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Missing in action no longer

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(Meanwhile, two weeks later…)

So, um, yeah…about that “reach 25,000 words before the end of NaNoWriMo” vow I made a few weeks ago? Not surprisingly, it didn’t happen. I got to 20,000 by Thanksgiving, and then kinda fizzled out afterwards. I really need to stop doing that. Luckily, I still have enough “story” from those 20,000 words that I may be able to spin it into an actual story, provided I spend enough time on it between college and work next year.

In gaming-related news, I picked up The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim for my PC because why the hell not? Would have tried to pick it up on my PS3, but my HDD is this close to capacity, so I can’t really put any more large games on it. I want to try to play a light-armored and sneaky thief character, but I just know I’ll end up butchering my way through the game like I would if I had stuck with Oblivion or Demon’s Souls for long.

I also managed to score myself a copy of Hyperdimension Neptunia (that PS3 game where all the main characters represent video game consoles and companies) from GameStop. NIS America was advertising a sale, so I was able to get the game for half its original price. It certainly would make good liveblog/Let’s Play fodder due to all of the game references and in-jokes (kinda like 3D Dot Game Heroes), so I may consider it after I’ve played it a bit and gotten used to the controls and stuff.

NaNoWriMo 2011, Day 7 – Scattershot approach

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9,008 words and counting after one official week on this thing. About 90% of that is the story I’ve written from the beginning, while the other 10% is made up of lines of dialogue for future events in the story. It’s the same technique I used in 2008′s when I got stuck trying to think of stuff to write: when in doubt, skip ahead. It’s really the only “trick” I’ve employed to boost my word count. I’m still about 3,000 words off the pace, but I’m in a bit better shape than I was over the weekend.

Modern Warfare 3 and Skyrim come out this week, so I feel kinda bad for any NaNo participants who are big fans of the Call of Duty or Elder Scrolls series, as they’re missing out on two of the biggest games of the year. I’m not in either camp, and I’m relatively patient when it comes to new game releases, but it’s hard sacrificing game time when something that big comes along.