Lois & Clark Forums Forums Fan Fiction Fanfic Related An Invitation to join NaFinWipsMo

Anna, is there someone you can send the story to and ask for their thoughts? Sometimes, a fresh eye can work wonders. I've finally settled on two short stories from my WIPs for the Fundraiser, after giving up on trying to decide what to do and running them both past one of my betas.

On the second, I had two scenes I'd written to start off with ages ago, but no idea where to go next. My beta came up with the most wonderful ending I'd never have considered, which instantly brought the whole story to life for me, had the Muse sitting bolt upright, ears twitching, with a "Aha!" , and I now have very good hopes of finishing it.

It's worth a try - see if it works for you, too. If not, you've not lost anything.

LabRat

Thanks for the idea, Labby I might do that, after I finish polishing the 'good' part of the story.

Also, while I'm here -- what I love about this thread is that we can all discuss our writing progress, complain about lack of time or writer's block... Fanfic is a big part of my life, and I like sharing how I'm doing with it with my fellow fanfic writers - and listening to them sharing how they're doing So thanks, Wendy and whoever else is behind this idea!

See ya,
AnnaBtG.

This will teach me not to count my chickens before they hatch (or my words before they appear on the screen ). On Saturday, I only got 300 words written, Sunday was a pitiful 100, Monday was 280, and Tuesday was 180--for a total of 860 words, or just over one day's target. Writer's block is not a pretty thing. :p

OTOH, I wrote 776 words last night, and I only have a few more pages to go before I'm done with the first act. I just need to use my time better--grab those 10 minute bits and write during them instead of waiting for a one hour stretch. And next time I stall out on a scene, I'll just write detailed notes about what has to happen, so the pressure to make the dialog right doesn't increase the writer's block.

I'm glad to see so many other people writing. Maybe we'll all have completed stories to show by the end of the month.

Congratulations, Sheila! See, you're making progress.

We all have good days and bad days - I've been reporting some counts of 2000 words and above, but yesterday I didn't even make it to 1000. I know that Pam and Sara have been fluctuating just as much. As Anna said, all the cheerleading, nagging and general sharing of experiences here really does help - as does the nagging and duelling on IRC.

Gerry, I'm sorry that RL is giving you problems and hope it's nothing too serious. As Pam said, we'll definitely do this again some time - and you don't have to wait for her or me to start it. Anyone who wants nagging and support to finish a WIP can start a FinWipsMo any time you like, and there'll always be people eager to jump on the bandwagon.

Keep up the good work, everyone who's still in, and let us know how you're doing!

And... three cheers for all of us!


Wendy

Well, two days ago, I got 1387 words written, well above my target of 975. Yesterday, I had a grand total of 244 words. Today, so far, I'm up to 497, so I hope to get to my target before bedtime... but we'll see.

Hey, did y'all know, in Word you can put a word counter on a tool bar? I just discovered it today and think it's really really cool Plus it's easier than clicking on File/Properties/Statistics all the time

PJ
(why yes, I am a geek -- why do you ask?)

So funny you mention that, Pam. I was just thinking about doing that last night... and didn't get around to it. :rolleyes: Good to know I can now.

Geek? Naah. A geek would be someone who creates Word macros just for the easy conversion of archive stories to normal Word format. Or, perhaps, creating a Word template for the sole purpose of feedbacking (three pages full of [ quote] [ /quote] ). Not that I know anyone like that...

Anyway, I'm here to update my daily counts:

Nov 1: 20
Nov 2: 14
Nov 3: 1010
Nov 4: 1388
Nov 5: 263
Nov 6: 201
Nov 7: 736
Nov 8: 221
Nov 9: 617

Total: 4535 or 4470 or... dang... this is why I'm majoring in English, not math.

I did some editing in there... maybe I forgot to count those. Anyway, I'm up from 51,119 to 55,654 total words.

Keep up the great work, everyone!!!!

Whew!

Err, well, I do have one of those... it's on my toolbar, for easy access

lol, really? I haven't done that, but maybe I should!

No, a geek is someone who creates an Excel spreadsheet to keep track of her scene order, and gets all excited over little comment boxes attached to individual cells, and has a page devoted to analyzing word counts... not that I know anyone like that

PJ

LOL! That sounds a bit more like geek material.

Sara (who managed to find some time to tweak things today, which added 31 words )

Well, although I'm still not officially signed up to this - because I have a high expectation of failure - I just want to record that I've just gotten out of bed to get down two whole new pages of my story, which hit me just as I was drifting off to sleep.

I've no idea how many words that is, but it's a dang sight more than I've written in a while.

What's more - heavens to Betsy - I actually like them.

LabRat (who hates her Muse for not coming up with these things at a reasonable hour. :rolleyes: )

My muse tends to "bother" me when I'm in the shower.

One of these days I'm tempted to buy a dry-erase board and put it up in there.

Catching up here... on Thursday I had a very productive day, and for the first time wrote over 2,000 words! Okay, it was only 26 words over 2,000, but still

Yesterday, not so much. I ended up with 652; mostly I was working on one kinda tricky bad-guy scene. When I get back to L&K, I'll do better. I hope

Wish me luck, btw; my kids go to year-round school and as of yesterday they're on break. They don't go back to school until the first Monday in December, so they'll be underfoot, interrupting my concentration, wanting to take over my computer... although there have been times, in the past, when I've actually written more when they're home, so I'm keeping my hopes up.

Overall, I've written 11,481 words in November, with a daily average of 1,004, so I'm still ahead of my goal

PJ

I struggled for two days to write three paragraphs, and then this morning I had a breakthrough and wrote six pages! Finally, I'm on the home stretch for my fundraiser story.

Nan

I just wanted to say that although I'm not participating in this challenge, I am writing. And I am very much enjoying following everyone else's progress. Keep up the good work.

ML

Um, Pam?

Tools, Word Count...

Unless you've got a different version of Word to me (Word 2000) and Microsoft have shifted it somewhere else - which is quite likely.

Yvonne

Well, as soon as I hear from my beta-readers, it goes to LabRat for editing. I'm *done*!

This masterpiece comes in at 215K, so I think I made pretty good time in spite of a small case of writer's block right in the middle of it.

Nan

Yay, Nan!!!!

Everyone else keep up the great work!!

I'll try to come back later and post my latest progress.

Sara

Although I haven't signed up for this challenge either, I've written six pages between two fics and posted a section for the first time in *ahem* months on Friday.

When I finally found my word counter, I was able to write 211 words in about an hour. So starting Monday, I'll be keeping track of my word count. I think even if you're not participating offically in the challenge, it helps to push writers along!!

Missy

Great job guys!

Way to go everyone!

Congrats to our early finishers. <g>

Okay, update on AATR:

Previously - 6555 words.

Currently - 7105 words.

And, I still have my 800 I can recycle.

I'd hoped to get more written after my exams, but I've actually been busier since I finished. Definately not complaining. <g>

Dave

I'm late, but I sign up too. I try to finish my second fanfic. I came with the idea some weeks ago, but I just began to write it ten days ago. And after ten days making no progress at all, I have finished today my first part.

I am at 1566 words.

I will try my best to write half of my story before the end of the month. That means I'll try for 6 whole parts (since my story will count 13 parts)

And then, I'll chase down all the tipoes and grammar problems I can see before starting to post it.

I will tell you my progress regularly. I hope that will help me to progress quicker.