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05-11-2006, 04:14 PM
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Scribe
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Alabama
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NaNoWriMo Stories?
I was curious about everyone's nanowrimo stories (if you participated. i hate i missed it in november. i found out about it in february! figures) i wanted to know if it was a great experience or a waste of tremendous time? share your comments, stories, anything! thanks
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1. The Romanov Prophecy, by Steve Berry-5/5
2. A Separate Peace, by John Knowles-2/5
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05-11-2006, 08:30 PM
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Administrator
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Great White North
Gender: Male
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The first year I did NaNo I didn't do so good. I only got about 10k done the entire month, but I did continue working on the story afterwards.
My second attempt (last year) went a lot better. I crossed the finish line with about 52k, although I didn't have the entire story finished.
It was an excellent lesson in how to write without going back to edit. That was the thing I needed to get from it the most, and I did. It also reinforced the concept of knowing that when I write, I have to be ok with writing crap. Within the crap though, there are those nuggets of actually good writing, and that is what you go back and build on.
I would recommend it to anyone. Even if you never do anything with the story you work on during the event, you come away with so much you learned during it that it is still worthwhile.
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05-16-2006, 03:49 PM
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Scribe
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Alabama
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i'm just posting so the thread will appear again as the latest post. more people will see it this way.
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Current Novel: Untitled
Word Count: 2,879/50,000
Current Reading:
1. The Romanov Prophecy, by Steve Berry-5/5
2. A Separate Peace, by John Knowles-2/5
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05-16-2006, 05:17 PM
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Profound Writer
Join Date: Jul 2005
Gender: Male
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I, shamefully, never got started.
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07-11-2006, 04:15 PM
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Addict
Join Date: Jul 2006
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I never took part last year, but plan to this. Sound like a very interesting experence!
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07-12-2006, 07:03 AM
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Ink Slinger
Join Date: May 2006
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It sounds good. I've never heard of it before 
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07-13-2006, 01:09 PM
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Mentor
Join Date: Jun 2003
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im tossing my name into the hat. hold me to it.
fantasy, if youre interested, their website has a lot of info and fun forums:
www.nanowrimo.org
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07-18-2006, 06:26 PM
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Prolific Writer
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Connecticut
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I signed up to participate in it last year, but with the heavy workload from school, it was really a struggle to write everyday. I manged to write 1000 words a day and not much more after the first three days. School was so overwhelming at that point.
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07-20-2006, 12:51 PM
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Scribe
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Virginia
Gender: Female
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I did NaNo for the first time in 2005. Can't wait to do this again!
I worked on a fantasy last November, Logan's Lament, and finished just over 61,000 words. I'm guessing that's about half of the draft.
I've not decided what I'll be writing this November. Maybe Logan's Lament, Part II. LOL!
Take care,
June
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