Go ahead and tell me that I'm crazy...

[candyland]

So I was talking with cherelle_holmes, and she mentioned one of those contests where artists have to lock themselves in a room for twenty-four hours and draw a twenty-four page comic or doujin. Some of you might have heard of them? Well, I got to thinking...

Is there anything like that out there for writers?

And please don't say NaNoWriMo. That's not what I mean XD I mean like a one-day thing, where you write a certain number of words in a twenty-four hour period. If there is, where might I find such a creature? If there isn't...am I the only one who thinks it could be INSANELY fun/challenging?

If you think I'm a crazy person by now, you can go ahead and tell me. I won't think any less of you ^_~ And in case you hadn't noticed, I'm a total nerd for challenges. I guess I like things that make me think or push me.

Except NaNoWriMo. That just hit at a really bad point in my life, I tried to do it at the worst possible time, and while I might be able to face it in a few years, right now I can barely think about it without associating it with my senior year borderline-nervous breakdown D:

So yeah. That's sort of what I'm thinking about as of late...although the challenge for me would be to write just ONE long fic in that period of time. My thing would be more like UPDATE EVERYTHING AND ADD UP THE WORD COUNT, WHEE!! Because...yeah. Lord knows I don't post enough on some of those.

...why is everyone looking at me all funny?

If all goes well, there'll be ficcage up tonight. Probably 30_ways. After that...I dunno. Have enough plunnies bouncing around for fanfic100 to get me to probably fic #52 or #53, maybe even #54. I'd have to count. Oh, and I now have TWO PLUNNIES EACH for Ouran and Princess Tutu. TWO! COUNT THEM, TWO! *headdesk* Where are these ideas coming from, for corn's sake? Oh well. Figure one for each series will find itself hurtling into 100fandomhell :D

And in other news, I am so tired and stressed and worried about everything under the sun that I think I might be making myself sick. I seriously thought I was going to throw up during choir last period. And then having a little showdown with a couple of my students? Didn't help. Really didn't help...god, I seriously feel sick... *crawls into the nearest lap and mewls for pettings and comfort*

Comments

[rasgos-76.livejournal.com]

my friends have done that doujin contest thing...>> I've never tried :? I always end up stoping at like 15 pages XDDD


*pets and comforts* D| I am also making myself sick with stress since last night =_='''

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

I've never tried. Mostly because I, err...can't draw ^^;; But I would love to try something with writing, since that's my main way of contributing to my fandoms.

*purrs* I saw your LJ entry... *hugsyoutight* Are you okay??

[rasgos-76.livejournal.com]

Hey it would be cool if you started one (if you couldn't find one out there) :D I'd look forward to it!!! Hell I might even give it a shot...maybe...

You so cute when you purr~ I'm still recovering from last night =_=' it's killed me really drawing anything

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

That's sort of what I was thinking--you know, like an LJ comm or something. But then I'd be afraid that no one would want to do it or people would think that I was crazy, and that would crush my little heart *is shallow like that*

:3 *purrs some more to cheer you up*

But...but...HEATHER DRAWS GOOD!! *clings*

[rasgos-76.livejournal.com]

Well if no one does it I will try (and most likey fail) and do it with you.

I do likes your purring~

D| I draw ok, I wouldn't say good...

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

Aww, thank you!! *glomps*

I'm only sort of purring now because I just wrote out the check for my first student loan payment XD ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE BUCKS DOWN, MY SOUL TWENTY THOUSAND TO GO!! *tries to purr more to make you happy*

I SAY GOOD! So I will simply have to override your opinion with mine. I win!

[rasgos-76.livejournal.com]

*is glomped* |D I do need practice writing...Promise you won't make fun of it?

XDDD I dont wanna think about my loans... $800 a month DX damn school. but I have til next year(ish) to start paying on that.

The more purring is claiming~

HA! I WILL ONLY AGREE TO YOUR OPINION IF YOU AGREE THAT YOU ARE SEXY!!!

So there

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

I would never make fun of it! I bet it's fine! And either way, everyone's gotta start somewhere, right? I look back at my old fanfics and wince. Someday, I'll probably look back at the stuff I'm writing now and think it's crap ^^;;

Eight hundred a month?? What the hell kind of loan do you have?? I've got two loans--private and federal--and I consolidated so I'm only making two payments a month...even with that, it's still around $375 a month for both of them, give or take.

