Day 6 EOD Report
Wrote: 1856/1667
MTD: 12209/10000
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Nov 06: 1953
MtD: 10,827
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Just passed 10,000! 10,024 to be specific.
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Total 6,343 today 1,320
I am proud of it as I was having a bad day. Still I did a good job.
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I hit 12k total, which is good. Probably not very good words (it feels completely uninspired), but at the moment I care more about quantity than quality.
Snippet
The moment Böckel and Jørgensen see the other team, or rather their escorted emissaries, they tense up, share a glance, and start shouting in a language you don’t understand. The other emissaries seem to, since they respond in kind. And before you know what’s happening, Jørgensen and one of the two of Wibowo’s are bears, and in a blink they’re at each other’s throats with teeth and claws, growling furiously, intent to kill.
“Oh, joy,” Kozlov mutters. “Shapeshifters.”
“All right, let’s calm down now,” you say, and all of you unholster your weapons (except Leif, who’s already a wolf, but then again, that is him unholstering his weapon).
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Using this year’s event as a chance to try and dig out of burnout. No one singular project, although the next game is certainly in the mix. Just a month of writing for the sake of getting some momentum.
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You are doing well, the shapeshifters and the dialogue action scene are really interesting. So great job!
Maybe first paragraph is a little wall of text. But as you say Nano is more about writing a raw material project and polish it later on in following months. You are on fire!
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Nov 07: 1917
MtD: 12,744
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Gave the act one a once-over, and it grew ~1.8 words, which I’m happy about. Also experienced that awesome moment when random disconnected tidbits suddenly click in place, which I’m even more happy about.
On the other hand, I’m having trouble with the beginning of the act two, which I’m decidedly not happy about. Still, I think the total is positive.
My favourite exchange
“But you could ask the Captain. He knows about those aliens and your investigation on them already, and he’s not as inept as he makes himself out to be.”
“I’d be worried if he was,” Sterling mutters. “He is a captain in the Navy. One would be right to expect at least some level of competency. But I fear I may have accidentally insulted his dog.”
“What?”
“Nothing. Nevermind.”
Currently debating with myself whether I should go to sleep or try to write some more first.
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Sleep never over work. Tomorrow is a new day
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Days Eight and Nine
I wrote: 1,000 + 2000
Progress to Date: 19,000
Yesterday was just… ugh. Not a great day for me in a lot of ways. Almost didn’t get any writing done, so I’m more proud of that 1,000 words than I probably should be, heh. Today was a little better, so hopefully I’m trending upwards, as it were.
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As of November 8, I’ve written 12,007 words. I’m a bit behind, but I’m going to catch up. I have a secret weapon.
A word crawl. Specifically, this word crawl! Word crawl/A Crawl for the motivationally challenged - Wikiwrimo
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Day 7 EOD Report
Wrote: 345/1667
MTD: 12554/11667
Day 8 EOD Report
Wrote: 3014/1667
MTD: 15568/13333
I did not meet the expectations on Monday but made sure I made up for it tonight.
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You guys are an inspiration! I’ve only managed to write 3 days out of 9 so far, but pleased with what I got done nonetheless 
Day Three:
Wrote: 3,061 words today
Progress-to-date: 5,011 words for CT:OS, 3,061 words for Merry Crisis
Wishing everyone a productive writing day tomorrow
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Ohhh, I had similar happen to me, too! I began typing up what I had written so far (which, holy cow, I did not realize how much I actually did write), and as I went along, I was fixing the timeline of events which helped things fit together. So it was like: Oh, yeah, this could actually work out okay!
I don’t know if you’ve done this already but personally, I’d say worry about how Act 2 starts further down the road. You’ll probably end up thinking of a better way to tweak it to your liking. My mother has to constantly remind me not to get caught up and just keep pushing forward (especially since this is still a draft and not finalized).
I like your tidbit, though! 
I won’t complain if you happen to show off more of your writing.
