Steve E Posted November 29, 2010 Report Share Posted November 29, 2010 Wow. Go out to dinner and you miss 10 NaNoWriMo 2010 posts. Okay. First in response to Fizchick's, "But I can tell, Thoth, if I wanted to be stalker, you might be very helpful", I can only say . In response to TAS's. "... book is done at 47,112 words. ", M is right. There are plenty of ways to pad and the one she first mentions is the one I happen to use when necessary*. I read over the text and add sensory descriptions ("The kitchen had sticky floors. but worse, so did the bedroom.") How about a section in the back that lists and describes your characters and locations? I'm sure you can think of something. And Congratulations thealtruismsociety on your 500th post. There's probably 3000 words right there. Don't give up. - Thoth *Not having more to say isn't usually one of my problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marguerite Posted November 29, 2010 Report Share Posted November 29, 2010 Just book is done at 47,112 words. So you're 2,888 words short. 10 pages in double-spaced Times New Roman 12. 12 pages in Courier. You can do this, TAS. A chapter by chapter outline and character list could easily span 10-12 pages. If ever there was a time for adverbs, this is it, she purred throatily. Purple that prose! Milk those metaphors! Can the contractions, and stun the reader with similes. Make everything as thick as a baby's arm (or wide as the ocean or blue as a robin's egg). Who cares if it's a cliché, so long as it's a cliché with lots of words? Just don't give up. And remember, you can always take it out on Dec. 1. M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizchick Posted November 29, 2010 Report Share Posted November 29, 2010 True, this thread will die when NaNoWriMo ends, or shortly afterward, but Fizchick will stay with us (I hope!). There are many other fun threads in the forums, and she can always start her own. Best, M She thinks she will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thealtruismsociety Posted November 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 So you're 2,888 words short. 10 pages in double-spaced Times New Roman 12. 12 pages in Courier. You can do this, TAS. A chapter by chapter outline and character list could easily span 10-12 pages. If ever there was a time for adverbs, this is it, she purred throatily. Purple that prose! Milk those metaphors! Can the contractions, and stun the reader with similes. Make everything as thick as a baby's arm (or wide as the ocean or blue as a robin's egg). Who cares if it's a cliché, so long as it's a cliché with lots of words? Just don't give up. And remember, you can always take it out on Dec. 1. M Thanks for all the advice, I've actually started on a short story I've been kicking around in my mind, that's gonna help put me over actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve E Posted November 30, 2010 Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 So you're 2,888 words short. 10 pages in double-spaced Times New Roman 12. 12 pages in Courier. You can do this, TAS. A chapter by chapter outline and character list could easily span 10-12 pages. If ever there was a time for adverbs, this is it, she purred throatily. Purple that prose! Milk those metaphors! Can the contractions, and stun the reader with similes. Make everything as thick as a baby's arm (or wide as the ocean or blue as a robin's egg). Who cares if it's a cliché, so long as it's a cliché with lots of words? Just don't give up. And remember, you can always take it out on Dec. 1. M TAS must have taken your advice. I just checked: philhanson is at 48,646, just 1,354 words to go (he purred throatily ). And, by the way, Steve is at 45,455. Just 4,545 words to go! (So close. So close.) Excellent work everyone. The champaign is on me (literally, I'm very sloppy). - Thoth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thealtruismsociety Posted November 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 50087 I now have a new novel and a new short story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve E Posted November 30, 2010 Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 50087 Congratulations to thealtruismsociety for crossing the NaNoWriMo Finish Line A Full Day Ahead Of Schedule. Good going TAS. We knew you could do it. But where is Steve? -Thoth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thealtruismsociety Posted November 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 So concerning my short story, I was thinking of submitting it to various magazines to try and get it published but, it they pay for the story, do I then lose all rights to it? Or do they only pay for the right to publish it in their magazine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve E Posted November 30, 2010 Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 So concerning my short story, I was thinking of submitting it to various magazines to try and get it published but, it they pay for the story, do I then lose all rights to it? Or do they only pay for the right to publish it in their magazine? They're unlikely to pay you so they can publish your story in their magazine if you can then turn around and publish it on your (free) blog or sell it to still another magazine. There are exceptions, of course. All rights are negotiable, TAS. But basically, they will take what they can get for as little as they can spend. Typically, all publishers are interested in All Rights. Such is the business world. But ask your publishers. They'll tell you what rights they're interested in and even what they're willing to pay for them. Don't we have a few people on the forum who actually work for book publishers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thealtruismsociety Posted November 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 They're unlikely to pay you so they can publish your story in their magazine if you can then turn around and then publish it on your (free) blog (or sell it to another magazine). But all rights are negotiable, TAS, and for sale. Many publishers are interested in some rights but not others. But basically, they will take what they can get for as little as they can. And most publishers are interested in All Rights. Such is the business world. But ask your publishers. They'll tell you what rights they're interested in. So they could for instance, take the story and sell it to a movie studio later on? (I guess I dream big) This is the kind of thing I'm wondering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve E Posted November 30, 2010 Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 So they could for instance, take the story and sell it to a movie studio later on? (I guess I dream big)This is the kind of thing I'm wondering. If they've purchased all rights, yes. If they've purchased only printing rights, no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thealtruismsociety Posted November 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 If they've purchased all rights, yes. If they've purchased only printing rights only, no. Ok, I know to not accept anything other than printing rights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizchick Posted November 30, 2010 Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 50087 I now have a new novel and a new short story. Whoo hooo! Does that fall into killing two birds with one stone? Not all chicks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve E Posted November 30, 2010 Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 Ok, I know to not accept anything other than printing rights. That would depend upon how badly you want to get published in that particular magazine. -T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve E Posted November 30, 2010 Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 Does that fall into killing two birds with one stone? I would think so. But wouldn't chicks be opposed the stoning of birds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thealtruismsociety Posted November 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 That would depend upon how badly you want to get published in that particular magazine. -T Not bad enough to give them complete control of everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve E Posted November 30, 2010 Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 Not bad enough to give them complete control of everything. I understand. But it's sometimes better to be a published author trying to sell his next story, than an unpublished one. Just a thought. - Thoth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve E Posted November 30, 2010 Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 In a prodigious burst of speed: STEVE HAS CROSSED THE 2010 NaNoWriMo FINISH LINE Good going Steve We knew you would do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marguerite Posted November 30, 2010 Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 Way to go, Steve! Congratulations to both you and TAS. Best, M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizchick Posted November 30, 2010 Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 Whoooooo hooooooo! Awesome Steve and TAS! -bliss to you, Fizchick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizchick Posted November 30, 2010 Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 I would think so. But wouldn't chicks be opposed the stoning of birds? Well, yes, this is one of those... um...insert foot in mouth...or drumstick in mouth... I am in fact not really into throwing things at all, that is why I must write. Pitching for the Yankees didn't work out. Not my colors... I would rather pick up two buckets of gold with one hand then kill two birds... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve E Posted December 1, 2010 Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 And...it's over. At least here in NYC. You NaNoWriMos in more Western time zones ROCK ON. And now for a few leisurely months of cleaning up my typos and plot holes. - Thoth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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