Hello writers & frenz.
There are the pickles characters get into in a story. Also pickles that authors get into when they write themselves into a box and have a tough time getting out.
And it cannot be denied that there’s a certain tradition with folks working in the arts that they sometimes (or often) decide that the best thing to do is get pickled.
So, what kinda pickle are we in with this the final 5 days of NaNoWriMo? Gotten pickled yet? Or planning to? Comment your goals & progress for the chart, and I shall update!
Aashir’s nani: just keep writing
BigIrish310: 50,000 words. On track so far.
bonetti: 50,000 words, rehoming and rebuilding a previous story — approx 5k words as of 11/18, then landed in NeroWolfe-ian pickle as of 11/25.
David Pax: more work on prequel to Without Gravity - outlined key event scene.
dconrad: 50,000 words - 71,605 as of 11/26!
elenacarlena: 50,000 words, at 2000 words per writing session - appx 20,000 wds + research as of 11/25.
hay seed: new story: 50 words + multiple sentence tear-downs & rebuilds as of 1//25.
mettle fatigue: revise & post to OFPMFP an already-drafted short story— might be ¾ there as of 11/25.
NoBlinkers: 50,000 words on novel Amidst the Dry Dust - 45,146 words as of 11/25.
not a lamb: 10,000 words — 2695 as of 11/25.
reppa: developing something for January — 3500 words, maps & sketches of story locations, some scenes, backgrounds & descriptions as of 11/25.
strawbale: finish section one, at least, of alien novella - 3800 as of 11/25.
Toro Blanco: trying to finish my Charlie Turner novel - 4322 words
And need I say, for all who woulda done NNWM but couldna, or if ye did but dinna get enow punishment do’in it, January 2021 will be WriteOn’s 6th Annual <big>DailyKosWriMo</big> for all kindsa authorship & creativity, not only fiction & poetry, and not only starting at go.
“...you can juggle a prune,
blow up a balloon,
or tickle a tune
on the piano….” *
*h/t & apologies to composer/lyricistSylvia Fine.
<big>Now, BACK TO PICKLES!</big> Here’s Sanjay Gupta being interviewed for his latest book, (not fiction … I think!). The interviewer sez,
We have to end with something we learned on page 201 of your book — that you eat pickles every day?
Gupta: Yes! I eat something fermented every day. The thing about writing a book is that you learn a lot. You spend a lot of time talking to people who are researching this stuff all the time.
People always say 'I want to boost my immunity,' but what does that mean? This led me back to the microbiome and the fact that 80% of our immunity is in our gut.
Something about eating a dill pickle gave me a boost of energy and helped boost my mood if I had a creative block.
When I started talking to immunologists about the importance of the microbiome, they all recommended eating fermented foods. It's so easy to do and my family and I incorporate these foods every day —we'll eat things like kimchi or coleslaw, but pickles are the best!
Which leads us to <big><big>Tonight’s Challenge! 🥒 </big></big>: Say there’s a writer —naming no names— who’s been having a tough time with a certain piece of work. Write a scene (nonfiction is permitted tonight) of how that writer copes … or doesn’t!! :D
For those who like word-sprints with background music, here’s our traditional Turkeytrot, giving you 2 minutes 13 seconds, aaannnnddd… GO!
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