NaNoWriMo 2011 - GWC support thread!

[Sithwitch]

Okay, a few of us on Twitter were saying we should have a support thread here, so... here it is. Five days 'til at the time of posting. Who's in? What's your idea? What's your name on the NaNo site whenever the buddy feature starts working again?

I'm sithwitch13 on the NaNo site. This is my... fourth? year attempting NaNo, not counting last year, which I took off as a treat for hitting 50k words in 2009. (Actually, I told myself that since I'd proven I could do it I'd never do it again, but I started missing the sense of community and realized over the past year that I write best under deadlines, otherwise I just let things sit.) This year, I'm working on Anomie, a horror-YA story centered around Galveston island hauntings, three teenagers, and real-world/online identities.

What about y'all?

[5thHorseman]

I'm in. I'm going to bang out the end of last year's failed attempt, and then I'm going to start AND finish another story. Both are continuations of my "Crimson Lien" series. The failed one is your typical zombie space pirate story while the second is a murder mystery.

I'm probably not going to have any time to hang on the NaNo site, but nothing will keep me away from the GWC forums

[Starsaber]

I should, but my work schedule right now sucks worse than Tory.

[Jonolobster]

I'm totally down for this. I joined the site as Jonolobster and will be trying my hand at some YA sci-fi.

[TighGetsPunchedALot]

Hi, I'm back. Been really busy working & doing my Lego projects (I've just started building a replica of St Lawrence Church in Cleveland & ordering parts for an all black Millennium Falcon).

I'm gonna try really hard to do another NaNoWriMo this year, but if work gets in the way I may not make it.

I will be your NaNoWriMo friend: therealmooby

Good luck everyone.

[5thHorseman]

I'm starting strong. Already broke 1000 words. After two 20-minute word sprints I'm at 1103 words, and am about to start my 3rd sprint. My goal for today is 3000 words and I so far see no reason why I won't hit it.

EDIT:

Hit it? I broke through it. 3372 words and it's not even Noon yet. Of course, I have to sleep, and then work tonight, but still I'm very happy with my progress.

For those who are curious, I did a total of 5 20-minute sprints averaging about 575 words per sprint. The final 500-odd words I wrote without being in a sprint, because I figured I'd just write 200 and get to 3000 (my goal). I got into a groove, though, and suddenly I was over 300 words over

[Sithwitch]

I wasn't able to do a midnight sprint since yesterday was a hideously long day that left me asleep early, but since this week is a slow one at work I'm taking the laptop and trying to make up some time. Steady plodding has brought me to 2400 words and a little short of the end of my first chapter, so once I finish that I'll be treating myself to an episode of Breaking Bad while I plot out chapter 2 in a little more detail. Good luck to everybody!

[Jonolobster]

Where the frak do I type?

[Jonolobster]

This is so frustrating. Every other thing I click gets me "502 Bad Gateway."

I just want a box that says PUT WORDS HERE.

[Jonolobster]

Oh! So words don't go on the site! That makes sense.