Anyone participating in NaNoWriMo this year? I'm taking another bash at it. My story this year will be werewolves, a private investigator, and a wealthy heiress with a mysterious problem. Working title is Savage Freedom.
I would give it a go, but I'm going to give another personal project of mine a big push this month so can't spare the time.
Might. Can't get in the way of school, though. :\ Thinking a Film Noir Jekyll and Hyde story. "Who knows the darkness in men's hearts? Would you like to?"
I haven't hit the deadline yet and this will be the fourth time I've participated. It's the attempt that's fun!
I just spontaneously generated an idea so ridiculous, derivative, and untenable that I almost have to give it a try.
I think I'll give it a try but I don't know if I'll make the deadline. I'm sure school will get in the way as I have 2 10-page papers due at the end of the semester.
According to the rules, you're not supposed to start working on your story until 01 November. So probably not. Got another idea on the burner?
Yeah, that you can do. Plans, notes, outlines, all the "getting ready" stuff. You're just not supposed to start writing until 1 November.
I've always got ideas but I'm not going to start a project when I'm already wrapped up in one. So I'm out!! [/Kramer]
>< Wrote over 3000 words tonight, and my computer lab's MS Office crashes mid-save. Back to the drawing board.
Wow, I thought this "NanoRiMo" was only something teenage girls writing fanfiction did. Unless there's something you'd like to tell us . . . I doubt I could write that much. I'm too terse to produce so many words. And I can't even get into reading fiction, let alone writing it. I think the only story I really ever wrote was in elementary school.
Yeah, I think it would be hard for even the most prolific writers to knock out an entire book in 30 days. At least a book that would be worth reading.
From what I've been told from folks that have actually attempted this, it does tend to work better to turn off your inner editor. At least until midnight Dec. 1st. After that, the ones that are serious about publishing do a hell of a lot of revision to what they have, but like Bailey said, it's more about just actually writing and having fun.
I'm down with that, but then instead of trying to bang out a full length novel, why not just work on crafting a good story and putting some polish on it?
I think the thrust of the idea is to break the "I can't do it" fear many people experience when contempating an attempt to write a novel. When your focus is not on publishing, or the Great American Novel, but just on proving that you can hammer out 50000 words in reasonably coherent form, it may be easier to get past the intimidation factor.
A "good story" is much harder to define, and can be a frustrating exercise. How exactly do you know when you are done? What is thenhalfway point? Nanowrimo is not aimed at prolific writers who can do that, it is aimed at those who are daunted merely by the thought of putting that many words to paper. It also gives a supportive environment where you have the motivation of others egging you on. If you are part of a short story writing group there will be discussion of details, commentary. All time distractions. Nanowrimo reduces the objective to a clearly defined end point, someone who completes the month has written a novel and most importantly proven to themselves they can do it. This confidence will give them more motivation to then produce something polished.
Considering I have a 10 page paper due in fifteen hours that I've barely been researching for, I don't have time to write any MORE fiction today or this month.
