National Novel Writing Month - Off Topic - FM24/25 Update

KEZ_7

18 years ago

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01 Nov 2012 15:22:59

Send it my way mate

DB

16 years ago

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01 Nov 2012 15:27:36

Thought I would read a few sentences and get bored but it was actually really good and intriguing

tmatthew

18 years ago

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771

01 Nov 2012 15:31:43

Can I have a read too please.

Johnsey

18 years ago

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176

01 Nov 2012 16:02:54

I'm up for doing this, will give it a crack when I get in.

Send yours my way please Fanny, sounds like it's worth a read!

Nexus

17 years ago

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01 Nov 2012 16:56:36

I'm trying it again this year - I failed last year & the year before.

Also you guys need to read some decent fantasy. There's a lot of shit fantasy about, just like there's a lot of other shit in genres. There's some quality stuff though.

Zog

18 years ago

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01 Nov 2012 17:10:30

Send it my way please

The Platypus

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01 Nov 2012 18:13:16

Fuck fantasy.

Fantastic

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01 Nov 2012 20:13:13

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_r75w3H2NNqRUZzVUJER1ktbkE

That's the link to it.

rossiheslopi

16 years ago

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01 Nov 2012 20:54:37

really enjoyed it, look forward to reading more as and when you write more

Fantastic

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01 Nov 2012 22:01:49

Just hit five thousand words, fucking delighted. Might have a wank to celebrate.

jumberto

17 years ago

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01 Nov 2012 22:10:24

By Fantastic | Permalink | On 01 November 2012 - 22:01 PM

Just hit five thousand words, fucking delighted. Might have a wank to celebrate.

Could be useful material for the final chapter.

jumberto

17 years ago

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01 Nov 2012 22:10:24

By Fantastic | Permalink | On 01 November 2012 - 22:01 PM

Just hit five thousand words, fucking delighted. Might have a wank to celebrate.

Could be useful material for the final chapter.

jumberto

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By Fantastic | Permalink | On 01 November 2012 - 22:01 PM

Just hit five thousand words, fucking delighted. Might have a wank to celebrate.

Could be useful material for a later chapter.

Eric Portapotty

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02 Nov 2012 03:58:35

How much of this is based on real life experiences?

Good read by the way

Fantastic

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02 Nov 2012 04:21:21

Some is, some isn't. I previously tried writing a book about a man who goes to prison, ends up being raped by his cell mate, the two fall in love and then towards the end he discovers that the man who raped him is actually his father who he has never met.

The clusterfuck of problems that opened the door to are obvious: I've never been raped. I've never been to prison. I've never been raped by my father. I met my father. I've never been raped.

I just read some of the dialogue between the two and it's horrible.

So I said fuck it, write what I know. Which is being an emotionally retarded adult male who has failed to shake hands with responsibility.

Fantastic

14 years ago

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02 Nov 2012 09:06:58

8,000 words and not even breakfast time. Get in El Hadji.

KEZ_7

18 years ago

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02 Nov 2012 12:30:07

Just read through what you've written so far. Genuinely pretty amusing so far like, quality

Franck

18 years ago

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02 Nov 2012 13:24:17

Sounds like you've found yourself a handful of potential customers already El Hadji.

smurphptfc

13 years ago

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354

02 Nov 2012 13:43:56

That was class.

I don't have a sufficient attention span for reading, I get bored, but I liked that.

KEZ_7

18 years ago

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02 Nov 2012 14:15:54

By smurphptfc | Permalink | On 02 November 2012 - 13:43 PM

That was class.

I don't have a sufficient attention span for reading, I get bored, but I liked that.

I'm the same, I like the idea in principal but never have the time/attention span to do it often

Zog

18 years ago

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395

02 Nov 2012 14:18:58

Nick Hornby on crack.

Zoli

18 years ago

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02 Nov 2012 14:42:04

Yeah, gonna read it when I'm bored.

You always came through as Susie's Hank Moody to me, just without the constant sex, so this might work out well.

Fantastic

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02 Nov 2012 19:12:46

By Franck | Permalink | On 02 November 2012 - 13:24 PM

Sounds like you've found yourself a handful of potential customers already El Hadji.

God I hope so. I don't like working in an office or in a bar and I'm not pretty enough to be a whore.

Ali Lane kindly made me a better cover for the book:

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/ag5503hrD8o3lGrTQzE8RoptA68mJyOxPs8Rg0lE.jpg

Yes, I'm aware my name isn't Max any more.

The Platypus

14 years ago

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02 Nov 2012 19:17:20

Is "Diary of an Emotional Retard" too direct?

I guess the problem with that title is that it could be about a hysterical mentally handicapped person.

Fantastic

14 years ago

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02 Nov 2012 19:29:15

Emotional retard was the other choice I had. It's a working title.

Nexus

17 years ago

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02 Nov 2012 20:46:05

Max could be your pseudonym.

Fantastic

14 years ago

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02 Nov 2012 20:47:10

Want to be my writing buddy? I haven't got any buddies yet on the main site.

Fantastic

14 years ago

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02 Nov 2012 22:27:30

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_r75w3H2NNqYy11ZkJmRzZ6Z0E

A daytime nap and some awful football upset my working rhythm, but I got there in the end.