Time to accept that 50,000 words will not be forthcoming this year.
My own fault. I was woefully under-prepared. Procrastination is all very well, but this is simply not going to happen.
Showing posts with label NaNoWriMo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NaNoWriMo. Show all posts
Wednesday, 23 November 2011
Sunday, 6 November 2011
Hydration
A many headed monster has arisen overnight. Whether it threatens to take over the gaming world or merely provides a brainstorming ground remains to be seen.
This is the brainchild of ckutalik over at Hill Cantons and is pretty exciting. Even if it is taking me away from my attempts to NaNo. Choices, choices.
Friday, 4 November 2011
No No NaNo
It's not too late, of course, but I am already drastically behind schedule with NaNoWriMo.
Put it this way. Two false starts and 0 words is not a great beginning.
Must try harder.
Put it this way. Two false starts and 0 words is not a great beginning.
Must try harder.
Wednesday, 2 November 2011
Words of doom
I'm a shocker at finding plots. Dialogue I can do. Plots, not so much.
In the spirit of "what the hell" that overcame me when I signed up for NaNoWriMo, and in the absence of any better ideas, I've gone with an old staple to give myself a plot. And a genre. And characters. Dice. What else?
Most helpfully, ckutalik over at Hill Cantons has a lovely set of random adventure title generating charts. I used them once before to create the epic adventurette, Against the Hawk Giant so I've got a certain faith in them.
Here are the rolls:
1d10=1.
Promising so far. "Search for the [place chart] of [adjective chart] [being chart]
1d12=8
"Search for the Undercity of the [adjective] [being]"
1d12=5
"Search for the Undercity of the Forgotten [being]"
1d12=8 (again)
"Search for the Undercity of the Forgotten Demon"
Hmmm. So, by my own rules, I now need to incorporate this into my story. Sometimes I do very dumb things in an effort to make my own life easier.
In the spirit of "what the hell" that overcame me when I signed up for NaNoWriMo, and in the absence of any better ideas, I've gone with an old staple to give myself a plot. And a genre. And characters. Dice. What else?
Most helpfully, ckutalik over at Hill Cantons has a lovely set of random adventure title generating charts. I used them once before to create the epic adventurette, Against the Hawk Giant so I've got a certain faith in them.
Here are the rolls:
1d10=1.
Promising so far. "Search for the [place chart] of [adjective chart] [being chart]
1d12=8
"Search for the Undercity of the [adjective] [being]"
1d12=5
"Search for the Undercity of the Forgotten [being]"
1d12=8 (again)
"Search for the Undercity of the Forgotten Demon"
Hmmm. So, by my own rules, I now need to incorporate this into my story. Sometimes I do very dumb things in an effort to make my own life easier.
Monday, 31 October 2011
Farewell my lovely (October 2011)
October finishes today, and with it NaBloWriMo.
Despite my failure to post every day during the month, I did manage 47 (48 with this) posts overall, so I'm prepared to concede success to some extent.
It's been an interesting month. I suppose they all are, but this is the first time I've had the opportunity to look back with documentation - which for me at least, has a certain novelty value.
Breaking it down into the relevant bits, here's what we get:
Drama - fairly quiet due to half term, although things are about to hot up again as classes re-start today. The shows all seem in reasonable shape and the gates of nativity hell are about to swing open. That alone will keep me busy until early December. I'll just have to see how the line learning has gone.
Dice - enforced finger hiatus has slowed all my online games, but they're picking up speed again now and I'm enjoying them a lot. Whether the players are is another story. Home gaming saw my first character kill, of which I am slightly proud, although sorry for the character who copped it. Played some entertaining board games as well and there are a few more in the pipeline.
As well, of course, and near and dear to my heart, the evolution of Mikelmerck. This has all the signs of a fun on-going project. When working on this kind of thing, I have a white space approach - i.e. I have no idea what will be where or why until I need it to be there. The general shape is coming along nicely with some small details. In any case, I can see it keeping me amused for a long time to come.
