NaNoWriMo

[Geminii23]

Anyone else participating in this year's NaNo? 50K words in 30 days...piece of cake! Well...maybe not.

I have been writing screenplays for several years, but this is my first attempt at writing a novel. So I feel like it is a very different animal. It is definitely inspiring and energizing though. So far I am keeping pace with 2000+ per day. Not necessarily great words, but I know the point isn't a perfect and final draft, just get the garbage out on paper. Hope I don't run out of steam before the month is over.

Cheers!

 

[Tery]

I was thinking of giving it a go. But I couldn't decide which plot to go with.

 

[GNTLGNT]

....nuhuhunhuh...

 

[Demeter]

....nuhuhunhuh...

Come on, Wesson wants his story told.

 

[Demeter]

Anyone else participating in this year's NaNo? 50K words in 30 days...piece of cake! Well...maybe not.

I have been writing screenplays for several years, but this is my first attempt at writing a novel. So I feel like it is a very different animal. It is definitely inspiring and energizing though. So far I am keeping pace with 2000+ per day. Not necessarily great words, but I know the point isn't a perfect and final draft, just get the garbage out on paper. Hope I don't run out of steam before the month is over.

Cheers!

Have you done NaNo before? What kind of novel do you write?
2000 words a day sounds pretty good!

I did it two years in a row but last year and this year I decided to take a break. I still haven't edited those two manuscripts - feel like I should do that before starting to write novel no. 3.

 

[Demeter]

I was thinking of giving it a go. But I couldn't decide which plot to go with.

There's always next year!

 

[AchtungBaby]

I'm doing it. Currently almost 8,000 words in.

 

[the_last_gunslinger]

I've done Nano a couple of times, around '09,'10. I find it actually hampers my ability to write, though. I spend far too much time on their forums, or browsing the status of other's projects. And if I see someone else who has an awesome title and blurb, I become discouraged and begin to wonder if my project is just too inadequate to continue. Stephen King's "write with the door closed" model was designed for someone like me.

 

[Geminii23]

I'm doing it. Currently almost 8,000 words in.

Congrats! Keep it up! I am at 11K as of tonight. Goal for tomorrow is at least 3K but hopefully more. I've gotten over the fear of quality and have stopped myself from self-editing. I figure if I can get to 50K before the month is over then I will go back from page one and start editing.