NaNoWriMo - National Novel Writing Month

[Nevermore]

^ On that note, when does everyone think they will find time to write (if they can, lol). For me, I have a lot of free time in-between classes that I can do it (especially on Tuesdays and Thursdays). From my experience, nobody in the library is the "nosy" type, so I should have an easy time concentrating, lol.

As a random piece of info, I finally got the main characters named! This is a HUGE deal to me :D

[Sawah]

^ i can find time on the bus, considering NOBODY is ever on it. plus, like i said, study hall will be perfect. i also have plenty of time at home and on the weekends. this weekend will be a challenge, since it's halloween and i have like 100 things going on, including a sleepover.

and, congrats! i've gotten two ideas down on paper, now i just have to pick one. both ideas have the same characters though, so i might do an outline of them today. ugh.

[darkisaac]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

This is the worst possible time for me...:(

I'm in college and I'm going to be busy with finals and final projects...

I highly doubt I'm going to have the time to write...

[Riel]

50,000 words isn't really all that many.

[Sawah]

riel, are you doing it ?

[Riel]

I haven't decided yet. On the one hand, I'm opposed to the entire concept. On the other, I see the point of it. We'll see.

[Sawah]

It's a challenge, and I don't know anyone who doesn't like a good challenge.~

[Nevermore]

Originally Posted by Disc Jockey

It's a challenge, and I don't know anyone who doesn't like a good challenge.~

I don't think it's the challenge that bugs him; it's the whole "quantity over quality" thing. It's not about trying to produce the best thing you can, but about getting something (anything) done. I imagine that's the part he opposes. Still, I'm going for quality as well, so w00t!

[Sawah]

Me too, I don't want to write 50,000 words of uselessness. I want to make an actual story, not just a rushed mess.

[Athel]

3 days left.

Hooboy, I am not as prepared for this as I would like to be.

[Audo]

Originally Posted by Riel

50,000 words isn't really all that many.

It's less than 2,000 a day.

Originally Posted by Riel

I haven't decided yet. On the one hand, I'm opposed to the entire concept. On the other, I see the point of it. We'll see.

Pfft, you told me the only thing about it you were "opposed" to was the acronym.

[Sawah]

Originally Posted by Audo

It's less than 2,000 a day.

my plan is doing 2,000 words a day, and then every tuesday i take the day off, review my writings, type it up, etc.

but then i have one free day left. i'll make plans that day.

it's aaaaaall planned out.~

[Riel]

Originally Posted by Audo

It's less than 2,000 a day.


Pfft, you told me the only thing about it you were "opposed" to was the acronym.

No, that's just the only thing that I told you. As Nevermore pointed out, I think that it promotes a lot of shitty writing that is done just to fit in with a deadline; needless to say, most of the submissions or whatever probably won't be worth reading. Not that I'm all that worried; one chapter of BMV took about an hour-hour and a half to write, and they were all 2,000 words or more.

Just don't expect me to read other people's shit.

[Audo]

It's not so much about promoting shitty writing, it's more so just about getting the writing done. The goal is just to get the base of the novel finished, as shitty as it may be. then you can go back and rewrite it to make it good. it's just about getting the first draft done, which is typically the hardest part about writing a novel. once you have that, you can just go back and edit and rewrite to make it as good as it can be.

the goal isn't to promote shitty writing, just to promote getting out the first draft in a month.

[killer kung fu wolf bitch]

sounds all the more interesting. I doubt that I could manage up 50,000 in a month. It's possible but not likely for me.