I think I was three min to deadline when I sent mine. And then I worried my Scriv file had a problem so I sent again in rtf.
What a rush! I’m pretty happy with my chapter. I left some stuff that could be foreshadowing if the plot goes that way, but can just be written off as a “moment” if it doesn’t. Got rid of a body in a not so clever way. (Hopes no one checks the dumpster.) Threw in some French vulgarity as well as a curse in Italian–because I could.
Made hubby read it to just make sure I hadn’t rearranged something weirdly, leaving confusion.
THAT WAS AWESOME!!! Even if I did have vampires. (Super happy I got to kill one at least. )
Got some good bad jokes in there. hehehehe looks at the rest of the day is disappointed
Guess I should eat something before my next task.
It’s like when all the presents have been…
Oh!!! There’s still a present to open later today!!! WOOOHOOOOOO!!! awaits with thrill that the "books’ will be done in less than 4 hours
I am genuinely looking forward to your chapter. Granted, I’m expecting humor (bad “dad jokes” are a plus). So let me know now lest I be massively disappointed.
Mostly because I don’t want to be the only one. With a bad “dad joke” or two.
Feeling a little thin on the ground this year skimming in just under 2000. But, results notwithstanding, a rollicking good time had here — four of us in my locale this year! Woohoo! Many thanks to our Plotmaster, Ringleader, Master of Ceremonies, Bookbinder, Et Alia!
Looking forward to a smashing read.*
gr
My own chapter excepted, of course. But the rest of you darn well better be smashing!
7p get brief
7:10 disparage piggy’s lineage
7:30 drink heavily
8:30 break up brief in scribe
8:35 redouble drinking effort
9ish make outline of initial bad idea
10ish throw away original outline and make another
10;15ish give up and go to bed
5ish wake up and complain about hangover
6ish run a couple miles
7ish breakfast and swear about “what dumba$$ wrote this outline!!”
8ish better outline
8:15ish break out emergency rum
9ish get serious and swap out shot glass for highball
930ish DELETE IT ALL
931ish get 16oz tumbler
10ish mumble at boss lady something like “do these letters make words”
11ish “WHO STOLE MY RUM!?!?!!”
12ish locate emergency rum
1p wife shake me awake and wipes drool from keyboard
2ish 2nd degree burns on fingertips from speed typing
3p wife shakes head and says “they’ll eventually get smart and not let you do this thing anymore”
3:30 I compile to to rtf and say “piggy will never learn” and hit send.
It was lovely for this first-timer, though I got my words in late and probably a bit rough! Fell asleep last night and had to write most of it on the drive back in the back seat.