*mrews*

...THAT IS CHEATING AND UNFAIR AND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TOPIC AT HAND. AS THE EVIL OVERLORD AND QUEEN OF THE WORLD, I STRIKE DOWN YOUR PROPOSAL AND OVERRULE YOUR OPINION WITH MY OWN.

So there indeed.

[rasgos-76.livejournal.com]

^^' I guess....

Well, I do have my loans all in order :/ just my school costs oh....60,000 total. So yeah, 800 a month... if you think about it its fair to the amount...>> seeing as it costs like 1,000 a semster XD I can't pay that every 3 months...>>

OH, NO YOU DON'T MISSY!!!! *RAPES* BOW DOWN TO YOUR MASTER!!!!!

indeed, that is so~

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

Between my two sets of loans, I'm looking at a little over $50,000 in payments. The private loan is 30K, and the federal loan is 20K. And...well, I'm starting off on minimum payments ^^;; But yeah, that just seems really...high. I mean, for me that would be one entire paycheck, JUST for student loans @_@

OH YES I DO! *PUSHES YOU AWAY* YOU ARE NOT MY MASTER--I AM THE OVERLORD. NOW OBEY, OR I WILL HAVE TO BEGIN THE PUNISHMENTS.

In yo face.

I gotta get going over to the middle school. Will check back later :)

[rasgos-76.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't know why its so high :/ but that's what it's set at... :/ I could just barely make it if I worked full time at my current job. But I don't plan on staying there long, nor will I be making so little

I AM THE MASTER OVERLORD OF OVERLORD MASTERS! YOU CAN NOT GO AGAINST MY GRAND WILL!!!!!!

yo mama~

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

That's bull...I'm sorry, hon *hugs* Man, I'm working full time and there's no way on God's green earth that I'd be able to afford that D:

*GOES AGAINST YOUR GRAND WILL* PUT THAT IN YOUR PIPE AND SMOKE IT, H0!!

[rasgos-76.livejournal.com]

lol well I thought it was normal to pay that much :? huh. maybe I'm wrong? but our states gets lots o' monies from students~ DX

Did you say Ho? *icon* sexy~

[writergurl.livejournal.com]

*pats on back in a comforting manner* there there, it will be alright. I've been there, to the point where I literally make myself ill from stress, and you just need to take a breather and step back.

I have a 2 week break from school in November, since Briar Cliff goes on trimesters, so that will loosen my November schedule dramatically...enough for me to feel OK about attempting NaNoWriMo again. I've discovered that not only am I up for a challenge, but I'm stubborn too, and I will keep trying NaNoWriMo until I get it! I still have no ideas, and thus, can't outline anything, but...I have a few weeks.

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

*cuddles* I'm trying to post less about my emo moments because I know that generally I'll be fine twenty minutes later...and feel really stupid that I made a post and got people worried for no good reason v_v I wish I could take a breather, but...it's work D:

See, you could do NaNoWriMo! I think the only way I could do it is if I committed myself to an asylum to writing a 50K fanfic. I seem to have lost my knack for originality. Which sort of sucks. But I hope you'll post your NaNoWriMo project on LJ so I can read it! :D

[cherelle-holmes.livejournal.com]

....what the hell is NaNoWriBlaBla??? o__O

I know what you mean. I like things that push me! Keeps one going o___O and IF i could write i'd surely join, but... ya' know Artist and stuff~

PS: v__v i'm sorry, but i didn't manage to go to my sis today... maybe it's international emo-day or something. I feel like curling up in the next corner and just stare at the wall for hours... I fact i did it the last 3 hours *sight* *pets candy* You are not alone~

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

NaNoWriMo (http://www.nanowrimo.org) is where you write a 50,000 word novel in thirty days (the month of November). To make it, you have to average 1,667 words a day. I tried it last year, but...yeah. Bad timing >_>;;

I still don't believe that you're as bad of a writer as you claim to be, and I won't believe it until you show me the proof! *bonks* There's already stuff like this for artists...we need something for writers that isn't NaNoWriMo!

