how far are you!?!

**Crazy_dude6662** · 11-01-2005, 08:55 PM

i know its a little early to be asking but as the title suggests the question is How Far Are You!?!

so far im roughly 4250 words im working at breakneck speed, for awhile i couldnt see the screen....only smoke

silverwriter · 11-01-2005, 08:56 PM

Hee hee. For all my bravado, I do believe I am in last place...

**Crazy_dude6662** · 11-01-2005, 08:58 PM

hehehehehe. i think the key board melted!

silverwriter · 11-01-2005, 09:10 PM

There is your reason to quit nano. *grin*

BTW, if you quit nano, I will hunt you down.

*evil laugh*

**Crazy_dude6662** · 11-01-2005, 09:28 PM

*hides behind toaster*

**Pendulum** · 11-01-2005, 10:41 PM

I have been told that zero is not a number but a concept. So as for my number of words i will have to say I do not have a number but a concept. That sounds better.

**Brightside** · 11-01-2005, 11:04 PM

Erm, a mighty 87 words before i realised i had no clue as how to start it...

This is going to be a long month.

silverwriter · 11-01-2005, 11:53 PM

I'm almost to my first 1000 words. I highly reccommend using real people if no one is going to read it. Helps me out a lot. Also a lot of fun... *wicked grin*

**bobothegoat** · 11-02-2005, 12:10 AM

Well, the count on my sig. is updated as of now. (1363, for when I update it again).

**bobothegoat** · 11-02-2005, 12:16 AM

Originally Posted by Brightside

Erm, a mighty 87 words before i realised i had no clue as how to start it...

This is going to be a long month.

Heh. Didn't stop me. I just committed a writing sin and described the setting and whatnot without actually getting into the story.

**valeca** · 11-02-2005, 12:20 AM

2k, from last night mostly. Will start on the rest here shortly.

Italiano · 11-02-2005, 12:23 AM

When Rico left this morning, he had about 13.5k.

Possibly he's written more.

**white-wolf** · 11-02-2005, 01:00 AM

Originally Posted by Brightside

Erm, a mighty 87 words before i realised i had no clue as how to start it...

This is going to be a long month.

LOL I have about 180 words. Like you, I had no idea how to start and then I had a brainstorm. No-one else is going to read the first draft, right? I mean, it's a write like Hell and hang the consequences, right? So, start with something that'll just help you get into the meat of the matter. Something like -- 'Once Upon a Time in a Galaxy Far, Far away,' or 'OK, my story starts here and ...' You know, something like that?

My first paragraph, therefore, reads:
This story takes place after a biological disaster has proven that humanity is flawed. What was the disaster? That’s not important right now. Let us suffice to say that most of the human population of earth is now dead. At least, the lucky ones are. The unlucky ones are not quite dead but, to be honest, they are not quite alive, either. But the really unlucky ones are alive, and are struggling to remain that way.

So, this is my opening. It's an opening that will never get into a completed novel but it does put some black scrawls on the white page

silverwriter · 11-02-2005, 01:03 AM

Finally made it over 1000 words!

**Hodge** · 11-02-2005, 01:09 AM

I've already written the entire thing. 50,000 thousand words, baby! Here's a sample:

"All work and no play makes Josh a dull boy.

All work and no play makes Josh a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Josh a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Josh a dull boy.

All work and no play makes Josh a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Josh a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Josh a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Josh a dull boy.

All work and no play makes Josh a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Josh a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Josh a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Josh a dull boy.

All work and no play makes Josh a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Josh a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Josh a dull boy.

All work and no play makes Josh a dull boy."

How do you like it?