LiNoWriMo Litopia Novel Writing Month (LiMoWriMo)

[wrightstuff]

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.

 

[Jason L.]

2,000 words today, and they were a pretty good 2,000. I still need to make up. It is the fourth and I should be a 8K already, and I am only up to about 6K.

 

[Nikky Lee]

1,112 words yesterday. Now up to 4.8k total this month!

 

[RK Wallis]

1400 hundred for me yesterday - not bad for a left hand typer with three typing fingers and an impaired mobility. Can't see everyday like this, but I'll be happy with 800-1000 a day

Guys, a gaming keyboard helps you type so much faster and I bet it's less likely to aggravate carpel tunnel (but I'm no dr!)

 

[Sedayne]

Guys, a gaming keyboard helps you type so much faster and I bet it's less likely to aggravate carpel tunnel (but I'm no dr!)

Cool tip! I'd never thought of it, but it makes sense as they have a more ergonomic design for longer hours of use.

 

[MattScho]

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?

 

[Becca T]

I'm off the wagon for a few days... nothing yesterday, today, and probably not tomorrow either. I've got a nice quiet weekend coming up, and hopefully I'll be able to make some real progress.

 

[Nikky Lee]

Managed to tune out yesterday's horror show and get 950 words down. Sitting at 5.8k so far this month.

 

[RK Wallis]

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.

 

[MattScho]

Okay, so add one. In any case, less than 40,000 when done

 

[RK Wallis]

Okay, so add one. In any case, less than 40,000 when done

Perfect. Happy to give it a read after Nov if you need readers

 

[Claire G]

1000 words this morning

 

[RK Wallis]

Totally derailed by carer drama today

 

[Sedayne]

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.

 

[LJ Beck]

Can I just say... first chapter are a big ugly cow. If I can get my first chapter where I want it to be, I'll be a dancing sausage. So... yeah... still on chapter 1's rewrite. 29 chapters to go....

 

[Barbara]

In the bizarro world of Reverse LiNoWriMo,

... in the same world, I've cut 325 words today.

 

[Bloo]

Recent events have ruined my plot.

 

[Barbara]

Recent events have ruined my plot.

Or made it more topical / commercial?

 

[Sedayne]

... in the same world, I've cut 325 words today.

That's some tremendous scything in one day. Reverse LiNoWriMo is really hard.

 

[Barbara]

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'.

 

[Bloo]

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.

 

[Sedayne]

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?

 

[Bloo]

Is it too optimistic to set it four years in the future?

Screws up the timeline of a real event (the Wow signal). One character was born in the day it was received.

 

[Barbara]

I can't imagine the incoming government allowing the Blue on US soil.

Oh, but the Blue can sneak in and unleash the blue hell.

 

[Sedayne]

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.

 

[MattScho]

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.

 

[RK Wallis]

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...

 

[Bloo]

Oh, but the Blue can sneak in and unleash the blue hell.

It's not that kind of story. The Blue aren't invading (there are only 47 of them). Their technology is several-hundred years ahead of ours. Yet they don't have the numbers to overwhelm even if they wanted to.

 

[Bloo]

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.

 

[Aethalope]

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.