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Post by inkling on Oct 8, 2006 0:00:16 GMT
Anyone else here doing NaNoWriMo?
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Post by Elf on Oct 8, 2006 9:06:22 GMT
yeah, this'll be my fourth Nano. I've only actually managed to do the 50,000 once though. The last two years I've just not had enough spare time. I blame work entirely.
xx
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Post by Vyra on Oct 8, 2006 9:14:52 GMT
Okay... let's pretend I have no idea what that is.  |
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Post by inkling on Oct 8, 2006 10:13:44 GMT
National Novel Writing Month. Thousands of people around the world attempt to write a 50,000 word novel. In a month.
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Post by Elf on Oct 8, 2006 10:23:37 GMT
www.nanowrimo.org/Is the page for Nano. It's not national, it's international, you don't write a novel, cos 50,000 words does not a novel make...more like a novella, but you do write, and it does take place in a month - every November, in fact. It's a whole lot of fun. Where I live, a little city on the south coast of England, we have meet-ups in coffee shops where everyone in the city who's taking part tries to spend a few hours together each week to see how we're all doing. It's a great way of getting some writing done, meeting up with new people - whether in RL or on the forums at the Nano site. And if you don't make the 50,000 words, then at least you've written something. xx
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Post by inkling on Oct 9, 2006 10:51:03 GMT
well, it's supposed to just be a draft, so, when you go back over it later, you'll probably fix stuff up and it'll end up longer! it's a novella, technically, but, it doesn't really matter. And originally, it was 'national', but they just called it that at first because it was funny.  Some guys just started it up in 99 i think it was. |
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Post by Vyra on Oct 9, 2006 15:08:48 GMT
Cool! No specific topic right? I can do that! |
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Post by Elf on Oct 9, 2006 17:31:29 GMT
Absolutely no topic at all. You can write whatever you want - even fanfiction  It really is all about fun. xx |
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Post by inkling on Oct 10, 2006 1:03:01 GMT
yeah, you can write fanfiction, but of course you'd not be able to get that published unless it was fanfiction of like... a fairytale or a book that doesn't have copyright anymore. But, if that doesn't matter to you, or you want to only publish it online, go for it!
Oh, they do like you to write fiction though. but i think creative non fiction can count too.
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Post by Vyra on Oct 10, 2006 15:21:22 GMT
Hey, I do fiction. It's all I write.
Just debating what topic I should do. I can't do Brit, I've only seen 12 eps!
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Post by Totoffle on Oct 10, 2006 21:59:09 GMT
I'm doing NaNo this year. Why. Why? I don't have the time  But oh well. Was going to do it last year but forgot. *Sigh* Maybe doing it will shake off my silly block. I'm a fanfic writer, and don't generally like writing fiction, but... Not long to go until it starts now. *Tries to shake off writers block* |
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Post by Vyra on Oct 11, 2006 15:00:34 GMT
I've already started. I have 1,800 words as a start and a very sketchy idea. Hopefully everything will fall in place as I write.
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Post by inkling on Oct 13, 2006 1:31:34 GMT
oh, of planning?  lucky you! |
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Post by Vyra on Oct 13, 2006 14:30:25 GMT
No, of the story. It's 6,800 now...
...I'm not supposed to start till Nov 1st am I?
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Post by inkling on Oct 14, 2006 1:07:40 GMT
you're not supposed to start until November. That counts as 'cheating'.
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But oh well. Was going to do it last year but forgot. *Sigh* 
lucky you!