#mythicalmiracles

emergencymariah said: I was being a bit dramatic. It’s frustrating that I can’t write ideas exactly the way I imagined. No words yet, but I cut the word count for camp nano to 25k. The outline is looking good.

No way, man. The story we imagine in our heads is never the same story that ends up on paper, I can promise you that. Every book I've written doesn't look like the thing that was in my head (and I've written a whole lot). Revision can bring you a little closer, but it'll never be quite right.

How are those words?

lookatthewords said: lol glad you liked my sound effect! I think too much time thinking about doing the writing and not enough writing really intimidated me from the story. But now I decided to dive in and things are movin now!

pshkerkherehshsh I LOVE IT if only I could make it. ALSO i almost didin't recognize your name bcs you changed your icon and i was like what has happened.

i know that feel -- thinking is a necessary evil, but too much of a good thing will psych you out. things still movin?

littlest-pepper said: Yes, I’m in! 0/60,000, but I have the entire plot written out, start to finish, so I can begin writing later today! Hopefully having the guideline will save me a lot of time.

YEAH. Then it'll help you from getting stuck until you characters change and say lol this plot is wrong i'm going to do this thing instead. And how are them words lookin' so far?

mythicalmiracles said: I don’t know where my writer’s block came from, honestly. One minute I’m writing, next the words won’t come out for anything.

I hope you've been giving yourself a break, then. Sometimes that happens to me, too, where I'm movin' and groovin', and then suddenly all my fuel dries up. Some time away usually helps me regenerate.

lupusdraconis said: I collaborate with my husband. Our marital spouts are usually creative disagreements. :) We hand passages back and forth, and edit each others’. I also do a lot of editing while he’s at work, or when it’s his turn to write.

WOW. That's exactly what I do with Victoria, down to our marital spouts. Have you two finished any manuscripts yet or tried to get published?

anipendragon said: We are totally fated. So Potential (B4/1) is going well, I’m 1,300 words into it. Star Wars and MLP are actually two different things. MLP is Human! High School AU and Star Wars is a What If. MLP is in planning, Star Wars is on Chapter Four! Huzzah!

Okay, I'm gonna ask you what you mean by B4/1 because I keep reading it as book 4 out of 1 and I'm like, I know I'm really bad at math, but.

ocentropy answered: I’m so busy, but I’m still determined to start NaNo tomorrow!

AND, how did that go? Tons of success?

mythicalmiracles answered: I’ve failed NaNo (of all kinds) so many times that I’ve given up on it. And apparently, writer’s block is kicking in.

That's why I never officially participate in Nano -- if I can't make the goal for whatever reason (since I'm prone to writing mood swings), I can get pretty hard on myself. Is there anything causing your block specifically?

anipendragon answered: Starting NaNo tomorrow with book 4/1 of my series (15 books, yes I’m that anon). Also writing two novel length fanfics - Star Wars and MLP AU

IT WAS YOU. You know, it's so funny, because I had this tingling feeling it was you because technically Victoria and I have about that many books planned in our series, too, and I was like, "HOW ODD, THAT REMINDS ME OF--"

I think we're fated.

Wait. Star Wars and MLP. What.

lookatthewords answered: i’m failing dudez i’m trying to revamp inspo to write this next chapter for a ff i’ve neglected but pskkerssshhh

pskkershshshshshhhh i like that sound effect ok it's the best. have you hit a slow spot or just losing interest or???

lupusdraconis answered: +68k words! Had a disagreement about how a specific scene was going to play out, and having trouble editing, but feeling good regardless.

If by "disagreement" you mean characters telling you "no ur wrong" then I totally understand. They do that a lot to us, and then suddenly we're writing an entirely different story. But 68k is a lot! Do you edit while you write?

sctennessee said: Just checked my word count to be 92K words, yesterday. Only 5 chapters left!

Wowowowowow that's so exciting! What are you writing?? Have you finished manuscripts before or is this your first?

zombiekillerofclassone answered: Already had Amerie find her first murder victim…she’s handling it worse than I thought she would at first

Aw man, I understand that feel. Sometimes I forget about the whole traumatic aspect of things like that happening to characters, but then they remind me that it's sort of a big deal. I'm glad they do, at least.

aqualuminescence answered: Revisions are going smoothly, I’m currently a little over 104K. Really getting into my story.

AWESOME. Are you going to send it to critique partners after this? And then literary agents??

littlest-pepper answered: Trying to tie ends of a story together, since I just found out about Camp NaNo yesterday.

Oh, are you participating? How's your word count so far??

obstinatecondolement said: 1010/30000, I’m a little over par :)

Better over than under! Are you keeping up?

seasonofdream said: 2485/40000. Not bad for the first day, still I feel as if I should be writing more, instead, I’m here slacking off on Tumblr. T_T

WAH, you're allowed to give yourself a break. You don't want to burn yourself out too early on!

emergencymariah said: NO PROGRESS. ONLY TEARS. And I forgot that Camp nano starts today. So I’m using this month to outline and do some research.

WHY TEARS THO. Also I saw your post but did you get started on that story? Your outline and stuff looking good y/y?

mary-kathleen-heuvelman said: I had the most amazing dream that I want to turn into a short story, but I’m too intimidated to start. My knowledge of science is very limited, and most of the action is a walk across a barren planet. I’m not sure how to make that interesting.

No, I totally understand. Like 80% of my story ideas begin from weird scenes in my dreams. One of them started with only a chase scene through a forest and using elemental powers to escape, and I woke up and was like, "...I NEED WRITE." The plot totally came after I decided to write the scene! Also, wikipedia has always been my friend when it comes to science and technology and all that other stuff I don't understand.

smully77 said: 22,621 words so far!