• NaNoWriMo 2012 - Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Edition
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I usually fuck up and give up after a few days/hours.
[QUOTE=Slacker996;38297759]I'm going to do this. Something to do about a homeless man traveling through time.[/QUOTE] That sounds fucking fantastic. I never knew Facepunch had such a large writing community. Artists get all the cred maaaaaan. Where's the love maaaaan. Seriously though, i love writing, i have maybe ten new ideas for a story a day. None get put on paper, save for a select few. Out of those few, fewer get past half way. One has gotten to completion, i deleted it shortly after. I'm my own worst critic. I edit constantly and won't hesistate to cut vast amounts of text. I prefer short stories. I only recently discovered them. It was only because of a creative writing assignment in English. It's the only one i've written so far. Apparently it was the best she's ever read, and she looks as though she's been teaching for a while. Coolies i guess. I loved writing it, i hate reading it. I think xkcd did a comic on this.
Always wanted to write a story about a classic dracula-esque vampire being recruited into the army as a secret agent but then one of my manga loving friends informed me that Hellsing is pretty much that, so I never bothered with it. Might give this a go though, try a Deus Ex sort of storyline but with vampires involved or something. None of this Edward shite either, proper bloodthirsty classic vampires.
story of a man who killed the spirit who killed god and became that spirit
I'm up to 25,023 words. I want to write another 10,000 today. Just having a break to update the OP.
[QUOTE=Dwarfy77;38297369]Doing this now, doing a sci-fi novel focused a lot on the broader scope of the galaxy, the 'Coreworlds' (planets in our solar system) hold the best tech and fight between each other, while settlers of the galaxy are slowly civilizing it, terraforming planets with help from powerful families/rulers, kinda hard to sum up shortly. Have some sample dialog.[/QUOTE] I dunno whether or not you want any constructive criticism, but I'm giving some anyway. So hold on to your hat! [quote][I]He[/I] [B]once again[/B] picked up [u]the communicator[/u] and typed in 'Weapons bay', as [I]he[/I] put [u]the communicator[/u] to his ear [B]once again[/B], [I]he[/I] looked out to his salvage crew, still hard at work. "Weapons diagnostics, how is everything running down there?" [highlight]The redundancies in this segment are a bit jarring. It's quite hard to get into the fiction when every sentence feels like deja vu; when the sentence gives you deja vu it is hard to get into the fiction. The fiction is made more difficult to get into with redundancies in the sentence, leading to a vague sense of deja vu, of deja vu. Just be aware of using the same word or phrase too frequently. Using "the communicator" two or three times in a single paragraph really stands out. It's a bit harder to avoid with pronouns, like "He, his," and "him," but be on the lookout for the same pronoun popping up more often than feels comfortable. For style's sake, it's generally better to cut them down to the bare minimum. For example, instead of: "He picked up his apple and he took a bite of it. He liked it, and a smile spread across his face," it would be better to simply merge it all into one sentence reading thusly, "He picked an apple and bit into it, and a smile spread across his face." Cut out three pronouns, ye?[/highlight] A few seconds of silence were all that were heard before the communicator started receiving [B]voice[/B] transmission, the [B]voice[/B] [I]of a veteran mechanic[/I], [I]and one of Deon's most trustworthy pilots[/I], Dane Ventriss."Well, something wasn't working, so we kicked it a bit and now it's on fire." [highlight]I would either cut down or merge some of the information in this section (and also eliminate the word redundancies in "voice," and implied redundancies in the general syntax. For instance, "a few seconds of silence were all that were heard before the communicator started receiving voice transmission" is just entirely too wordy! Why not simply, "A moment later, the communicator squawked in reply. Dane Ventriss, a veteran mechanic and pilot..." Or, "After a brief delay, the lead mechanic, Dane Ventriss..."[/highlight] "The usual then?" [highlight]Hehe![/highlight][/quote] I love a good scifi story. I hope I'm not discouraging you or anything, I just figured that since you're doing NaNoWriMo, you enjoy writing, and might appreciate some constructive criticism on ways to improve! I guess the point of this challenge isn't to go back and edit (which is good, if you're on a roll you don't want to back track for editing just yet), but these are at least a few things you can keep an eye out for as you keep driving forward, you dig?
A set of muted red eyes appeared, stretching across the blackness. They smoked and leaked blackness. Its voice was deep and powerful, resonating through the world and causing the ten people in the room to recoil and shake from the sheer power held in its words. It bore the undertone of one thousand tormented souls, crying out in unison. “You may call me God." [editline]3rd November 2012[/editline] i procrastinated so 2000 words a day should make me arrive at 50k pretty fun stuff, although most of this is gonna be quite shitty edit for wrong version
Updating this thread's OP is a form of procrastination for me. I hate you guys :v:
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;38299533]I dunno whether or not you want any constructive criticism, but I'm giving some anyway. So hold on to your hat! I love a good scifi story. I hope I'm not discouraging you or anything, I just figured that since you're doing NaNoWriMo, you enjoy writing, and might appreciate some constructive criticism on ways to improve! I guess the point of this challenge isn't to go back and edit (which is good, if you're on a roll you don't want to back track for editing just yet), but these are at least a few things you can keep an eye out for as you keep driving forward, you dig?[/QUOTE] Thanks for the critique, was doing a word-sprint at that time, but it's nice to actually see someone say something besides 'it sucks, crawl in a hole and die.' Going back to fix it right now, since I am a bit ahead of my 2000 words-per-day schedule.
