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RE: National Novel Writing Month - 11/26/2010 6:02:51 AM

sunshinemiss

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.... and finished... NaNoWriMo... 50,000 words. 26 days. Go me.

How did it happen?

One day, a friend mentioned

National Novel Writers Month. A call to the writers group

with details came a bit later on. How many words? 5

? Impossible!

Ah well.... can't resist a challenge. So off we go! A little light reading, and well, heck

*I* can write at least THAT good!

Week 1:

Let's all meet in a coffee shop!

Write a little, read each other's work, chat a little.

YAY!

15,000 words finished.... more or less... a fun new program to play with. oooooo

Week 2: a lot more coffee,

and the words flow effortlessly

.
The writing group meets, helping each other!

There may have been some crying...

and some cleaning up.

from writing gut wrenching scenes.

25,000 words complete more or less.

Week 3: Please... distractions.

Can't... take it... anymore.

...

Let's write a different story!!!

that idea! Phone calls, emails...

Grrr.

No slacking off.

Don't hurt me!
You can do it! You can do it!

33,000 words done... more or less...
week 4: What is left to write?

No more ideas!

Too tired to write.

This book

is torture!

I surrender...

Help!

Day 23: The group >>>>>

<<<<< sunshine

Day 26: Finished
How to celebrate:

Best,
sunshine

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RE: National Novel Writing Month - 11/26/2010 6:59:37 AM

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YAAAY! Congratulations. I'm still down 11,000 words... don't know if I'll make it or not, but I'm going to try to knock those out today and tomorrow.

Calla

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RE: National Novel Writing Month - 11/30/2010 2:35:58 AM

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Calla - did you make it? There's only a few hours left here in Korea... (And are you gonna get a t-shirt?)

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RE: National Novel Writing Month - 12/1/2010 4:10:17 PM

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Yes, I made it. That last burst was effective, and took me over 72,000 words... I'm not getting a T-shirt, though. The one I liked doesn't come in a size to fit me, and I look -horrific- in regular t-shirts... so I'm going to skip this year.

Calla

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RE: National Novel Writing Month - 12/2/2010 5:04:20 AM

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YAY! yeah, I was over 15,000 more than necessary - I'd written a whole section that I'd forgotten! I don't think I'll get a t-shirt either, but I sure did download the pdf that said I'm a winner!

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