# The NaNoWriMo Support Group for Novice Novel Writers with Too Much Time Thread! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 7, 2004, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nanowrimo-support-group-for-novice-novel-writers-with-too-much-time-thread/268081 "2004-10-07T19:41:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nanowrimo-support-group-for-novice-novel-writers-with-too-much-time-thread/268081/261 "2004-11-16T14:16:26Z")
> [@Nightwatch Trailer](#): > > **js\_africanus** , do you mind if I cut and paste that post into my novel? šŸ˜‰ I think Iā€™ve been wooshed. Bummer. I almost started to create Lesbian Fiction last night. As lovely as that thought is, I hope I managed to rescue myself from a specialist sub-genre. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nanowrimo-support-group-for-novice-novel-writers-with-too-much-time-thread/268081/262 "2004-11-16T14:19:43Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > Why must you tempt me with these nigh-irresistable straight-lines? Because I know how poor your impulse control is. šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nanowrimo-support-group-for-novice-novel-writers-with-too-much-time-thread/268081/263 "2004-11-16T14:56:16Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > Because I know how poor your impulse control is. šŸ˜› Hey, I have fantastic impulse control. I just also happen to have an overwhelming wiseacre impulse, clocking in at over 42 MegaChandlers (MCh). Itā€™s a disability, really. Er, I mean, ā€œCould I **be** anymore disabled?ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nanowrimo-support-group-for-novice-novel-writers-with-too-much-time-thread/268081/264 "2004-11-16T15:03:53Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > Hey, I have fantastic impulse control. I just also happen to have an overwhelming wiseacre impulse, clocking in at over 42 MegaChandlers (MCh). But do you also have a third nipple? Because, really, thatā€™s just _hot_. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nanowrimo-support-group-for-novice-novel-writers-with-too-much-time-thread/268081/265 "2004-11-16T15:19:18Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > But do you also have a third nipple? Because, really, thatā€™s just _hot_. šŸ˜‰ No, no superfluous nipple. Just the regular fluous ones. At least, Iā€™m pretty sure. I donā€™t own a full-length mirror - but I think Iā€™d have noticed by nowā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nanowrimo-support-group-for-novice-novel-writers-with-too-much-time-thread/268081/266 "2004-11-16T15:50:03Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > No, no superfluous nipple. Just the regular fluous ones. Well, thatā€™s good. Because the superfluous ones ā€¦ well, then you have to deal with the cape and the secret identity, and have you ever _tried_ to put glasses on a nipple? Itā€™s just terribly difficult, really. Not to mention the problems inherent in your third nipple trying to hold down two jobs or have any kind of social life ā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nanowrimo-support-group-for-novice-novel-writers-with-too-much-time-thread/268081/267 "2004-11-16T16:05:50Z")
> [@js\_africanus](#): > > I think Iā€™ve been wooshed. Bummer. I just meant I need as much help as possible. At this point Iā€™m willing to take material from anywhere, even if it has no relevance to my plotline. Iā€™m a bad, bad writer-type. Iā€™ve hardly written anything in several days, and Iā€™ll be busy most of this weekā€¦this weekend and Thanksgiving are really going to have to pull my fat outta the fire. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nanowrimo-support-group-for-novice-novel-writers-with-too-much-time-thread/268081/268 "2004-11-16T18:17:14Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > Well, thatā€™s good. Because the superfluous ones ā€¦ well, then you have to deal with the cape and the secret identity, and have you ever _tried_ to put glasses on a nipple? Itā€™s just terribly difficult, really. > > Not to mention the problems inherent in your third nipple trying to hold down two jobs or have any kind of social life ā€¦ Sadly, this thread of conversation has conjured an indeliable image in my mind of a slightly moreā€¦ masochistic Green Lantern Corps. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nanowrimo-support-group-for-novice-novel-writers-with-too-much-time-thread/268081/269 "2004-11-17T00:07:27Z")
Hmph. I just did my first sex scene in 30,000 words ā€¦ no superfluous nipples ā€¦ not, actually, all that exciting (more implied than stated, if you see what I mean) ā€¦ It has, however, had the effect of distracting my main character from the subject of hippogriffs. Which is probably a good thing. (Hmmm. Sex scene involving hippogriffs? Nah ā€¦ theyā€™d probably just fall off.) ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nanowrimo-support-group-for-novice-novel-writers-with-too-much-time-thread/268081/270 "2004-11-17T05:44:47Z")
