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Nanowrimo 101: A Quick Guide on How to Write a Novel in 30 Days During National Novel Writing Month | Howexpert Press, Nicole Thomas

Last official NaNoWriMo 2018 update. I could keep writing until midnight, but I‘m so tried from barely sleeping the last two nights, I‘m going to enjoy Blue Bloods and then crash.

127,093 words written
over 2.5x 50K goal
673 pages
30 days
9 short stories left to write

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GingerAntics I feel like this one relationship is kind of flat and all about this one thing. I may add and other section that‘s just about them. Maybe a section of love letters or text massages. 6y

CocoReads Fantastic work! You rock! 6y

CocoReads Also, I love Blue Bloods! 6y

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GingerAntics @CocoReads are you watching right now? This is one crazy episode. 6y

CocoReads @GingerAntics ,no I‘m about a season behind. I need to get back to it though. I miss those Reagan‘s. 6y

GingerAntics @CocoReads OH SO YOU DON‘T KNOW!!! OH MY GOD YOU HAVE TO CATCH UP!!! You‘ll know when you get to what I‘m talking about. 😇😇😇 6y

CocoReads @GingerAntics I‘ll get on it. Not tonight, of course, but soon. 6y

GingerAntics @CocoReads 😉 (edited) 6y

GingerAntics @CocoReads wait, you‘re about a season behind. So did you see last season‘s finale or are you somewhere in the middle of last season? 6y

CocoReads Are we still in the first season without Linda? That‘s the one I‘m ready for. I might be more behind than I thought. 6y

GingerAntics @cocoreads I think she died between the end of two seasons back and one season back. We found out that she‘d died in the season premier of last year‘s episode. Okay, so you don‘t know. 😇 Oh I‘m so excited for you to find out!!! 😬 6y

JazzFeathers Whaaaaaattt? That's such an awesome result!!! 👏👏👏👏🎊🎊🎊🎉🎉🎉🙌🙌🙌😊 6y

GingerAntics @JazzFeathers I‘m just a classic, long winded, over achiever!!! lol A lot of that is going to be edited down and what not. 6y

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GingerAntics

Nanowrimo 101: A Quick Guide on How to Write a Novel in 30 Days During National Novel Writing Month | Howexpert Press, Nicole Thomas

124 words to 100,000 words for the month...and it only took 24 days to get there. I'm also at over 500 pages. Editing this thing down is going to be a trip.
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa Good for you! 6y

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GingerAntics

Nanowrimo 101: A Quick Guide on How to Write a Novel in 30 Days During National Novel Writing Month | Howexpert Press, Nicole Thomas

It's officially official!!!

Now to finish this thing. Shooting for 100,000 words and a completed first draft by the end of the month. Here goes nothing.

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CocoReads Nice! Congrats @GingerAntics Im closing in. I have about 42000 words in and even though I realized the other day the bad guy isn‘t who I thought he is, I can still end it more or less the way I want to. It‘s super imperfect, and will need quite a bit of editing and filler to make it truly done but I think I can do this! 6y

BeansPage Woohoo! Go girl go! 😃👌 6y

GingerAntics @CocoReads YOU GOT THIS!!! 6y

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GingerAntics @TheReadingMermaid thanks!!! 6y

CocoReads @GingerAntics I only work 2 days next week as it stands right now-I cantotally do this! 6y

GingerAntics @CocoReads oh, perfect for finishing it off!!! I'm hoping to get a lot written in the second half of this week...if I can just get there. 6y

JazzFeathers Fantastically awesime!!!! You hero!!! 👏👏👏🎉🎉🎉🎊🎊🎊🙌🙌🙌🙌😄😄 6y

GingerAntics @JazzFeathers thanks!!! I keep thinking "and you thought you couldn't make it when you first heard about this." lol 6y

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GingerAntics

Nanowrimo 101: A Quick Guide on How to Write a Novel in 30 Days During National Novel Writing Month | Howexpert Press, Nicole Thomas

Apparently I can officially validate my 50K+ (not yet finished) novel tomorrow (20 Nov). I'm not sure if I want to do that right away or if I should wait until the end of the month to validate all the words I get by the end of the month (or if that even matters). 🤷🏼‍♀️
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JazzFeathers I think you can keep updating the wordcount even after you validate 6y

Avanders 🤭 congratulations!! 🍾 6y

GingerAntics Thanks, @Avanders!!! 6y

GingerAntics @JazzFeathers I haven't been on my computer yet, today. It's not like I can't just keep writing anyway. I may validate just to have it done. lol One less thing to worry about in the process of getting this thing down on paper/pages document. 6y

