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NaNoWriMo...some Litopians are hooking up, want to join us?

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Good on yer, @CageSage!

My daily wordcount is now teeny because I'm tweaking the completed first draft (so, not quite completed...) but it's a good discipline not to shove it in a drawer until the immediate revisions are done while they're still fresh in my mind.

How is everyone else doing? :)
 
Yay, done it! And with a few days to spare. :) Felt a bit of a cheat because I had a lot of the planning and plotting already done and just had to fill in the gaps and do a lot of rewriting – but I loved the discipline of it making me write every day. I'm definitely going to try and keep that up!
 

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Awesome @Ancora Imparo! Congrats! And I don't think that counts as cheating—most Nano winners I know pre-plan too.

My Nano has languished, though I did bang out 1500 words yesterday on a short story and another 700 on a flash piece this morning. By far the most writing I've done all week, but some words are better than none!
 
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I've done it too...although not the word count necessary to be a NaNo winner. But I've fulfilled my personal goal, which was to complete the first draft of my YA novel and that's what I wanted, so a definite YAY. I've now Kindle-mailed it to a couple of beta readers (my husband, who's a very seasoned and appreciative reader of YA and my 17 year-old neice, ditto). :)
 
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I'm not mad on t-shirts (or any clothes) that advertise things, even those with supposedly 'cool' big brand logos. I find them crass and tacky. That said, there are some lovely designs out there that look great on a t-shirt, if that's your thing. I'd rather not be a billboard :D
 
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