NaNoWriMo?

[ZiSunka]

Anyone doing NaNoWrMo?

 

[oncewaslost]

i did it last year but only because i was going to fail one of my classes anyway. i don't need an added stress in my life this year so i'm going to pass. maybe after i graduate. i had a great time participating and would love to do it again.

 

[icy_crusader]

I'm going to do it for the first time. I could use a little extra stress.

 

[MadeInOz]

I did it the last two years and successfully got to 50k+... I dunno, I found it useful in a sense, but I found that I mostly wrote horrendously long-winded rubbish that would need to be rewritten/edited majorly, and as a consequence both of my novels have sat on my hard drive doing nothing... One of the things I disliked about the whole NaNoWriMo thing was the way some people didn't take it seriously, and wrote 50,000 word association words, or other drivel... which kind of spoils the whole experience a bit.

 

[icy_crusader]

So all they did was wrote was like, 'car street sign house...' and so on? That doesn't even seem like like fun.

 

[oncewaslost]

So all they did was wrote was like, 'car street sign house...' and so on? That doesn't even seem like like fun.

not to mention it probably took less than 2 days.

 

[icy_crusader]

Why waste your time? Anyways, do you make up an idea before you begin or do you just start writing and see where it leads?

 

[oncewaslost]

you can come up with a plot, outline, characters, etc but the actual writing of the novel isn't supposed to begin until november 1st. many people on the nanowrimo forums have already started plotting and planning for november.

 

[icy_crusader]

Do you have a plot and characters ready?

 

[oncewaslost]

me? no. i don't even know if i'm participating this year. classes are pretty much consuming my life. i didn't have a plot until the end of october last year and my characters didn't form until very beginning of november. once november gets closer i'll come to a final decision.

 

[Babymine]

I tried and failed last year. I dont know if ill embarrass myself this year also.

 

[Blessed-one]

lambslove, long time no see!

i won't be doing nano this year, too much stuff with work and class. Wish i could though. well, good luck with any one of you who plan on doing it.

 

[Lady_Firehawk]

I thought I wasn't gonna be able to this year on account of Coast Guard stuff, but with the way things are now with me I'm probably not shipping out till about January-ish... so I'm going for a second round and hopefully a second win!

 

[oncewaslost]

today is nanowrimo sign-ups if anyone's interested. sign-up start 3pm pacific time.

 

[scraparcs]

I'm doing it again....wish me luck, it's going to be crazier than before!

 

[oncewaslost]

good luck! i think i'm talking myself into it. bad... very bad.

 

[benedictine]

If I finish the one I'm working on now, I might. Emphasis on might, as I also have to pass three of the four classes I'll be taking.

 

[Babymine]

I registered again this week, I dont know if Ill do it, im just hoping for the courage. I do have the time, but no ideas, and that's the thing that is scaring me.

 

[scraparcs]

Can anyone else not get on the Nanowrimo site?

 

[FireRock]

Okay, I saw this thread and it intrigued me, or maybe it was another thread here like it, but that's beside the point. Anyways, I wandered through the forums and such on the nanowrimo site and I finally signed up today.

I think I'm actually going to try and do it. I'm trying to psych myself out for it because I have no life so it might be easier than I think. No matter, it will be a grand adventure and I hope to meet interesting people.

I noticed on the Writing Groups and Clubs forum that there wasn't a spot for us CFers on there anywhere. Sadness, but I suppose people belong to a bunch of different groups...especially with all the blogs like LiveJournal, myspace, Xanga, etc.

I have a couple of ideas for a plot, but nothing really concrete. Yes, psyching mysefl out some more.