now. Managed to fluff through an opening and some drama/world setting in 8400 words. I knew the Giant Steps I wanted mc to take but needed to think out how it could all fit together. I was the weirdo at the gym this morning parked on my phone in between sets, typing furiously in a google doc. Aaaand then I was the weirdo at the red light talking to noone in particular while dictating to the same google doc. I put down about 1100 words of an actual overview/plot and I actually feel super ready to tackle the remainder of the project. Good luck everyone! We're almost 1/5 through this bad bitch! edit - to reinforce this, I just slammed 2219 words in an hour while youngest was sleeping and 3-year-old was coloring and playing next to me. Rolling! Omnikin fucked around with this message at 17:46 on Nov 6, 2019 |
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Nov 6, 2019 16:38
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I've been using it as a exercise in writing every day, and so far I've managed to create at least one short story or flash fiction for a week. I haven't been consistently hitting 1,600 words a day and according to the website my expected completion date is Dec. 7th, but I'm still really happy with myself. Most of the stories aren't good and all if them need work, but they aren't free associations just to get some words on the page either. It feels really good to find the motivation to do something creative again. I really hope I can keep it up.
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Nov 7, 2019 18:40
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This is the first year where I've really struggled to keep up. I think I'm just going to have to accept that the weekends are where I'm going to get this done, while the weekdays are for falling behind as little as possible. At least I've got a week off coming up where I can try and get ahead. I can definitely appreciate the difference planning made though. I only got the main beats for the first act planned out but it's really helpful to know where I'm going. At the same time, I'm keenly aware of how much easier this would be if I'd planned out individual scenes - the step I never got round to.
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Nov 7, 2019 22:09
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The website was dumb and counted the work I did from 11pm to 12am yesterday for today because I submitted it like a minute to late. But then I went and wrote some more and it was complete nonsense because I was actually falling asleep at the time. And tonight I've finally rolled over the big 20k with 20684 words, and I've still somehow not managed to escape Act 1. I'm this close to just saying gently caress it and turning this into a slice of life instead of not-vampires, but the not-vampires have already infested the text. But I probably shouldn't worry. I've still got three weekend days before we're officially a third of the way through the month. I should be done with Act 1 by then... right?
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My dog decided being scared by thunderstorms was more important than letting me write, so I'm about a thousand words behind. It's still doable but I hate getting a little buffer and then losing it immediately.
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Staggy posted:I think I'm just going to have to accept that the weekends are where I'm going to get this done, while the weekdays are for falling behind as little as possible. Yeah I think that's my plan going forward too. My job decided to pick the actual worst month ever for us all to crunch and work overtime  so I've already lost most of my buffer from last weekend.Anyway, an update from the help site because I know a few of us (myself included) were looking for this: NaNoWriMo posted:We know that the ability to backdate word-count updates is a really high priority for folks and we're working on that right now. We won't be replying to emails about this subject; instead, we will post updates in the Support forum and on Twitter as soon as that's available. Thank you for your patience!
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Nov 9, 2019 05:28
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I was at about 11,500 before yesterday and managed to get up to 12k on lunch. A little behind the curve but today I sat down and just did a day's worth of words after breakfast, up to 13,850 now. Hoping to add some more between football games & kids napping. I'm feeling a little trapped in build up hell. Why aren't all my characters dying yet??
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Nov 9, 2019 17:17
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17,547. Was a little behind going into this weekend, now a little ahead. Some people are dying now. I feel a little less jammed up in the story
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Passed 20,000 today. I'm happy with my progress so far and built up a bit of a buffer again over the weekend, I'm sure I'm going to chip into that buffer through the week though. Sending good vibes to everyone still at it!
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Sitting on 25900 now, and I've still got more to write to hit the quota for today, and I'm actually writing plot finally! Hope everyone else is getting into the groove and/or avoiding the mid-story doldrums. Can't believe we're a third of the way through the month already! EDIT: ALSO I'm apparently a big dumb because I just now realized that if you use the timer/stopwatch feature on the dang website, it will calculate your start time for you. And here I am, taking screenshots of my starting time like a rube! EDIT 2: Oh god, if you're using the stopwatch and it passes any 10 minute increment, it plays a loud DING sound effect, and it jump scared the hell out of me. help how do I make it stop Just Andi Now fucked around with this message at 09:00 on Nov 11, 2019 |
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I'm about 500 words behind and slowly catching up day-over-day. I wish I could dedicate more than a couple hours a day to writing, but alas, life.andipossess posted:EDIT 2: Oh god, if you're using the stopwatch and it passes any 10 minute increment, it plays a loud DING sound effect, and it jump scared the hell out of me. help how do I make it stop Turn off your
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