NaNoWriMo

[Speculative]

I'm loving it! Do you guys go to the boards there?

I do a little, but I pretty much stick to the Seattle forum.

 

[AlabamaMan]

I do a little, but I pretty much stick to the Seattle forum.

I don't get around much there. I have posted in the regional area mostly. I'm Alladin on there, in case anyone cares. LOL

 

[NostalgicGranny]

I'm a bit behind schedule on the word count. How is everyone else doing?

 

[AlabamaMan]

Just passed 30,000 last night. You can catch up. Try to write for 30 min. without stopping I can push out some great totals that way.

 

[kittysbecute]

I have 9,607 words so I'm quite a bit behind. I highly doubt I will get to 50,000 before the end of the month. But I'll probably keep writing anyway. I think I estimated that I can get about 200 words in 10 minutes.

 

[DCJazz]

I'm only at 23,017, and only after an 8000 word grind today. To catch up, I must repeat my 8000 word grind tomorrow, then do a 4000 word grind the next day. And then not procrastinate anymore since that's why I'm behind in the first place. XD

 

[JustMeAgain]

I just broke 23000 as well, I need to catch up!!! I'm in full time university as well at the moment, and it seems that is quite a detriment to novel writing.

 

[Hishandmaiden]

I don't think I can reach the target. I am struck in my story.

 

[NostalgicGranny]

Hishandmaiden can you skip that part and go back to it? That is what I did when I got stuck at a spot. That and prayed my natural creativity was unleashed.

 

[AlabamaMan]

Good job guys, don't give up. Nostalgic Granny that is a GREAT idea, skip it and go back, if you have to when you go back to edit next month you can fix issues then.

 

[DCJazz]

I'm 4000 away from 50,000. Wootsauce.
So I took today off in celebration. Tomorrow I'll write those 4000 and then validate. Yup yup.

 

[DCJazz]

Sorry to double post, but at 50,557 official wordcount (Open Office says I have a higher wordcount than I actually do), I have finally done it. The book isn't yet over, so I'll still be writing of course, but I have won my first NaNoWriMo as of today.

I think it's time for a bit of celebratory music, for me anyway.

God Knows 8-Bit Version (Full) - YouTube

 

[NostalgicGranny]

:-( I didn't make it - was two chapters short.

 

[hollyda]

:-( I didn't make it - was two chapters short.

That's still incredibly good, though. CG!

This was my first year doing NaNo. I was what I've been told is called a NaNo rebel; someone who participates in spirit, but has a different goal than the normal 50k. In my case, since I had two novels to edit alongside writing NaNo, my goal was to get a 25k novella prepped for one of my publishers' submission calls, but the characters kept talking so it inched to 40k. Though I'm still 10k short of being an actual NaNo participant, it was a great experience.

Do a little writing every day and see how quickly you can wrap something up. Congrats to all who participated in NaNo -- two chapters away from the end is nothing to sneeze at.

 

[AlabamaMan]

Great Job everyone. Nano isn't about the winning, its about getting words down. You're a winner!
I finished my 50K but haven't finished writing yet. I'm still going!

 

[gel2]

well done everyone!!

 

[LadyNRA]

That's still incredibly good, though. CG!

This was my first year doing NaNo. I was what I've been told is called a NaNo rebel; someone who participates in spirit, but has a different goal than the normal 50k. In my case, since I had two novels to edit alongside writing NaNo, my goal was to get a 25k novella prepped for one of my publishers' submission calls, but the characters kept talking so it inched to 40k. Though I'm still 10k short of being an actual NaNo participant, it was a great experience.

Do a little writing every day and see how quickly you can wrap something up. Congrats to all who participated in NaNo -- two chapters away from the end is nothing to sneeze at.

I kind of did something very similar. I wanted to do it. Started a story in November, got about 10,000 words in and then ended up not feeling well. So I didn't get beyond that. Then friends asked me to do the next installment of a Warehouse 13 fanfiction series. I started that on April 1st and I was thinking, hey, NaNoWriMo in April instead. So I sat down almost every night, and kept writing with only short breaks to ruminate on next steps and research, and finished the story at the end of April with a little over 50,000 words. So even if I didn't do it at the 'right time', I stuck to the guidelines of one month of writing a novel of 50,000 words or more.