re: Official NaNoWriMo thread!

Quoting she nan igans:" Yeah, haha. But most people totally think that's how it works, and I was absolutely one of them. It ... [snip!] ... about marketing or selling. I need to just work on getting better. I still have hopes of someday being published though, haha"

Lol exactly. When I'm done I'm sure I will submit mine to see if I can get it published, but I don't have super high hopes. And I know that even if it did get published, odds are it wouldn't be a best seller or anything lol

Quoting Chuck Bass:" Lol exactly. When I'm done I'm sure I will submit mine to see if I can get it published, but I don't ... [snip!] ... have super high hopes. And I know that even if it did get published, odds are it wouldn't be a best seller or anything lol"

Yeah. I think sometimes I used to get SO focused on tryng to write what's "good" and what might "sell" that I didn't focus at all on what I was really working on. I was just trying to figure out what an agent would want. Thankfully I'm mostly past that. I'm writing what I want to write, and at the end of the day this novel will likely never reach a publishable point, but in the future I might get there.

Eventually.

I hope. haha

Quoting she nan igans:" Yep, I had this from before I had my kids. I actually attempted and got plenty of rejections, haha. ... [snip!] ... I could be a best selling author, and that agents would fight over having me as a client. Ah to be young a naive again, huh?"

When I wrote my first novel in middle school, I was working on a screenplay too. And I really thought I was onto something. I even sent a letter to a famous country singer asking him if he'd play the lead.   Wow! I'm ashamed to even admit that. lol

I did quite a bit of legwork trying to get my second novel published, but now, in hindsight, I realized it needs a lot of work to the story line. It's way too convoluted. My last novel has a chance, I think, if I can go through and clean it up some. With my second novel, I spoke with a publisher at a writing conference I went to, and while they ultimately decided not to publish (obviously) he told me that he fully expects to see me in print some day. So that's promising.  

Quoting Vincent&Me (Laura):" When I wrote my first novel in middle school, I was working on a screenplay too. And I really thought ... [snip!] ... decided not to publish (obviously) he told me that he fully expects to see me in print some day. So that's promising.  "

See, that's great. You're taking advice and working on bettering the work,. I have a SIL who got me to read her novel and she doesn't want to hear ANYTHING bad about it. You have to, it's the way it is! I tried to get a few short stories published, and I got a few really encouraging rejection letters that basically said the piece didn't quite fit what they were looking for, but that they'd appreciate me sending them something else. Now I realize I have some work ahead of me to really better my writing, especially since I have taken so much time off.

I look back at my "novel" I wrote now and shudder. Urban fantasy with a werewolf/vampire love triangle. Yep. THAT cliche. I figure if you'll put out your embarrassment I'll put out mine too, haha. And I was SO sure it was so great.

Quoting she nan igans:" See, that's great. You're taking advice and working on bettering the work,. I have a SIL who got me ... [snip!] ... Yep. THAT cliche. I figure if you'll put out your embarrassment I'll put out mine too, haha. And I was SO sure it was so great."

I told my mom that writing a novel is like having a baby. Your baby may be ugly, but you don't want to hear it.  

That's always promising that you were getting encouraging rejection letters. My profs in college said that those are reserved for the really good ones they don't take.

So the other night my husband decided that he was going to show me up by hitting 50k before I did. So he wrote a five word sentence, then copied and pasted it a bunch of times until he hit over 50k. He keeps threatening to upload it to NaNo to have it counted. Last night he said, "Oh, I really should write another one." What a pain in my ass!  

Quoting Vincent&Me (Laura):" So the other night my husband decided that he was going to show me up by hitting 50k before I did. So ... [snip!] ... upload it to NaNo to have it counted. Last night he said, "Oh, I really should write another one." What a pain in my ass!  "

LOL! Thats hilarious  

Quoting Vincent&Me (Laura):" So the other night my husband decided that he was going to show me up by hitting 50k before I did. So ... [snip!] ... upload it to NaNo to have it counted. Last night he said, "Oh, I really should write another one." What a pain in my ass!  "

haha funny guy   well tonight i went to watch Breaking Dawn, so i didn't write anything  

I'm so bad.. I need a good kick in the ass to get started again. I am typing with my pinky tho because first, DD shut my finger in the fridge this morning and tore the skin off, then I shut the same finger in the bedroom door....

Quoting J+D=4:" I'm so bad.. I need a good kick in the ass to get started again. I am typing with my pinky tho because ... [snip!] ... first, DD shut my finger in the fridge this morning and tore the skin off, then I shut the same finger in the bedroom door...."

Lol I read this and then looked at your avi, and she was being all sarcastic at you  

Sorry about your finger! I'm way behind now, but at least you have an excuse lol

Quoting Chuck Bass:" Lol I read this and then looked at your avi, and she was being all sarcastic at you   Sorry about your finger! I'm way behind now, but at least you have an excuse lol"

lol i didnt notice that before..

I've pretty much decided I'll have to try again later.. too much keeps coming up. I'll finish this one, but it probably wont be by nov 30

Yeah, I'm not finishing this year.

Quoting Snotface♫[usmc]:" Yeah, I'm not finishing this year. "

we are bad at publicly shaming each other  

Quoting J+D=4:" we are bad at publicly shaming each other  "

It's not that I've been on here more, I've had a lot going on lately. I had the ball and family day this weekend plus my family came up and I work this weekend for the holiday etc etc.