Onerosity coupons.

Turns out I was done for the day after all. 2,104 for Day One. Not half bad.

The NaNo kit I bought a few months back has a fun motivational tool in it. It's called the Onerosity Coupon. How it works is this: I agree to do some onerous task someone chooses for me (or something they know I don't want to do) if I haven't met my word goal by a certain date. (My goal is 2,000 words per day, finishing on the 25th of November.)

Wanna play? The following dates are taken already. Check out what I have to do if I don't crack the whip on myself:

4th, maestrodog: I'll have to schedule a private session with a fundamental Christian minister and tell him all about my lifestyle, then listen to his responses without saying a word if I haven't hit 8,000 words by the 4th.

5th: (someotherguy and sogwife are sharing this day) I have to watch *and synopsize* a Mr. Hanky episode of South Park (ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!) and iron a metric buttload of muslin if I haven't hit 10,000 words by the 5th.

6th, hitchhiker: If I don't have 12,000 words by the 6th, I have to go through what I *did* write and add apostrophes to all the plurals. I don't get to change them back until NaNo is done

7th (the day before my surgery), stonebender: we get to go to an improv comedy show together if I don't have 14,000 words by the 7th. (Improv makes me squirm, and not in that nice way that we like.)

18th, golden_c_turtle: I'll have to endure Restaurant Hell with her (we'll go to a restaurant and she'll be rude to the waiters) if I don't have 36,000 words by the 18th.

Who else wants an onerosity coupon? If you comment here, either pick a date or tell me to pick, and if you want your coupon, send me your snailmail address: serene@serenepages.org

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Today's progress

 

 

620/2000 (31%)

Total progress

 

 

2724/50000 (5.4%)

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It occurs to me that the first thing I think of to say to anyone who's having any kind of bad day is some variation on "Do you want me to come feed you?"

Usually, it's "Do you want soup?" or "Should I bring you a casserole?"

I have turned into a southern church lady, and somehow, I'm fine with that. :-)

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About a half hour left in the day. A couple hundred words left to write. I think I'll make it.

Today's progress

 

 

1793/2000 (89.6%)

Total progress

 

 

3897/50000 (7.7%)

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Eight minutes to spare. That'll do for now. :-)

Today's progress

 

 

2012/2000 (100.6%)

Total progress

 

 

4116/50000 (8.2%)