Myopic Aardvark

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It's tempting, so tempting to instead go for space opera...

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First choice, and I haven't even got into space yet. Except in flashbacks.

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Just one more character to introduce, one very important character, and then I can get on with some juicy, yummy plot nonsense.

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Plots? No one said anything about plots?

Whimper....

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I managed to write 100 words on people waiting for an elevator and going down it. I don't like to call it 'padding' though, I prefer 'elaboration'.

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I wonder who'll have quite possibly the best padding in their Novel ?
I.E Spending the most amount of words to describe something rather insignificant..
Perhaps like boiling an egg... who knows

Chiefette

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That would be Stephen King - I mean nearly a chapter devoted to a drop of water running down the side of a glass.... sheeesh.

I class everything that "pads" as character building.... yes, even the description of the lemon wallpaper and the potplant. It build character and proves that our protagonist has no taste

Just a scant few words last night. My main character woke up and thought about the battle ahead and the mystery behind it. Tonight, she may brush her teeth.... ooooooh, can you feel the excitement.

(Actually brushing your teeth is an excellent place to remember revelations and dump in plot details - "with the upward brushstroke, she suddenly REMEMBERED THAT THE KEY TO SALVATION WAS HIDDEN IN HER POTPLANT and then she rinsed....."

I may be exaggerating slightly though

This sounds like the old "You have no life because you spend your time on the computer, unlike all of us who get plastered at the weekend and can't even remember what we did." argument. So according to that, I have no life, whereas they do.

Ahem. I think I'll stick with my lack of life then.

*hands shotgun to Weasel*

Nice picture Coston - seems a great concept for an ad campaign too

Edit: Stasis - get out of my head. It's getting crowded.

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Annnnnnnnd relax.

Hit my daily goal, now I can settle in for some good ol' panicking about just how much I have yet to do. But at least I don't have to write anymore today!

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You don't have to, no.... but if you did write more today, then you'd have even less to do tomorrow. If you keep that philosophy going for another week then you'll have finished (or burnt yourself into a stressed out husk, I can't remember).

And I'm going to play the game for a couple of hours when I get home tonight. When I'm soloing, I tend to end up waiting between mob groups for my health/end to go back up (damn you SR, I'll master you yet). Normally, I'll pick up a book to read at that point or browse the forums.

Now I'm battering through a couple of paragraphs and then at some point the story grips me and I have to just fire through it.

Fun either way though

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47,717 words to go.

I've got most of the first battle scene nailed (how close to the actual beginning it is is yet to be determined) and have made a good start on the opening. Some of the descriptive feels a bit fattening at the moment but I'm not going to start picking at it at this stage. My plan is to just let the words come as they come and then fix the nasty bits in a week or two by mounting a Stalinesque purge of adjectives.

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Editors are discouraged - I've already had to put mine down after he made me restart last night. I'm glad he did though, because the word's just didn't stop flowing.

Okay. New chapter today, slightly different point of view to go.

Today's plan is to reveal the enemy, ensure that our protagonist gains credibility after years in the wilderness and drop in the mystery of what is really behind the enemy.

There will be absolutely no mention of unicorns in this chapter though

Okay - have just updated the excerpt on site with what I've written tonight - it starts about half way through the first chapter and gives a greater indication of characters than the previous prologue did.

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Remember the hint Aardy. Write about the Writer's block

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(Following is sarcastic, but you all knew that anyway)

.... the ship tore itself violently against the wind, and the captain found herself crawling, inch by inch, towards the engineering deck. Suddenly she developed writer's block and had to give up.

The ship exploded, scattering itself across Jupiter's turbulent windshears.
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I know, I know. Actually that kinda helped. I have an idea now..... *returns to the novel*

Dammit - I've hit writer's block again. I know we're not supposed to, but I've decided to start again. Will update later...

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Ok, Aardy - one for you:

- Include your favourite author somewhere in the story.
- Bonus points if the actual author appears.
- x2 Bonus points if the author comments on your main character's ability to write.
- x3 Bonus points if it's a compliment.

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Oh dear.... I'm still predicting minimal points there then

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Based on the "Adopt-A-Dare" thread on the NaNo forums:

- Everyone no matter what they're writing, genre/timeframe etc, must include a reference to City Of Heroes/Villains.
-Bonus points if this happens in every chapter.
- x2 Bonus points if your character appears.
- x3 Bonus points if your character ends up in an intimate situation with your story's main character.

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That's not fair! I'm doing a throwaway reference to a COH theme AT THE END OF THE STORY!

Minimal points for me then.

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Or do I just refer to her as "Cook"?

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Would be (BBC Drama) historically accurate

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Still pondering what direction to take the story... psychological and paranormal thriller/mystery?


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I could make a suggestion, but Stase would hit me

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Wuss

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Oh, about the editor - shoot him. He should next show his ugly mug on 1st December, earliest.

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Shotgun armed and ready. This could prove problematical given that I'm in a meeting with IBM on Monday and my editor is attached to the part of my brain which wants to yell "You're overpriced and your product never works the way you say it will."

Still, could be fun

Paranormal Thriller/Mystery!

I loves a good mystery I does (hee haw). (Said in a yokel accent for no discernable reason).

I have a problem with writing in that I never start with a character to hook you in. I always explain everything in the abstract, but I never have a personal character to introduce you to the situation.

It heightens the mystery, but it probably doesn't help anyone who reads it.

Don't know if this will put anyone off, but this story is probably the first part of a trilogy.

Ah. That editor! I know them well.

At least it's happening today rather than the 29th....

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Any clues on how to get rid of that damn pedantic editor on your shoulder? ALready deleted a couple of hundred words

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???? Y'what?

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My novel's title just came to me! *bounce* Now it doesn't look like just another blob of writing.

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It's called *bounce*? Or were you just excited?

I've just done my prologue of 519 words (woo, and indeed, hoo) - it's up on the site. Now to forward the document home and delete it so I don't feel tempted to continue it in work.