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NaNoWriMo Update: Week Three

This article was published on November 27, 2012 and may be out of date. To maintain our historical record, The Cascade does not update or remove outdated articles.

Print Edition: November 21, 2012

Dessa Bayrock

Working title: The Metaphorical Giraffe

NaNoWriMo username: DessaYo

Confidence to finish 50,000 words in one month: 75 per cent

Current wordcount: 26,085

I am really tired. I’m about four days behind in writing.

You may have noticed that I changed the title of my novel. It is true that the giraffe is now a metaphor for something. What is it a metaphor for, you may ask? I don’t know yet. All I know is that it is no longer a talking giraffe, and it no longer comes back from the dead. I think it’s probably going to be a catalyst for my characters to change and grow. That’s how literature works, right?

My confidence to finish on time is dropping. I remember saying that I was going to spend a day getting caught up, but let’s be serious. There are three weeks left in the semester. Ain’t nobody got time for that shit.

Sasha Moedt

Working title: [hysterical laughter]

NaNoWriMo username: smoot

Confidence to finish 50,000 words in one month: 69 per cent

Current wordcount: 23,571

My main character is no longer a virgin, so there goes that working title. I’m fucked, too. I haven’t written a word in days; I have presentations, essays and final exams hovering, due in the very, very near future.

I calculated an estimate of how many words I’d have to write if I completed my word count for NaNoWriMo as well as meeting the length requirements for my final papers: 32,429 words. And I didn’t include how many words I’d speak for my presentation, and how many words I might write for my final exams.

The plot is going well. Things are working out. It’s very dark and gothic. I am being very vague about historical details; I figure I’ll do the research and fill it in come December. But all in all, the story took a turn I didn’t expect, that’s for sure. Always interesting where your writing wanders, isn’t it?

Anthony Biondi

Working title: The Big Smoke

NaNoWriMo username: ABiondi

Confidence to finish 50,000 words in a month: 60 per cent

Current wordcount: 37,063

It has begun. The death of the ending of my novel. As I write, I find that I must consider the actions of my novel more and more. And this deep thinking has taken me away from the multitudes of final projects, presentations and obligations I have due as the semester draws to a close.

Because of this, my novel has begun to take the back burner. I can’t seem to find the time that I had before to write the damn thing.

On top of this, I believe I am slowly losing my mind. It’s cold outside and dark and cold. It’s really cold. I hate it. I hate the rain. I hate the dark. I hate the cold. Thusly, my novel must suffer. On top of this, purchasing Guild Wars 2 may not have been a wise purchase for the middle of November.

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