NaNoWriMo

[Shinryu]

@Vulpes: The 'traumatic' stuff is sorta happening at this very moment.
Well, the relationship wouldn't last very long anyway, seeing as Illia will die somewhere near the end od the middle (lolo) of the story, but eh... I do know a couple IRL that is... I think... 9-10 years apart, and they're doing fine, so I guessed it could work out.
But duh... well, I guess I'll have to write it for a bit to see if it works.
He's kinda struggling against it anyway, because while he isn't completely sure about his feelings yet, he does realize that it would be best for them if they didn't even try. But he's not sure if that would stop him.
There's even a quote somewhere in the last chapter where he makes a statement about her age, showing that he's very aware of the difference...

[HeartOfCoal]

I think I've given up already, sadly enough. I've only gotten about 1300 words, and I'm already like "nope, this is too much." Maybe I'll have more motivation tomorrow. I hope so.

[folle]

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[Memories]

It's almost ten pm, I haven't written at all today.

Neh.

I did get ahead a bit last night though, at least...

I'm going to go force myself to write now.

[christa renz]

I feel like my story is still going nowhere still, ugh. I haven't gotten to the main part of the plot yet because I still need to build up the everyday life portion of the story (it's an apocalyptic scifi book) but I can't help but feel like my readers would get bored. I'm not bored writing it, but I'm not sure they would enjoy reading it... Would anyone be willing to read a couple excerpts and give me some advice on whether or not to ramp up the action/just start the plot already and skip the rest of the intro?

Also, anyone have any tips on creating plot twists?

[Vulpes Rose]

I feel like my story is still going nowhere still, ugh. I haven't gotten to the main part of the plot yet because I still need to build up the everyday life portion of the story (it's an apocalyptic scifi book) but I can't help but feel like my readers would get bored. I'm not bored writing it, but I'm not sure they would enjoy reading it... Would anyone be willing to read a couple excerpts and give me some advice on whether or not to ramp up the action/just start the plot already and skip the rest of the intro?

Also, anyone have any tips on creating plot twists?

I have a VERY similar problem. I've spent the whole time so far only slightly introducing my MCs and then took a 3,000 word (like half of what I have so far) tour of the airship. I'm nowhere near anything resembling a plot. Hopefully we'll get to that soon, but I have a feeling it may still be a few days.

The way I'm dealing with it? Ignore it as best you can and keep going. This is a first draft and will be really rough. Don't worry about readers right now. Your story will go through much editing before you ever show it to someone. And editing is like writing, only hateful and in reverse, where a lot of what you do is take out the boring unnecessary stuff. So even if you might not use some of this stuff once you come back to it, write it anyway!

Your goal right now is to get your words on the page, not worry about creating flawless piece or pleasing readers. You might decide later that a lot of your intro stuff is unneeded, or you may stumble across something that is integral to your plot later. Last year I had my characters find a snow globe. It was filler, I was just trying to write what the kids did everyday. Then, a few days later, that snow globe became a major plot point, almost like I had planned it that way. There was also a possum they found, that ended up being unimportant filler. But when I wrote those parts I had no idea what would be important and what wouldn't be.

[Toppyrocks]

I'm running out of steam today D: Just 400 more words and I'll reach the daily goal, though. Gotta keep going!

As for plot twists: I'm not very good at those, either. Sorry!

[Memories]

I have less than 50 minutes to write approximately 1,500 words.

Yay. *sarcasm*

[Toppyrocks]

I have less than 50 minutes to write approximately 1,500 words.

Yay. *sarcasm*

Only 250 minutes every 10 minutes. You can do it! Go go go!

[Mimi-911]

Four more words to fill my quota, even though I'm ahead a day.. The worst time to hit a road block :P