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Anyone else find the funny in the thread title? "Siphon Life".

Also, Xanthus1, sorry if you take offense - but Xanthus isn't a common name, and we're used to our anti-furry, CAPS LOCK ABUSING, valley girl - it shouldn't be hard to tell you apart .

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33,404 words, and hopefully now on the start of a definitive lead over my arch-rival. (In a nice way of course. )

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Remember though, I have more spare days to write in than you do! Muahaha.

Mmmm, Marvel Ultimate Alliance...just a couple more weeks, only a couple. *strokes specially set-aside money*

30k hit, and the best part is, I've finally reached the juicy plot nonsense - I'm back in the zone, dudes!

Phew! Week Two barrier smashed through, was doubting I'd manage it for a while there. Still have a couple of days left, so it's entirely possible I'll crack 30k - then, and only then, can I start relaxing and settle into the final stretch.

Hope everyone else is managing to hit their personal targets .

You should've overtaken me by now, Max - I've got more time to write than you do! Gogogo, get ahead!

For some inexplicable reason, I keep putting off my major conflict scene. I should have reached it by now, but instead, I've been padding out the story thus far. Something tells me I've missed out some vital information, and until I can work out what it is and where it's supposed to go, I can't move the story forward.

Everything else is in place, so it shouldn't be hard - but it feels it. I have everything planned for after the main scene of the novel, but due to the genre I'm writing, I can't do my usual and write the ending first.

I really don't know how people can write in order, as this is the first time I've ever tried it (I was always taught to write the beginning and the end first, and then fill in the middle) and I'm starting to struggle.

Last murder mystery, ever. Next year I'm writing drama, or comedy, or satire or, or...hell, I'll write a cheap Mills and Boon knock-off if I have to - but no more murder mysteries ever again.

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Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but everyone should remember that everyone else has an opinion too and it's not always going to be the same.

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I wanted to sig that, but I've run out of characters .

I DEMAND A DATAMINE!

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Or perhaps the Smokers somewhat incomprehensible idea that because he has the right to smoke in a resturant and pollute the lungs of other people, he therefor should.

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Or, y'know, non-smokers could just sit somewhere else?

Much like non-PvPers could play somewhere else .

Just shy of 20,000 words, and my plot bunny still doesn't seem to want to show himself. I've tried coaxing him out with juicy open-ended scenarios twice now, and both times he's stayed lurking at the back of my mind refusing to come out until the time is right.

At this speed, he won't appear until I'm at 49,995 words, and I'll still be writing this same story come next year's NaNoWriMo.

I've sunk so low, I've started killing off one of my main characters, just so he'll pop up and save her before I lose the entire point of the story.

He'd better be perfect, y'know?

I like the fact you've mentioned the awards , I was keeping my fingers crossed that someone would.

It's a very, very nice advert - definitely something that would catch my eye in a magazine.

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Please use this thread to nominate submissions for the Creative Genius award for the month of September 2006.

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Is that a typo?

89.145.70.129:8820

There we go, Quilla

Diary of a starving (I ran out of chocolate last night) novelist:

08:00 - Awake, slightly confused, not sure why I'm dripping with sweat.
08:01 - Oh yes, the novel.
09:00 - Finished panicking about novel now.
09:30 - Writer's block making brain hurt. Cat trying to shred trousers. Stupid cat.
10:00 - Finished writing 500 words on strange cat behaviour. Writer's block gone now. Leg bleeding slightly. No chocolate though.

Your story is encrypted, no one can read it - you're only judged on your word count - so no, you won't need permission

Hehe, I know what you mean there, Coile .

I'm heading towards writing the big romance scene, and I have images of going Bronte on this thing's [censored]. Please, if I even think about using the phrase, "Oh, my darling!" and have anyone running anywhere near the vicinity of someone else's arms, shoot me. Then shoot me again. Then burn my PC.

Yay! My cook must secretly be Ronnie Ancona, as she's gone from:

Northern - East Anglian - Cockney - Irish (???) - Scottish

All in the space of about 1,000 words to her name.

Next year - no accents.

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i hate it when people get stuff i name,call, make, do.. etc.. wrong.. it bugs me so.

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So does Statis, er, Status, er...

I'm pretty lucky, the story I'm writing I've had in my head for about six years - so I know where it's going, and every tiny little detail. I just needed an excuse to start writing it, which was NaNo.

I don't even have chapters, let alone names for said chapters...

I think I'll either avoid them altogether, or chapter-ise next month.

Then I shall keeel him and grind his bones to make a paste...

Or...I'll just say "okay" .

There is a TS server just sitting around gathering dust . If anyone needs to talk through their story or wants some more inspiration - I'm sure we could hold a sort of write-in on the server. That is, if FG doesn't object...?

Want some help? Talking my novel over with you yesterday helped me lots, I'd be more than happy to repay the offer.

Dude, comic!me is a babe. Stupid comic!me.

My favourite part is still:
Catz: Now this part contains violence!
Chiefy: Violins?
Catz: No, Chief. Violence!

Makes me smile lots, very Python-esque .

YAY! Oh, excellent! You can do it, left, write, left, write, left!