Damsons - for which read general cookery and fruit reduction as well as gardening. Well, gardening did not happen at all. We have some early onions and garlic to plant, but luckily they are reslient and patient and as long as they hit the ground before the heavy frosts, should be fine.
Cake played a fairly major part in the month. Birthday cake for Mr Rev, frankly sublime dark chocolate cake for wedding and "invention" of crumble cake in the last two days. More cake pending as the days draw in even more and the Christmas stockpile starts.
I also need to mention my own birthday cake - which I did not make. This was a majestic creation made by a dear friend and shaped like a black dragon. It was also delicious. As soon as she sends me the pictures, I'll post them because it was quite simply one of the most awesome birthday cakes I've ever seen or eaten.
NaBloWriMo - the first dip into the communal blogging water. A very positive experience. Discovering that despite myself, I do enjoy writing is a great thing. Discovering that I do this much better online is an amazing one. The blogging community is extremely supportive - which is just as well as I suspect most of us are fragile in the confidence department.
Other stuff - the car crisis, the strange bug and the finger fracas all featured. These things count as the roadbumps I think. The unplanned and unplannable events that just happen. Speaking of unplanned and unplannable, I've got a hugely busy month ahead of me and 50,000 words to produce by 30 November 2011. But that's next month's problem.
Goodbye October 2011.
Despite my failure to post every day during the month, I did manage 47 (48 with this) posts overall, so I'm prepared to concede success to some extent.
It's been an interesting month. I suppose they all are, but this is the first time I've had the opportunity to look back with documentation - which for me at least, has a certain novelty value.
Breaking it down into the relevant bits, here's what we get:
Drama - fairly quiet due to half term, although things are about to hot up again as classes re-start today. The shows all seem in reasonable shape and the gates of nativity hell are about to swing open. That alone will keep me busy until early December. I'll just have to see how the line learning has gone.
Dice - enforced finger hiatus has slowed all my online games, but they're picking up speed again now and I'm enjoying them a lot. Whether the players are is another story. Home gaming saw my first character kill, of which I am slightly proud, although sorry for the character who copped it. Played some entertaining board games as well and there are a few more in the pipeline.
As well, of course, and near and dear to my heart, the evolution of Mikelmerck. This has all the signs of a fun on-going project. When working on this kind of thing, I have a white space approach - i.e. I have no idea what will be where or why until I need it to be there. The general shape is coming along nicely with some small details. In any case, I can see it keeping me amused for a long time to come.
Damsons - for which read general cookery and fruit reduction as well as gardening. Well, gardening did not happen at all. We have some early onions and garlic to plant, but luckily they are reslient and patient and as long as they hit the ground before the heavy frosts, should be fine.
Cake played a fairly major part in the month. Birthday cake for Mr Rev, frankly sublime dark chocolate cake for wedding and "invention" of crumble cake in the last two days. More cake pending as the days draw in even more and the Christmas stockpile starts.
I also need to mention my own birthday cake - which I did not make. This was a majestic creation made by a dear friend and shaped like a black dragon. It was also delicious. As soon as she sends me the pictures, I'll post them because it was quite simply one of the most awesome birthday cakes I've ever seen or eaten.
NaBloWriMo - the first dip into the communal blogging water. A very positive experience. Discovering that despite myself, I do enjoy writing is a great thing. Discovering that I do this much better online is an amazing one. The blogging community is extremely supportive - which is just as well as I suspect most of us are fragile in the confidence department.
Other stuff - the car crisis, the strange bug and the finger fracas all featured. These things count as the roadbumps I think. The unplanned and unplannable events that just happen. Speaking of unplanned and unplannable, I've got a hugely busy month ahead of me and 50,000 words to produce by 30 November 2011. But that's next month's problem.
Goodbye October 2011.
Saturday, 29 October 2011
After NaBloWriMo - NaNoWriMo
I've just amazed myself by signing up for NaNoWriMo. Amazed myself to the point of speechlessness.
No actual plot yet, but hey, I have two and a half days to find one.
Urk.
No actual plot yet, but hey, I have two and a half days to find one.
Urk.
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