Novel in 90

Word Count - Sunday, July 12, 2009

2009-07-12T22:01:58Z

Who refused to let the lure of a weekend trap them into wordlessness?

Who got their 750 despite the obstacles RL threw their way?

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Wordcount for Saturday, July 11

2009-07-12T02:22:52Z

No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise for the writer, no surprise for the reader. - Robert Frost

How much surprise did you give yourself on Saturday?

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Writing Site

2009-07-11T16:58:40Z

I am planning a writing site and am fishing out there for ideas that would be helpful to everyone. For more, here at my journal:

ammonite7.livejournal.com/20688.html

Word Count - Friday, July 10, 2009

2009-07-10T11:38:58Z

“The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean”--Robert Louis Stevenson.

Well, some of us *do* have difficulty writing...

Did you write what you meant today?

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Word Count - Thursday, July 9, 2009

2009-07-09T20:59:10Z

Moi encore? Well, no quotes for you, mes amis. Just a word of encouragement: Don't give in to a lack of motivation; don't let the blank page, contrary characters, a plodding plot, or busy, hectic life get the best of you today. Show those 750 words who's the boss.

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Word Count - Wednesday, July 8, 2009

2009-07-08T22:45:46Z

"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." Albert Einstein

Did you circle the globe today or invent a whole new world of your own?

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Word Count - Tuesday, July 7nd, 2009

2009-07-07T21:00:41Z

Oops, two past midnight here in the Mozambique Canal. That means no time to find a quote.

Just a call for sound off so I can head to bed and hopefully sweet dreams, in which my characters shall inspire me for ~~tomorrow's~~ today's writing session.

Wordcount for Monday, July 6

2009-07-07T07:05:53Z

How was your wordcount on the first day of the week?

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Wordcount for Sunday, July 5

2009-07-06T09:00:44Z

Live out of your imagination, not your history. - Stephen Covey

How did you live out your imagination yesterday?

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Wordcount for Saturday, July 4th, 2009

2009-07-04T20:54:28Z

"If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do things worth writing." -Benjamin Franklin

Have a happy Independence Day, or, if you're not from the States, just a regular old nice day!

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Wordcount for Friday July 3rd

2009-07-03T23:00:27Z

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.
David Brinkley

Quite fitting for this week I think...

So how many words did you get written today for some future critic to give you bricks?

Word Count - Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

2009-07-02T07:58:41Z

Writing the last page of the first draft is the most enjoyable moment in writing. It's one of the most enjoyable moments in life, period. -Nicholas Sparks, author (b. 1965)

Upon looking in my inbox, what should I see but a writing quote at the bottom of my word-for-the-day email. I guess that's a sign that I should be the one asking for the sound off...

How much closer did you get to your last page today?

Wordcount for Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

2009-07-02T02:03:30Z

No quote from me. I'm too sleepy to track one down.

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Wordcount for Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

2009-07-01T01:25:38Z

“Write without pay until somebody offers to pay." -Mark Twain

With or without fiscal incentive, did you get your 750 today?

Wordcount for Monday, June 29

2009-06-29T23:49:58Z

"The story is always better than your ability to write it. My belief about this is that if you ever get to the point that you think you’ve done a story justice, you’re in the wrong business." - Robin McKinley
(courtesy of staringout)

How much justice did you do to your story on the 29th?

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wordcount: sunday June 28

2009-06-29T04:28:06Z

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."

~Thomas Edison

*puts on overalls and gets to work*

Word Count for Saturday, June 27th

2009-06-28T04:11:36Z

"Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself."
Terry Pratchett

What kinds of fun did you get into today?

Wordcount for Friday, June 26

2009-06-26T22:44:36Z

I currently have no spiffy quote at hand, but I do have hope everyone's been doing great.

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thursday: june 25th

2009-06-26T05:02:34Z

how embarassing that I'm skipping out on wordage today but am first to post the sound off.

*shuffles feet and blushes*

Wordcount for Wednesday, June 24th

2009-06-24T14:43:14Z

Characterization is an accident that flows out of action and dialogue.
- Jack Woodford

What accidents did you see today?

Word count for Tuesday, June 23

2009-06-23T13:35:00Z

Everybody has a perspective. Everybody in your scene, including the thug flanking your bad guy, has a reason. They have their own voice, their own identity, their own history. If anyone speaks in such a way that they’re just setting up the next person’s lines, then you don’t get dialogue: you get soundbites. Not everybody has to be funny; not everybody has to be cute; not everybody has to be delightful, and not everybody has to speak, but if you don’t know who everybody is and why they’re there, why they’re feeling what they’re feeling and why they’re doing what they’re doing, then you’re in trouble. --Joss Whedon

(In honor of Whedon's birthday being today.:D)

So--how many words did you dedicate to your villain's thug's raisin d'etre today?

Back in the Game

2009-06-22T23:24:05Z

Hi, Ni90ers!
For those who don't know me, I'm a long term on-again off-again participant. I've finished two novel-length manuscripts thanks to this community, but I fell of the wagon big time late last summer (September) and haven't really gotten much fiction writing done since (I write professionally, and have done plenty, but not fiction. :) ) I'm not sure I'll be able to write every day - my life's kind of a mess right now - but I'm gonna just try to write something each week, and not worry about every day or 750 (just a guess, I'm probably going to write much more but miss multiple days, but that's just a hunch).

My current work in progress was started in mid-April of last year, and I worked on it until September. It's a historical super hero fiction novel which I just think of as "Golden Age," and it's currently 118,951 words; I just finished re-reading what I'd done, and given that, I'd guess I'm probably gone come it at right around 200,000 when it's done. I know, that's ridiculous, but, well, I ultimately expect to split the manuscript into a trilogy, so I guess it's okay. ;)

Anyway, I'm happy to back, and I while I'm not certain this is a good idea for me just now, well, I want to write again, and that's a good feeling, and I'll keep going as long as I can! :)

Word Count for Monday June 22nd

2009-06-22T20:39:18Z

No pretty quote today. I am tired, but no so tired that I haven't done my writerly thing today.

Have you?

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Word count for Sunday June 21st

2009-06-21T17:35:17Z

"You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you." --Ray Bradbury

How drunk were you today?

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Word Count for Saturday June 20th

2009-06-20T22:16:55Z

'The only one who doesn't make mistakes is the one who doesn't do anything.'
V. I. Lenin

How many mistakes did you make today?

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