Stasisesque

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

One fifth of the way there!

Edit: New excerpt up, for those curious.

/em whine

I can't go on! I've discovered a deep and utter loathing for at least one of my characters (which is possibly good, as she's not supposed to be a good guy), and a completely joyous love for another - who I can't keep writing about as they have no relation to the plot whatsoever.

The plot itself has more holes than Swiss cheese, the writing style is getting on my bloomin' nerves (stupid Victorians and their stupid, stupid language), I've written close on 200 words describing someone unrelated to anything, baking a cake for no apparent reason - I wrote it yesterday, so I'm assuming I was craving cake at the time, and there are so many green squiggly lines on the document that I can practically feel my grammar tutor of three years ago turning over in her grave. And she's not even dead!

My fingers hurt, my eyes hurt, I can't spell occurrence, and my cat keeps sitting on my lap, obscuring the keyboard.

Oh, and Bounty's (chocolate, coconut affair) suck.

/em optimist

My title's still AWESOME, though.

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But people with jobs and families and lives would find it a little more difficult...

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*fingers crossed this doesn't desolve into a flamewar*

I can't stand it when people use that terminology to describe a differing lifestyle. Someone who can write from midnight onwards non stop has no less a life than someone who goes out with friends for the same amount of time.

Now that's done with, I have no knowledge of childbirth or babies or anything beyond how one is made - so can't help there .

One of them is very, very good. She wrote it in 40 hours, which by NaNo standards is quite slow .

Considering three people have finished already, I'm barely moving!

A crazy looking superhero dressed up as a villain, holding a bunch of flowers and a teacup, standing in front of a mill next to a mountain.

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I should be writing, instead I'm informing Stasis on literary knowledge. I won't embarress her by saying what I've had to correct her on though.

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Iteth ist a knownest fact thateth I hath lostest thine intarwebest .

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Ugh...it's the nights that are the worst...Just woken up and my Editor is picking faults in everything. [censored] you. Rotten pedantic self-loathing fragment of my psyche.

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*bitey scratch pounce attack maim snap*

All gone!

I so hope you're entering that somewhere in the create an ad competition. That's AWESOME.

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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Except one thing. I accepted a dare and will include one masturbation scene.

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Bang goes my reputation! Stupid dares . Keep it up, just a few more thousand words! You can do it!

*gets out pom-poms and starts cheering*

Dickens has had his first mention in my story! Of course, I'm now hoping that simply by including his name, he's going to shine his talent on me and help me produce some really fantastic prose. Or, he's going to curse me for taking his style, running with it and promptly dropping it off a bridge...

And woo! I also get to mention Jack The Ripper (the story of which I've been fascinated with for yonks), which should add another 1k to the word-count.

And, and...Doctor Who..! Ok, maybe not Doctor Who. But still, lots of nifty, cheating, historical get-out clauses for my book.

I have to say though, I'm fed up with padding already. I have a horrid feeling that I'm going to end up deleting the whole thing in December, as my internal editor comes back from Coventry (it shuts him up) and despairs over what I've done.

There's also The Clocktower for villain roleplaying. Also on Union, also at 9pm each evening.

Thanks Chiefy, but I was being sarcastic .

Write about your character, your favourite author and your story's main character in an intimate situation!

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.

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.

Yes! Wait. What does rhetoric mean again?

Good, old fashioned Victorian Norfolk name anyone? Or do I just refer to her as "Cook"? She is a minor character after-all.

One of us. One of ussss.

Mystery please!

*hits head* Doesn't the announcement usually mention Stanstead airport rail services too?

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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.

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I'm a sucker for description. Would much rather read a few paragraphs describing something (person, place, object, event) abstract or no, than the same amount of text in pure dialogue; and I'm sure I can't be the only one - characters make a story, but they're not the be all and end all. Besides, we're supposed to be writing 50,000 words at the moment - we can sculpt the masterpiece later .

There is nothing right about being trapped into a metal tube, hurtling at god knows how many miles an hour, underneath a very busy, very heavy city - with no way out.

Ah, by the way, imaginative claustrophobics might not want to read the above.

Wasn't yours called "The Saint Chronicles" or something similar a few moments ago? I liked that , and if it wasn't you, I still like it and you should steal it from whoever had it!

Nodding lots in agreement.

I've read all your excerpts, and they're all fantastic. I do have a current favourite though (sorry!), which is Coin's. Want to read more about Katie!