Well, Iā€™m kinda behind, but Iā€™m still holding out hope. I just broke 20K tonight, which I didnā€™t expect! Iā€™ve still got so far to go, thoughā€¦ I blame it on my characters. The two main male leads have developed a mutual crush on each other but refuse to act on it (all entirely unplanned). My good guy is turning out not to be so good after all - I just wrote a big torture scene in which he gets some cold-hearted revenge. And my female main character is on the brink of (unplanned) suicideā€¦ No resemblance to the original outline I had. Seriously. I tā€™s an entirely different story. But, itā€™s thus far a 20-thousand word story. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nanowrimo-support-group-for-novice-novel-writers-with-too-much-time-thread/268081/271 "2004-11-18T13:37:45Z")
Since tricking Dopers into being in my book, my rate of writing has improved. Iā€™m still behind, though. 25000 two days late. Wah! ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nanowrimo-support-group-for-novice-novel-writers-with-too-much-time-thread/268081/272 "2004-11-18T13:49:13Z")
Hey, my big ambition is to get to 25000 TODAY, making me three days late. OTOH, Iā€™ve only actually written on my novel five days so far. Iā€™m torn: should I be proud that Iā€™m able to crank out words at a better than 4k per writing day pace? Or ashamed that so far Iā€™ve completely skipped writing on 12 out of 17 days? The latter, I suspect. :o ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nanowrimo-support-group-for-novice-novel-writers-with-too-much-time-thread/268081/273 "2004-11-18T13:51:35Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > Iā€™m torn: should I be proud that Iā€™m able to crank out words at a better than 4k per writing day pace? Or ashamed that so far Iā€™ve completely skipped writing on 12 out of 17 days? Proud, and then dedicated to sitting down for the next seven days straight to finish. I challeng you! (I could triple dog dare you if that sort of thing works on you.) ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nanowrimo-support-group-for-novice-novel-writers-with-too-much-time-thread/268081/274 "2004-11-18T14:07:27Z")
I broke 28,000 last night. I also uploaded the latest excerpt. That is as far as I have gotten. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nanowrimo-support-group-for-novice-novel-writers-with-too-much-time-thread/268081/275 "2004-11-18T14:30:41Z")
19k for me, and I tell myself Iā€™m not that behind since I restarted on the 9th. This weekend I hope to double that and get to 40k. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nanowrimo-support-group-for-novice-novel-writers-with-too-much-time-thread/268081/276 "2004-11-18T20:27:22Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Since tricking Dopers into being in my book, my rate of writing has improved. > > Iā€™m still behind, though. 25000 two days late. Wah! For some reason, coming up with names has been the thing Iā€™ve been proudest of in this project. Before, when writing, I would agonize for hours over the proper name, and never included it if I didnā€™t need to. So far, I think Iā€™ve made more proper names than I have in all my previous writing (which includes 2 basically incoherent novels and several short stories.) ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nanowrimo-support-group-for-novice-novel-writers-with-too-much-time-thread/268081/277 "2004-11-19T15:46:53Z")
24k and growing. Zombie Guy Fawkes is about to blow up Parliament, woo woo! ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nanowrimo-support-group-for-novice-novel-writers-with-too-much-time-thread/268081/278 "2004-11-19T17:45:13Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Proud, and then dedicated to sitting down for the next seven days straight to finish. I challeng you! > > (I could triple dog dare you if that sort of thing works on you.) Well, tonight is out ā€“ got a family birthday party to throw. But after that, yep, every single day until Iā€™m done, at a minumum of 3k per day. And that DOES include Thanksgiving, itā€™ll give me a great excuse to eat and run before the inlaws get really deep into the ā€œdrink too much and restart all the old battlesā€ part of the eveningā€™s entertainment. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nanowrimo-support-group-for-novice-novel-writers-with-too-much-time-thread/268081/279 "2004-11-19T17:46:17Z")
> [@lno](#): > > 24k and growing. > > Zombie Guy Fawkes is about to blow up Parliament, woo woo! Your zombies seem more with it than most, if they can plot anything, let alone carry it out. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nanowrimo-support-group-for-novice-novel-writers-with-too-much-time-thread/268081/280 "2004-11-19T17:48:21Z")
Well, itā€™ll be an inadvertent destruction brought on by eating the guys who lit the fuses and then eating the guys who would extinguish the fuses, so in a way, theyā€™ll be responsible. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nanowrimo-support-group-for-novice-novel-writers-with-too-much-time-thread/268081.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nanowrimo-support-group-for-novice-novel-writers-with-too-much-time-thread/268081.md?page=15)