Just so y'all know--I freaking ROCK

[proud gonzo]

I'm taking a class called Writing the Novel this semester. It's the last major requirement (aside from my Capstone) for my professional writing degree. I have to write a 50,000 word (200 page) novel by December 5th.

The assignment is divided up into four 12,500 word (50 page) milestones and the second one was due tonight at midnight.

the day the first milestone was due, I struggled to write 4795 words in one 10-hour marathon... I finished with 43 minutes to spare.

today, I flew through 3000 words in three hours at Starbucks. I finished with 5 hours to spare.



in summary: I am AWESOME.

[SoonerBorn68]

One composition notebook: $1.00

4 fancy coffees: $16.00

Ingesting enough caffeine to write 3000 words in 3 hrs.: Priceless!

:D

[proud gonzo]

i don't use a composition notebook. I use legal pads (the sheets all get hole-punched and filed in a big manila folder w/ the metal brackets on the top), random bits of paper, and my laptop (early christmas present).

and usually it's tea. I'm not a big fan of coffee. But I am pretty fond of the pumpkin spice latte. ...either way, the number's about right :O

[soonerhubs]

What's the novel about?

[Widescreen]

What's the novel about?
Can't you read? It's about 50,000 words.

:D

[soonerboomer93]

she's really just combining posts from the south oval to make some sorta story about internet retards


(****, that kinda reminds me, i forgot to order/purchase Kevin Smiths book while i was in the states)

[badger]

she's really just combining posts from the south oval to make some sorta story about internet retards


(****, that kinda reminds me, i forgot to order/purchase Kevin Smiths book while i was in the states)
ehhh... that would make quite a story

[proud gonzo]

What's the novel about?it's scifi/fantasy and...hard to summarize. :D


next time somebody asks that question, I'm just going to say "podiatry"

[KC//CRIMSON]

she's really just combining posts from the south oval to make some sorta story about internet retards.

Oh? So she's writing a biography on Russell? Nice.

[soonerboomer93]

it's scifi/fantasty and...hard to summarize.

so you're just making **** up as you go along?

[proud gonzo]

so you're just making **** up as you go along?sadly, no. i spent a month and a half outlining and scribbling down notes about the story and characters. there are about 160 pages of them right now.

[Soonerus]

Respectfully, I am sure she is doing a great job...sounds like enormous task...best of luck..

[proud gonzo]

thanks

[StoopTroup]

That's really great....keep up the good work.

[yermom]

so what's it about?

[soonerboomer93]

50,000 words

keep up hippie

[tommieharris91]

it's scifi/fantasty and...hard to summarize. :D


So is fantasty some kind of new pr0n books? Oddly, I have a lot of trouble grasping the concepts of tasty pr0n books...

[OUHOMER]

Honestly, you could write a soap opera from the SO. what a cast you could come up with. We got peeps all over the world, rich, poor, libs, conservatives and everything in between. And we all have something in common. The SOONERS>>>>>:D

[nmsoonergirl]

I think it'd be awesome if your NEXT book really were about podiatry....like a Grey's Anatomy of the feet.

Congrats on your writing. Sounds like you are really in the groove. It's a great feeling when you get comfortable doing a task that was once daunting.

[Sooner Born Sooner Bred]

Kudos to you! I'm in the final stages of my 1st book. We publish later this month. It's a big job!

[SicEmBaylor]

Kudos to you! I'm in the final stages of my 1st book. We publish later this month. It's a big job!
What's your book about?

[SoonerBK]

So does it make you more of a writer if you are seen writing in a starbucks?

[OUDoc]

What's your book about?
Atlanta Nights

[Xstnlsooner]

PROPS PG!! You ARE awesome!

I wrote a master's thesis once upon a time and of course, that's
something totally different, but that's quite a feat!

"DRINKS ON THE HOUSE!"

