Let NaNoWriMo Season Begin!

I just got cast in A CHRISTMAS CAROL, which is playing the first two weekends of December...NaNo and daily rehearsals. That's gonna be fun, rofl.

Sage said:

write 50K of a novel in the 30 months of November

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And there's your focus right out of the box... a wormhole in space links thirty Novembers of your life so you can watch yourself age but only at Thanksgiving...

I'm in again

I'm considering taking part this year... I've never done it, and would enjoy the experience, but I've been feeling massively burned out lately. Over the next 2-3 days, I'll be finishing up the proofreading of my WIP to send to betas, and then I really want to take a break from serious, focused writing. Hammering this manuscript into something cohesive has drained a lot out of me. I'm at the point where I'd be fine dropping to 500 words of writing a day or less for a while and just spend that time screwing with disconnected story ideas I've built up over the years.

There is a story idea that has been nagging at me for weeks though. It's just a kernel, but I might spend the rest of October toying with it and fleshing it out and perhaps I'll be recharged enough to write the bulk of it by the time Nano comes around.

This sounds like an interesting way to challenge yourself, is this a US thing or can it be InNaNoWriMo? Is it an AW thing or external?

I wanted to try and put 20k on my current WIP in October - the last 20k of the first draft - which may preclude it but I also like the idea of putting that aside and thrashing out some other ideas and this sounds like a terrific work out for the little grey cell; a month in the mind gym.

Bacchus said:

This sounds like an interesting way to challenge yourself, is this a US thing or can it be InNaNoWriMo? Is it an AW thing or external?

I wanted to try and put 20k on my current WIP in October - the last 20k of the first draft - which may preclude it but I also like the idea of putting that aside and thrashing out some other ideas and this sounds like a terrific work out for the little grey cell; a month in the mind gym.

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It's everywhere, Bacchus! It's international, the name is just a name. I live in Japan and I'm going to take part.

I love NaNo. Best time of the year.

I'm leaning towards in, I'm just terrified of not being able to repeat my previous success. If I don't, the absence of the coveted purple bar would be a year long reminder that I didn't make it

Bacchus said:

This sounds like an interesting way to challenge yourself, is this a US thing or can it be InNaNoWriMo? Is it an AW thing or external?

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It's open to anyone anywhere Sage has added the link to the website to his opening post, all you have to do is sign up!

That's great, thank you @Sage [edit]London would be for me[/edit]

I am loving the idea of this. I am terrified by the idea of this. I can "easily" manage 2500 words on a good day, but to have at least twenty good days in a month...?

NANO NANO NANO NANO

BATMAAAAAN



Bacchus, I know it sounds super-intimidating, and it is, but it's also a ton of fun because there are just SOO many other people doing it with you. Just knowing there are thousands of other people writing with you, having a diagram showing your progress, awards for success, shoulders to lean on for failure... it's completely different from just writing on your own, and it's wonderful.

I'm in. I've done it every year since 2010. It wouldn't be November without NaNo!

Bacchus said:

This sounds like an interesting way to challenge yourself, is this a US thing or can it be InNaNoWriMo? Is it an AW thing or external?

I wanted to try and put 20k on my current WIP in October - the last 20k of the first draft - which may preclude it but I also like the idea of putting that aside and thrashing out some other ideas and this sounds like a terrific work out for the little grey cell; a month in the mind gym.

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In a nutshell, they kept the name National Novel Writing Month because as a program of a registered charity in the US (Office of Letters and Light, dedicated to promoting literacy), it's less complicated and less expensive to change the name.

And I'm in, again. I've done it every year since 2004 (losing time because I spent four days in the hospital in 2012 but I'd built up a word count overage before I was incapacitated). Both novels in my sig field were borne of NaNo projects, in fact.

I'm thinking about it. There's no house hunts, no shiny new game releases, no family obligation explosions (that I know of), and spouse-face will be busy wrapping up their capstone project for their data-science statistician degree. I'm completely distraction free for the first time in years ...

But the metaphorical well is dry. All ideas are the opposite of shiny.

I am going to have to pass on NaNoWriMo for certain this year.



However, I am game for NaNoWriFoWe, because Final Fantasy XV comes out on the 29th.

KateSmash said:

I'm thinking about it. There's no house hunts, no shiny new game releases...

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...*looks at upcoming game list for November*

I want to live in your world. Between Owlboy and Pokemon Sun & Moon, I'm going to be writing like a maniac to allow myself to play.

TAMaxwell said:

I want to live in your world.

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It's one of the few perks of being console only. And, after 10 years, I find I can wait a few additional weeks/months for versus xiii ffxv.

Sage said:

Have you checked out the adoption section of the NaNo website?

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I haunt it regularly. Nothing so far has struck me. (We need a chin stroking smilie. It'd go here.) I know I want epic fantasy - something non-traditional that smashes the tropes. That's about as far as I get before I get jello brain.

KateSmash said:

I haunt it regularly. Nothing so far has struck me. (We need a chin stroking smilie. It'd go here.) I know I want epic fantasy - something non-traditional that smashes the tropes. That's about as far as I get before I get jello brain.

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For me, NaNo has been perfect for jello brain. This year, for example, I have a couple of scenes in mind, but no real direction. So yay, I get to write whatever I want, without worrying about where it's going to go! I can have fun without pressure if I know in advance I'm just rummaging around my own head, rather than hoping for something semi-finished.

I've created a novel but I'm still 50/50 on whether I'm actually participating.

I'm in. No idea what I'm writing, but I'm in.

Dishonored II comes out on Nov 11 >>

I'm in.