D: *hugs Cherry* I'll keep you company via LJ for a while?

[cherelle-holmes.livejournal.com]

50,000 Words in 30 days? o__O Ieks! Too much...

u___u you can believe me i am no good at writing! Haven't got the vocabulary! Done it once and will never do it again XD I'll stick to my hobbyhorse! ...heyyy you writers got sooo many communities >__< 100fics and the other whole challanges~ Why don't YOU open a com? o__ô 24HourFic? mhhh?

*hugs back* yeah... *sniffle* I need someone around!

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

I made it to about 5000, I think. And then I had a total breakdown. So...yeah. Never finished. Was a good idea, but I think overall I'm better suited to writing fanfiction *pokes fingers together*

I won't believe you until I see it! D:!!! And there are plenty of art communities out there! It's just a matter of finding one! *pokes* And the reason I'm making this post here is sort of to feel out whether or not anyone would be interested in taking the challenge v_v;;

*cuddles and pets* Well, I'll be here for another hour and a half or so--and then I have to go to the middle school. But I'll be here until then, and then I'll be back later!

[cherelle-holmes.livejournal.com]

o__ô well, 50,000 IS long... but you tryed, so respect! I would never dare to do such a long challange!! O__o ( i mean if i could write XD or if there would be a draw-con out there!)

*locks it away on her pc* nop! the world I am not ready for this! ... o__O there are surely enough writers out there who would join that challange! *hum* dohooo it~

*purrs* i'm going back to bed till your back .__. *nods* ...wanted to draw something, but i'll just manage sketches, so i'll lay down a lil~

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

I'm not saying that 50K isn't long. But it's do-able. People have done it--ashleymouse made it last year. But this year...I think I'd rather just focus on my fics. I have some rather lofty fanfiction goals, so I'll stay the course and work on those instead.

I'm sure there are writers out there who would do it. But it's getting the word out that can be really, really tricky ^^;; And I demand to see these stories! *hires Kaitou Kid to break into your PC and steal them*

I'm here for another forty-five minutes to an hour-ish, and then I've gotta go. Right after the middle school gets out, I'm breezing back to the high school to do a couple of lessons--I'll check on here in between all of that :D And after the lessons, I should be ready to go home and annoy you properly *ruffles your hair* I hope nothing's seriously wrong... D:

[cherelle-holmes.livejournal.com]

well, I'M saying that it's long!!! XD *pets candy* be a good girl and fucus on your fics! *crawls candys neck*

*nods* Working with time-limits is kinda tricky o__O but it's doable! It's way more harder when your red. is sitting in your neck hehe - thats the good thing about the challange, you'll do it for yourself!! For your ego! u__u ...It is ONE little tiny ficcy! *sits aoko on her pc and gives her a moop of doom* ...*AND the evil fish-panties of doom* And i said NO XD

*purrs* oh don't hurry, i'll walk nowhere today~ *waits like a brave dog* ...no nothing's wrong ^^" i just feel... down? Duuno, too much contemplation?

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

I'm agreeing with you! *thinks about bonking, but is amused by the Cherry-chan around my neck* D'aww... *scritches behind your ears* I will keep focusing on my fics. After all, I want to finish 30_ways and 30_friends by my Christmas Eve fic-dump! :D

I sort of like time limits in some ways--especially with something like this. I don't know if it would be viable to have a prompt or not, or to just let everyone go. But it could be a lot of fun! :D And plus, if it went over well, I'd have a nice long honking fic to post at the end of the day! \o/ Well, depending on the size of the challenge, of course...

*distracts Aoko by telling her that Kaito is waiting for her in the closet, wearing nothing but a smile*

Ah, just one of those days, huh? I'm having a couple of freak-out sessions myself, just because of various things. But it'll be all right. We'll make it! And actually, I would hang out here a little bit longer, but I need to swing by the post office on my way to the middle school ^_^

[cherelle-holmes.livejournal.com]

I iz here now ~_~v was in bed...

