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Post by debbi on Jan 5, 2010 15:10:14 GMT -5
For those who are going for a word count goal during the month (or year), let's think of some.
These are when you have to get your word count up for the day and you have nothing left to write about (or can't think of anything--writer's block basically). They most likely won't stay in the edit/rewriting (although maybe a few words might for comic relief).
Some things are
*discribing every little piece of furniture in the room (and don't forget to discribe every inch of the wall paper) *non-essential dialogue (such as weather, and every "hi, how are you" "find, how are you") *singing "99 bottles of beer on the wall" *a character who repeats every single word of diaglogue just said (the character and dialog will be removed in the edit, so it's not done on purpose, if it is, that's fine) *character discribing something step by step (such as how to learn to crochet or knit)
What are some things you've done or will be doing?
Note: Sometimes these can give you a starting point to start writing... or move you onto more of your novel... or just get your word count up.
Debbi
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Post by Elizabeth Sabourin on Jan 6, 2010 20:59:32 GMT -5
Oh, those are good.
One trick I used during NaNo was to take out all the dashes when writing ages (twelve years old, instead of twelve-years-old). It doesn't seem like a lot, but it'll add probably another two hundred words to your novel.
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Post by debbi on Jan 7, 2010 13:30:14 GMT -5
I used lots of dialogue in November for my first novel. That is real easy for me to write. Since my second novel was more a personal story about the MC it was internal thoughts.
If you put those to together, dialogue and thoughts, that could add up. Even hav a character think something and write it in a similar way (or the same way). If you use only one POV, have the MC thoughts be what she's thinking the other person is thinking... for example, 'I bet Mary is thinking that I can't do this' Julie thought. 'Mary's probably thinking that I'm just some dumb blonde...'
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Post by debbi on Jan 8, 2010 13:52:44 GMT -5
Poetry. How could I forget? I like to write bad poetry and my characters sometimes do (in November always). You could quote some poetry, but why not just write some bad poetry.
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Post by wingch on Sept 6, 2010 8:56:30 GMT -5
1 When your characters say something, make it long. 2 If your character has something important to say, repeat it three times. it sounds stupid, but it's important to your character right? And your word count just got like, 500 extra! 3 Put a space before and after every hyphen and ellipses.
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Post by Elizabeth Sabourin on Sept 7, 2010 18:40:32 GMT -5
2 If your character has something important to say, repeat it three times. it sounds stupid, but it's important to your character right? And your word count just got like, 500 extra! That reminds me, give your character a catch phrase! I've never done it myself, but I've read a few books where they're used. Harry Potter, for instance. Mad-Eye Moody had "Constant vigilance!" which he repeated in nearly every scene he was in. This would work especially well in stories with superheroes.
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Post by wingch on Sept 7, 2010 20:20:07 GMT -5
Also, if your characters are kids, make them go to a school with an obnoxiously long name. Then whenever they are talking about their school, make them say the name. If your really desperate, do dream sequences.
Author Simon Haynes suggests you start writing at 8am, write 500 words, take a break until 9am, write another 500 words, and continue in that pattern until 10pm. By the end of the day, you'll have 7500 words
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