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NaNoWriMo Update
Nov. 12th, 2008 10:02 pmIt's Wednesday evening, the 12th. If I were doing this thing right I'd have about 20,000 words written by today.
Eh. I'm at a bit over 7,000 words. That's about 2,400 words today, which is a good pace but I still don't feel as if I'm catching up very quickly (because I'm not). Still, I have a good chunk of chapter 17 done now, in rough form at least.
Someone left a review of my fic tonight, even though it's been a month since my last chapter. He said "While there are many editorial problems with the overall text" and I immediately want to know what he's talking about specifically. Because, you know, I don't let anyone else preread my chapters and I tend to publish them soon after finishing them so yeah, I know there are some mistakes... but surely not that many mistakes, right? I use the spell checker and I go over my chapters a couple of times to make certain that they pass my own level of scrutiny, at least. Anyway what does he mean by "editorial problems with the overall text"? I want to know if there really are a lot of problems, or if he's just not happy with some of the things I do that fall under personal choice and creative license or whatever....
And then I notice that he's spelled the word "delusional" as "dillusional" and suddenly I feel all superior again. Why am I worried about a critique from someone who can't spell delusional? :D What does he know? Not how to spell, certainly!
(Never mind that my spelling can be pretty spotty as well. :P )
Anyway, Chapter 17 takes us through Thursday... I have to get through the whole Konatsu introductory story arc too but since I don't want to just rehash a story from the manga I'm thinking of doing it mostly off-camera and filling in the details afterwards... kinda thing. Then I can rush into another short chapter 18 that covers Friday, and then the big fight on Saturday, which might take more than one chapter, who knows? And I have story plans through Sunday too... Ranma off having fun with one character, Akane being talked into a bike ride with Rin and Akela....
After that I don't have specific day-by-day plans. I have a plot about Akane's past friendship with one character that I'm not sure where I can work it in, and maybe a few other loose threads like that. And then, beyond that, I have plans for a longer story arc in which Genma tries one more time to force a marriage between Ranma and Akane. I'm not sure exactly when I want that to happen, though. It could happen in a week or two after the first week of school, or I could wait until after I've done my whole "Magical Girl" story arc, which I wrote during NaNoWriMo 2007 (and which I want to publish, but which is also not complete).
Those are pretty much my plans for the series... finish the first week, write the Genma marriage plot, and finish and publish the Magical Girl plot. I haven't thought past that point, because it could easily take me another year to get all of that accomplished first... and then I might want to pause to work on one of my other stories, such as A Magical Girl in Oz, Seven Fiancees, or something else... maybe even finish my big demon arc from Muyami Academy. Or, you know, actually finish some of my Tai-Pan stories, that would be nice I guess. :D
Eh. I'm at a bit over 7,000 words. That's about 2,400 words today, which is a good pace but I still don't feel as if I'm catching up very quickly (because I'm not). Still, I have a good chunk of chapter 17 done now, in rough form at least.
Someone left a review of my fic tonight, even though it's been a month since my last chapter. He said "While there are many editorial problems with the overall text" and I immediately want to know what he's talking about specifically. Because, you know, I don't let anyone else preread my chapters and I tend to publish them soon after finishing them so yeah, I know there are some mistakes... but surely not that many mistakes, right? I use the spell checker and I go over my chapters a couple of times to make certain that they pass my own level of scrutiny, at least. Anyway what does he mean by "editorial problems with the overall text"? I want to know if there really are a lot of problems, or if he's just not happy with some of the things I do that fall under personal choice and creative license or whatever....
And then I notice that he's spelled the word "delusional" as "dillusional" and suddenly I feel all superior again. Why am I worried about a critique from someone who can't spell delusional? :D What does he know? Not how to spell, certainly!
(Never mind that my spelling can be pretty spotty as well. :P )
Anyway, Chapter 17 takes us through Thursday... I have to get through the whole Konatsu introductory story arc too but since I don't want to just rehash a story from the manga I'm thinking of doing it mostly off-camera and filling in the details afterwards... kinda thing. Then I can rush into another short chapter 18 that covers Friday, and then the big fight on Saturday, which might take more than one chapter, who knows? And I have story plans through Sunday too... Ranma off having fun with one character, Akane being talked into a bike ride with Rin and Akela....
After that I don't have specific day-by-day plans. I have a plot about Akane's past friendship with one character that I'm not sure where I can work it in, and maybe a few other loose threads like that. And then, beyond that, I have plans for a longer story arc in which Genma tries one more time to force a marriage between Ranma and Akane. I'm not sure exactly when I want that to happen, though. It could happen in a week or two after the first week of school, or I could wait until after I've done my whole "Magical Girl" story arc, which I wrote during NaNoWriMo 2007 (and which I want to publish, but which is also not complete).
Those are pretty much my plans for the series... finish the first week, write the Genma marriage plot, and finish and publish the Magical Girl plot. I haven't thought past that point, because it could easily take me another year to get all of that accomplished first... and then I might want to pause to work on one of my other stories, such as A Magical Girl in Oz, Seven Fiancees, or something else... maybe even finish my big demon arc from Muyami Academy. Or, you know, actually finish some of my Tai-Pan stories, that would be nice I guess. :D
