N00by Question :P

National Novel Writing Month

You can cruise around the forum there and read posts, but if you want to post yourself you'll need to join.

Basically, you try to write 50,000 words in the month of November. It does get one to BIC ::butt in chair:: and get words written every day.

79,000 participants and 13,000 winners last year.

was this a scripted promo?

What, because it's not possible that that many of us here love NaNoWriMo?

No, it just sounded very... uhhh... rehearsed.

I guess it might sound like it to some. But, nope, it wasn't.

Lots of us are thinking, or getting ready for it in one way or another. Need to get my own butt in gear and start doing some serious planning.

Theme? Plot? I think you'd be surprised at the number of people who show up, not just on the first of November but on the remaining days as well, sign up, and start writing without a single thing planned.

No, no theme. No standard plot. No genre requirement. No requirement for cohesiveness. No requirement for logic. No requirement to have your main character alive at the end of it. No... requirements. Other than it be a novel that you started from scratch on or after November 1st.

If you wanted, you could write about a 75 year old drunken gay sailor turned artist on a killing spree in a fantasy setting in post-apocalyptic France with a young blind and paralyzed woman as his romantic partner. Preposterous is fine, too.

quidscribis said:

If you wanted, you could write about a 75 year old drunken gay sailor turned artist on a killing spree in a fantasy setting in post-apocalyptic France with a young blind and paralyzed woman as his romantic partner. Preposterous is fine, too.

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You know, someone is likely to steal that for NaNo if they see it here.

I hope they do! I don't want it!

quidscribis said:

If you wanted, you could write about a 75 year old drunken gay sailor turned artist on a killing spree in a fantasy setting in post-apocalyptic France with a young blind and paralyzed woman as his romantic partner. Preposterous is fine, too.

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Mel said:

You know, someone is likely to steal that for NaNo if they see it here.

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Yeah, like me! j/k

If you reach 50,000 words at the end of November, are you automatically classified as a Winner?

truelyana said:

If you reach 50,000 words at the end of November, are you automatically classified as a Winner?

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Yep. And what do you win? The respect and admiration of your peers, plus a couple of winner's icons and the satisfaction of having survived.



For the last two years, I hit 50,000 each time but didn't finish either story. Maybe this year...

melaniehoo said:

No, it just sounded very... uhhh... rehearsed.

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That's where you look around and ask, "Ok, where's the camera?"

TheIT said:

Yep. And what do you win? The respect and admiration of your peers, plus a couple of winner's icons and the satisfaction of having survived.



For the last two years, I hit 50,000 each time but didn't finish either story. Maybe this year...

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Ohhh goodie, I'll just be happy for particating

So what happened when you hit 50,000 and you didn't finish both times?

truelyana said:

Ohhh goodie, I'll just be happy for particating

So what happened when you hit 50,000 and you didn't finish both times?

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I still won NaNo, and ended up with two incomplete drafts which I will someday finish. I'm thinking of revisiting one of those stories next year while I revise my current WIP. It'll have to be pretty much completely rewritten since my fantasy universe has changed.

TheIT said:

I still won NaNo, and ended up with two incomplete drafts which I will someday finish. I'm thinking of revisiting one of those stories next year while I revise my current WIP. It'll have to be pretty much completely rewritten since my fantasy universe has changed.

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Wow, still that's a mighty fine accomplishment even if not finished. I am sure you'll figure something out one day, with them I wish you well