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GingerAntics

Nanowrimo 101: A Quick Guide on How to Write a Novel in 30 Days During National Novel Writing Month | Howexpert Press, Nicole Thomas

I'm so tired today, so I didn't write much at all, but I just got some stuff out to say I gave my inner muse a workout. At the half way point in the month and feeling good about where this is heading. How is everyone else doing so far?
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julesG I might have bailed. I haven't written more than 3.5k words. I am not stuck idea-wise or plot-wise, there's just the more pressing issue of filing for social care to be able to afford sitting around writing that I have to take care of. This not knowing where I am heading financially has taken over all my brain power. Why do such things happen in November? 6y

GingerAntics @julesG been there. It's really a state of limo emotionally, mentally and even physically. I don't blame you. 6y

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GingerAntics

Nanowrimo 101: A Quick Guide on How to Write a Novel in 30 Days During National Novel Writing Month | Howexpert Press, Nicole Thomas

Now that I know where this whole thing is going (and what all 42 of the short stories are), I'm doing well getting these short stories written between things that have already been written and improvements that make things work better and them stand on their own more. I'm not worried about this lagging now.
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Erinsuereads Holy smokes! Good work! 6y

jmofo 👏 6y

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GingerAntics

Nanowrimo 101: A Quick Guide on How to Write a Novel in 30 Days During National Novel Writing Month | Howexpert Press, Nicole Thomas

My NaNoWriMo Dilemma. I'm open to any thoughts or suggestions anyone has as a reader or a writer.
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Jilly6183 I like both ideas but the second one appeals to me more. I love learning more about about a story/MC through the different perspectives of other characters 6y

GingerAntics @Jilly6183 that's the one I'm leaning toward for that reason...I keep wavering because I'm not sure if it's too out there. 6y

Jilly6183 @GingerAntics I don't think it's too out there at all. I think it's really intriguing! 6y

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GingerAntics @Jilly6183 in glad it makes sense to someone else. That makes me feel better. I kept talking myself out of that option. 6y

LibrarianRyan I think it would be interesting to do the side stories first, then the MC story. So it hints around what‘s going on, and it‘s reveled at the end. 6y

GingerAntics @LibrarianRyan hm...That's an interesting thought. I hadn't thought of that at all. Great, now I'm back to two choices again. lol Must consider this. 6y

GingerAntics @LibrarianRyan I'm organising the short stories and I'm looking at this. Your idea could be genius!!! You would see that the MC has disowned himself, but you'd have no idea WHY until later. Hm. I rather like this idea. I knew asking you geniuses would be a good idea!!! What do you think of flip flopping the order, @Jilly6183? 6y

LibrarianRyan @GingerAntics ⭐️🌟😃 6y

GingerAntics @LibrarianRyan @Jilly6183 giving my stories titles is always the hardest part for me. Often times the story is long since finished being written when I finally find the right title...but I think I've found it. If I do it this way with the story all sort of disjointed and not getting the full picture at once, I could all it "It All Fell Apart" or "Putting the Pieces Back Together" or "Rebuilding" and it fits the story and the format. (edited) 6y

twohectobooks My preference would be chronological. But then I am the type of reader who tends to skip appendices on the basis of the assumption that if the author wanted me to know the information they‘d find a way to include it in the main text. Not sure how common that is! 6y

Jilly6183 @GingerAntics @LibrarianRyan That's a really cool idea, too! IMO, there just needs to be some kind of reveal that makes reading the second half interesting and relevant. So either the secondary characters reveal something you couldn't get from the MC's story, or you get a story from the secondary characters and then the MC reveals the missing link (e.g., why he disowned himself). 6y

GingerAntics @twohectobooks really? Sometimes the best little tidbits are in the appendix because with the constraints of POV something couldn't have been known in the main text. I'm also used to reading the appendix in nonfiction so it's totally natural for me. lol Nothing would really be an appendix anyway. It's all part of the full picture as it were. They're like the bonus features on the dvd, just before the actual story. lol (edited) 6y

GingerAntics @Jilly6183 there would be several missing links, because other than a few places (that wouldn't answer any real questions) no part of the story proper is going to end up being told by secondary characters. That second half does need to be worth reading, and that's what makes me a little concerned with doing it that way. (edited) 6y

twohectobooks Yep, like I said, I‘m not sure how common this approach is. I‘m quite an impatient/lazy reader, apparently! I also find it funny that I‘m making this comment while reading House of Leaves for the second time, a book that‘s built on fully exploring a multitude of footnotes and appendices. Which I LOVE haha. 6y

GingerAntics @twohectobooks ROTFL I used to be that way until high school when my friends and I were all reading this book we loved. They were all taking about something and I had no idea what they were talking about. They promptly sent me back to the epilogue and appendix and I figured it out. lol 6y

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GingerAntics

Nanowrimo 101: A Quick Guide on How to Write a Novel in 30 Days During National Novel Writing Month | Howexpert Press, Nicole Thomas

NAILED IT!!!

