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This year I am participating in National Novel Writing Month.

I don't expect this to interrupt the comic's usual progression in any way, I just need more projects in order to create for myself a work habit. Or to drive myself crazy.

But anyway! I may post some excerpts here if I wish to. As I have written it so far, it will be a contemporary fantasy thing, you know, like all the kids are reading these days. And because I'm doing this with no preparation whatsoever it will likely be total dreck, but the point is not to write something good, the point is to write.

lrlz if it gonna be fantasy u totaly need to bring back the ninjas form Discount Ninja Barn

This should prove to be interesting. o:

I'm eager to read what you come up with. c:

I've found this slightly convenient, considering this coincides with something I've been doing on my own. Doubt I'll finish a Novel though.

Mmh.. I was thinking of joining in on it too-- but then I realized that college eats time and personal progress like crazy....

I think I'll try sometime next year. ~

I figured if I could do a comic with college eating up my time, I could write a novel with college eating up my time.

Yeah well My college sorta takes a bit less time but it's pretty intensive, I only take one course for about a month. Luckily this month I'm in a fiction writing course.

Fiction writing is the BEST kind of course; I've taken three before. I have considered trying to sign up for Clarion some distant year.

of course fiction is the best.... you can do ne thing wif fiction.... and you dont have to abide by rules in society.....

Fiction is always awesome, unless the real world throws you one of those one in a thousand curve balls that make you realize that in fact soemthings reality is indeed stranger than fiction. I wonder who first came up with that quote and what was going on with them to make them realize that fact.. Anywho, good luck with the writing!

Raikoo wrote:Fiction is always awesome, unless the real world throws you one of those one in a thousand curve balls that make you realize that in fact soemthings reality is indeed stranger than fiction. I wonder who first came up with that quote and what was going on with them to make them realize that fact.. Anywho, good luck with the writing!

No, those things make fiction better because you get a crash refresher course in how weird you can make it while it still being plausible. Gives you situations. Gives you ideas. c:

Curveballs are my No.1 creative muse, I swear. x'D

you dont even have to make it plausible at all...... to even make an awesome fictional story...

Korilaz wrote:you dont even have to make it plausible at all...... to even make an awesome fictional story...

I somewhat dissagree with that. A story has to wrap together well. Make too many things like that and people won't even understand the story.

Big Brother wrote:

Korilaz wrote:you dont even have to make it plausible at all...... to even make an awesome fictional story...

I somewhat dissagree with that. A story has to wrap together well. Make too many things like that and people won't even understand the story.

Exactly. It has to be realistic enough to be understood. It has to make sense.

I are winnar!

http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/446417

school forced me to do it but i enjoyed it... and my story wasn't that bad, not amazing but not bad. may post it some day.

Move Every ZIG for great justice.

Kadoukan wrote:Move Every ZIG for great justice.

That post was pointless, had nothing to do with anything in here, and bumped a topic that died ages ago.
I know I've failed by replying, but honestly, please don't do that again.

Tomorrow is the start of NaNoWriMo, Anyone ready for it?

And now the topic becomes relative.

Yeah, I'll think I'll give it a shot. I probably won't make it, but I'll sure as heck try. I do have an idea though, so that's a start! Who else is gonna try?

I'm signed up. Interestingly, this my first year to attempt it, so I have no idea how it'll turn out.

Dang, forgot about this. Gotta pick an idea now.

Buckdida wrote:relative

Anyone else I would let this slide.
But you're Buck, so... did you, by any chance, mean relevant? You know, that word that would actually make sense in the context you had?



If I had a shot at this, it would be with a .375
okay, not really, but i couldn't keep this up if i wanted to.

I am signed up for NaNoWriMo once again guys

http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/446417

http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/565921
Here's mine. Not sure if anyone wants to know it, but just in case.

Hoot-dee-doo.... NanoWrimo... doot-da-doo...

http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/570552/

...Just started writing...I guess I have a long way to go.

Edit: its not the same Amelia, I just liked the name. XD

Alright so after hearing all you people talking about it ALL THE TIME in the chat, I decided I might as well get in and try to put some imagination down in text so I could clear out some room in my head to clear our a slot for a new dream series in my head.

Alright so here's my profile as requested by DYLAN. I'll get you Dylan... I'll get you.

http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/589024

I'm like 4 thousand words behind but I'll catch up. I've barely got my story arranged in my head, so most of it will probably just be improvised as I go. Don't be expecting too much. I'll work on getting a summary and excerpt ready tomorrow or something.