[SoonerJack]

Hmm, a sci-fi fantasy, Grey's Anatomyish novel about a sooner-loving podiatrist. This has a lot of possibilities. Just think of what the cover graphics would look like!

[crawfish]

That's great! Does it have space monkeys in it? I love books with space monkeys.

[C&CDean]

it's scifi/fantasy and...hard to summarize. :D


next time somebody asks that question, I'm just going to say "podiatry"

It's about some young english boy who finds out he's a wizard and goes to a special school and does all kinds of groovy magical things, isn't it? Cause that would be really cool. You'd make gawdzillions.

[Sooner Born Sooner Bred]

What's your book about?It's an Oklahoma history coffee table book.

[Hamhock]

it's scifi/fantasy and...hard to summarize. :D


next time somebody asks that question, I'm just going to say "podiatry"

you should have your main character kill a bobcat with a bow.

[NormanPride]

It's about some young english boy who finds out he's a wizard and goes to a special school and does all kinds of groovy magical things, isn't it? Cause that would be really cool. You'd make gawdzillions.

Just make sure to make his elder mentor gay.

[yermom]

It's an Oklahoma history coffee table book.

what if you don't have a coffee table?

[C&CDean]

Just make sure to make his elder mentor gay.

Well, yeah.

[sanantoniosooner]

It's about some young english boy who finds out he's a wizard and goes to a special school and does all kinds of groovy magical things, isn't it? Cause that would be really cool. You'd make gawdzillions.
http://www.rob-clarkson.com/duff-brewery/martin/01.jpg

[proud gonzo]

So does it make you more of a writer if you are seen writing in a starbucks?
i don't care about being seen writing in a starbucks. I go there because I write very well there. At home I get distracted.

And it certainly doesn't hurt that there's a cute starbucks guy i can ogle while i'm typing.

[soonerboomer93]

It's an Oklahoma history coffee table book.

a book that turns into a coffee table? is that some kind of new Transformer.

[soonerboomer93]

i don't care about being seen writing in a starbucks. I go there because I write very well there. At home I get distracted.

And it certainly doesn't hurt that there's a cute starbucks guy i can ogle while i'm typing.


wear a short skirt, then you can ogle each other and be distracted


ywia

[proud gonzo]

heh

[Boarder]

How many people are in this class? Can you imagine grading x number of novels per semester? That'd be a lot of reading and stuff!

Oh, and good job. And, I agree on the pumpkin spice thing. I like thier apple cider, too, even though I'm not a coffee house frequenter.

[proud gonzo]

How many people are in this class? Can you imagine grading x number of novels per semester? That'd be a lot of reading and stuff!

Oh, and good job. And, I agree on the pumpkin spice thing. I like thier apple cider, too, even though I'm not a coffee house frequenter.yes, their apple cider is awesome--with the whipped cream and caramel. tasty :D


our professor is INSANE. He's had to turn in 3 novels of his own to his publisher since the semester started, plus he's reading all of our stuff.

There are 24 of us, so for each of our deadlines, he has to read 300,000 words. So by the end, he'll have to read 4800 pages worth of novels. And he's actually hoping to get all the way through each of ours twice.

He also teaches a short story class, which would probably be 1150 pages worth of reading, or there about.

[Boarder]

That makes my eyes hurt just reading that.

[Widescreen]

i don't care about being seen writing in a starbucks. I go there because I write very well there. At home I get distracted.

And it certainly doesn't hurt that there's a cute starbucks guy i can ogle while i'm typing.
:confused: So do you go there to be distracted or not to be distracted? :confused:

;)

[proud gonzo]

hehe :D

the problem is that there are so few distractions at home that I get distracted. So I have to be distracted enough that I can concentrate.

[Frozen Sooner]

It's about some young english boy who finds out he's a wizard and goes to a special school and does all kinds of groovy magical things, isn't it? Cause that would be really cool. You'd make gawdzillions.

According to Rowling, that wouldn't be a fantasy books. :rolleyes: