For those who don't read Roman numerals, this is Random Raves #46.
The six-figure number in this thread title is not random. It's the total number of words I have (in four separate files) that I've done for my NaNoWriMo projects since November 1, 2018. Most of those words are for my Kingmaker: Rise to the Throne project (novelizing the computer game and expanding the story). The rest are for a different game novelization project (Park Ranger) that got stalled last November due to writer's block. There are many more words handwritten in a notebook and on numerous scraps of paper that I haven't typed yet. Since November 1, I have not gone a single day without writing something to add to my stories. It might be thousands of words, or only a single sentence. But they've grown, from blank pages to what they are now.
One thing that all these years of doing NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Competition, which is really international) has taught me is that stories - any story - happens one word at a time.
Life happens one action at a time, whether that action is big and noticed by many, or small and unassuming and only known to the person who does it. Sometimes the action in question is just the simple act of breathing. No matter what, it happens one at a time.
Spoiler Old threads here! :
Random Raves
Random Raves Two
Random Raves Three: Happiness and Joy
Random Raves Four: Momentary Diversions on the Road to the Grave
Random Raves V: Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive
Random Raves VI: Put on a Happy Face
Random Raves VII: I liek ma gun, liek ma gun!!
Random Raves VIII: Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
Random Raves IX: Walking on Sunshine
Random Raves X: Success Tactics
Random Raves 11: It's getting better all the tiiiiiiiiiiiiiime!
Random Raves XII: I grabbed two beers and bailed.
Random Raves XIII: Christmas Presents On a Soma Holiday
Random Raves XIV: The Rave of the Century
Random Raves XV: Like Skipping Through A Field of Flowers
Random Raves XVI: Runnin' Down a Dream That Never Would Come To Me
Random Raves XVII: A sporran in my kitten!
Random Raves XVIII: Life is a beautiful woman
Random Raves XIX: My nipples explode with delight!
Random Raves XX: Unexpectedly Brilliant in Twenty Different Ways
Random Raves XXI: The Server Is Working
Random Raves XXII: Danger of Happiness Overload
Random Raves XXIII: Everything went better than expected
Random Raves XXIV: Your face will melt off
Random Raves XXV: DANCE PARTY
Random Raves XXVI: I Get High With a Little Help from My Friends
Random Raves XXVII: And what in the blue blazes is a ROFLcopter?
Random Raves XXVIII: Death by Snu Snu
Random Raves ΚΘʹ: Kick it up a notch! (term is over!)
Random Raves XXX: 100-Proof Proof of Bolshevik Hegemony
Random Raves XXXI: New Year Raveolutions
Random Raves ΛΒʹ: Let us eat cake
Random Raves XXXIII: Let us all eat chocolate and rejoice
Random Raves ΛΔʹ: Tank Goodness
Random Raves XXXV: The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems
Random Raves XXXVI: HAPPINESS ENFORCED BY STRICT MODERATION!!!
Random Raves 37 - Already CFC is returning to harmony
Random Raves #38: Raving Ravephats
Random Raves #39: Life is good
Random Raves 40: Happy new year
Random Raves XLI: One More Trip Around the Sun!
Random Raves XLII: How Amazingly Unlikely is Your Birth!
Random Raves XLIII: Ai has THIS many penguins (and a dozen moar besides)!
Random Raves ΜΔ: Crate Expectations
Random Raves XLV: You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
Random Raves Two
Random Raves Three: Happiness and Joy
Random Raves Four: Momentary Diversions on the Road to the Grave
Random Raves V: Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive
Random Raves VI: Put on a Happy Face
Random Raves VII: I liek ma gun, liek ma gun!!
Random Raves VIII: Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
Random Raves IX: Walking on Sunshine
Random Raves X: Success Tactics
Random Raves 11: It's getting better all the tiiiiiiiiiiiiiime!
Random Raves XII: I grabbed two beers and bailed.
Random Raves XIII: Christmas Presents On a Soma Holiday
Random Raves XIV: The Rave of the Century
Random Raves XV: Like Skipping Through A Field of Flowers
Random Raves XVI: Runnin' Down a Dream That Never Would Come To Me
Random Raves XVII: A sporran in my kitten!
Random Raves XVIII: Life is a beautiful woman
Random Raves XIX: My nipples explode with delight!
Random Raves XX: Unexpectedly Brilliant in Twenty Different Ways
Random Raves XXI: The Server Is Working
Random Raves XXII: Danger of Happiness Overload
Random Raves XXIII: Everything went better than expected
Random Raves XXIV: Your face will melt off
Random Raves XXV: DANCE PARTY
Random Raves XXVI: I Get High With a Little Help from My Friends
Random Raves XXVII: And what in the blue blazes is a ROFLcopter?
Random Raves XXVIII: Death by Snu Snu
Random Raves ΚΘʹ: Kick it up a notch! (term is over!)
Random Raves XXX: 100-Proof Proof of Bolshevik Hegemony
Random Raves XXXI: New Year Raveolutions
Random Raves ΛΒʹ: Let us eat cake
Random Raves XXXIII: Let us all eat chocolate and rejoice
Random Raves ΛΔʹ: Tank Goodness
Random Raves XXXV: The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems
Random Raves XXXVI: HAPPINESS ENFORCED BY STRICT MODERATION!!!
Random Raves 37 - Already CFC is returning to harmony
Random Raves #38: Raving Ravephats
Random Raves #39: Life is good
Random Raves 40: Happy new year
Random Raves XLI: One More Trip Around the Sun!
Random Raves XLII: How Amazingly Unlikely is Your Birth!
Random Raves XLIII: Ai has THIS many penguins (and a dozen moar besides)!
Random Raves ΜΔ: Crate Expectations
Random Raves XLV: You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
The six-figure number in this thread title is not random. It's the total number of words I have (in four separate files) that I've done for my NaNoWriMo projects since November 1, 2018. Most of those words are for my Kingmaker: Rise to the Throne project (novelizing the computer game and expanding the story). The rest are for a different game novelization project (Park Ranger) that got stalled last November due to writer's block. There are many more words handwritten in a notebook and on numerous scraps of paper that I haven't typed yet. Since November 1, I have not gone a single day without writing something to add to my stories. It might be thousands of words, or only a single sentence. But they've grown, from blank pages to what they are now.
One thing that all these years of doing NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Competition, which is really international) has taught me is that stories - any story - happens one word at a time.
Life happens one action at a time, whether that action is big and noticed by many, or small and unassuming and only known to the person who does it. Sometimes the action in question is just the simple act of breathing. No matter what, it happens one at a time.