NaNoWritMoorDie - third deadline

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

You survived a Presidential election, and the first two deadlines!

Will you survive the third?

I don't know. I don't have a crystal ball to stare into and see the future. Or do I? And if so, what am I seeing in your future, and why am I laughing so hard?


I know different people are going to go at different paces, and that's fine - as long as you end up where you need to be at the end! With that in mind, make sure you add 6,500 more words to your total by Sunday November 11th at 12:59pm EST! For those playing at home, that means you will be at least 19,000 words into your novel. If you have more? Great. If you have less, and your ultimate goal is less - fine. If you want to make the 50,000 by the end of the month though, you should be about there by the deadline though!

Get to it slackers!

Comments

As I just told WORLDOFCHARLIE:

[ellakite.livejournal.com]

The line "Dead men tell no tales" was around *LONG* before the movies came along. Disney just made it popular (again)...

Re: As I just told WORLDOFCHARLIE:

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

It was a central part of the ride that the movies were based on, which is the only reason it ended up there in the first place.

I'm pretty sure it was a (sort-of) well-known expression before the ride.

[ellakite.livejournal.com]

It's been decades since I read the book, but I think it was a line in the novel TREASURE ISLAND, which would make the expression well over one hundred years old. It sure as hell sounds like something Long John Silver would say, doesn't it?

Re: I'm pretty sure it was a (sort-of) well-known expression before the ride.

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

I'm absolutely sure it was. Obviously, it came from somewhere! It's an old pirate thing. I was just pointing out that it was in the movie because it was on the ride!

Re: As I just told WORLDOFCHARLIE:

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

Oh I know that - I rode the ride at Disney quite a lot when I was a youngling. They put a LOT of references to the Disney ride in the first movie, even including the dog with the jailor's keys, LOL.

And as I just told Gary:

[ellakite.livejournal.com]

Although it's been decades since I read the book, I think it was a line in the novel TREASURE ISLAND, which would make the expression well over one hundred years old. It sure as hell sounds like something Long John Silver would say, doesn't it?