Who's ready for NaNoWriMo?

yoha_ahoy · 2006-10-02T23:52:05Z

Sign ups for National Novel Writing Month 2010 won't be open until October, but when they are you can find them at http://www.nanowrimo.org . Expectant writers begin planning what they want their 50,000 word novels to be about. But Higher Deity forbid that you should write any of it down before midnight of October 31st, because the NaNo rules only allow 30 full days of furious writing during the month of November. So be prepared for lack of food, overdose of caffeine and late nights trying to get in that extra 1,000 words, because NaNoWriMo 2016 is coming! Alrighty, let's break this down. Vets of NaNo, you know the shpeal. Newcomers and those of you still thinking about it can step into my office and hear the details. NaNoWriMo (stands for National Novel Writing Month) is an awesomely crazy, yet highly rewarding 30 day period in which your goal is to write 50,000 words of semi-coherent sentences, preferably forming some sort of story. We are not looking for perfection. Spelling and grammar can go out the window. Perfect plot lines can too. Characters can go insane at the romantic climax, and yes... you can kill off your main character if they get annoying. My point is, the goal is quantity, not quality. Moving on... to split this up a bit, 50K breaks down to 1,667 words a day. That is approximately three pages in a size 12 font. If you think you can do that easily, try setting a higher goal. Or get ahead on weekends, and save up for those nights when you have too many previously planned obligations to get a chance to sit down and write. In other words, customize this NaNo to fit to you personally. A great tip, is to bring your friends into this. They're great at nagging you about your word count and to tell you when you've had enough caffeine for the day. Feel free to also return the favor to them! They'll thank you for it in the end. Speaking of the end! Once you reach your goal, whether it be 25K, the regular 50K or maybe even 100K; you'll feel great. Don't be surprised if you're unusually giddy come December 1st and you burst out randomly laughing or you start telling strangers about your noveling experience or detailed explanations about your crazy plot that went nowhere you expected it to. It's pretty normal for all of us. So, the checkered flag is ready. Are you? If anyone has questions, feel free to PM me! And you can add me on the NaNo site. My username is the same as here: yoha_ahoy

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Thu Oct 26, 2006 12:52 am

Pushca says... · Thu Oct 26, 2006 12:52 am

i'm stuck between pirates and gypsies. not like the roma, like people in a different world who happen to wander. i don't have a plot for either, but i do have endings!

i hate my endings, everybody dies and they're all very similar.

ahem. there's some randomness for ya.

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Thu Oct 26, 2006 3:01 am

Kel says... · Thu Oct 26, 2006 3:01 am

Claudette wrote:...Ocean currents? Weather patterns?....what are you writing!? I'm not putting that much into my first draft, I'm leaving out all the complications like time eras or years or events that would be taking place that I should probably add for realism.....

They'll be going to different lands that have different weather patterns. XD I might've gone overboard with the ocean currents, but ...

I'm writing fantasy! With a bad guy and good guys and stuff and junk like that.

I'm not doing the resources, though. Like there's iron in this mine, or coal here or something. That's -too- much!

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Thu Oct 26, 2006 3:08 am

Emerson says... · Thu Oct 26, 2006 3:08 am

so there is a limit then? No resources! Gotcha! :-)

Mines a vampire story with a kick *I hope* [s]I'm still working out all the kinks in the plot and ending.[/s] I'm being real lazy and procrastinating on thinking about my plot like I usually do.

Actually, no, not completely true! I want a new name for my main character, I just can't decide.

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Thu Oct 26, 2006 11:46 am

Firestarter says... · Thu Oct 26, 2006 11:46 am

Haha, Claudette, I've renamed my MC three times now.

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Thu Oct 26, 2006 1:58 pm

Myth says... · Thu Oct 26, 2006 1:58 pm

I wasn't going to enter but changed my mind. I'm looking forward to it.

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Sat Oct 28, 2006 7:55 pm

Comechatcha says... · Sat Oct 28, 2006 7:55 pm

This is my third year, and I haven't even named my leading female character yet.

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Sat Oct 28, 2006 7:57 pm

Cassandra says... · Sat Oct 28, 2006 7:57 pm

^Did you finish the other two years, Comechatcha? *Is looking frantically for all the tips she can find*

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Sat Oct 28, 2006 8:00 pm

Emerson says... · Sat Oct 28, 2006 8:00 pm

lol Cassi go to the Nanowrimo forums, you'll find more tips there! And what kind of tips do you want? I have one!

WRITE!

A yes....what a tip...

(Cassi: I'm trying to beat your dang points...this is so funny! We're so close!)

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Sat Oct 28, 2006 8:04 pm

Cassandra says... · Sat Oct 28, 2006 8:04 pm

What kind of tips, you say?

Ummm...how to win it? XD

But you've just answered that one, haven't you?

But of course...no writing until Wednesday...there's still time! Really!

((Too bad all these points will die at the end of the week. Do you know when the end of this week actually is? And I know! But I'll win, of course.

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Sat Oct 28, 2006 8:07 pm

Emerson says... · Sat Oct 28, 2006 8:07 pm

(you shan't win! I will *wrestles*)

Yeah. I'm nervous I don't have enough plotted out.

Like I'm real scared about the ending. What if i get to the point where I have no more and it just...stops?

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Sat Oct 28, 2006 8:09 pm

smaur says... · Sat Oct 28, 2006 8:09 pm

Cassandra wrote:*Is looking frantically for all the tips she can find*

Word wars are your FRIENDS.

Basically, there's a thread in the forums (usually in "Reaching 50,000") in November where people get together at a certain time and write for half an hour and then post their word counts.

It forces you to just sit and write for half an hour. And then if you do it again and again and again...

Seriously, if not for them, I would not have made it through last year's Nanowrimo.

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Sun Oct 29, 2006 12:11 pm

Firestarter says... · Sun Oct 29, 2006 12:11 pm

Haha, I've signed up for the regional word war competiton thing between regions of the UK (go MANCHESTER!) so that should help me.

Nate wrote:And if YWS ever does become a company, Jack will be the President of European Operations. In fact, I'm just going to call him that anyways.

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Mon Oct 30, 2006 3:32 pm

Duskglimmer says... · Mon Oct 30, 2006 3:32 pm

Are word wars between individuals or between regions? *is confused*

and who's gonna get up at midnight on the 1st to write? Is anybody gonna take the insanity that far?

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Mon Oct 30, 2006 3:42 pm

Myth says... · Mon Oct 30, 2006 3:42 pm

No, I think I'll start on the 2nd. I'm too lazy to begin on the first day

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Tue Oct 31, 2006 10:02 pm

Wiggy says... · Tue Oct 31, 2006 10:02 pm

Then "I'll start on the 3rd, then the 25th..." No I'm kidding Mythie. You're gonna do great!

Good luck to all!

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