Nanowrimo 2011
#1
Posted 01 November 2011 - 02:40 PM
oh yeah: nanowrimo is National Novel Writing Month. The goal is to write 1600-ish words per day, for 30 days, for a total of 50,000 words by the end of the month. So the hope is that whatever you end up with, you are farther along than when you started. Whether you reach the goal or not. It's all about quantity, not quality, just getting the words on the page.
#2
Posted 01 November 2011 - 05:04 PM
Anyway, best of luck to you, at least we'll get to read more of your goodness by the end of the month
Edited by Madz, 01 November 2011 - 07:00 PM.
#3
Posted 01 November 2011 - 05:50 PM
oh yeah: nanowrimo is National Novel Writing Month. The goal is to write 1600-ish words per day, for 30 days, for a total of 50,000 words by the end of the month. So the hope is that whatever you end up with, you are farther along than when you started. Whether you reach the goal or not. It's all about quantity, not quality, just getting the words on the page.
This sounds promising I might sign up for this because I can write 6,000 thousand words or more in one day.
#4
Posted 01 November 2011 - 09:47 PM
all in one sentence too
#5
Posted 01 November 2011 - 10:07 PM
Well, either way, best of luck, tricksie!
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#6
Posted 01 November 2011 - 10:45 PM
#7
Posted 01 November 2011 - 11:33 PM
#8
Posted 02 November 2011 - 04:24 AM
Good luck to you, too! I knocked out 2,791 words today. I'm trying to get some high count days in early so I can get a little ahead for the inevitable days when I can't write a bit!
#9
Posted 16 November 2011 - 05:14 AM
#10
Posted 16 November 2011 - 07:44 AM
Out of curiosity, are you writing fanfiction or an original story for your NaNo project?
Edited by peanutbutter126, 16 November 2011 - 07:45 AM.
#11
Posted 16 November 2011 - 06:25 PM
Out of curiosity, are you writing fanfiction or an original story for your NaNo project?
Ty. I'm working on an original fiction, a steampunk twist on the fairytale, The Twelve Dancing Princesses. Sort of like Alice down a copper-lined rabbit hole!
I'm also trying to work on my fanfic, but it is falling woefully behind the nano. Ah well.
#12
Posted 17 November 2011 - 02:13 AM
#13
Posted 17 November 2011 - 10:50 AM
I'm also trying to work on my fanfic, but it is falling woefully behind the nano. Ah well.
That is a fascinating idea! :O I don't know of the fairytale myself, but modern appropriations of old stories are often very interesting - and you're working with steampunk here as well. Definitely sounds like a blurb that would make me pick it up. Hope you'll hit that 50K! Let us know how you go at the end of the month
#14
Posted 18 November 2011 - 06:02 AM
thanks for the support! I need it! Everyone says the last half is the hardest and I'm finding that to be true! I've been on DA looking at steampunk cosplay, youtube watching automatons, and every crazy alchemical/historical/philosophical/fairytale site online to keep myself inspired!
No title or character names yet — I'm such a chicken! — but it's coming along slowly, slowly.
#15
Posted 18 November 2011 - 06:37 AM
So - since there are no names yet, I understand this:
The Girl is the main character.
The dark-eyed son - the romantic element? Or will there be any romantic element at all?
The Princess - the antagonist?
Madz
#16
Posted 19 November 2011 - 12:40 AM
I wish I were working on an original story, but I'm working on another fanfic. I'm barely making the quota. Trying to stay on top of it through Thanksgiving is going to be tough.
#17
Posted 24 November 2011 - 06:03 AM
@madz, thanks so so so much! You're right on all counts with the characters. And still no names! I'm such a chicken! The boy will be the romantic subplot, but as with all young-adult or coming-of-age stuff, it won't feature too prominently. But it will have a nice resolution of mutual love and admiration at the end. As a kid, I would always assign relationships to characters (in books, cartoons, whatever), and I was always slightly disappointed when everybody turned out "just friends" in the end. I was shipping and I didn't even know it! So I definitely want to have a little love element that comes in at the end. It's not part of the plot at all — love is not a drive or motivation for either character, although their rivalry is — but it will be a natural by product of their mutual respect. So it's like the icing on the cake at the end!
Edited by tricksie, 24 November 2011 - 06:13 AM.
#18
Posted 30 November 2011 - 09:30 PM
#19
Posted 01 December 2011 - 01:35 AM
#20
Posted 01 December 2011 - 03:26 AM
feels great! I can't believe I got it done. Well, not done, as in finished shiny manuscript, but done I've made a good start on my original fic that I wasn't even sure I'd ever write. But now it has depth and character and feels like a real world. So it's a lot easier for me to write for it than when I first started.
Congrats to Achika too! I'll definitely be doing nanowrimo again next year, although I might do a fanfic as well!
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