The Summer Novella Challenge

The Summer Novella Challenge

A smaller adventure for the writer.

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  • Created Sun May 05, 2019 6:11 pm

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  • ExOmelas
    ExOmelas · Jul 30, 2019
    I have completed my 20k Camp NaNo goal! I haven't quite reached the end of what I had planned but I gave myself a buffer of 5k to finish the story. I've also planned it so that I could continue writing or leave it as is depending on how well it went, and I think I'm going to continue with this story. Going to have to go back to planning though because I haven't looked ahead at all.

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  • ExOmelas replied · Jul 11, 2019

    genuinely forgot he's in my profile pic


    keystrings replied · Jul 11, 2019

    Yo that's amazing though.


  • ExOmelas replied · Jul 7, 2019

    I'm on track! I've signed up to Camp NaNo for the statistics breakdown and I've settled into a decent rhythm of write about 1500 words for two days in a row, then a bit of a rest, then repeat. Really enjoying myself too ^.^


  • ExOmelas
    ExOmelas · Jul 1, 2019
    First chapter complete! Possibly. I've written an amount of words I would be happy to post on YWS at one time and am at a natural stopping point. But I could consider this a 1.1 and continue writing the next scene as 1.2. We'll see how long the next scene goes for.

    In any case -happy dances-

    keystrings replied · Jul 1, 2019

    That’s great to hear! Nice start.


    ExOmelas replied · Jul 1, 2019

    thanks! good luck with yours :D


    keystrings replied · Jul 1, 2019

    You're welcome ^^


  • keystrings
    keystrings · Jul 1, 2019
    Ok, I’m kind of ready to start writing. Shooting for the minimum words, but I’m looking forward to switching up the p.o.v.s as well, so good luck to everyone!

  • ExOmelas replied · Jun 29, 2019

    I think I've finished planning! Now just have to wait a day to write... patience is not my strong suit...

    How about you? (if you're participating)


  • Vervain replied · Jun 9, 2019

    I have the first section (and a half, working on a full two) planned for my novella and am starting on writing Section 1. I'm aiming to hit 720 words today to stay on track for my weekly goal, and have Section 2 fully planned by Wednesday.


  • PlanBot Admin
    PlanBot · May 31, 2019
    Here's one last question before the planning begins:

    Spoiler or no spoiler, how does your story end?

    Having a solid ending in mind, even if it changes as you go, is important to having a direction for your project. How does your story end, and how do your characters feel about it?

    Vervain replied · Jun 1, 2019

    How my story ends:

    Spoiler
    Carver sets his sister's ghost free and burns down the church. In the process, he kills the priest and his mother, fulfilling the sacrifice for the decade. He saves Mrs. Gates from the fire, but can't save the other two without killing himself. The very end is him watching the fire spread from a hilltop on his way out of town.


  • Vervain replied · May 28, 2019

    absolutely everynothing!


  • Oxara
    Oxara · May 27, 2019
    Quick questions:

    1) Do we necessarily have to post our planning/research out in our posts?

    2) When can we actually start posting our story

    If anyone can answer I would appreciate it, if you please.
    Thank you,
    Oxara

    Vervain replied · May 27, 2019

    Hi Oxara! From the challenge info thread in the club forum, regarding posting the story:

    The first month will ideally be spent on planning, and the second and third month will be spent writing the story. You can plan and write at your own pace, but we will have the more official timeline.
    So June 1st will be the first official day to begin planning or writing your story in its entirety. This is intended to be a NaNo-esque kind of challenge, so if you have parts of a story pre-written, I'd probably talk to the challenge admins about that.

    I'm not an official of the club, so I'll leave your first question up to our lord and savior @PlanBot or the wonderful @lordwolf, but I'm pretty sure it's expected to see at least some of your planning laid out in your club thread. That is, after all, the function of the first month in the official timeline!

    Keep in mind also that there's a challenge ongoing for creating Research, Writers Corner, and Writing Tips threads related to your project! We could all stand to make some good use of our Resources ;D


    Oxara replied · May 27, 2019

    I had assumed so, However i was starting to write a bit of a story (With outlining) and Just was curious. I plan to just write that story and when LMS comes around join as a rouge with it.

    That gives me the time (or rather save the effort of reformatting my outline) to write the plans in the format. Plus the research and planning is rather unique so it will be fun!

    Thank you


    Brigadier replied · May 27, 2019

    As Raye said, an optional part of the challenge is to post your planning and/or research in the appropriate Resources section threads. A Writers Corner thread is, just by the way, really good for organizing Character Profiles.
    It is not required to post your planning details, as long as you are verifying throughout the challenge that you are planning. To verify this, I would prefer if you posted at least one CP and/or scene summary.
    Any words written after the first day of June count towards the challenge, though the optimal timeline is the first day of July. This is up to you as long as you are not counting any words written before the official start date of June 1st, 2019.

    If you have anymore questions, be sure to let me know.



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