October 2011
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“Never stop. Never stop fighting. Never stop dreaming. And don’t be afraid of...”
– Tom Hiddleston (via allisontoner
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Yes. Thank you.
(via trishaleighkc)
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“In writing one must be bold, free and truthful. Being truthful keeps one from...”
– Brenda Ueland, If You Want to Write
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Write or Die tool
I tried the online version of Write or Die just now, on Kamikaze Mode and using the “evil” grace period, but wow. It was nowhere near as evil as I expected. ;) I seriously thought “evil” would be like “stop typing for one second and your words will be erased,” but it was actually ten seconds.
Now … that doesn’t mean ten seconds won’t be kind...
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Hi!
girlwriteswords:
nanodragon!
And a very merry hi to you, too! ;)
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Writing warmup #2 (505 words / 8:15)
Today’s NaNoWriMo warmup sprint, in the same vein as the first, was a little better in terms of speed. (I’m using Microsoft Word’s word count function, to specify, since different word counters give different results.)
//stats: writing warmup #2
written: 505 words time: 8 min 15 sec writing speed: 61 words per minute / 3,660 words per hour
The prompt words for today were...
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“If you make art, people will talk about it. Some of the things they say will be...”
– Neil Gaiman (via fuckyeahgaiman)
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Abstract art title generator
I can’t stop playing with this abstract art title generator (which I’ve now put on my NaNoWriMo tools page). I love the stuff it comes up with:
Happy Old Man In Development Complex Cloud Perky Peacock - Number 8 Undefined Sphere of Life Shimmering Surface Rising Act With Useless Joy Secret Nothing Uplifting Logic of God
Seriously. Apparently vaporous weirdness inspires me. I think...
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“Young writers shouldn’t be afraid of striving to emulate their favorites. It’s a...”
– Poppy Z. Brite (via ree-writes)
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Useful NaNoWriMo tools & references
Ta-da!
I’ve created a page containing links to Webby thingamajigs that might be useful for NaNoWriMo. You know: things like prompt lists, generators, writing apps, story-building exercises, etc. I’m sure there are tons of other lists like this out there, but, y’know, I wanted one of my own.
In case you, too, would like to partake of my tool discovery adventure, here ‘tis.
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Not-so-ridiculous goal for NaNo day one
As posted in the Day One Ridiculous Goals thread on the NaNo forums, I’m going to make my goal for the first day to write 5,000 words.
Considering there are some people in that thread who are aiming for 50k+, I am clearly not a heavyweight here; but considering my own inconsistent writing output and the extremely strong tendency of Dull Crap to distract me from Living Life, and considering...
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Writing warmup #1 (367 words / 7:22)
Did a practice writing sprint for NaNoWriMo yesterday, using the ideas from a warmups post on the NaNoWriMo forums, meaning I used a random number generator to choose three prompts from this list. Then I used the Egg Timer here to write for five minutes, did a word count, finished writing while I timed myself, recounted words, and did some calculations. Cue fanfare!
//stats: writing warmup...
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This is a census for Tumblrers doing NaNoWriMo.
alightuponastick:
blogofimpossiblethings:
Reblog if you’re participating! I figure a Tumblr-wide support group may come in handy…
(my username is andifadoubledeckerbus)
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“You write your first draft with your heart and you re-write with your head. The...”
– Sean Connery (via booksandnerds)
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a nanobeginning
Et voila. I exist, O World of Tumblr! Here (will) be dragons tiny writerly bits and pieces.
The creation of this tumblog was inspired by the Tumblr thread on NaNoWriMo’s forums. Just so you know.
