It's time! - Page 2 - Writers Forum

damien_frosst · 10-02-2006, 11:35 AM

All signed up and posted on the other forum too. Horray me?

valeca · 10-02-2006, 11:43 AM

You have a different siggy over there this year, Blond. I didn't expect it.

Soooo, how is everyone's planning going? Too early to tell? Have oodles of info stored away already?

Fantasy of You · 10-02-2006, 11:49 AM

I've started. Have I made a mistake, lol?

valeca · 10-02-2006, 11:54 AM

As long as it's just plotting and not the actual writing, no. Actual writing doesn't start until Nov. 1.

damien_frosst · 10-02-2006, 12:41 PM

So... is this the year I'm supposed to do my meta-novel? The novel about writing a novel about writing a novel?

Fantasy of You · 10-02-2006, 02:18 PM

Lol! I just had to delete what I'd written^^ Never mind, though, haha. Thanks^^

aliceedelweiss · 10-02-2006, 04:25 PM

hah Fantasy! You started early I guess?

I'm so excited, I've signed up. Though I'm not under my usual "Alice" name, sorry guys! I will post under our thread though, so you all can know to look out for me.

I'm outlining my plot and characters, I want to be ready. Of course... I already got stuck on the plot.

Alice

Raging_Hopeful · 10-02-2006, 04:32 PM

So uhh.... last night before bed (a bad idea BTW) I was brainstorming ideas for my NaNo novel.

And I got nothin'.
I'm feeling a little discouraged.

Selorian · 10-02-2006, 04:43 PM

I've waited and waited, and now I'm off.

I'm doing the four short story concept I mentioned earlier. Just in case, here it is again. Four stories of 12,500 words each in four genres with each one being a self contained story but centered around an item that spans all four. I have my object and I have my four genres; Fantasy, Action-Adventure, Horror, and Sci-Fi.

I need to flesh out a very few specifics for each of the stories, but other than that and characters, there isn't much more I'll do until actual writing starts. The first year I over plotted, the second year I struggled with some plotting, so this year I'm trying it with next to none.

Raging_Hopeful · 10-02-2006, 05:23 PM

Yay Selorian! Sounds like a kick-ass idea to me and I'll be interested to hear how it turns out! Keep us posted!

aliceedelweiss · 10-02-2006, 05:26 PM

How do you over plot, Selorian?

RH: No ideas huh? Well, what I did is pick up old novel ideas I had, and never used. There has been one particularly that I've had around forever, so I choose that one to finally knock it out of the way. Why not just think of a character and try to fit a plot around them? Creating something that would cause them problem. a lot of people can do that, but as for me, my characters are based around my plot.

Selorian · 10-02-2006, 05:40 PM

NaNo is all about breaking the bonds of procrastination, over thinking, and editing to actually write 50,000 words in a month. For me, if I put too much thought into the plot I find myself unable to write with the abandon needed to finish in a month. So that is where I can over plot.

valeca · 10-02-2006, 06:28 PM

Here's my progress on plotting so far. It's mostly setting related because I wouldn't let myself work on actual plot until the first...ok the 31st of Sept., but hey, I couldn't wait any longer. The strain was too much.

(It's a little blurry to hide my insane ramblings. Heh)

We also have a new addition to the NaNo affair in our household. Our oldest daughter has joined NaNoWriMo's Young Writers Program! Her word count goal will be probably around 5k...being that she's only 10. Second generation NaNo's...weird.

aliceedelweiss · 10-02-2006, 08:00 PM

interesting doodles, Valeca

My plotting involves...well duh, plotting. I just need to briefly know what I'm cover, the major stuff I can work out in the middle of the night when I'm high on adrenaline. I need to flesh my characters out also. That’s the only thing that’s really worrying me, my characters will probably be flat. Oh, and my lack of setting is aggravating. I don't know how I got away with it, but after all these years of writing, I'm still horrible and plunking out setting in a decent way...

I'm trying to bring some others into NaNo. But its mostly people who will look at it, sign up, then not do it. Too bad. What I'm really excited about, is the local parties. I want to make new friends!

DaveP · 10-02-2006, 09:02 PM

You can definitely over lot, especially with such a tight time constraint as Nano. I'm the same as Solorian in that I need to write with quite an amount of abandon to get that many words on paper in 4 weeks. Trying to stick to a plot and write around that can hinder rather than help sometimes.