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LiNoWriMo Litopia Novel Writing Month (LiMoWriMo)

The Colony's Own NaNoWriMo!
After not writing at all on Sunday, I added 3k words to pass the 20k mark today - I'm back!

Having spent the last couple of months mostly editing, I needed a prod to get back to the foundational, fun stuff. A lot of it is a bit pedestrian, some is really just placeholder material, but I have some phrases and passages that soar... I'm so delighted this has been set up. Thank you.
 
1,112 words yesterday. Now up to 4.8k total this month!

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Wasn't planning on that. 5500 words since Nov 1. Sitting on about 32,000. Liking it a lot. four or five chapters to go. Unless, hmmm, middle grade, is there a need for a denouement?

I think so, and I'm writing middle grade this time too. Think Harry Potter - Sorcerer/Philosopher's stone ends in the hospital where everything wraps up.
 
In the bizarro world of Reverse LiNoWriMo, I've reduced my word count from 106,226 at the start of the month to 105,219.
Bloo will need to check my maths, but I reckon that's about a thousand.
Running out of things to slash, but hoping to lop another k or two without losing story.
 
I have a failed entrepreneur blame his misfortune on "Democrat" policies. This motivates him to do go after the Blue. Tough to do that now. I can't imagine the incoming government allowing the Blue on US soil.
Is it too optimistic to set it four years in the future?
 
Not that I'm actively trying to tune out the rest of the world and politics, but I've officially reached the shark to blood phase of my current work. I have to stop myself from rushing through, just going crazy, but I am chasing the final couple chapters and excited about it.
 
That's some tremendous scything in one day. Reverse LiNoWriMo is really hard.

It's amazing how much can be deleted when you go through it asking yourself 'do i really need this'.

I recently shaved a few thousand off my old MS by having someone else read it aloud for me. What I didn't need popped. If that is a tactic you could use...
 
Screws up the timeline of a real event (the Wow signal). One character was born in the day it was received.
Ah, okay. You've got to make it fit then.
Oh, but the Blue can sneak in and unleash the blue hell.
And there's your answer.

My novel was supposed to be a larger commentary on how humankind reacts to the existence of sentient extra-terrestrial life. It was supposed to have an Alien Nation vibe.

The Blue do not mean to harm us but they do harbor a secret. That would've been revealed in book two, Brave Blue World.
 
I have a failed entrepreneur blame his misfortune on "Democrat" policies. This motivates him to do go after the Blue. Tough to do that now. I can't imagine the incoming government allowing the Blue on US soil.
Could he blame it a Democrat-adjacent aspect? State policies might not have the oomph you are looking for, but he sounds like someone who would inflate any slight to his ego.

If the incoming government saw a way to make billions off the Blue, deals would be made.
 
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