Nanowrimo’s word count validator chopped off ~200 words off my Pages word count. ;_; So I have to write 50,200 words by Pages’ word count to win. Nooo problemmmmmmmmm. I’m glad Chris told us, though. It would’ve sucked to have thought I won but didn’t. |D Not that I’d really planned to validate at the last minute, but it would’ve been upsetting when actually going to validate, y’know? |D

ETA: I’d been having weird thoughts yesterday about the word “magic”. It has certain connotations, see, and really it just means “the unknown.” Turning on a light switch is its own magic. I’d been wondering if there was a way I could go through the entire novel without ever mentioning the word “magic.” ._.

ETA2: I MISS A DAY OF WRITING AND LOOK WHAT HAPPENS OH EM GEEEEEEEE (Yesterday I was working on my paper, which is why I’d been struggling to get to 30k the day before, to be on task. But now I’m not ahead anymore, which means I’m in danger of falling behind, and I’m afraid once I fall behind I’ll enter fail mentality: “oh I’m so behind wryyyy do I botherrrr” :’(((( Jac is deathly afraid of fail mentality because it has pervaded her lyfeeee for so longgggg)

ETA3: POV JUMPING FOR THE WINNNNNNNN I told myself I wouldn’t write from Asteth’s POV. Guess whose (who’s? ARGH) shoulder it is I’m looking over now! \(^A^)/

ETA4: Note to self: You may not insert the “…that it was only used to kill” line until later. Much later.

ETA5: LOL THIS IS HILARIOUS. I DON’T THINK I EVEN HAVE A PLOT YET LOLLLLLL

2 Comments

• By Sarah, November 20, 2008 @ 2:34 pm

  i prefer to use powers cuz it’s like superpowers but it doesn’t give the same feeling as magic
• By Jac the Idiot, November 20, 2008 @ 9:32 pm

  But powers has a really specific connotation, like “telepathy” is a “power”. Readers tend to want “power” to be defined. Or is that just me? >_> Anyway, thanks. :D

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