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GeneK It's, like, TOTALLY time for my custom title now.
Joined: Aug 09, 2006 Posts: 371 Location: New Canada
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 6:33 am Post subject: Nanowrimo -- A month away!
Soo.... anybody gonna be giving it a go this year? I was too busy and missed the last one but I have some ideas percolating
For those who have no clue what I'm talking aboot....
National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing November 1. The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30.
Valuing enthusiasm and perseverance over painstaking craft, NaNoWriMo is a novel-writing program for everyone who has thought fleetingly about writing a novel but has been scared away by the time and effort involved.
Because of the limited writing window, the ONLY thing that matters in NaNoWriMo is output. It's all about quantity, not quality. The kamikaze approach forces you to lower your expectations, take risks, and write on the fly.
Make no mistake: You will be writing a lot of crap. And that's a good thing. By forcing yourself to write so intensely, you are giving yourself permission to make mistakes. To forgo the endless tweaking and editing and just create. To build without tearing down.
As you spend November writing, you can draw comfort from the fact that, all around the world, other National Novel Writing Month participants are going through the same joys and sorrows of producing the Great Frantic Novel. Wrimos meet throughout the month to offer encouragement, commiseration, and—when the thing is done—the kind of raucous celebrations that tend to frighten animals and small children.
Joined: Jul 12, 2005 Posts: 801 Location: The Edge of Reality
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 3:41 pm Post subject:
Not me, I'm not doing that to myself again.
I wanna know who decided to put NaNo in one of the busiest months of the year that's already filled with stress. Why the heck couldn't they pick July or August? One without holidays and family plans? _________________ There will come a time when you believe everything is finished, but that will be the beginning. - Louis L'Amour
Joined: Oct 16, 2006 Posts: 2159 Location: Columbus, Ohio
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 8:07 pm Post subject:
Hmmm, sounds like it could be fun, but I dunno if I can crank that much out in such a short time. Sure back in to college days I could write a 20-30 page paper in less than 10 hours, but all my research was dont and all I had to do was pick the pretty words to explain it all. Im gonna think about this a little bit.
Joined: Oct 18, 2006 Posts: 38 Location: Athens, Georgia
Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 5:13 am Post subject:
I think I might try after it, as I do have only one out of a set of three novels done, and it'd be nice to get some loose framework at least done for the second. I'm trying to get the entire trilogy done and edited before I start trying to pawn my secondhand skills off to a publisher.
Hmmm. If I remember I might try this. But, as they said: November is pretty busy. Competition month and try outs for Carolina Crown. _________________ Ölüm bizi ayırana dek senin bir parçan olmak istiyorum
You're naked inside your fears
Can't take back all those years
Shots in the dark from empty guns
Never heard by anyone
"Naked"
-The Goo Goo Dolls
"We are one . . . alone . . . and only . . . and we love you who are one . . . alone . . . and only."
-Anthem by Ayn Rand
I think I'm gonna go for it. But "you're going to be writing a lot of crap" is MORE than accurate for me. XP _________________ Ölüm bizi ayırana dek senin bir parçan olmak istiyorum
You're naked inside your fears
Can't take back all those years
Shots in the dark from empty guns
Never heard by anyone
"Naked"
-The Goo Goo Dolls
"We are one . . . alone . . . and only . . . and we love you who are one . . . alone . . . and only."
-Anthem by Ayn Rand
Joined: Mar 01, 2004 Posts: 1892 Location: Ohio is for lovers
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 3:52 am Post subject:
I'd rather NOT burn myself out trying to regurgitate the awesome fleeting ideas inside my head all for the sake of one crappy novel that will never be published. I'd rather work my first and second jobs, jott down ideas (I have tens of amazing, creative ideas each day), and develop them naturally. Like, on my website that will be built as I have the time probably after Christmas (when my second job ends).
But thanks for the invitation anyway. _________________
I want to see people like me, rising up with hate-filled eyes and smoking genetalia--posessed by ancient volcano gods, waving vast breasts and improbable penises at the secret masters of the world-- brown-trousering the naughty twenty-four hours a day"SJ
I signed up and then found out the prize was having written the thing...I cried a little.
So no.
Also "Hi, I'm back! I remember some people hated me here..so..you know...that's cool." Ha ha /Nelson
EDIT- Potatoerery..you need to write. Seriously. Ideas =! writing. Trust me here this guy. I used to do the same thing. *shruggersaruous* _________________ <-Tri/_p
Joined: Mar 01, 2004 Posts: 1892 Location: Ohio is for lovers
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 4:52 pm Post subject:
Oh, no, I fully intend on writing some kickass stories and a novel or two, but I just do not intend to be killing myself with the act of writing during a certain month, etc. _________________
I want to see people like me, rising up with hate-filled eyes and smoking genetalia--posessed by ancient volcano gods, waving vast breasts and improbable penises at the secret masters of the world-- brown-trousering the naughty twenty-four hours a day"SJ
Eh, I forgot. Life is much to busy right now. _________________ Ölüm bizi ayırana dek senin bir parçan olmak istiyorum
You're naked inside your fears
Can't take back all those years
Shots in the dark from empty guns
Never heard by anyone
"Naked"
-The Goo Goo Dolls
"We are one . . . alone . . . and only . . . and we love you who are one . . . alone . . . and only."
-Anthem by Ayn Rand
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