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NaNo 2023 - Mutant Families



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Wed Oct 18, 2023 8:41 pm
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Liminality says...



A weird big draft about a guy in a town contaminated by a mysterious sci-fi substance. Alongside his job defending the town from sci-fi monsters, he has to contend with a criminal gang intending to take over the town from his parents.

Featuring lots of side characters and unusual settings.

Currently this draft is at 81,000 words, and I'm hoping to add on 30,000 to it this NaNo by plantsing.
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Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:09 am
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Carlito says...



We love plantsing <3
There are so many cool elements to this!! Best of luck this NaNo!!
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Wed Nov 01, 2023 3:29 am
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Liminality says...



Thanks @Carlito! You too!
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Wed Nov 01, 2023 4:17 am
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At the end of October the draft was at 82,051 words, so I'll be counting up from this number!

November goal: 112,051 words
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Wed Nov 01, 2023 9:48 am
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Day 1

710 words

710/30,000 words

Draft total at 82,761 words
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Thu Nov 02, 2023 3:55 am
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Day 2

1,072 words

1,782/30,000 words

Draft total at 83,833 words
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Thu Nov 02, 2023 11:22 am
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IcyFlame says...



Looks like a great start, well done!
  





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Thu Nov 02, 2023 1:25 pm
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LuminescentAnt says...



This story sounds really cool!
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Thu Nov 02, 2023 5:51 pm
Liminality says...



Thanks @IcyFlame and @LuminescentAnt !!
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Fri Nov 03, 2023 10:41 am
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Day 3

548 words

2,330/30,000 words

Draft total at 84,381 words
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Sat Nov 04, 2023 9:18 am
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Day 4

1,566 words

3,896/30,000 words

Draft total at 85,947 words

I'm starting to run out of 'plan' at this point, at least on a micro-level, so am going to need to plan a little further.
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Sun Nov 05, 2023 9:52 am
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Day 5

1,127 words

5,023/30,000 words

Draft total at 87,074 words
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Mon Nov 06, 2023 9:06 am
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Day 6

562 words

5,585/30,000 words

Draft total at 87,636 words

I'm in the middle of an important character scene now and it is just not going like I thought it would go . . . My main character decided to do 'good' things a couple of scenes ago, which changes the way this scene can go, because initially it was supposed to just cement that he thinks he should be doing 'bad' things but now it's like the other character has convinced him instead of him doing the reasoning himself argh - I don't know if that's better or worse but I'm just gonna move on. If I need to change it, I'll change it in the next draft.
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Tue Nov 07, 2023 10:34 am
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Day 7

854 words

6,439/30,000 words

Draft total at 88,490 words
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Wed Nov 08, 2023 10:54 am
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Day 8

52 words

6,491/30,000 words

Draft total at 88,542 words

Got distracted today so writing fell to the wayside. I did come up with some plot points though. Will try to make up the rest tomorrow and over the weekend.
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