Huzzah for NaNoWriMo!

[MelRedcap]

Hey all, I actually got back on the forums and active in Petopians again. Whee! I'm sure you don't want to hear the saga of how "arthritis and the medications for it suck", so we will just skip that part. I have more interesting things to talk about... like NaNoWriMo!

Who else is doing it? And who else is silly enough to be writing a WoW-centric story? Would anyone be interested in reading mine if I posted chunks of it to the forum, and would anyone else like to share theirs?

[Sarayana]

Hey Mel! I totally am not doing NaNoWriMo, but I wanted to say WELCOME BACK!!! HUZZAH FOR COMING BACK!

Sorry to hear about the arthritis, I hope it doesn't bother you too much when writing or - more importantly!! - playing WoW. ... And I'd totally read your stuff.

[Loethlin]

I'm so excited for NaNoWriMo... just not for me, at least this year. I'm void of any ideas whatsoever right now, so I can't really participate.
But I'm very excited for you! And of course I'd be interested in your story!

[VelkynKarma]

Not doing NaNoWiMo this year. I tried it last year for the first time and it was AWESOME, even when I didn't win.

This year though, I just got a hold of a job after several months of unemployment, which means I'm taking all the hours I can, which means I have no time for a 50K novel. And I didn't have time to prepare an idea anyway

BUT I can console myself with the fact that I wrote two fanfics of required length or more this year, so at least I've been writing ^^

G'luck with NaNoWiMo Mel! You can win, you can win!

~VelkynKarma

[Trinia]

Bwahaha, I was hoping you'd post this up on the forums after our discussion in guild about it. <3

I'm still working on mine! Slow, but working! I need to be a little more focused and determined, but I'll make it. I'm still in the "introduction" part of my plot line. Fudgggeee. Either way, huzzah for doing the Young Writer's Program and setting my own word count goal.

[MelRedcap]

Well, at the moment not only does arthritis suck, Random Respiratory Bug With Added Sinus Glop sucks bigtime. *wheeze hack choke* But there is writing! Writing at speed! Writing with the occasional possibly very silly bit! And some tragedy! Drama! I have no idea where this is going but it's fun! Wait, no, I do know where it's going, I just have no idea how it's going to get there...

I'm currently stuck on one bit so I'm probably going to do the Approved NaNoWriMo Trick of sticking in "she needs to go here and do this, write it later" and skipping to the next part, which is not stuck and is bouncing up and down in the back of my head going "Write me! Write meeeee! I know where I'm going! Look, I have details, with the knife throwing and hiding in the bath and narrow escapes and all that fun stuff! Write meeeeee~!" Damn section is doing the inspirational equivalent of bouncing up and down in its seat with its hand up as far as it can stretch, going "Ooo! Ooo! Miss! Ooo! Miss! I know!"

Good grief. The next section of my story is the class swot.

[VelkynKarma]

That always happens to me when I write ANYTHING Mel XD I totally know how you feel!

The weirdest part for me is, I frequently think ahead to later scenes and don't focus on the current one. I get all excited about getting to those later scenes. But I manage to push through the current one and get to that later scene that I wanted to write so bad and...I can't focus on it anymore! Now the one past THAT is more interesting! XP

~VelkynKarma

[Loethlin]

When I write, I usually have disjointed scenes in my head, and most of them are really good, but then I have a problem with what happens inbetween. I can never really fill the gaps, it's very frustrating.
Unfortunately, a book cannot consist of disjointed scenes.

Good luck filling your gaps!

And get better soon.

[Ikult]

I won't be submitting the novel I've been working on, but yes it is WoW-centric, and I'm quite proud of it. I'm always so happy to see others be inspired to write!

[Bellatryx]

When I write, I usually have disjointed scenes in my head, and most of them are really good, but then I have a problem with what happens inbetween. I can never really fill the gaps, it's very frustrating.
Unfortunately, a book cannot consist of disjointed scenes.

Good luck filling your gaps!

And get better soon.

So it isn't weird to have those disjointed scenes. I have nothing but them when I'm feeling inspired, it's like tasty flashes of nummy plot twists and romantic rendezvous in my head. I thought I was the only one!

[Trinia]

If I had Trade Chat in my head, it would be something like this:

Me: /2 WTB [Focus] PST w/ price
Troll: /2 Haha, your mom was able to focus last night!

Cue myself going, "Noooooo! D:" Yeah. I've hit a focus-block. Which is much more fascinating to explore on why it occurred. Usually due to WoW and TV... >______>;; I have found writing it all out in a normal notebook to help a bit more. I could sit somewhere (like outside or just on the couch) and write with fewer distractions due to internet. Even my Loque farming is highly distracting. o_O So...

/2 WTB [Focus] in large amounts! PST with price!

[Loethlin]

So it isn't weird to have those disjointed scenes. I have nothing but them when I'm feeling inspired, it's like tasty flashes of nummy plot twists and romantic rendezvous in my head. I thought I was the only one!

Not the only one at all!

I'm coping by just writing scenes down and not doing much else, letting everyone else fill the gaps with whatever they want. Hell, an ongoing fanfic (Star Trek, of course) I write is based on this very premise.
People seem to enjoy it enough for me to be in denial about the issue.

[Vephriel]

So it isn't weird to have those disjointed scenes. I have nothing but them when I'm feeling inspired, it's like tasty flashes of nummy plot twists and romantic rendezvous in my head. I thought I was the only one!

Not the only one at all!

I'm coping by just writing scenes down and not doing much else, letting everyone else fill the gaps with whatever they want. Hell, an ongoing fanfic (Star Trek, of course) I write is based on this very premise.
People seem to enjoy it enough for me to be in denial about the issue.

There's a fanfiction author I watch who has a few stories that are built like that, and it works out great! Each 'chapter' is just a short little scene, a blurb of whatever came to her head I'm sure, but even without the filler parts a definite story evolves. It's a really refreshing way to read a story. ^^

[VelkynKarma]

It can be a very effective way to write a story, especially if you're setting a certain type of tone. I find disjointed scenes like that are great for getting a stream-of-consciousness style into a story, or for creating a 'journal entry' kind of feel too.

~VelkynKarma