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Re: Nanowrimo 2005
« Reply #15 on: October 11, 2005, 09:24:33 PM »
Dun dun dun dun! I have decided that I will join in on the fun this year, seeing as how I don't have the excuse of grad school breathing down my neck anymore.

Plus, I've been wanting to actually write a book in my spare time, seeing as how my social life isn't interfering either (i.e., I should take advantage of the spare time while I have it). I have all of two scenes of a YA that isn't Black Bull. Haven't decided if it's going to be fantasy or not--I'm going to try to make it fantasy, but it might end up being a realistic problem novel, that might be too autobiographical to publish. But I'm going to try to make it a contemporary retelling of a fairy tale, set in rural western Illinois.
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Re: Nanowrimo 2005
« Reply #16 on: October 12, 2005, 02:44:20 PM »
Sounds groovy. I've got at least one of the other writers at work in on it as well, so this should be a fun year.
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Re: Nanowrimo 2005
« Reply #17 on: October 14, 2005, 11:49:50 AM »
So I want to try this again. But I've no idea what to do. Where's a good place to get ideas?
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Re: Nanowrimo 2005
« Reply #18 on: October 19, 2005, 04:57:20 PM »
I'm doing it, 4th time in 5 years.  Never completed either, which means I'm a total sucker.

I found that the Nano boards are a good place, and if you're into LiveJournal culture, the community there is very helpful, too.

I find the best way to get motivation, assuming you have the time to do it, is to get help from people in the same way, preferably from places you have established links to already.
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Re: Nanowrimo 2005
« Reply #19 on: October 20, 2005, 03:42:36 PM »
I'm doing NaNo as well, I'm all excited like.

I've been doing some pre-NaNo work on another story, to try to get a decent amount of writing in per day.  So far I've failed each day to make the necessary average for NaNo, but I haven't actually tried to make it either..

Hopefully I'll be a winner. ^_^

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Re: Nanowrimo 2005
« Reply #20 on: October 24, 2005, 12:20:14 AM »
I've already signed up for it on the site. Since last year I decided I could not because I was working an insane job, and I am currently unemployed (well, technically) still I think I need to this year.
I'm going to <sigh> try to write a romance novel. I have an outline written, but haven't really started any writing, so I can go at it fresh on Nov. 1st and not cheat.
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Re: Nanowrimo 2005
« Reply #21 on: October 24, 2005, 12:03:30 PM »
Is anyone participating willing to do a blog 2-3 (or more) times a week during November? I have some ideas for a format, but since I'm not in, I can't do it. I think it'd be a nice TWG feature, and something you could put in your sig over at nano.org and get people to visit us :D
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Re: Nanowrimo 2005
« Reply #22 on: October 24, 2005, 01:52:05 PM »
Blog as in update what you wrote for that day  or as in, "Today I was stuck on about word 500 for two hours and I nearly killed off half my characters in frustration." ?


I just ask b/c I'm on Livejournal and I"ll probably be blogging anyway so it will likely be no additional effort to do something like this.
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Re: Nanowrimo 2005
« Reply #23 on: October 24, 2005, 02:07:09 PM »
I was thinking of doing a blog, because nothing says "I'm a crazy writing loon" like writing 2500 words a day and then writing more about how much you're writing.
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Re: Nanowrimo 2005
« Reply #24 on: October 24, 2005, 02:33:45 PM »
blogging as in something autobiographical. I'd have a little screenshot of the excel sheet to keep track of the progress, so readers know where we are. I wouldn't dream of asking anyone to post their frough draft nano as they wrote it.
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Re: Nanowrimo 2005
« Reply #25 on: October 24, 2005, 05:14:19 PM »
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Re: Nanowrimo 2005
« Reply #26 on: October 24, 2005, 09:44:44 PM »
I'm in.  I failed last year due to a massive depressive episode, but I've already had one of those this fall, so hopefully I'll be in the clear. ;D  It's worth a try at least.  

I am, however, going to cheat.  I'm going to work on a book I've already started.  I'm just not up for a new project right now.  Gotta get my current book written.  
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Re: Nanowrimo 2005
« Reply #27 on: October 28, 2005, 12:05:20 PM »
La la la, we didn't hear it, la la la we have dice!
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Re: Nanowrimo 2005
« Reply #28 on: October 31, 2005, 02:39:05 PM »
What's going on everyone?  It starts tomorrow!  Are we doing a progress-tracking thing this year?
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Re: Nanowrimo 2005
« Reply #29 on: October 31, 2005, 02:45:10 PM »
Yeah, well, sometime yesterday I had a brilliant idea. SO I may try to do this thingy.

I will be tracking using the handy dandy excel sheet I have though. I'm not going to do a calendar like I Have in years past.
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