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Lost-Chances
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NaNoWriMo

Posted by Lost-Chances - November 1st, 2009

Well, this is it! I've started today and I'm on target of today at 1,781 when the minimum was 1,667. So far, it's actually a lot harder than I anticipated, just the sheer amount of time I had to spend doing it. Also found I couldn't seem to do it in a sprint so I had to take breaks.

You can probably watch my progress here to see if I'm keeping up with the expected goals. In terms of actual content, I'm on part three of chapter one so there is much more to go, thank god, but it appears a bit slow. Oh well, hopefully thirty days I'll have myself a novel to edit.

On an unrelated note, in a humorous twist, I've found out that the most likely and ideal university I may be able to get into is actually at the same place the majority of the plot is based: York. Which should lead to a bit of humour if I drop the fact I'm doing this in my letter thing for universities.

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Lost-Wisdom

Looks very interesting so far. Nice to see you keep it up. You have a lot of potential, good day.

Lost-Chances

Thanks.

To be honest, I'm struggling like fuck, but whatever happens, happens I guess.

DevourerJay

yay?

Lost-Chances

Yar.

WritersBlock

What do you want to study at uni?

Lost-Chances

Sociology and Psychology hopefully.

WritersBlock

I hope you're just forgetting to update your novel instead of forgetting to write. If not, I'm way ahead of you and even I'm way behind target. Keep on going, man, when I finish my novel I'd like to say "read my novel and also check out lost-chances's too".

Lost-Chances

Haha. I'll be honest and say I got incredibly sick of the plot about 5,000 words into it. I'll try to hit it hard soon but I can't say any remote guarantee about it.

WritersBlock

Haha, I completely know what you mean. I've had that feeling too. But the first 5k was like warm up for me. A draft of my first draft. I feel like only about 6-7k words in did I start to hit the good stuff. Keep plugging on or I'll have to go about hunting others to compare myself against. Don't skimp out on me, man.

Lost-Chances

As I said, I'm hoping to god I get back in it at a later day. Friday or Saturday maybe. The thing is, I'm so used to short stories, novels are just hard as hell to do. Not to mention, there's the really boring development.

Timmy

York College? In PA??

I have a friend who goes there. He enjoys it.

LinaInverseFan

Nothing to do with news post: I normally would not leave a comment (let alone make contact at all) but it is important that you respond to a PM I sent you yesterday.

Lost-Chances

Uh huh.

LinaInverseFan

Alright then, then I have my answer. Thanks for your time.

Lost-Chances

Sure...

WritersBlock

Come on come on, get those fingers tapping again. At least turn what you've got into a novella. Even 10-20,000 words in a month is something to be proud of.

Lost-Chances

Maybe, but it's not much of a story. All it is, is just the build up with no end. The gun powder with no spark.

Honestly, currently, I'm more interested in writing about four short stories in a month or two and just calling it that. Sure, that would probably only 8,000ish characters, but whatever really.

Luis

short stories are funner to write and read. I dont write much but ive always enjoyed the low-commitment of a short story.

Lost-Chances

Oh god, the same here by several miles. Short stories usually only require about two to three hours of some concentration while novels drag out as fuck. Plus, if you don't write one that day, who cares? You can make one another day, unlike novels where you can only contribute a little bit per day. I also find it easier to write, just because I only need to think of a small basic plot as opposed to a large one that drags on and twists and turns in the wind.

Luis

do you have any or know of short stories you like? Theres this one called The Yellow Wallpaper which is one of my favorite pieces of writing.

Lost-Chances

Well, there are a few short stories that I like. There's about four I've personally written myself that I like (even though all of them got luke-warm to poor reviews) which are Tally Ho!, Whiskey In A Glass (mainly because I enjoyed the main character a lot, then again I know a bit of back-story which goes beyond the story it's self), Feed My Eyes (which got luke-warm to decent reviews except one person, which lead to a shit ton of drama) and Plague (which I posted on Newgrounds once, but not on my user-page, it may require a bit of hunting but I somewhat enjoyed it).

In terms of stories others have written, well there's a lot. Most of them are novels though. I remember reading Tell-Tale Heart recently by Edgar Allan Poe and that was very enjoyable. The rest of his stories were incredibly..."Okay". No better, but no worse, than okay. They had that meritocracy feeling as I was reading them, growing increasingly bored with the general plot each one held. I even ended up stop reading one story because it just felt so dull, which is something I will admit I don't do often.

Although it's weird, now you've mentioned it, there isn't many short stories by other authors I've liked. Although it may simply be because when I buy a book, I hope for it to last and hold my attention. The only short story book I ended up getting was The Boy That Kicked Pigs by Tom Baker (Dr Who actor), but felt incredibly disappointed with how short it was, as funny as it is. There were also other faults, but I think that was the key one.

Luis

youll have to google it cause i dont remember who its by. its old tho

Lost-Chances

What is it about?

Luis

Here it is. In a nutshell its this woman who's mental state slowly degrades while youre reading, its kind of cool and pretty short.

<a href="http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/history/lavender/wallpaper.html">http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/
history/lavender/wallpaper.html</a>

Lost-Chances (Updated )

It's a nice story with an interesting concept. The ending felt a bit weak, but everything else was good. Thanks for showing it.

WritersBlock

Don't listen to Luis, real men write novels.

Yeah, I'm gonna keep guit tipping you about this for a while...

Also, Luis smells. >.>

Guts is a good short story. And some stuff by H.P. Lovecraft. Other than that, I haven't read too many short stories either.

You going to try NaNoWriMo next year?

Lost-Chances

Pft, it's not my fault that the story ended up absolutely boring. Hell, I'll probably post what little I had done in a small pack of stories I may do for Christmas instead. I'll let you see how dull it was. If I'll do NaNoWriMo next year though...It's hard for me to say. I'm not even sure what my environment will be like then. I could be at university, I could be at a full time job, I could be unemployed. Hell, I could be homeless or dead. We'll see, let's just leave it at that.

I'll also try to check out Guts and some H.P.Lovecraft stuff. I was considering reading some H.P.Lovecraft before Edger Allan Poe, but my big brother's girlfriend happened to have a book with a collection of Poe stories. So I decided to check it out.

Luis

you've met me in person you damn well know i dont smell LC. stick up for me. or else.

Lost-Chances

Pft, my nose isn't exactly in the best of conditions. Plus, anxiety tends to send all my senses to hell.

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