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12-05-2006, 09:01 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Australia
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Hey, hon. Sorry to hear about that. But even though you couldn't participate in the official thing, you can still challenge yourself.
Besides, weren't you writing a sequel to the one you did last year? I want to rise from the dead, I tell you!
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12-06-2006, 11:57 AM
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#32
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Wordsmith
Join Date: Dec 2004
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lol that was the plan, but i got a different idea and i was going to run with that.
also i would like to point out the the Republic of Ireland is not connected to england. the NORTH of Ireland (ie 6 counties they wouldnt give back) are english
and i like england. i have nothing against england.
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12-07-2006, 12:24 PM
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#33
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Adept Writer
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Wisconsin
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It's an older classification that obviously they haven't taught you. Chill. It would be like someone from England refering to the States as "the colonies". Same shit, different bag.
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12-10-2006, 12:51 PM
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#34
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Mentor
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: South Jersey, USA
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I have been bothered by this thread as of late.
Your parents will not let you participate in NaNoWriMo because they think it is a waste of time.... why then will they let you maintain a blog and troll on message boards.
I used the term troll because I think your parents have nothing to do with this... you are just trying to start heated discussion which you have partially done with the whole geography lesson going on.
Anyway.. keep writing. You don't need nano to show your parents that you are a writer.
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12-10-2006, 06:10 PM
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Wordsmith
Join Date: Dec 2004
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by wmd
I have been bothered by this thread as of late.
Your parents will not let you participate in NaNoWriMo because they think it is a waste of time.... why then will they let you maintain a blog and troll on message boards.
I used the term troll because I think your parents have nothing to do with this... you are just trying to start heated discussion which you have partially done with the whole geography lesson going on.
Anyway.. keep writing. You don't need nano to show your parents that you are a writer.
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my parents dont know that i have a blog.
and im not trolling. and i did not mean to start a heated discussion. if i wanted a heated discussion i would go to the debate forum. i have been here for two years, if i was a troll, i would have been banned long long ago.
and i know i dont need to do nano to show my parents im a writer, but it dosnt mean i dont like to do it (its such a nice feeling/adrenaline rush to finish  ) |
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12-10-2006, 09:31 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: South Jersey, USA
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So if you can hide the blog from your parents, then why not do nano and hie that from them too?
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12-10-2006, 09:50 PM
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Wordsmith
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i already said, they said they would look at my computer.
i dont hide my blog, if they asked, i would say yes, i have one. they didnt ask and i have no reason to say it.
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12-21-2006, 06:29 PM
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#38
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Member
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Washington State
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Dang, that sucks. Last year, my mom banned me from doing it too. But oddly enough, she let me do it this year. Parents can be weird. Maybe they will have a change of heart next year and let you do Nano.
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12-23-2006, 09:00 AM
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Best Seller
Join Date: Aug 2006
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man, that sucks. why would they stop you doing what you love? there has to be more than what meats the eye. maybe the truth is hidden even from YOU. maybe they are jealous of your ability and dont want you to get any better. maybe you're bragging too much and they've gotten skick of it. my parents wouldn't stop me writing, in fact, they encourage it as they should.
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12-23-2006, 07:52 PM
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Prolific Writer
Join Date: Dec 2005
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I just got done with finals for this semester and up until this quater at a new school I had a 4.0 my whole life. Now I have a 2.9 and am proud to say I got 2 C's. Considering none of my classmates got A's in any of our classes, and only 6 people got any B's at all. Our class average was a 2.1! Now I dont think a C is normally something to be proud of but he could be in an excelerated school or something. Thats just how it is at mine.
If anyone cares I am in an excelerated program, we have 10 weeks per regular college quater and I am studying radiology and nuc med...kinda changes things...like my GPA  |
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12-27-2006, 01:09 AM
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Adept Writer
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Maine
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accelerated, perhaps?
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12-28-2006, 01:02 PM
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Ink Slinger
Join Date: May 2006
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wmd, I think you are the one looking for heated discussion. Quit with the provocative comments, and stop the attitude. If you have nothing to talk about except shit, don't talk at all. You've tried to get a rise out of Crazy more than once in this thread, and each time you've failed, so give up.
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01-01-2007, 02:23 AM
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Member
Join Date: Dec 2006
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...What...The crap?
What kind of parent spits in the face of advancing knowledge without realization of any kind of stupidity involved? Where did the sincerity of heart come from? Did these foolish beings decide suddenly that hard work and determination stood at no place within this world? I have generally ruled out the idea that they would consider homework as a value in this, I see a greater value in you to believe you wouldn't disregard your grades.
...However, why is writing so much of a lackluster talent in their eyes? Do they not see creativity as a necassary form of self-expression, do they expect you to stay in suspended animation as you wait to get an utterly unexciting and untrustworthy career as a politician?
I suggest you throw a few long words at them, use what I just said if you want. But I will not stand for a parent who decides to abuse their kids in such a faithless and disturbing way. I say damn them and their ideas for your future, it's not in any way their choice whether or not you decide to become a slandering, smarmy liar like a lawyer or a creative and knowledgable scientist or writer.
Art is something to be embraced, not a sweet sin that some portray it as.
Yeah, I wrote all that. Happy new years.
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01-01-2007, 04:20 PM
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Profound Writer
Join Date: Jun 2006
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there's always deleting history! thats what I do! lol!
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01-03-2007, 03:50 AM
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Writer
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: California
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I personally haven't participated in a NaNoWeriMo yet, and I look forward to doing so this year.
However, I think I might see some legitimacy in your parents' arguments. 50k words is quite a lot, and they probably fear that you'll spend every waking moment working on your novel, instead of, say, Homework.
That being said, I know that you won't do that sort of thing. But still, your parents are just concerned. They probably know the value of art, but don't want it to cause you to totally ignore school.
Just assure your parents that you won't shut out everything, and they'll probably back down.
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