Word Count: 1,144
Chapters Written: Prologue, Chapter Four, Chapter Five
Edits Made: 0
Today I rewrote some of the prologue, and wrote the flashback of Anberlin's mother's death. I also wrote her first encounter with the main villain, Dorian, which I was ecstatic to write. I love Dorian more than any other villain I've written. There's just something about him that makes him really nifty to me.
In Secret NaNo news, I finished my package for my partner! I sewed her a drawstring pouch in this beautiful green damask print with white ribbon. I also found a bunch of keychains from my collection to give to her, and stamped two notebooks and a bunch of envelopes to make stationery for her.
In other Secret NaNo news, we ran into a few problems, mainly regarding the fact that my organizing partner's messages never went through to half the participants, so I had to go through and re-partner everyone up who was on her list of participants. I felt really bad that it happened, but I'm hoping everyone will have time to create for their partners. I may end up making two boxes because one person was left out who I thought had a partner. Hopefully everything will work out.
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Saturday, November 6, 2010
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Day 2: A Day of 3's
Word Count: 1,284
Chapters Written: Chapter One
Edits Made: 0
Today's segment is a dream sequence that introduces my main character, Anberlin, by her real name, Anna. It was a bit of a pain to write, but I haven't gone back to edit it yet. I'm hoping that once I do, the word count will increase.
In other news, the event I and iParadigm are organizing, Secret Nano, has begun officially. All the participants have been partnered up and informed of their partners, despite a very brutal resistance from the NaNoWriMo website, which didn't want to allow us to send out any NaNoMail or search for participants. What is Secret NaNo, you ask? Secret NaNo is an event in which participants must send their partner a box of seven gifts, costing up to ten dollars, that relates to their partner's story in some way.
For example, if someone planned to write a story about zombies, their partner, without telling them who they are, would create a box full of goodies related to zombies, horror, and destruction. This was intended to appeal to the NaNoites who had a crafty side that complemented their literary side. We hope to do this again next year as we got a very surprising turn-out this year. Hopefully no kinks will come up and I sincerely wish everyone sends their partner a package. It would be awful to receive one and not send one. Even sending a package late is better than not sending one at all.
Finally, today I received a lovely letter from Kathelyne, who hails from Australia. Her letter will definitely help me create a portion of Morpheus's City in the Demos Oneiron, if not inspire a character who will exist there. I'll add a post later of all the letters and postcards I've received up to now, likely tomorrow.
Here's to tomorrow, a day of catching up!
Chapters Written: Chapter One
Edits Made: 0
Today's segment is a dream sequence that introduces my main character, Anberlin, by her real name, Anna. It was a bit of a pain to write, but I haven't gone back to edit it yet. I'm hoping that once I do, the word count will increase.
In other news, the event I and iParadigm are organizing, Secret Nano, has begun officially. All the participants have been partnered up and informed of their partners, despite a very brutal resistance from the NaNoWriMo website, which didn't want to allow us to send out any NaNoMail or search for participants. What is Secret NaNo, you ask? Secret NaNo is an event in which participants must send their partner a box of seven gifts, costing up to ten dollars, that relates to their partner's story in some way.
For example, if someone planned to write a story about zombies, their partner, without telling them who they are, would create a box full of goodies related to zombies, horror, and destruction. This was intended to appeal to the NaNoites who had a crafty side that complemented their literary side. We hope to do this again next year as we got a very surprising turn-out this year. Hopefully no kinks will come up and I sincerely wish everyone sends their partner a package. It would be awful to receive one and not send one. Even sending a package late is better than not sending one at all.
Finally, today I received a lovely letter from Kathelyne, who hails from Australia. Her letter will definitely help me create a portion of Morpheus's City in the Demos Oneiron, if not inspire a character who will exist there. I'll add a post later of all the letters and postcards I've received up to now, likely tomorrow.
Here's to tomorrow, a day of catching up!
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