NaNoWriMo 2011 - Day 4

[ladyseishou]

Day 4 - 26 days remaining

Make everybody fall out of the plane first, and then explain
who they were and why they were in the plane to begin with.

— Nancy Ann Dibble



So the story is begun and Big Things have happened… you’ve hooked your reader with an engaging problem (as an example, falling out of a plane covers this nicely) and now’s the time to share a little more with your reader. Keep in mind the Big Questions while you write on: Who and Why - what, when and where should already have come up in your opening, right? If not, then these too need attention ;-)

Today’s word count is 6,668! If you haven’t yet started Nano Writer, come join the fun! It’s certainly not too late to catch up and all you need is a character with a problem and let mayhem ensue as he or she tries desperately to fix it… or woo it... or beat it...

Questions? Comments? Parachutes? It’s all good, Nano Writer - so keep writing!

Comments

[darkicedragon]

For the quote, I really hope I'm doing that right now. XD;; I'm the kind of writer that usually does eveything in its chronological order, especially if I'm throwing two characters who have never met before together. The novel starts on the day after they meet, and hopefully the little hints I leave about what happened makes the reader curious about what happened and want to read more. :)

*grins* I know one person who made it to 50k after starting on the fifth day last year, so it's definitely do-able!

[insomniac_tales]

Done writing for the day (I need to sleep and then work this evening). I'm 2 days ahead of schedule at present (which is just... BEAUTIFUL right now).

A bit to share:
With materials in hand Corrie knit until the piece was finished. Once again she produced a tight, tense weave that was practically unreadable. "It's just a mess," she said passing the finished arras to Moriama. If anyone could read it, it would be her.

Moriama puzzled over the arras while Corrie tried again. Her young protege was quite skilled, almost a rival on par with Magdaline's ability. "This might be an accurate picture," she commented idly. If every arras was turning out the same way it was possible that Corrie was channeling some universal vibe of bad news.

She found one thread tight at the center, buried among the others. At first glance the tension seemed to radiate from this thread, but upon closer inspection the very opposite was true. Every other thread was curled in upon itself and threatening to rip the whole arras to shreds. It was the singular, thick, purple thread in the center that seemed poised to hold it altogether.

Moriama set the arras down and watched as Corrie began to knit another, as if to prove her point. She watched as raw threads grew warm, the base and lifeless shade of dull yellow turned various colors, looped around each other as her fingers guided instinctively. They connected without knots, held together by magic, pressed flat by Corrie's will.

The more she added however, the more complex the picture; she found her ability to press the arras into a flat surface yielded to the pressure at the edges of the knitting. It started to curl in on itself despite her best efforts.

What Moriama picked up from watching this process was that Corrie's anchor thread and the ones immediately surrounding her were not the problem that was seizing up every arras she knit. The problem occurred on the edges, threads further off, places and people outside of the Exile Islands.

[wood_elf]

It's ok to get behind on a Friday, because tomorrow is Saturday and I can write ALL DAY.

[fiones]

Lol I've only got 396 words. I guess it's better than no words at all, tho.

[otter_nanowrimo]

I had a hard time getting started today. But I did, finally, by jumping to the end of the story, and now I'm closing down for the day with 3110 new words, and 17220 overall.

I'm finding that I really love the second half of this story, and am exceedingly bored by the first half. I think that means that I should cut the first half and go on without that story arc. The more I think about it, the easier that solution seems...

[twistingthetale]

My total stands at 7682 - that's 1987 from yesterday and 1833 today. Not much of a buffer going into the weekend, but every little helps!

[down]

8289 and found this comm, heh. (technically, it's two hours into day five, but it doesn't count if I haven't slept yet! ...Except for on the 30th, anyway. *grin*) I kinda wanted to make it to 10,000 today, but given I had the second part of a root canal this afternoon that was entirely wishful thinking. Whoops.

People in my region are doing far too well, I'll have to charge ahead tomorrow to catch them up. :)

[medicalmouse]

Oh god, I got off to such a bad start this year - at the end of yesterday I only had 2300 words! But I went to a local write-in today and now I'm up to a bit over 5000, so hopefully I can catch up this weekend! It'll be easier once the show I'm stage managing for ends, I think - I put in 40 hours this week on top of all my regular work, which does tend to cut into my writing time a bit!

[lassarina]

Made it to my goal! 10,262! I'm aiming for 15 or 16K by Sunday, partly because I'm an overachiever and partly because I have just realized next week is going to be untenable for evening writing, so I'd better get ahead now in case lunch hour doesn't cut it.