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Apprentice
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written Monday, November 6 2006 15:01
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*waves a happy flag* To catching up! Posts: 7 | Registered: Friday, April 19 2002 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, November 7 2006 06:52
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Completely insane. This lands on the second page after a day? Anyway, I have bad news. I lost 500 words. Not to file corruption or anything like that, but to an inflated wordcount estimate that has now been adjusted. But I'll get back to 15k today - and beyond! -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, November 7 2006 11:20
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*sigh*... I'll return to my story idea one day. But all the same, good luck everybody else! Maybe I should do a word count for my BoA scenario... -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Monday, November 13 2006 06:24
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Just for a quick update: It appears that Riibu and I are the only ones still writing - unless Milla and TGM are opting for stealth and will snipe our wordcounts out of the blue come December. But TGM edited out his section from the wiki, so I don't know what he's up to. I passed 25k yesterday - suddenly, it feels like going downhill. I hope that won't include the quality. 27k now, and the third milestone is on the horizon! -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Monday, November 13 2006 06:33
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Sad news: I'm going to give up for this year. My new working schedule simply doesn't allow me to write so much that I could reach the 50k goal. -------------------- I have nothing more to do in this world, so I can go & pester the inhabitants of the next one with a pure concscience. Posts: 617 | Registered: Tuesday, April 13 2004 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Sunday, November 19 2006 14:04
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This is not a glitch.  40182. I rock. And I rewrote the PPP's parser this weekend and integrated the site with Drupal. And now I need sleep. -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Monday, November 20 2006 06:34
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Way to go, Aran! -------------------- I have nothing more to do in this world, so I can go & pester the inhabitants of the next one with a pure concscience. Posts: 617 | Registered: Tuesday, April 13 2004 07:00 |
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Cartographer
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written Monday, November 20 2006 07:22
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*burns the flag* To giving up! ^_^ -- Well, I'm not giving up yet... But I'm pretty sure I'm not going to make it to the end this year. A bit of a shame, but -- oh, who the hell I'm trying to kid? (myself, probably) I want to win, but I hate writing that godawful story so much! And Aran's too good a progress is annoying me. -_- Maybe I should switch languages to Finnish. :\ -------------------- "I'm not crazy!" "Well, whatever. Maybe you just ate something really questionable, or perhaps someone hit you on the head with something large, blunt and heavy just now. By the way..." Gil nudged Grul pointedly. Ooh! Homepage - Blog - Geneforge, +2, +3 - My Elfwood Gallery and DevArt page So many strange ones around. Don't you think? Posts: 1308 | Registered: Sunday, September 8 2002 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Monday, November 20 2006 07:29
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Well, we can always try again next year... -------------------- I have nothing more to do in this world, so I can go & pester the inhabitants of the next one with a pure concscience. Posts: 617 | Registered: Tuesday, April 13 2004 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Monday, November 20 2006 08:14
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True, true. I very well might set another month up to be my NaNo equivalent, 'cause this November just wasn't going to happen. Of course, I do still want to put forth the idea of a BoASceDeMo. -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Monday, November 20 2006 09:01
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quote:Oh no you don't, dear. Not after getting this far. I'm not letting you. :P -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Cartographer
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written Monday, November 20 2006 17:26
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An excerpt: quote:The first part is in Finnish and below is the same in English. In Finnish it's 88 words, in English 116, together they're 204. I think I'll keep both. I'm thinking, perhaps I'll first write in Finnish so I know what's going on better, and I can get inside their minds better, and then translate all that to English, so it's still readable, and keep both because I'm getting desperate. 10,000 words late soon. :( That's Rosalie dreaming by the way. After this she gets woken up and one of my favorite scenes follows. Jonathan is being such a bas- rascal. ^^ I've been waiting for this one. I wish I was more excited actually. But I'll get this story done, I will. I must. *grim detemination* ... *or something* EDIT: And I've ran myself into a problem. There's not really any good substitute for 'lady' in Finnish. How is everyone going to speak to her? I don't want to say 'rouva', that's too.. old for her. She's not even 16 yet, dammit. 'Neiti' isn't very good either, it's too common. 's just 'miss'... Ylhäisyys, maybe. :\ [ Monday, November 20, 2006 18:10: Message edited by: A Very Respectable Oldbie ] -------------------- "I'm not crazy!" "Well, whatever. Maybe you just ate something really questionable, or perhaps someone hit you on the head with something large, blunt and heavy just now. By the way..." Gil nudged Grul pointedly. Ooh! Homepage - Blog - Geneforge, +2, +3 - My Elfwood Gallery and DevArt page So many strange ones around. Don't you think? Posts: 1308 | Registered: Sunday, September 8 2002 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Wednesday, November 29 2006 00:21
