NaNoWriMo 2007

I might, but I'm worried about how gallons of coffee affect your nervous system.

Insanityabounds wrote:I don't suppose there's a magic place where NaNo ideas spring from? xD

It's called the challenge thread, and it's the reason why my novel last year contained a trebuchet, three casablanca references, twelve chickens (or did I use that one?), and a villain who wears outrageous pink clothing. But it was 50,000 words, and that's what counts.

My goal this year is to write something PRESENTABLE that's 50,000 words long. Last year's major work, which *did* break the 50k barrier by a few thousand (better than my 2004 attempt of 12,000) was pretty much a pile of trash. It was basically a reversed-role sleeping beauty with Herman Melville's Billy Budd as the main character, set in the Renaissance on crack, and written in the style of Terry Pratchett... but not funny (at least not when it was meant to be funny). It contained numerous soliloquies, asides, recipes... yeah. I could probably salvage a few concepts or characters from it, but for the most part, it didn't amount to much.

t was basically a reversed-role sleeping beauty with Herman Melville's Billy Budd as the main character, set in the Renaissance on crack,

Love the description ^_^

Only two months to go!!

Hm, I have quite a few stories with half-plots that I could write... it's just that they probably need a fair bit of research for most of them.

Oh, also, bit worried about doing it during uni, as last year I was just working so I didn't have to worry about grades slipping or anything like that.

Yes! I have an idea I want to use. I'm looking forward to November craziness.

Haha. I have an idea now. I've been reading those paranoid conspiracy books. 9/11 and stuff like that. Most people have probably read one, right? xD

But I did find out that NaNo isn't actually in my school holidays. But I'm only a Year 10, so I'm sure I'll manage. xD

well, this is my first time doing this, but I suppose I might be able to pull it off.

CK Lynn wrote:I might, but I'm worried about how gallons of coffee affect your nervous system.

Hahah, a fellow sufferer from the evils of caffiene...


Ich brauche Zeit
Kein Heroin kein Alkohol kein Nikotin
Brauch keine Hilfe
Kein Koffein
Doch Dynamit und Terpentin
Ich brauche Öl für Gasolin!


... I mean...


Yeah, I'm going to do NaNo, too. Only way for me to get the Chair finished at some point - have a new novel started November 1st. So by October 31? I had better have a start-to-finish draft sitting on my desk, because Novemeber belongs to The Piano Player. Otherwise Gina'll get tired of waiting for me and I'll have to kill something.

^_~'

I'm going to do it =) just need to edit and finish first part of Chasing Rainbows.

Yargh! September's halfway over, which means I only have a month and a half to outline a plot that's only really a wisp of an idea...

Of course, again, it's something I couldn't show my parents. Definitely couldn't show them, haha. Perhaps I could have shown them Kiens' Battle -- it was fairly good, had good morals and all that, but the language was a bit rough and there were some crude moments.

Not sure exactly what I'm going to call this one, but I'm thinking "Small Landslides." I heard this line on TV today -- "Small landslides happen just about every day around here" -- and thought it was brilliant (even if the guy was being literal!) so I wrote it down.

My characters need names, but they're shaping up nicely.

Hmm... I've got nothing better to do right now. I should outline and expand...

I am debating whether to have my title

Incense
My Grandmother's Chicken That Crossed the Road
or
Dead Fish
...

I'm doing Nano! Tons of coffee and sleepless nights sound like a good way to pass november by. Now all I need is an idea.

Yep, and only about 20-ish days until it starts! It'll be my first time doing it..so yeah. I am a little scared... ; )

*squee* NaNo!

I'm partaking in NaNo again this year. Mine is going to be the sequel to Guttersnipe, Time Stitch. Should be fun, working with characters I've worked with before and some new ones.

Cal.