I did it! I signed up for NaNoWriMo! Not entirely sure why, but I did it 😉
For a long time I wanted to write and I just feel it would be a good time to finally start. So here is my little excerpt for you guys:
“There is blood, blood all over… and the pain! The pain! It really hurts; it feels like a knife cutting through her abdominals! Stop it! Stop it! She tries to talk, tries to scream, but no sound seems to escape her mouth! Why can she not just scream! It hurts, she feels bad… the blood! She is cold, feels bad, really bad. She is drained in sweat… but she feels cold, really cold! Her heart is racing. It hurts, she is scared and she wants to scream. What are all those people doing around her? Why is nobody helping. Why is everyone just looking at her? Why are they all shaking their heads? She is trying to grab one of them but she cannot reach them! Her arms feel so heavy! She wants it to stop! She can feel it coming out; she can feel her baby coming out! The baby! It’s too early! And there is this familiar blond woman in the corner, smiling, laughing, with an evil look on her face. Pleased to see, that she was incapable of doing anything. Happy about the drama, which was unfolding in front of her. Why is nobody helping? The baby! The baby! The baby! No, no, no…
“NO! NO!” she can hear herself scream. It’s dark. Only a little bit of light comes through the closed blinds of her bedroom window. The alarm clock shows 3.38am. She is drained in sweat and shacking. Her heart pumps like after running a marathon. She checks her linens. No blood. No pain.
Finally she finds her way back into reality. It was only a dream, a terrible nightmare. Where is the light switch? She needs to turn on the light. She needs to get out of the dark. Tonight it was only a nightmare but a couple of months ago most of it was horribly real. It was still hunting her. In real life there was not as much blood as in her dreams. Nevertheless it was a very bad experience. It combined so many elements. Pain, blood, panic, and maybe also hope but then big disappointment and deep sadness. The feeling of a shear unbearable loss…”
Sounds good thus far. The opening lines are so important. I am too doing nanowrimo. I have been doing a marathon, and am totally drained.
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I have some more but will add it on later, as still editing. Actually there is heaps more. This was the part I was happy with…
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Thanks for your feedback!
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I signed up too. This really catches you but I feel I walked into the middle of something. It will be interesting to see where you go. Here is wishing us both luck I just started writing again. too. Kind of scary but wonderful at the same time. I like this because you get feed back and can see what works and what doesn’t
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I know! Yes, it is kind of meant to be like this… You walk into the middle of something. It will get clearer as we go. There is more but I need to edit it to the point I like it…
I am really looking forward to it. Hope it won’t be too overwhelming 😉
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Do you post your text (all of it) for your NaNoWriMo novel in the exerpts?
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That’s a question I was going to ask! I’ve just posted a piece I liked from my writing today and left it at that.
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Awesome opening. Nice to meet you all and good luck fellow Wrimos! It’s my first day as I only signed up this morning so I’m pretty excited! Looking forward to reading the next excerpt from your novel. 😊
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Same here 🙂
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What is your email address?
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Good luck! I signed up last year but then found out I was pregnant and felt too ill to continue… Thankfully my pregnancy had a happy ending!
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That is what you want! A good end to a pregnancy!!! There will be more NaNoWriMo!
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Mir ist bei einem Roman wichtig, dass in meinem Kopf Bilder entstehen können. Kino im Kopf, sozusagen. Dann sind mir noch die Charaktere und die Gefühle wichtig, die sie erleben.
Deine ersten Zeilen haben mir sehr gefallen. Bin gespannt, wie die Geschichte weitergeht. Ich fühle jetzt noch Gänsehaut…
Viel Erfolg und einen schönen Tag noch,
Caroline
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Das ist aber lieb! Have versucht den Rest des ersten Kapitels hochzuladen, aber die Seite spinnt. Weisst du, ob man alles in Exerpt reinladen soll?
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Ach, entschuldige, dass wäre beim NaNoWriMo 😉
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Lass mich doch bitte deine email Adresse wissen. Mehr Info zum Buch…
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missparkerc@live.at
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Danke 🙂
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Can’t wait to read the rest! Great beginning!
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Thank you!
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