NaNoWriMo Stuffs
Nov. 11th, 2008 01:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
capri0mniGood news (sort of):
Bad news (Sort of):
Trivial stuff (about my brain-- probably interesting only to me):
Too tired to make a poll now, but if I'm still stumped by tomorrow, I may ask you guys, then...
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- When I last went to bed, I was 5,425 words behind; tonight when I go to bed, that gap will be 3,915 words. So-- I'm still woefully behind, but I'm gaining! I'm closing ground!
Bad news (Sort of):
- I'm over a
thirdquarter of the way through my wordcount, and my heroine still hasn't left home. If I don't do something, and quick, to move the ending closer, I'll end the month in the middle of the story, again. So I'm thinking of making the end of the story where the dark red dots are, on my map (q.v.).* - I'm completely stumped about what happens next, which is why I'm going to bed, now, while still 3,915 words behind. Maybe something will come to me in a dream... or something.
Trivial stuff (about my brain-- probably interesting only to me):
- My attention span for storytelling-brainstorming-type-writing seems to have an utmost limit of 33 minutes at a time. Any longer than that, and my brain starts going squirrelly, and I feel the need to motor around the house, in circles, aimlessly, and turn on the tv or radio.
- Setting the timer on my microwave for 30 minutes (or less) and writing until I hear the timer beep, is actually much more productive than making myself sit down for an hour at a time, and write; grouping shorter bouts of writing together, I can get almost 800 words out of my brain in an accumulated hour's time. Writing for an hour straight, I'd be lucky to get about 400 words.
- I may invest in an egg timer that I can keep by the computer, so I don't have to keep motoring back and forth to the kitchen.
Too tired to make a poll now, but if I'm still stumped by tomorrow, I may ask you guys, then...
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Date: 2008-11-11 07:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-11-11 08:04 am (UTC)http://greenfish.extra.hu/downloads.php
Warning: This can be slightly addictive, and a time-waster, if you're not careful! ;-)
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Date: 2008-11-13 05:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-11-11 09:55 pm (UTC)http://www.vickiblackwell.com/timer.html can be set as a countdown timer with a sound played at the end. It can run in the background while you write.
You might also be able to find a countdown timer to install if you aren't online 24/7 like some of us weirdos. ;-)
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Date: 2008-11-11 10:47 pm (UTC)What I really want is a word processor program with a some sort of wordcount alarm: you open an options menu, and tell it your wordcount goal, and you could set it to beep, or something, when that goal was reached, or even turn the cursor red, or whatnot, if you go over your goal (useful for drabble and newspaper column writers). That way, I would be less tempted to click Tools: Wordcount every few minutes to get the answer to "Are we there yet?"