I hit the 2k without code.
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Itās been more than a week and I still have that excited buzz going on. Anyway. I was able to get a keyboard and a new phone which is more than a win. I think.
I had finished writing a prologue, and two chapters. In addition to that, I wrote a short story.
I still have to rewrite them all, though. Itās so hard being a NNS. (non-native English speaker) 
What else? Right. I enjoy writing but I realized that fantasy just doesnāt stick with me. I can write fantasy one shots. I can come up with a crazy concept about an imaginary fantasy world. I can write detailed fighting scenes.
However, I can never follow through with them.
The saddest part is that, I think I was in denial for a long time without realizing it. What I truly love writing about is slice of life and feel good stories like, you know, romance. As cheesy and pathetic as it sounds, I enjoy it. It makes me happy.
Thatās it. I hope youāre doing well this month. 
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Hah, thatās true 
By the end of this Iād know all about how various groups were viewed in the Russian Partition, nationalism in the Ottoman Empire, religion in the French Second Empire, attitudes of the French and Germans toward Alsace-Lorraine, and so on. Thatās what I get with a giant cast, I guess?
Wow, Iāve never thought of it that way. But just off the top of my head real quick: Metropolis, Forbidden Planet, Soylent Greenā¦ youāre right! I do quite enjoy worldbuilding, seeing how different elements of a world work together and how everything has a (usually) logical explanation. Though in this project itās āisolate a bunch of Europeans with problems in the Saharaā so itās really a lot of character history-building instead of world.
This is going to turn out darker and uglier than what Iāve originally envisioned (a straight adventure story) once I started grounding each individual characterā¦ But hopefully not so wrong that an actual historianās going to find it funny.
Thanks for the support! Iāll be getting back to updating things soon, I hope!
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Iām caught back up and on track to finish the draft this month.
Because i am an imbecile, iām also thinking about entering the CHOMP lol
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Thatās amazing, @poison_mara 
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Started the month strong, but flagging now. With a primary goal of 12k and a secondary goal of maintaining my 10k, 2,500 words on 3/9 isnāt going to cut it. Hope all of yāall are having a better go of it!
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Now that iāve posted the first updated im wondering if posting the second update this month is setting the bar WAY too high. It probably is.
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I was just doing a playthrough of my wip via screen reader, and picked up a rather unfortunate typo.
It really makes a whole host of difference to hear āscared dayā instead of āsacred dayā.
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I started working on this a while ago, but I changed up a section and made it easier for me to code. Originally it sorted the reader into one of three routes based on how much they had to drink and then sorted them even further based on if they passed the skill check or not.
The intention behind including these skill checks was to get the reader used to the system, but I have a few instances where skills are being tested prior to this section. Plus itās not a novel concept (stat checks), so I ultimately scrapped it.
Trying to creative all the varying narratives based on how well you did at your skills after the alcohol check was just a nightmare. I did some more math based on how much or how little you can drink and some of the variations would never even be seen unless you somehow broke the code.
Was a cool idea in theory, but in practice is didnāt land. Iām relieved I scrapped it though.
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At least you have learned a lot of how design stats and mechanisms that you like. That is a win.
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Haha! Yup!
Now the true test is if they work or not! 
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I am also putting my hand on some 1870 historical fiction. Are your characters all based on real ones? I started doing so and now decided to just take the setting and make up most of the characters to have a lot more freedom. I do feel your pain though.
Good luck, I wish I had the time
The first 10 days of March have been quite productive for me. Just finished the prologue 6k, and got about 3k in on chapter 1. At least this time I have the full structure in more details for the whole book worked out. Letās see if I can keep this up and can show you something end of the month!
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A good couple of writing days has finally pushed my prologue so far past the 10k mark! Considering that most stories Iāve ever written in the past rarely ever went above a thousand words, Iām quite pleased with it.
Now, I still have a title to figure out.
The one Iād initially settled upon unfortunately shares a name with an episode from Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! Which isā¦ uhā¦not ideal.
(The title was āThe Sun Ridersā if anyone is curious).
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Is this your prison break story?
No, theyāre all fictional, so Iām not constrained by that. Thereās not even a proper year to this, just an anachronistic mishmash of the entire 1880s. Maybe some real historic people are going to get mentioned in passing but they wonāt show up.
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No, that one is on hold for now. I need more experience coding for that to work.
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I havenāt been able to work on my book for three weeks because of other commitments. But Iām back on it now, making a tentative start on research for the next chapter. Iām spending part of this evening submerged in some deeply weird reading about Nazi āoccultismā, for the purposes of research. Thatās some crazy stuff! Itās a pretty weird rabbit-hole to fall down, but one of the reasons I like writing is that it sometimes forces you to read up on interesting obscure areas.
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I just realized I havenāt set a goal yet for myself this month. 
For now, Iām just aiming to get this chapter done with and upload an update. Like soon. Then create a tumblr and learn how to deal with it.
Itās my birth month so I might take it a little easy after that. And Iām also in the midst of applying for a job (hurray for that).
Fortunately, my streak of writing everyday still hasnāt been broken, though I had to get rid of certain portions along the way.
I really really hope I could finish this part soon. Getting very anxious about it lol.
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i like that title name, maybe you could do something similar in meaning? either way, 10k is awesome! 
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decided to revise my story board as i felt i made that character building moment too small, if that makes sense. Other than that, i made 1k words on this chapter and that is better than nothing! (/ āwā )/
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Thank you for your kind words! Iāve also considered āThe Light Ridersā as well but that also shares a name with another cartoon oh well. I may settle on one or the other, unless something else comes up.
Also on another note, Iām currently in a state where Iām second-guessing the quality of what I have so far. And fretting over whether or not it will even be well-receivedā¦
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