I think I might try to do this, or at least just use it as an excuse to write a shitton, not that I need one. I've been writing smatterings of a story for a while now, so I might as well post 'em (they are pretty large though so I think I'll link to a google doc or something.) Like [url=https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VJuMcoVlSBEhitqFSO3gEMmbDrvWdlbxnrmkNfiF8zI/edit]now[/url]
Only 2 thousand more for today.... or 4 and half, depending on my motivation. :suicide:
Three days down and 3000+ words behind. I'm doing so well,
I am currently destined to finish on the 4th. (tomorrow) [IMG]http://puu.sh/1lZ14[/IMG] 40078. That's me done for today.
[QUOTE=Stockers678;38301527]Three days down and 3000+ words behind. I'm doing so well,[/QUOTE] if you start 5 days late, just do 2000 words per day and you'll catch up eventually [editline]3rd November 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=NeonpieDFTBA;38301824]I am currently destined to finish on the 4th. (tomorrow) [IMG]http://puu.sh/1lZ14[/IMG][/QUOTE] how......
I'm going to write a novel about the last settlement on Earth. It's ran by a man named garry :D and his 30ish moderator goons. It will be named Facepunch - Mankind's last hope.
Eh, I just find pictures of retro science fiction, throw in a few laser guns on AA batteries, and call it a novel.
[QUOTE=Flubadoo;38301965]if you start 5 days late, just do 2000 words per day and you'll catch up eventually [editline]3rd November 2012[/editline] how......[/QUOTE] A) I am averaging 90 words/min b) I have spent quite a lot of time on it c) I have been promised cake. Do not underestimate the power of cake. I will update the OP tomorrow.
I'll do this, I have many ideas for stories that I've been writing down and forgetting about so this is the perfect time to dig into my ideas folder.
[QUOTE=NeonpieDFTBA;38301824]I am currently destined to finish on the 4th. (tomorrow) [IMG]http://puu.sh/1lZ14[/IMG] 40078. That's me done for today.[/QUOTE] You are irritatingly quick at writing [editline]3rd November 2012[/editline] Just seem the 2011 thread. Should we list all the participants in the OP like last time?
There are nerdfighers on FP? Oh hey small world
This sounds great! I need more writing practice, now - HOW daunting is 50 000 words to write?
[QUOTE=Thedashingrogue;38303178]There are nerdfighers on FP? Oh hey small world[/QUOTE] DFTBA. [editline]3rd November 2012[/editline] PM me if you are not listed in the OP and/or you want me to put your NaNoWriMo profile with it (add the link to that).
Holy fuck, 90 words a minute? I can [I]type[/I] almost 90 words a minute, let alone type a coherent story.
[QUOTE=DoctorSalt;38303471]Holy fuck, 90 words a minute? I can [I]type[/I] almost 90 words a minute, let alone type a coherent story.[/QUOTE] Oh, it's not that coherent. I'm thinking of doing a second proper story afterwards for fun. [editline]3rd November 2012[/editline] It was a bit of a bet, seen as 1666 a day is not that much of a challenge for me (I did 2 coherent 50 thousand word novels without that much trouble, although I left the last 23k until the last day last year) so I thought let's try 4 days. [editline]3rd November 2012[/editline] The 23k one I had £5 on it. It was more the idea of losing £5 and losing a bet that motivated me, not getting £5. This time it is the idea of cake and I can't give up having written nearly 20,000 words today. [editline]3rd November 2012[/editline] That and it is the school holidays so I have lots of time. [editline]3rd November 2012[/editline] My fastest I have maintained for 30 minutes is 108/min but in bursts I have hit (I think) 120/min at most. I can only do that for a minute or two though.
I did the summer one, but eh fuck it. Gonna cheat and use how much I already have done though. [editline]3rd November 2012[/editline] Gonna be hard as fuck this time though considering I'm trying to do the whole thing in poetic format. Ugh.
Oh god, I missed the first two days, so now I'm having to write, what, 4500 or so words to catch up? Maybe slightly more? So far I've got 469 words written, so, just gotta do about ten times that much and I'll be fine. Aaargh. How's everyone else doing?
[QUOTE=evlbzltyr;38305017]Oh god, I missed the first two days, so now I'm having to write, what, 4500 or so words to catch up? Maybe slightly more? So far I've got 469 words written, so, just gotta do about ten times that much and I'll be fine. Aaargh. How's everyone else doing?[/QUOTE] To do it in 27 days you need to do 1852 words/day but I'd advise you try and do 2k so when you have a day when you can't do it you won't be screwed. [editline]3rd November 2012[/editline] Also, guys, PM me your Nano profiles, or post them here so I can put them in the OP.
Mine's just exactly the same as my username here
[QUOTE=evlbzltyr;38305449]Mine's just exactly the same as my username here[/QUOTE] I sent you a 'buddy' request.
Oh god, I'm scared but I guess I might start soon. Probably going to attempt to do something relatively amusing, I think it will be the only way for me to slack off on the quality a little bit.
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