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LibrarianRyan Yeahhhhhh 6y

merelybookish Wow! 🎉🎉 6y

SMayWrites Wow! You're fast! I'm only somewhere in the teens! 6y

julesG 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 Wow! You're my hero. 6y

GingerAntics @julesG oh I've never been anyone's hero before!!! lol 6y

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GingerAntics

Nanowrimo 101: A Quick Guide on How to Write a Novel in 30 Days During National Novel Writing Month | Howexpert Press, Nicole Thomas

One. More. Day. Should do it!!!

I am so excited to hit that magic number (even if I can't verify yet), but that's definitely not going to be the end of this story. I guess we'll see what kind of numbers I can wrack up by the end of the month. lol

Fingers crossed.

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wanderinglynn You are killing it! 🙌🏻👏🏻🎉 6y

julesG So amazing! 6y

JazzFeathers Wooooooowwwww! You go, gal!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎊🎊🎊👏👏👏👏💪🙌🙌🙌🙌 6y

GingerAntics @wanderinglynn @julesG @JazzFeathers thank you...still amazed I've gotten his far. 6y

TheWordJar I‘m in awe!!! Can‘t wait to see your total at the end of the month!! 6y

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GingerAntics

Nanowrimo 101: A Quick Guide on How to Write a Novel in 30 Days During National Novel Writing Month | Howexpert Press, Nicole Thomas

7 Days
209 Pages
40,010 Words
80% complete

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Can't believe I've made it this far. I wasnt quite sure I was going to be able to make the word count in a month, and I'm this far in just a week. I'm not even entirely sure what all is in this document...I just know that it is all narrative related to my story.

TrishB Great stuff 👍🏻 well done 6y

julesG Wow! Just wow! 6y

CocoReads Good job! In the meantime, I‘m under 10k. Between job and life, I‘ve made very little progress. I do have a couple days off next week, where I‘m planning to hide in the house so maybe I‘ll make some real progress then. 6y

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GingerAntics @CocoReads fingers crossed for your days off 6y

LibrarianJen Amazing! I‘m at about 12k. A migraine after work last night didn‘t help. I‘ll probably stick to pen and paper today and type it up later. 🤕 6y

GingerAntics @LibrarianJen I haven't written with pen and paper in ages...but I have considered getting a notebook/notepad and going that way a bit. 6y

LibrarianJen I just don‘t think I can handle all the screen time today. It‘s such a bummer. 6y

GingerAntics @LibrarianJen those screens and all that blue light are brutal on the eyes. It's probably why half of us have migraines in the first place. 6y

CocoReads @GingerAntics thanks. I do have a notebook so if I‘m at work and something strikes me, I can jot down a thought or two, but it‘s rare to have much downtime these days. 6y

jmofo 👏 lookit you go! Vroom, vroom! That‘s fantastic! 6y

GingerAntics @CocoReads it can't really tell without the daily breakdown, but I've been slower the last two days because of work. We've been really busy lately. I have no idea how I managed to pull of what I did last Thursday. 6y

GingerAntics @jmofo thanks 6y

LibrarianJen @GingerAntics agreed! Anyways, I always have a notebook with me. I couldn‘t imagine writing a novel old school though. Like, how do you move paragraphs around? Editing would be a nightmare! Are you going to edit the rest of the month once you finish? 6y

CocoReads @GingerAntics no, it doesn‘t really show in the daily totals but even my days off have been getting away from me. My hours start dropping in a couple weeks so I should be stronger at the end of the month. 6y

GingerAntics @LibrarianJen I actually didn't like how it was going and just the other day I figured out I needed to do it a different way, thinking in terms of short stories instead of chapters. So I'm going to do those, rewriting was I have from before Nov 1 and what I've done since then to get it into that format. So I'm kind of editing and kind of rewriting. I'm not sure if I should keep updating my work count or leave it at 50,000. 6y

GingerAntics @LibrarianJen the story itself won't even be done at 50K. 6y

GingerAntics @CocoReads oh I do love slower times at work!!! Lol 6y

CocoReads I‘ve been full time since I started while “learning the ropes” but they actually hired me for 2-3 days a week and to cover sick days and vacations. I may float between hospitals for a bit as well. So I‘m not sure how much I@ really going to drop. Other than being busy and tired, I like the job and the pay so I‘m not sure whether to hope they drop or not.🤷‍♀️ 6y

GingerAntics @CocoReads that's a tough call. 6y

ofclumsywords Yay!!!!! Congrats!! 6y

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