NaNoWriMo anyone?

[Kali]

I still haven't added any more to mine, though the denoument could use a little more oomph.  It's bugging me to go back and edit it, but I really want more of it to fade away in my mind a bit more.  If it's too familiar, I'll blah over bits instead of really reading them, I fear.  Plus, I don't want to be bored by my own story on the first edit.

I have noticed little bits of plot are starting to drift through my head, so a sequel might be in the offing.  It might also be a good way to push the first story back a bit so I can get perspective on it.  Though evidently this one's going to involve a Voundoun queen who, it seems, wasn't born in Jamaica but puts on the accent.  So my poor spell checker will be wailing and gnashing its teeth over words like "doan" and stuff.  And Ethan, who might or might not be kidnapping Rachel, which would make me sad because then the radio can't be in it and neither can Smokin' Hot Catholic Priest.  I'll hafta see.

[Matrix Refugee (formerly Morraeon)]

51K as of Sunday night/Monday morning. I doubt I'll write more at this point, since I am now smack in the middle of Thanksgiving week at work, and that means it's a madhouse, plus I need to feed some of the unrelated plotbunnies that showed up during the month...

[j3nnee]

I have 44+ K and need to add a good 5K and am having a problem filling in the blanks with extra words. UGH!
Help!

[Kris_W]

Need more words? Try 'the'. It's always a good word to stick in. I find that 'very', 'really' and 'well' fit everywhere, too. In fact, when I finish a piece I usually do a search and delete most of those four words that I find.

[belial.1980]

I have 44+ K and need to add a good 5K and am having a problem filling in the blanks with extra words. UGH!
Help!

Try adding a few new POVs. Write a scene from somebody else's narrative viewpoint, one that varies substantially from the initial presentation. A random thug, cop, Starbucks barista, or stray cat happens to witness the scene and gives their own spin.

Have the characters spew off a montage of the cheesiest lines from Twilight. Bonus points if they reenact the scenes and use props. (I actually did this and thought it was funny but not many people agreed. Too many fans...)

Have your character do something completely unexpected. Create a reason and deal with the fallout and work it into the story.


Umm...yeah sorry that's all I got and it sure ain't much.   Sorry. Medicated and still writing--in the loosest sense of the word. Good luck with those last 5K.

[Kali]

Could your story use a prologue or an epilogue?  Maybe smack in the middle, you could do something from your bad guy's viewpoint.

For slightly cheaty things, give someone a two word name.  I do not decry the buffer that "Father Christopher" gave to my word count...

[j3nnee]

well I forgot I have to have one guy who's left behind both read a journal of someone who's left and find out something nobody's known about that has to do with his future. So that may just take 5000 words LOL

[LizW65]

Hit 48K last night!  Having my protag. doped up on morphine after a life-threatening injury and hallucinating was good for at least 3000 words!

[KevinEvans]

Got my purple bar today,

I am about half way through the rough edit, then it goes to my co writer. after that it is out into the world....
Regards,
Kevin

[Matrix Refugee (formerly Morraeon)]

Whoops, forgot about the purple bar -- though I probably could have waited for it. :: laughs:: I'll be poking at this one for a while yet, but 51K words in three weeks, while holding down a job and doing what I usually do is not to be sniffed at!

[j3nnee]

Im happily at 45k... now to get that last drops of wordings squeezed from my brain and into my story. *wrings out her brain tightly trying to get every last word*

[belial.1980]

46,364

I'd been on pace for 60k but the last week was pretty brutal. Will definitely get a "win" but hope to finish the story itself. Probably take another week or two but it'll feel good to have a completed manuscript even if it's attrocious.

[LizW65]

Lost a couple days due to hosting a crowd of 24 for Thanksgiving, but hope to hit my 50K mark tonight and keep going thru December til I finish the actual manuscript.  also, I picked up 2 more beta readers who are "in the business" for my previous work in progress, so that's encouraging.

[j3nnee]

just over 2k left... eeps

[Murphy's Stunt Double]

Congratulations all who are over 50K and KEEP HANGING IN THERE to all who are just about to make it! I'm sitting here in the stands rooting for you!