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Finnish can kill a thread? Further arguments for learning it. That would be so much more original than using images. PERKELE! -- On another note: 47308. Yes, the last week I did practically nothing. It always turns out like this somehow. On the plus side, it keeps the whole challenge exciting right up until the last minute. -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Cartographer
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written Wednesday, November 29 2006 09:05
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Well. I did it. :D :P :D :P I got into a good roll and just kept going with it, and since I got into a good stretch of story I kept going even further, and then... I got 50,000 words. The story's not done, but I won and now I may take my well-deserved break.  Okay, Aran sweetie! Go you! You can do it too! :) -------------------- "I'm not crazy!" "Well, whatever. Maybe you just ate something really questionable, or perhaps someone hit you on the head with something large, blunt and heavy just now. By the way..." Gil nudged Grul pointedly. Ooh! Homepage - Blog - Geneforge, +2, +3 - My Elfwood Gallery and DevArt page So many strange ones around. Don't you think? Posts: 1308 | Registered: Sunday, September 8 2002 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Wednesday, November 29 2006 09:39
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I sense a pattern here: I start off with a huge headstart, you want to give up about half way, then I stop working for a week, you catch up... and then ye are in Scotland afore me. :P Anyway, I'll finish tonight :D -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Wednesday, November 29 2006 14:27
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The Breaking (Nano 2006). Technically, I've earned this:  By putting in just over 50,000 words. In practice, the last chapter ends in mid-sentence, and I'm going to need some time to finish it. I'll bring the story to some preliminary closure by tomorrow, and then finish the actual ending at a later time. [ Wednesday, November 29, 2006 14:47: Message edited by: Arancaytar ] -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Cartographer
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written Wednesday, November 29 2006 15:03
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If you get a double-post for that, then I get one more post to parade my silly little novel: Rosalie&Jonathan A cookie to anyone who can come up with a better title for me. One less explicit... -------------------- "I'm not crazy!" "Well, whatever. Maybe you just ate something really questionable, or perhaps someone hit you on the head with something large, blunt and heavy just now. By the way..." Gil nudged Grul pointedly. Ooh! Homepage - Blog - Geneforge, +2, +3 - My Elfwood Gallery and DevArt page So many strange ones around. Don't you think? Posts: 1308 | Registered: Sunday, September 8 2002 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Wednesday, November 29 2006 15:04
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Yay Aran! I'll be sure to read it as soon as exams end. How much longer do you anticipate it getting? -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, November 29 2006 15:38
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quote:Hey, if it's good enough for Kafka, it's good enough for you. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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Councilor
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written Wednesday, November 29 2006 18:59
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Congratulations to you both. But I expect you to actually finish your stories sometime in the near future. --- Let's see... Riibu and Arancaytar both reached 50,000 words in 6 chapters. Episode 3 currently has a mere 17,972 words in 15 chapters. Clearly, Dikiyoba needs to work on being more verbose. Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00 |
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Guardian
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written Wednesday, November 29 2006 19:27
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By Diki: quote:Well, you could just have members like Salmon and Nioca make up the bulk of the dialog. :P -------------------- At a meeting of the cemetary commission, the burial rates were increased slightly to reflect the higher cost of living. - Nova Scotia church bulletin Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Wednesday, November 29 2006 23:42
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quote:Lol. I like that! -------------------- The Knight Between Posts. Posts: 2395 | Registered: Friday, November 2 2001 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Thursday, November 30 2006 00:11
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Note that my novel is structured as novel | +-- chapter | +-- scene While Dikiyoba's scripts are structured as episode | +-- part | +-- chapter So a better comparison would be 18k in 3 parts to 50k in 6 chapters (or 15 chapters to 24 scenes)... quote:Tonight? 53-54k, most likely. When it reaches the ending I had planned, somewhere between 65-70k. At least this year there isn't any atrocious word-padding inside it that needs to be removed before it can be properly read. The edited version could actually end up slightly longer than this. [ Thursday, November 30, 2006 00:16: Message edited by: Arancaytar ] -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |