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When I was nine, I was reading the kind of stock, thin-paperback stuff that's written for 8-10 year olds. Think long series of formulaic stuff, all by different ghostwriters, that ...

I like first-person descriptions that say a lot about the describer, as well as the thing being described. For example, "He was wearing a brown vest" is a very bare ...

I agree with the "rotating tension" idea. If you have multiple subplots (realistically, there's going to be more than one thing going on at once for the average person/family/group of ...

Logically, I'd say "Myl-enn" (with a hard "i"), but my first impression was "Mill-enn".

Okay, I've done the unthinkable and restarted with a new idea. Crazy? Probably. It seems to be working okay; I hadn't done much anyway, so I'm not much further behind ...

Keep going Masquerade. At least writing by hand, you have something to copy from to write up the words. There's also some way you can calculate your average number of ...

Hey everyone! My latest update: 1966 words. I've broadened to include other stuff, not just my novel, in the count. Might write 34 words, just for the oh-yeah-2K factor. Good ...

Okay, this proves there is definitely a second-year curse on Wrimos, and NO, doing Julnowrimo instead of Nano does not in any way "dodge" this! Ugh. I have written exactly ...

July is upon us..! Yikes.

I come with good news! Since July has 31 days, we only have to write 1612.9 words/day to get 50 000 words! :D I calculated a breakdown (based on 1613 ...

Write whatever novel idea you like most -- teens are getting sick of people making imitations of whatever's "in" now; readers will enjoy something original that they can sense the ...

I agree with everyone above; as well, make sure it has an independent storyline -- obviously there's going to be some continuation from the previous story, or it wouldn't be ...

Okay, I'm in! I gather this is a little more flexible than Nanowrimo -- are we allowed to set a work goal for stuff we've already started? I'm about 2 ...

I don;t know who randomly spends a hundred+ bucks at the airport It's probably because at airports in some countries, there is no sales tax as you're not technically "in" ...

I like this story and the contrast between the tactics of the two players. I get the feeling that she is young and intellectual, but he is older and wiser? ...