NaNoWriMo 2006
NaNoWriMo 2006
I'm planning to do this again this year. I finished in 04, and even did NaNoEdMo in March of 05, but by November of 05 we were in this horrible home renovation crunch.
A couple days ago I had the idea that I wanted to try and fix up my 2004 novel during October. But we'll see.
A couple days ago I had the idea that I wanted to try and fix up my 2004 novel during October. But we'll see.
I did it last year (Daffodil Lane). I did it the year before (Haunted House). I did it the year before that (Adeth Wanderer) and the year before that even (Kaiawatepo).
I even FINISHED all of those years. As to whether I'll be doing it a month from now ... I really don't know. Probably.
I guess the boards ought to be back up soon, huh?
I even FINISHED all of those years. As to whether I'll be doing it a month from now ... I really don't know. Probably.
I guess the boards ought to be back up soon, huh?
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It means you succeeded in writing a 50,000 word novel in one month. I have yet to do this. And as much as it would be neat to try this year, I'm not sure that my schedule will allow it.
Edit: was it 50,000 or 10,000? For some reason I can't remember. Probably because I've never won.
Edit: was it 50,000 or 10,000? For some reason I can't remember. Probably because I've never won.
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I tried to participate last year. I was on a roll for the first week, looked like I was going to reach the goal in about two thirds of the time required. Then I had a bad case of writer's block for the whole second week. By the third week, I had gotten through my writer's block (as in I knew what happened next) but I realized my novel sucked and I didn't want to write it anymore.
This year I want to participate again. I have the coolest idea in the world for a novel. Problem is I have no plot. No idea whatsoever how to develop the idea into actual words. So I don't know if I'll participate. I'll see if I unblock.
This year I want to participate again. I have the coolest idea in the world for a novel. Problem is I have no plot. No idea whatsoever how to develop the idea into actual words. So I don't know if I'll participate. I'll see if I unblock.
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Gagh! That's my unending problem!This year I want to participate again. I have the coolest idea in the world for a novel. Problem is I have no plot. No idea whatsoever how to develop the idea into actual words. So I don't know if I'll participate. I'll see if I unblock.
I don't have a plot. I don't. Not ever. I have vague ideas and much prefer to leave large spaces of time unaccounted for so the reader can just kind of... fill in the holes.
The thing is, I don't have a plot because I generally prefer short stories. Which have miniplots. Sometimes. Although mine end up being too existential for that the vast majority of the time.
It's all very depressing.
I could probably write something purely and completely fantastical as a novel, but it would just be an overdone theme that I don't write all that well. And I've edited way too much to really want to try my hand at writing something I don't have at least a little experience with. In my experience, if you don't do extensive research and world-building, it comes out contrived and completely unrealistic.
I don't have the attention span to do that right now.
So maybe I'll just do short stories.
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