A book? In a month? I can't even read that fast...
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NaNoWriMo is an insane
pseudo-contest to write a 50,000 word novel in a
month. Specifically, November. I signed up for this, and
hence spent November trying to write as much as possible
(quality optional) and batter it in to something vaguely novel-shaped.
Me and about 10,000 other people.
At about 8:00pm (GMT), November the 30th, I finished my
miniature Magnum Opus, and hence joined the illustrious ranks
of NaNoWriMo Winners. The final think is called "Clockwork"
(although I don't like the title...), and perhaps against my
better judgement, I'm putting it on-line.
(I'm having problems producing a working PDF version, but
as soon as I have one I'll post it).
I make no claims as to the quality of the novel - it was
written in a month, remember. As I was writing it, I thought it
was pure, unmitigated tripe. However, as I got towards the
end, I began to think that it might actually have
potential. If it does, it will certainly need a partial, if
not total, rewrite, and some serious editing. That's assuming
that I don't decide that it's tripe after all...
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Progress (or Lack Thereof)
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As of 00:05, 1 December, my word count is 50963.
That means I'm A Winner! Go Me!
As Dave Gorman might say, "I know what you're
asking. What has this done to the graph?". Well...
My current word count is shown via the blue line. The green
line shows that target word count, assuming I write at a
constant rate. The red lines form a Gormanesque "triangle of
delight"; below this, and I'm way off target, and above this
I'm obviously a talentless hack who's just churning out words
for the sake of it.
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Misery Loves Company
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Quite a few of my friends are also doing NaNoWriMo this
year.
(Anyone I've missed out? Mail me.)
Of course, there's also the NaNoWriMo
Forums and
Author pages. (Mine's here
if you're interested.)
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Contact
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Feel free to mail comment, suggestions or abuse to
rob@rho.org.uk.
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Alas...
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... I've decided not to do NaNoWriMo
this year. I have a thesis to be writing.
Good look to everyone who is, though. As a side note, I've repaired the broken
links to last year's "novel". At some
point, I may even get round to editing it. But don't hold your breath.
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Bite-Sized Chunks
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Both Steven and Tori requested that I break the HTML version of the
novel into smaller chunks, to make it more manageable. Kind-hearted soul
that I am, I dived into the Perl script and produced such a vesion,
which is now linked alongside the text and monolithic HTML versions.
(Sorry, no luck with the PDF version yet...)
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I may live to regret this...
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...but I've posted to the web; see the links in the top box,
to the left. I'm slightly paranoid about this, but hey, I know
that it's not exactly 1984, so I should be able to handle
a little (or a lot) of criticism. You never know, some of it
might be constructive...
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Thank $ENTITY It's All Over
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Well, that's it, then. Last night, I submitted to the
NaNoWriMo website, and hence am a fully validated winner. I've
got the icon (see right), the certificate, and everything. Now I
just need to wait for my masterwork to finish rattling off the
printer, then I can go and meet up with other U.K. NaNoWriMos in
London.
(As far as this site goes, I'm probably going to post a copy
of the novel for people to point and laugh at. This'll probably
happen next week sometime.)
TTFN
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Yay!
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I did it! At a little after 6:30 tonight, I passed the 50,00 word
mark. I've got a couple of sections left to write, and I want to tidy it
up a bit before I submit it to NaNoWriMo and print it out, but,
basically, yay!
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