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I won NaNoWriMo 2009!

50,000 words down, 510,000 words to go…

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Game day jitters

Five hours. In five hours, both NaNoW­riMo and the Max­i­mum Geek Ulti­mate Writ­ing Chal­lenge begin. I’m going to a NaNoW­riMo kick­off party tonight here in Den­ver, and I’ll start writ­ing at the stroke of mid­night. Bet­ter yet, since I’ll likely still … Con­tinue read­ing

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Script Frenzy fail

I gave Script Frenzy a solid shot this year. I plot­ted out my movie in advance, fixed all the plot holes, had some block­buster cin­e­matic moments planned. I started writ­ing the script, got about five pages into it, and real­ized some­thing. I’m not … Con­tinue read­ing

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NaNoWriMo 2008 washout confessions

So NaNoW­riMo was a bust for me this year, as I’ve given up only ten days in. Why did I wash out this year when fin­ished in 2006? No one to race against. One of the big moti­va­tors for me in 2006 was … Con­tinue read­ing

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NaNoWriMo Day 6

I fig­ured somet­ing out today. The rea­son I’m hav­ing so much trou­ble keep­ing any momen­tum going on Ghost Ronin is that I’m try­ing so hard to do it right. So I don’t know how an ambush by ter­ror­ists on a cou­ple of … Con­tinue read­ing

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NaNoWriMo Day 5

I’m start­ing to ques­tion my com­mit­ment to the cause. Haven’t got­ten any writ­ing done today, just haven’t had the time. Part of that is being so very tired from last night and need­ing a nap, but I could have gone home to … Con­tinue read­ing

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NaNoWriMo Day 4

Even though I only need 774 words to stay on pace, I’m not sure I’m going to get it. The elec­tion cov­er­age is going to be pretty much all-​encompassing, unless things wrap up early.

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NaNoWriMo Day 3

849 words so far today, for 5,923 total. I can see what Chris Baty, founder and over­lord of NaNoW­riMo means about steal­ing time to write. I’m crazy busy today, and had to choose to sit down and write when I could eas­ily … Con­tinue read­ing

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NaNoWriMo Day 2

Okay, up to 5,118 words today, but mostly by cheat­ing. Ghost Ronin is orga­nized as a playlist. Each chap­ter starts with the lyrics for the song it’s based around. So today I pasted in the lyrics for each song. I also write 28 … Con­tinue read­ing

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Incentive programs

So here we are, day one of NaNoW­riMo, and I’m already hav­ing moti­va­tion prob­lems. I know I need to buckle down and start writ­ing, but frankly I’m scared out of my mind. Well, tech­ni­cally, I’ve writ­ten 28 words so far today, so … Con­tinue read­ing

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