I'm about 4,500 words behind...(dang it school and homework) Well, I hope to be able to catch up on the weekend

Dylan wrote:I'm about 4,500 words behind...(dang it school and homework) Well, I hope to be able to catch up on the weekend

Wait, how can you be 4,000 words behind if its only the second day? From what I understand, you need to write 1,666 words everyday to make the mark. So, Even if you haven't written anything yet, that's still only about 3,000 words.

YES I AM OVERTHINKING THIS BECAUSE I AM GOING TO LOSE A LOT OF SLEEP ACCOMPLISHING IT AND EBLY HAD BETTER NOT COMMENT ON THE LACK OF PUNCTUATION IN THE SECOND HALF OF THIS POST

Teh Brawler wrote:

Dylan wrote:I'm about 4,500 words behind...(dang it school and homework) Well, I hope to be able to catch up on the weekend

Wait, how can you be 4,000 words behind if its only the second day? From what I understand, you need to write 1,666 words everyday to make the mark. So, Even if you haven't written anything yet, that's still only about 3,000 words.

YES I AM OVERTHINKING THIS BECAUSE I AM GOING TO LOSE A LOT OF SLEEP ACCOMPLISHING IT AND EBLY HAD BETTER NOT COMMENT ON THE LACK OF PUNCTUATION IN THE SECOND HALF OF THIS POST

Because I'm done for the day, and tomorrow i need 5000 words.

Teh Brawler wrote: YES I AM OVERTHINKING THIS BECAUSE I AM GOING TO LOSE A LOT OF SLEEP ACCOMPLISHING IT AND EBLY HAD BETTER NOT COMMENT ON THE LACK OF PUNCTUATION IN THE SECOND HALF OF THIS POST

DUDE YOU MENTIONED MY NAME YOU KNOW THIS MEANS I IMMEDIATELY HAVE TO RESPOND BECAUSE I ALWAYS DO THIS WHENEVER ANYONE SAYS MY NAME HAVEN'T YOU NOTICED THAT? IT'S PRETTY COOL IT'S LIKE A DOG WHISTLE ONLY IT'S AN EBLY WHISTLE

Ebly wrote: DUDE YOU MENTIONED MY NAME YOU KNOW THIS MEANS I IMMEDIATELY HAVE TO RESPOND BECAUSE I ALWAYS DO THIS WHENEVER ANYONE SAYS MY NAME HAVEN'T YOU NOTICED THAT? IT'S PRETTY COOL IT'S LIKE A DOG WHISTLE ONLY IT'S AN EBLY WHISTLE

Wait...So If I say Ebly...you will come?

Dylan wrote:

Ebly wrote: DUDE YOU MENTIONED MY NAME YOU KNOW THIS MEANS I IMMEDIATELY HAVE TO RESPOND BECAUSE I ALWAYS DO THIS WHENEVER ANYONE SAYS MY NAME HAVEN'T YOU NOTICED THAT? IT'S PRETTY COOL IT'S LIKE A DOG WHISTLE ONLY IT'S AN EBLY WHISTLE

Wait...So If I say Ebly...you will come?

man i don't really have much to say to this
but i HAVE to reply. flower power. |:

I participated in 2007. I was only halfway through the story by the time I hit the word goal so I kind of just said **** it.

BACK ON TOPIC

Here's mine.

http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/568095

Whhhhhheeeeeeeeeeeeeee hooray for catching flu over the weekendddddddddddddddd

After some quick research, apparently my genre falls under "Literary Fiction." Wish me luck, I'll need it...Hmm...maybe I'll change the idea...

And oooooooooh Blasphemer's Prayer. That's the one I was hoping you'd do, Rick. I thought the popular vote was, "When I ruled the world." At least, that's what it looked like...

NoelL wrote:I participated in 2007. I was only halfway through the story by the time I hit the word goal so I kind of just said **** it.

You know you don't actually have to finish, just get to 50,000 words

Buckdida wrote: After some quick research, apparently my genre falls under "Literary Fiction." Wish me luck, I'll need it...Hmm...maybe I'll change the idea...

How does that work? Are you intentionally writing something pretentious and unreadable?

And oooooooooh Blasphemer's Prayer. That's the one I was hoping you'd do, Rick. I thought the popular vote was, "When I ruled the world." At least, that's what it looked like...

Well I decided to go for BP because last year I already did a story blind, so I decided to go for a story I already had mostly plotted