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[oloriel]

I've got a miracle healing story to tell!



Well, sort of.

So my NaNo got to That Point at which the planning stops and you just don't really know how to fill up the bits that are missing until you're back at a point for which you sort of thought aheaad. You know That Point? Well, it happens to me a lot. It happened today. About 300 words written, and then... I got stuck.

And stuck.
And stuck.

The cursor blinks accusingly on the blank page, and the word count refuses to rise. Type a sentence, delete it again. Rack brain, produce no output.

Well, today is Donation Day over on NaNoWriMo.org, and I figured, you know, what the hell. Now that you actually have a paypal account, and there are a few sorry dollars left on it... go ahead and donate. This is the sixth time you're taking part in NaNo, so how about a little thank-you for the ride?
So I went and donated. Not much because I can't afford that ATM, so the adorably gushy thank-you mail I received made me feel rather embarrassed (I assume it's the same e-mail whether you donate ten bucks or a thousand?).
And then I went back to look at my accusingly blinking cursor in the Open Office Writer document of my 2012 NaNovel... and suddenly I realised that a tiny, insignificant detail I'd previously mentioned in a different context could totally give rise to a twist that would UNHINGE MY CHARACTERS' WORLD MWAHAHAHAHAH but, more importantly, move the story onwards where I wanted it.

Which was surely totally due to making the donation*. So, you know, if you get stuck with your NaNo, totally go and make a donation, it might work for you too? ;)

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*In fact, psychologically, it might as well have been - just the other way round. "Come on, you actually put money into it now, now you HAVE to come up with somethi--- oooh, avuncular treason observed by the clueless! Shiny!"

Comments

[hhimring]

Whichever way round it worked, I'm very happy to hear you got unstuck!
I hope your characters find a way to cope with the avuncular treason; I can't help feeling slightly sorry for them...

[jokergirl.livejournal.com]

Oh! Heh, maybe I should donate too then. My mojo is low-o.
Actually, I have an assassination to foil, another assassination to go through and one of the characters to blame for it to kick off the plot, but am I writing this? No! 600 words on a lavish description of the archivists' tea kitchen, instead!

*rants and goes back to her document*

;)

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

Well, although it's going to change their world, my main character doesn't actually have to deal with it (it's way outside her influence, anyway - she just accidentally uncovered it). The characters who do have to deal with it... I honestly have no idea how they're supposed to cope with it, but as they aren't my POV characters, I don't actually care. MWAHAHAH. (Seriously, how would Maglor cope with finding out that Fingolfin is secretly having talks with Morgoth? That's about the level of avuncular treason we're looking at. >_>)

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

But archivists are important. As are tea kitchens. Anyone can do assassinations, but paying attention to the mundane, that's proper writing!

[independence1776]

That's fantastic you figured a way around the wall!

I only ever donate ten dollars, but it seriously is the little donations that keep the site running. (I also buy a T-shirt. I have nine now. I'm seriously tempted to make a T-shirt quilt out of them.)

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

I've been ogling the t-shirts, posters etc. with great desire, but shipping costs to over here are slightly... over the top. Which is probably not the OLL's fault, but rather that of the postal service, but either way it's what keeps me from buying. :(

[elfscribe5.livejournal.com]

Ah if only it were that easy, I'd be broke. Um, more than I am. Good for you.

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

It probably works only once anyway. >_> I'm glad it did work this once, though!