November 2011
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“Start early and work hard. A writer’s apprenticeship usually involves writing a...”
– David Edding (via ree-writes)
Nov 4th
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“Read a lot, finding out what kind of writing turns you on, in order to develop a...”
– Rosemary Daniell (via ree-writes)
Nov 3rd
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“There is something about words. In expert hands, manipulated deftly, they take...”
– Diane Setterfield (via explaterate)
Nov 3rd
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Nov 3rd
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2,307 words and an excerpt
Today I’ve written 2,307 more words (so far). That brings me to a total of 7,753 words. Pretty decent for the second day in, though I wouldn’t mind things going a little faster. Things are moving along pretty well and I don’t think I’ve written anything I absolutely hate yet, which is always nice. ;) Below is a little bit of something I wrote today and don’t hate....
Nov 3rd
Nov 3rd
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5,446 words
…is what I wrote yesterday. I haven’t written at all today, though. Partly it’s that that cushion makes me a little complacent, but partly it’s that the B had a day off today and that always means more distractions. Going to try to write at least the required 1,667 words today, though. Onward!
Nov 3rd
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Nov 2nd
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“Write what you care about and understand. Writers should never try to outguess...”
– Richard North Patterson (via ree-writes)
Nov 2nd
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Published funnies
If you love to laugh at truly nonsensical grammatical wonkiness, you totally need to check out this thread on the NaNoWriMo forums: And these were PUBLISHED! My favorite published quotes of horribleness from the first post in the thread: “Sherlock Holmes leafed through the papers with one hand, as with the other he continued to crunch toast and marmalade.” “The police report...
Nov 1st
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Nov 1st
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“You know you’re a Wrimo when you think 1,667 is a magic number.”
– Me
Nov 1st
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Nov 1st
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Coz I'll reblog 500 times and I'll reblog 500...
volestenano: auniverseofimpossibilities: I think I have found my ultimate theme writing song.  I would write 500 words and I would write 500 more <3 I am now going to have The Proclaimers stuck in my head. This may even be a good thing for my word count. ;)
Nov 1st
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Nov 1st
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My number one NaNoWriMo tool
The NaNoWriMo report card spreadsheet. This is the one tool I use consistently every year. I loves me some statistics and progress tracking. In fact, I think this spreadsheet has inspired the format of some of my personal Excel spreadsheets…
Nov 1st
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