not a novel writer

I am not a Novel Writer

@akalinus (43184)

United States

November 9, 2024 4:00pm CST

I have been gone working on a novel for NaNoWriMo. It is going so slow. I have to look up everything and that slows me down. I am now trying to find out who my villain is. I dreamed up three but I have no idea how that is going to go. I have finally gotten to 10,000 words. Grammarly is broken again. I contacted them through Reddit and they said there was an outage yesterday and it is fixed. Today it stopped working again. I am missing my friends here on myLot so I here I am. I like my story but I am not a novelist.

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@Deepizzaguy (102624)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

10 Nov

I know what you are going through since when I write a fan fiction on the Marvel and D C heroes, I try to keep close to canon and add extra heroes that I created as the assistants to the main characters.

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@akalinus (43184)

• United States

10 Nov

That sounds so cool. Maybe you will start a new comics world.

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@akalinus (43184)

• United States

15 Nov

@Deepizzaguy I think you might be on to something there.

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@Deepizzaguy (102624)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

10 Nov

@akalinus I am thinking about it.

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@snowy22315 (180452)

• United States

9 Nov

What's it about? Glad you bopped in.

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@akalinus (43184)

• United States

9 Nov

it stands for National Novel Writing Month. We are supposed to write 50,000 words in the month of November. I lost most of one day because of the elections and another day being out and about with my son. November is a hard month to write.

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@akalinus (43184)

• United States

10 Nov

That's an interesting question. Harry Smith, a detective in the sheriff's office is looking for a 4 year old girl in a forest with fairies and elves mixed up in the story. Confused? So am I.

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@JudyEv (339552)

• Rockingham, Australia

10 Nov

Hopefully the story might start to write itself in a way and the villain will appear without much help. At least you're having a go.

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@akalinus (43184)

• United States

10 Nov

That happened in another story I wrote. Suddenly, a guy jumped in and said his name is Gerald and he will be in your story. And guess what, he will be my villain. Anything is possible.

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@LindaOHio (178131)

• United States

10 Nov

Writing take a lot of time and effort. Sometimes it flows...sometimes it doesn't. I have written over 1,000 articles and reviews and I have a completed children's picture book done in rhyme. I wish you the best of luck with your novel. Have a good day.

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@akalinus (43184)

• United States

10 Nov

One good thing might come out of it. I have a super idea for a kid's book. I sent one of my characters to go visit her aunt. The aunt is a writer and I started describing her and the books she wrote. Like wow, is she real. I just made her up. I sometimes have problems where characters rise up and take over and I can just write what they are doing. So, I might make a kid's book about her.

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@akalinus (43184)

• United States

10 Nov

Once again, my answer is gone. I said I got a good idea for a children's book when I sent one of my characters to visit her aunt.

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@LindaOHio (178131)

• United States

11 Nov

@akalinus Good idea. I hope it comes to fruition. I have decided to self-publish my children's book. This should be exciting.

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@Shivram59 (35309)

• India

10 Nov

I want to write a novel;too.It would be in Hindi.But till this moment I don't have a plot.I'm looking for an idea associated with my own experiences;but my mind is blank.Like you I'm not a novelist;too.

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@akalinus (43184)

• United States

10 Nov

I know you are very busy and need to tend to your family and your business. That's enough for anyone.

@akalinus (43184)

• United States

10 Nov

@Shivram59 You never know. You may start writing again sometime in the future.

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@Shivram59 (35309)

• India

11 Nov

@akalinus May be.I would be glad if such a time comes.I want to start writing again.

@grenery8 (10273)

• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)

13 Nov

not reliable page that grammarly, sorry. i am glad you have a villain, whoever it is and, as they say - more, the merrier

good luck

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@akalinus (43184)

• United States

14 Nov

I think I am not patient enough to write a book. There are more than one type of villains in this novel I am trying to write.

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@grenery8 (10273)

• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)

15 Nov

@akalinus it's tough writing a book. you do however you feel. i think it's cool for you to have more than 1 villains

@kaylachan (69370)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

9 Nov

You don't have to be. If you want to write, let it be for fun. Grammarly isn't the only editor out there. Microsoft and Apple both have their own native proof reading tools, and I use those over a third-party.

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@akalinus (43184)

• United States

10 Nov

I answered you too but my answer is gone. This is super weird. What is going on. I have used Grammarly for years and it is working again today. I think there was an outage and then it glitched a couple of times.

@crossbones27 (49432)

• Mojave, California

10 Nov

Good luck,sounds to hard for me. Grammarly literally makes me write worse if that is possible. I start to sound unnatural because trying to be grammatically correct. I think that is why most just write it and them let the experts do the editing. If you try to do it solo, these top dogs will know and pick it apart. Where you need to play by their rules if you want it to work.

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@akalinus (43184)

• United States

10 Nov

Unfortunately, you are right. I know my ending but think people will not like it and wondering if I should change it. Everyone is so sensitive these days.

@akalinus (43184)

• United States

10 Nov

I don't know what's going on. I answered you and now it is gone. The same thing happened with someone else. I should write one about the mystery of the missing words.

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@RasmaSandra (79714)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

10 Nov

Best of luck to you, I know I can write stories but novels take a whole lot more and even if fiction have to have some kind of reality, I hope you finish yours,

@everwonderwhy (7326)

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10 Nov

Wow! You'll amazingly reach your 50k+ goal !!!:-)

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@akalinus (43184)

• United States

10 Nov

This is only day 10 and I wrote 10,000 words altogether. That is a thousand a day. I know what my ending will be but it is all the stuff in the middle that puzzles me.

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@akalinus (43184)

• United States

10 Nov

I don't know. It takes up a lot of time and then I don't have time for other things. I like to go for walks and then there are always things that need to be done in the house. I can't sit at the computer all day.

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@Dreamerby (4798)

• Calcutta, India

10 Nov

I know. I love writing too. But only short paragraphs. I don't have the patience to write stories(novels). Its sad.

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@akalinus (43184)

• United States

10 Nov

I am going to write some in it every day. I doubt I will make 50,000 words but I might come up with good ideas for shorter pieces. You never know.

@akalinus (43184)

• United States

10 Nov

I answered you and now the answer is gone. This is so weird. I like to write shorter things and get ideas from books I started and did not finish.