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I am currently editing, yes I know it is not what you should do in a Nano. But I am trying to write a game for the Vampire game jam. So, I have to edit scenes and polish same time I keep going. Moreso due my bad english grammar. This is my last snippet
bully intro scene
Your sore eyes look around as you struggle to avoid turning your back on the soccer team members.
“See, how pathetic you are. You are nothing!” The captain storms fist high; he means business.
Your knees almost give out, but you shakily reach your feet and walk a few metres towards the exit.
“No teacher will come to save you!”
“Ha, ${he} is not so clever now! Snitches got stitched!” The main bully gloats.
“Snitches got Stiched!” The rest chant like Macbeth witches. Again and Again, like a tribal beating calling for your demise.
“You won’t gain shit, hitting me. What would you do? Killing me! Would you risk going to fucking Youth correctional facility?” You just mutter, rolling your eyes. They couldn’t have pipes, could they?
A pocket knife appears in Cesar, the captain’s hands.
“Shit, shit, shit!” Your mouth spits out unconsciously.
“Nobody is around. Not a single adult or teacher near the playground.” Billy says, or Jean, all it is like a blurred haze. And you are their prey.
“The pumpkin head is scared of us!”
“That’s what happens to a traitorous snitch rat. You should NOT have told the principal that we made you do our science homework for us.”
Five against one. It is not that you have many options against half a football team. You take a deep breath, feeling how they approach every pore of your skin. You have to think of something and quickly get rid of them, allowing you to escape.
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Man, these bullies really don’t like the fact we called them out in their ineptitude. 
Got time to bully and even have the forethought to bring a knife. But homework? Which takes, like, 10x less effort? Nah, bro. That teacher asks for too much. 
I love it. 
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I am trying to mock the typical scene in american high school in this origin intro, later certain characters will mock the shit of the scene. I am not American so I am afraid that doesn’t get the meaning of the scene or just be cringe and people stop reading
Yeah, I know I shouldn’t care too much about the act two’s beginning (I’ll probably ask for input from readers about what they’d want to do there, once I get the demo out - there’s a bit of a downtime, which would be a good location to hang out with some of the NPCs) and just push on (which I’m trying to do!) but I need to lay some groundwork for myself.
Also a plot twist. There’s an important plot twist there. (Although I had no trouble with the twist itself, but with what’s happening around it.) Of course, I may have way too many plot twists so that it might end up being a plot corkscrew instead, but then again, I am writing a some form of space opera.
Also, I realized I had to establish a prior relationship with a character that hasn’t appeared, so I went back and added that as an aside.
Noodle incident? Also exposition.
Right, Special Agent Guld. She was intent on arresting Connor from carrying illegal cybernetics (in his pocket), but had to relent because Connor beat her at the card table. Or that’s the story at least; you weren’t there, and while Connor plays a mean hand of Stellar Base, you have never been able to figure out how that narrative makes any sense whatsoever. Guld is real, at least - you’ve met her. In fact, she was a great help to you in the war with the wisps.
I was planning so that the player can select from three different departments where the MC works, and the other two would have an NPC for that role (the characters then depending on which department the MC is), but now I’m not sure if I actually can do that variety, since the characters are not so easily replaced anymore - I might just have to make the MC department-locked, and I wanted the first choice to be an important one. Hmm. A problem for the future me, in any case.
Word total at 16k, anyway. And if I’d put all the words I’ve used today to rant into the story instead, I’m sure I’d be further, but it is what it is.
Bonus line
“Hagelstad,” he spits the name out like it’s poison. “He’s never been able to get over that I’m a better spy than he is.”
@poison_mara you can do it! Good luck!
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An advice. If you can’t make the department choice viable option. Focus on offering a viable variety of feelings about that department job and make that part of character development.
Player can choose hate that department maybe desire to be in one of the other two and someone is sabotaging the player.
Or maybe player is happy in the department
Maybe player hates all the job place and they dream is finding other job.
Those option even if are more a flavour scenes variable can make that a fixed by plot job place feels more organic and not railroad.
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