Wayfarer's Tavern

You know what's the worst kind of math of all? The kind involved in tax paperwork, EEEeeewwwww.

How's things at the tavern? I'm doing some work stuff and then will up my WC to 30K.

 

Just trying to figure out how to edit my sig to include more than three lines. I swear there is a member here that has done this already and I want to know too.

 

The signature is supposed to be unobtrusive, i.e. not a billboard.

 

Right, but some people have 4-5 lines of small font...How do they get it?

 

I love how everyone's pimpin' their word counts. It's awesome.

But yeah, I get annoyed when mine goes over the limit and I have to shorten it somehow. The bulky HTML thingies don't help.

 

Thanks. Yours is moving up nicely, too!

 

My word count isn't pimping. Ah well, that's why I'm gonna have to start, eh?

 

Link, didn't you move from 1,600 to 1,800 today? Sorry if those numbers are off but I know you wrote a bit.

The more you write, the easier a huge chunk is to write. It's like aging: when you're going from 4 to 5, a year older is a huge significance, but when you're 23-->24 or something it's not a big deal at all. Same with word counts. When you're under 10,000 words, 1,000 extra seems phenomenal because it's such a huge portion of your total. But once you pass 20K, it's a lot easier, as one important scene alone could be up to 3,000 words. Also, the farther you've written the stronger of a writer you'll be, so writing a thosuand words in a sitting will feel like nothing.

 

I wrote quite a bit on my story yesterday too... not as pimpin' as any of yours', though.

 

'K, ran into a spot of bother.

My assassin just stabbed her target in the back, he's collapsed onto his knees and...they talk. He basically goes: "WTF is going on?!" and she tells him "One doesn't do xyz without paying for it. Bye!" before finishing him off.

This is what I mean:

Spoiler

With a speed only fit for an assassin, I jumped from my hiding spot, grabbed him by the waist belt and plunged the dagger into his spine. I felt his body tense up, then fall to his knees. Taking his hair I placed the dagger on his throat. Lord Durli gasped.
“What in Aramna’s name?” he said as he trembled. Then, “P-please! Take what you want! Take my money!”
“I’m not here for your money, Lord Durli.” I whispered into his ear. “One doesn’t sabotage the Grand Empress’ supply lines without paying for it.”

Is it realistic for a guy in the target's situation to even talk?

 

Yeah. But I'd think a "WTF is wrong with you" would be more fitting for the given situation.

 

I've made a little note in the margin to look into it in the edits. I'll resume writing the rest.

 

Hey we'll all have a book complete at this rate, write on!

 

Woot! I have rediscovered my first attempt at a novel, or rather, the first 3,000 words. It's not written well, it was written last year, but with a lot of touching up and rewriting I think I can make something of this some day.

 

Morning fellow writers! 8D I'm off to go write some more.

 

Been awhile. Hey guys.

 

Hey Clyde. I remember you.

 

Where have you been, Clyde??

 

Doing ghostly things. Ooo, spooky spooky.

 

What kind of ghostly things?? :]

 

Walking through walls, throwing books, and whispering in the ear of beautiful woman. So they can discover my tragic past of a history and find out I was murder. Then they burn the house down and survive their tortured lives of being haunted by a ghost.

 

You forgot to demonically scream "GET OUT!!" in the hallways in the middle of the night. That's sure to freak people out.

 

That too. It's my job you know.

 

Of course.

So...yah.

*shifts in seat*

 

Want me to come to your home?