LOL It's kinda nice until one of my characters decides to intrude on what's happening to me in real life, instead of telling me something about their fantasy world. Then I'm like... "Okay, I get it. You're intrinsically related to that part of my brain, that particular trigger. But could you shut up please? It's creepy."

I keep up with so many simultaneous projects because I know if I ignore a good idea the characters probably won't offer it up to me again.

Probably one of the biggest reasons why I haven't finished a story... I can't get the other characters to shut up long enough. (The ones in the story I am trying to work on will eventually just step aside and let the other ones take over.)

Another problem I have is that certain ideas keep repeating through out my stories. Out of the 10 mains, 7 of them feature dystopian societies to varying degrees... That's where I have to really watch myself.

[edit] -reads and rereads post- I'm not sure I am making sense anymore. Time for a late night snack then maybe I can get back to writing again.

Yeah, getting the rest to shut up... or when you really NEED to work on something specific, and there's another one who is getting all up in your face demanding to be heard. Been there... not fun x_x The weirdest(?) part of it is that they seriously have their own personalities and force.

Hehehe ^^ ❤ You teach those words who's boss!

Haha, ^ this! And then they all yell at you at once and you are like, I can't work like this! And proceed to write nothing!

- Hrm, yeah, that is a bit of a difficulty. My stories all seem to feature useless female lead characters who have some sort of special role to play before all is said and done :P But hey, I'm a sucker for cheesy cliche fantasy!

- just over 20k and 2am, I think I can call it quits for now. I wrote more that 2k words today. Catching up slowly.

That's not weird, in my opinion. All my developed characters have their own personalities. I thought that was the way it was supposed to be... -shrugs- When I get into the story, the characters might as well be real. Seriously, my poor mother gets to listen to me talk about my characters like they are my best friends. Often with a "you-are-so-weird-but-i-love-you-anyway" look on her face. XD

No useless female leads for me... There is always at least one guy whose a jerk though, often one of the main characters. (If he is a main, he has redeeming qualities of some kind. But he's still a jerk. LOL)

Congrats on making it over the 20k mark!

Sneaking back on to hang my head in shame and admit I have made next to no progress this week. And likely won't tonight either since I'm heading off now. >.< I am hoping to get started on catching up tomorrow though - if either of you will be around tomorrow evening/late afternoon I will be here looking for word wars! ;)

I'll probably be around late-ish tomorrow :) I'm here tonight too but if you're heading off that doesn't work out XD

Anyone for a ?

I don't know if I can focus enough to write tonight or not... Real life intruded on my most productive time and now I feel... distracted. It's strange.

I will try... Hopefully once I get started the feeling will fade. If it doesn't, I may only get 500 to 1000 words.

I went out to late dinner with my girlfriend and now have less than an hour to write 1000 words. Sprint time for me! D:

Don't you know you aren't supposed to do anything other than write in November? Sheesh! LOL

Seriously though... Good luck!

LOL yeah, and then Blizzard goes and drops the new xpac mid-month. Those jerks! lol

Thanks :) And good luck for you on hammering out some of your ideas! Plotty goodness~

You wouldn't think so many interesting things were happening in November until you need an uneventful month. Then it seems like November is filled with distractions.

I'm doing... okay I guess. I've upped my word count by 419 words despite having to sift through a bunch of papers to find my notes. On the plus side, I should have everything all lined out for serious story building (i.e. dialogue, character bios, etc.) sometime within the next couple of days. I should see better word count increases then... I am hoping at least.

No kidding, right???

That's amazing! I think my favorite part of NaNo is the graph... I love watching my numbers go up. It is the best thing for holding me accountable to my commitment x_x

Also - goal achieved! Nearly 1300 words in under an hour! fistpump

1300, huh? That's great! Glad you met and exceeded your goal!

I also like the graph, but I still don't like the pressure. While these ideas definitely inspire me, I'm not sure I'll be able to actually sit and write story dialogue, etc. knowing I have a time constraint. That said, I am definitely getting stuff done that would have taken months (most likely) without NaNo so that's very nice. Just don't know how I'm gonna fair as the time ticks down. My anxiety is always just a trigger away.

[edit]To add or not to add 3852 words from old notes toward my word count. I want to work on the story -is inspired- and it isn't as developed as some others I could be working on but... With that many words from last year and prior months... I just don't know what to do.

Should I only add the revised/updated notes or throw them all in to my file anyway? Still trying to figure out what is acceptable and what isn't...

I would keep them with your files, but NaNo's word counts are supposed to be for things you've written in November specifically. Not everybody follows that guideline, though, so I think ultimately it's up to how you want to do it :)

I've been digging around in the NaNo forums, seeing if I could find any info there and I came across the NaNo Rebels forum. First thought: "Oh hey! People like me!" LOL

I am gonna stop worrying about it and get to work.

Could you ever forgive me? -makes pouty face- I cannot help it that I am a rebel. XD

lol it doesn't matter to me either way. I know it really bugs some people, but who cares?

Hopefully no one on here will get upset at my admission of rebellion. I just can't do it the "right" way. Working completely from scratch when I'm already overwhelmed with story ideas and project details would be torture. Especially at this point, when I have all the tools in place to start re-working my old ideas so that they'll be ready when I am done with my two "main" projects.

To those of you who can actually do NaNo properly... You have my envy and sincere admiration.

It's the Over-Achievers who frighten me. There are seriously people on the NaNo site with over 200k right now. It's terrifying.

I don't even know how that's possible. Had I started on November the 1st, managed to type at my maximum WPM, and had several hours a day to work on my story... I wouldn't be at 200k... I'd be resting my hands per doctor's orders and hoping I didn't do permanent damage. LOL

and ...y'all wake up to dang early lol.

So I'm still super behind, still trying very hard to catch up but lordy, Its been a week. If we were already moved and I could seclude myself in my own room this would be sooooo much easier.

But no my birthday is Thursday and we move midnext week. So much crapola to be done.