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CrystalCobra

Is anyone else doing the Nanowrimo challenge? www.nanowrimo.org
I started unprepared so I havent got so far, but its a pretty good way to make yourself write... :)

I'm just curious to know if anyone else is involved...
 
Pawn

Pawn

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I'd love to, but I really don't think I have the time. Deadlines wait for no man.

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demonic_harmonic

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i would, but i'm working on another novel, and though that DOES sound like a hell of alot of fun and incredibly amusing and interesting, i can't take time away from my major work.


i would still like to wish you good luck if you do it, and it sounds like alot of fun! have a great time! make sure you post as you write!
 
Selorian

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I'm doing NaNo. I set aside my novel that I have been working on to do it. So far, it is a lot of fun. I have written twenty pages in the two days so far. Hope that I can keep it up. They say the second week is the hardest, so I'm trying to find ways to keep up my pace. Good luck to you.



Cliff
 
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Pendulum

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I'll give it a shot. I don't expect to do well but it will be a good reason to push myself into writing a novel.
 
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xayaxos

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What a good idea! I signed up. Now all I have to do is come up with an idea, and starting writing again ... hmmmm.
 
valeca

valeca

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I completed nano last year in 25 caffine-riddled days. And a second one in Jan in 21 days! For my efforts, I took Lulu.com up on their offer and received a free copy of my work.

Great experience! Great! Sign ups open Oct 1st, and that's what I start preparing. Not a moment sooner.

Even so, I only go in with a vague plotline and some character sketches. I mean, c'mon...that's half the fun! :D
 
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Kane

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I want to do it this year. I bought the book and started to do it in January, but things went awry from day 1. When Nov. comes around I will definately do it if I can fit it in with my school schedule.
 
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thamior

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sounds cool, I think that I oculd have alot of fun with it, hopefully school won't interfere with it :)
 
Selorian

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Last year was my first year trying to do Nano. I have to say I failed miserably. I got a lot done, and have a great deal of a first draft written. So in that aspect, it was a success. I'm doing it again this year, but unlike last year, I'm not going into it alone. This time I have someone I'm doing it with, and I think that will make a lot of difference. This time, watch out, cause I am going to finish. Or else I have a feeling I'll never live it down. :?


Cliff
 
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Feral

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Had a go at Nanowrimo last year, last minute bonzi rush to outline in a week and then get writing.
Got to about 15,000 (The 9th day) when I got sniped by network woes and out of town visits. Not bad for working full time I suppose, but this year I'll be better prepared and I think I have a real shoot at making it!

Yeah, haveing someone to do nanowrimo with helps alot. =^_^=
Me and my roommate both had a shot at it last year actually.
(She made the 50,000 word count!! Whoohoo!!)
 
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Xeen

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I did it last year. I had found out about it a month or 2 too late to participate in it the year before that, but after I knew about it, I spent almost all year preparing for it.

I still need to get around to pinning my certificate thing up I got from last year.

I've already got an idea of what I'm going to write this year, and it's gonna rock your socks.
 
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Kjeldgaard

I plan on doing NaNoWriMo. I was introduced to it last November by my mother when she tried it. I'm trying out this year.
 
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Ilan Bouchard

I had a great amount of fun reading their FAQ. I'm very tempted to do this, and perhaps will attempt, though I don't have very much conviction of success. But I shall try.


Selorian said:
Last year was my first year trying to do Nano. I have to say I failed miserably. I got a lot done, and have a great deal of a first draft written. So in that aspect, it was a success. I'm doing it again this year, but unlike last year, I'm not going into it alone. This time I have someone I'm doing it with, and I think that will make a lot of difference. This time, watch out, cause I am going to finish. Or else I have a feeling I'll never live it down.


Cliff
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Instant disqualification! Nice try Cliff. :roll: :
NaNoWriMo's FAQ Page said:
Can I share writing duties with a partner?
No.
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Xeen

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Selorian said:
This time I have someone I'm doing it with, and I think that will make a lot of difference.

Cliff
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Instant disqualification! Nice try Cliff. :roll: :
NaNoWriMo's FAQ Page said:
Can I share writing duties with a partner?
No.
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As long as he's not talking about sharing the writing duties of 1 novel, it's okay. My roomate (Ferel) and I worked together last year, but we didn't write in one novel. He wrote his and I wrote mine. It just really helps to have someone else around that knows what you're doing. It was a support buddy kind of system.

Ilan, if you're thinking about trying but you're already of the mindset that you "probably won't succeed", then you're already failed and it would be a waste of your time and precious energy to 'attempt' it.

You people need to come into this thing with the mindset that "YES! I can do it!" not this "maybe maybe not" thing. Many of you have already signed your fate. That's the reason why there was a small percentage of winners last year.

I know you can do it. Anybody can do it. Just - DO IT.
 
valeca

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Erm..Cliff meant he has someone to push him to finish it this year...namely me :twisted: This will be my second win. ;) Naturally, we will be writing separate novels.
EDIT: Better explained...it's a private competition between us to see who can finish first.
 
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Ilan Bouchard

Fine, fine... :roll:

I say I probably won't because I'm usually quite busy, and don't find enough hours in the day to do what I have to do. But I'll damn well do my best, and if I don't succeed, I'll have a starting point.

Of course, as I like to work deliberately slow when I write, I can't imagine my story will make much sense, or be well written. But it will still be perfect.
 
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Xeen

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Ilan Bouchard said:
Of course, as I like to work deliberately slow when I write, I can't imagine my story will make much sense, or be well written. But it will still be perfect.
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That's where I get into trouble. All the finished NaNoWriMo novels I look at from other people... they're absolute crap. It appalled me that people were writing these crappy things. So I swore I would write a good, quality, entertaining novel. And I did, while finishing a few days early (that was, AFTER I had fallen a few days behind)

I know it's not a contest of quality, and that seemes to make people think that they can make their novel look like it was typed by a 3 year old that suffers from problems with reality, just so they can have 70k+ words to look cool and sexxy. 'Tis kinda sad, but hey, like I said, it's not a quality contest, it's quantity.
 
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