Opportune October - 500 words/day writing/editing - all genres welcome!

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Given the way this month has started, I hope we can all forgive each other for having been without a thread for seven days.

How did September go, everyone? Did you meet your goals?

What's your plan for October? How can we help you achieve it?

Let's do this thing!
 

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I was briefly on a roll in September. That WIP is at about 60K right now, but I was interrupted by (hopefully final) revisions on another, and I'm having trouble getting traction again. All the times I've thought about ditching this WIP - maybe I'll do it this time.

I have been making a few notes for my NaNo book, which is about all I'm up to right now. Tomorrow may be better.
 

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Hey Liz!

Can I participate here too? I'm in the Goals and Accomplishments Forum as well- but I'll throw my hat in here too.
 
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Hi Daniel! Yes, of course you're welcome here. :) We are not rigid about genre or word count. Share whenever you'd like!
 

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Cool. I've been doing handwritten work so I've been roughly meeting the 500 word count for both yesterday and the day before. I'm working on a story I've started that I'm pantsing. It's working well being guided by music choices.

And how are you doing? Are things good with you, Liz?
 
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Thanks for starting the thread, liz. My goals for this month are... pretty big, actually. I want to incorporate all my beta feedback into a new edit, and also send out some queries. Eek!

Best of luck to everyone!
 

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Good luck, osg! Querying is All The Unfun, but you've got a tremendous book on your hands. Fingers crossed for you.

I wrote 1,271 today on the Still Not Abandoned WIP, and I may quit for now, because after the week I've had this is a victory.
 

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I messed up yesterday, but I have much greater expectations- and I assume follow-through, today.

Good work Liz and good luck OSG!
 

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Salutations all! :hi: Hard to believed it's mid October already.

Does anyone else ever spend a daunting amount of time on a paragraph or even a sentence?

Been awhile since I posted anything, figured I should stop by and get a dose of accountability. I haven't been writing everyday, although the desire is there, but I've kept up to several times a week.
It looks like you're all making progress, best wishes for a successful October!
 

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:hi: Zan75! Well done keeping up!

Daniel, no recriminations, ever - some days are good and some are bad. If we can help, let us know.

I've had a good few days, writing-wise. 2106 today. At 67K, and I'm not even at the end of the first act yet. This draft may blow up over 200K, which would be a first.

Go, team! :e2cheer:
 

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Hey everyone!

Welp, I sent out my first batch of queries today. I feel sick. ANYWAY.

Well done on the words, liz! That's gonna be a monster draft at this rate.
Hang in there, Daniel - I'm sure some good days are on the way.
Zan - I know exactly what you mean. I can spend days just adding and removing the same comma, over and again... hope you have a successful October yourself.
 

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CONGRATULATIONS, osg! And good luck.

I've been sporadic over the last few days, for various reasons. Plunking away today. 773 so far.
 
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::peeks in::

This might be the first time I've ever forgotten to post in one of our threads. Yikes.

I've been tremendously busy with work with no real end in sight. Wrote one poem. I'm going to attempt Nano, but with a 100 words a day instead of the usual Nano pace. This is a challenge I'm doing with a few friends who are in the same boat as me - we want to participate, but don't want the pressure to produce. As for the novel, it might end up being the short story I owe another group for an antho that's due in January. Or a contemporary rom-com. OR Oubliette. I don't know. Probably the short story.

Glad everyone's doing okay. Can't believe October is almost over.
 

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Hey everyone, just checking in. I haven't got much to report - I re-read one of my trunked manuscripts over the past week and I've been thinking a bit about how it might be un-trunked.

Hope you all have a good final week of October!
 

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Salutations all :hi:

Wanted to stop in and wish everyone a Happy Halloween! Hope you've all had a productive October (went pretty well for me) and also best wishes for everyone joining NaNo this year.