*waggles tail* you'll manage to finish them by x-mas! I'm so sure i would bet on money XD

o___O then you have never worked with an editor! Just for fun time-limits are ok, but when it's gettin serious XD puuuh! Hard thing! ~ Yay for the long fic XD~ another reason why you should absolutely do this!!! *cheers*

*handcuffs aoko to the pc*

Yeah~ we all got days like that, huh? *pets candy* i'm sure everything will be fine again~ actually i'm feeling a lil better now~ *nods*

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

*poke* I am here now. Is you here? Is you feeling better? *pokepokepoke*

[cherelle-holmes.livejournal.com]

*pokes back*

[chakrus.livejournal.com]

Why not get people to set you personal challanges? Simple but effective?

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

Because I like the group aspect of things :D And also, it would feel a little bit like a competition, and I can be extremely competitive, which helps ^_^

[ehrenyu.livejournal.com]

Well I kinda do the locking myself up to write kind of thing anyway
just for 18 hours instead of 24. And usually that pulls out a fully formed chapter of 5000 words.. sad. D:

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

I think my record is writing a fifteen thousand word chapter in one afternoon--around four or five hours. I just got going and could not stop. But then a five hundred word drabble can take me a week. Go fig ^^;;

I guess I'm looking more for something...official, ya know? As opposed to just closeting myself away and seeing how far I get :D

[ehrenyu.livejournal.com]

Ahaha.. Yea drabbles take longer because you have to be precise, like good poetry. :D

I suppose... I've never actually joined anything official because I just have too many responsibilities.. XD

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

That's just it--sometimes drabbles take me no time at all, and sometimes they take FOR-EV-ER! Depends on the story, I suppose...or sometimes a fic will wind up shorter than I think it will ^^;;

Aww... *pets* I think the "official" nature of things sometimes keeps me better on track ^_^

[ehrenyu.livejournal.com]

[Lmaos @ icon]
I dunno.. I take forever to write anything.... .. and then when I do write it happens to be an OHSHC crossover with YnM... and nobody can read it. XD

'Official' just makes me not want to do it. XD I'm a quiet rebel.. speaking of which I just got a subpoena of jury duty in the mail today.. and I'm gonna have to say no to it because of school. -sigh- I've always wanted to be part of a jury too!

[fyliwionvilyaer.livejournal.com]

*cuddles* and I reiterate sounds massively intresting to me!! *luffs you*

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

WAI! I GOT FYLI-CUDDLING!! :D :D :D

Awesomesauce ^___^ Who knows--maybe I'll actually try this thing. Trouble would be picking a day...want a weekend that's NOT during too many other things...hmm... *ponders*

*sneaks up behind you and heaps you with luff before scampering away* WHEEEEEE~!!

[gomath02.livejournal.com]

I think I'm gonna do NaNoWriMo... and I don't think you're crazy. I loveth you!

*pets and cuddles the Candy*

[soc_puppet]

Near as I remember, the numbers lay out like this:

100 exactly: Drabble (can multiply (double drabble for 200, etc))
500 or fewer: Flash fiction
501 → 999: Short short
1000 → 9999: Short story
10,000 → 49,999: Novella
50,000+ : Novel

I could be wrong, and some people take the definitions more literally than others, but I think that's about how it pans out? And I figure a novella would be the best bet for this, with short story as a possible alternative.

Vixie...You are Crazy

[(Anonymous)]

:) like me....thank you...you really made my day:) I propose that you do the 24 hour fic and since i havent gotten back in swing yet I will do it with you:P Meaning we both do the task pick the day and the time to start:P if you think you can do it....hehehehehe i am evil:D

[shubbimama.livejournal.com]

Now, I am krazy, born krazy and often writes like krazy, so I kinda get excited about the NaNoWriMo-thang and the 24-hour-thang... because I like doing nothing else but writing !!!!!

(YOU INSPIRED ME!!!! MAYBE I'LL TRY!!!!)

[colorful-blade.livejournal.com]

Yes. I should change the icon, but every time I comment on this I forget to log in and I'm way too lazy to do that...

24 hour fic writing sounds insanely fun but I would die without food. Food is my rule of life, really. Seriously.

Yeah...umm...so you're not doing NaNoWriMo anymore? Like, ever?...not that you should. It's insanely insane and when I tried it last year I died. ^^