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: NaNoWriMo
: Silvermink October 27, 2010, 04:53:54 -06:00
Just out of curiosity, anyone doing NaNoWriMo this year? I'm sort of considering it (yes, yes, I know, it's five days until November 1st), but I'm a little freaked by the enormity of the task.
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: Renwaldo October 27, 2010, 10:50:03 -06:00
Enlighten me, what is NaNoWriMo?  :D
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: Zen October 27, 2010, 10:55:06 -06:00
Click Here for Info (http://lmgtfy.com/?q=nanowrimo)

I almost forgot about this!  I might try this year, see if I can flush out the eight billion pages of ideas I have lying around and turn them into ... something.  I don't think I can do the full 50K, but I'm gonna try.
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: Tony Greyfox October 31, 2010, 01:35:05 -06:00
Not this year; I don't have anything of substance that I can build on to be sure to get 50K words, plus I've got too much work to do. I did this a couple years ago and made the 50K.. it's quite a good feeling to make the cut!
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: Silvermink November 01, 2010, 02:22:08 -06:00
Yeah, I've decided I'm not doing it. But I should write some smut erudite, family-friendly fiction this month.

I think the main reason I decided against it is that I only have the a vague idea for something I could spin into a novel right now - it might be ready for next year's NNWM...
: Re: NaNoWriMo
: Tony Greyfox November 01, 2010, 09:31:20 -06:00
Hehe, yeah, the prep can be a real challenge. I really need to actually finish mine one day... I've got just over 50,000 words, need another 25,000 or so and I'd have a possibly marketable horror/fantasy novel. Lazy bugger, I am, though...
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: terutt November 01, 2010, 10:55:55 -06:00
I did it once, failed utterly and horribly the next two times. I personally suggest it. It's a ride. I mean, you don't even have to make a GOOD plot, just a plot. Like make some good characters and go for it.
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: ScaredSacred November 05, 2010, 12:04:02 -06:00
Doing it for the sixth straight year, and running TWO stories! One is a furry/fantasy epic, and the other is a steampunk world of my own creation.  Wish me luck!
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: Silvermink December 13, 2010, 02:23:12 -07:00
I'm doing Yuletide, which is a much-more-modest project (1000-word-minimum fanfic written for another person, and in exchange someone else writes something for you).

So, I have to write another 600 words by next Monday. I know, poor me, right? 600 words! That's almost two pages of typing! :P
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: ScaredSacred December 15, 2010, 07:59:41 -07:00
Is that a specially-organized event? How can I get in on it?
: Re: NaNoWriMo
: Silvermink December 15, 2010, 12:26:53 -07:00
: ScaredSacred  December 15, 2010, 07:59:41 -07:00
Is that a specially-organized event? How can I get in on it?

It's too late to sign up for this year's event, unfortunately. However, you can see all the info on it here: http://www.yuletidetreasure.org/ (http://www.yuletidetreasure.org/)

(P.S. I am down to about 350 words remaining. :) I thought I'd be so clever and pick something with almost no canon, but the flip side of that is that I have to invent almost everything from scratch!)
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: Silvermink December 16, 2010, 11:17:10 -07:00
Hooray, my Yuletide story is done! I can't share it yet, though. :)