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NaNoWriMo, Anyone?

LePetitCanard View Member Profile	Sep 2 2005, 05:37 PM Post #1
Eeylops Owl Trainer Posts: 1,808 Joined: 5:05pm January 28, 2005 Location: Ravenclaw Tower	I just discovered this insane thing called NaNoWriMo, standing for National Novel Writing Month. For the past five years, thousands of people from around the world have started and finished 50,000 word novels within the month of November. I was shocked and impressed, and have decided to participate myself. Is anyone else? If so, this thread should be used for support and discussion of our novels and progress through the month of insanity. It would be fun to have a little Leaky Lounge group involved in the madness! If you're interested, the website is here. Read through the info; it's hilarious! -------------------- "There's nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at the typewriter and open a vein." Walter Wellesley Smith Another Weasley by BeatriceEagle and Arya The Sorrow of Slytherin by Arya

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lily ann View Member Profile	Sep 5 2005, 05:15 AM Post #11
Buying a Half-Kneazle Posts: 533 Joined: 3:14pm March 8, 2005 Location: Spinners End	QUOTE Single spaced, it is 91 pages. I can live with that. I always write it single spaced. No arguments will come of this. Believe me. That was just a guess. :hug: -------------------- Avatar and signature picture is courtesy of www dot livejournal dot com/users/potterpuffs/ If you couldn't guess, that's Severus with his pants up!

LilyRose View Member Profile	Sep 5 2005, 07:48 AM Post #12
Butterbeer Connoisseur Posts: 1,468 Joined: 8:32am July 23, 2005	QUOTE(wildCat @ Sep. 04 2005,21:21 ) I tried it last year, failed miserably! But it's an awesome concept. And maybe I'd get further along this time with a support group from my Leaky friends! At least you tried! Can you use anything of what you did last year or would you start something different? I think there's nothing to lose, I can't imagine I'd be able to write 50.000 words to be honest, but disciplining myself to put the time and effort into trying would be a goal in itself. :towel: Only problem is I don't have any story ideas at the moment! :forehead: -------------------- Avatar by dOrk_icons

LePetitCanard View Member Profile	Sep 5 2005, 11:34 AM Post #13
Eeylops Owl Trainer Posts: 1,808 Joined: 5:05pm January 28, 2005 Location: Ravenclaw Tower	QUOTE(LilyRose @ Sep. 05 2005,7:48 am) QUOTE(wildCat @ Sep. 04 2005,21:21 ) I tried it last year, failed miserably! But it's an awesome concept. And maybe I'd get further along this time with a support group from my Leaky friends! At least you tried! Can you use anything of what you did last year or would you start something different? I think there's nothing to lose, I can't imagine I'd be able to write 50.000 words to be honest, but disciplining myself to put the time and effort into trying would be a goal in itself. :towel: Only problem is I don't have any story ideas at the moment! :forehead: I don't have any ideas, either, but November is two months away, and that's a lot of time for planning and digging through my crate of story ideas! (Serious, I have one of those...) -------------------- "There's nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at the typewriter and open a vein." Walter Wellesley Smith Another Weasley by BeatriceEagle and Arya The Sorrow of Slytherin by Arya

MonieLou View Member Profile	Sep 5 2005, 11:42 AM Post #14
Leaky's Resident Bibliophile Posts: 8,279 Joined: 5:01pm April 18, 2005 Location: Finding Neverland.	I think it would be a great thing to do. But maybe that's because I am happy about an epiphany I got for a story last night. shrugs Random note: Everytime I see NaNoWriMo, I think it's talking about me. One of my more favorite nicknames is Mo, so.... -------------------- "I know who Harry Potter is. I just don't know who the other two are. Himmie and Roland?" "No, Grandma, Ron and Hermione."

LePetitCanard View Member Profile	Sep 5 2005, 11:50 AM Post #15
Eeylops Owl Trainer Posts: 1,808 Joined: 5:05pm January 28, 2005 Location: Ravenclaw Tower	QUOTE(MonieLou @ Sep. 05 2005,11:42 am) I think it would be a great thing to do. But maybe that's because I am happy about an epiphany I got for a story last night. shrugs Random note: Everytime I see NaNoWriMo, I think it's talking about me. One of my more favorite nicknames is Mo, so.... You have no idea how funny that is to me. Or why. You might soon, though... -------------------- "There's nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at the typewriter and open a vein." Walter Wellesley Smith Another Weasley by BeatriceEagle and Arya The Sorrow of Slytherin by Arya

LilyRose View Member Profile	Sep 5 2005, 12:01 PM Post #16
Butterbeer Connoisseur Posts: 1,468 Joined: 8:32am July 23, 2005	QUOTE(LePetitCanard @ Sep. 05 2005,12:50 ) QUOTE(MonieLou @ Sep. 05 2005,11:42 am) Random note: Everytime I see NaNoWriMo, I think it's talking about me. One of my more favorite nicknames is Mo, so.... You have no idea how funny that is to me. Or why. You might soon, though... I'm really curious now! LePetitCanard you have a crate of story ideas! That is not not having any ideas! I've been trying to think of ideas when I'm lying in bed, but unfortunately I keep falling asleep. -------------------- Avatar by dOrk_icons

wildCat View Member Profile	Sep 5 2005, 12:32 PM Post #17
Cauldron Bottom Measurer Posts: 136 Joined: 11:19pm January 29, 2005 Location: stowaway on Serenity	With NaNoWriMo you have to start from scratch every year! My major problem was getting behind at the beginning (you really need to write about 1600 words a day to keep up). This year, I bought a book that the founder wrote with tips and I am so ready! I have some ideas but I can't actually write anything down until November 1st. I think it would be great if we started a support group here! -------------------- Also, I can kill you with my brain.

LePetitCanard View Member Profile	Sep 5 2005, 03:41 PM Post #18
Eeylops Owl Trainer Posts: 1,808 Joined: 5:05pm January 28, 2005 Location: Ravenclaw Tower	QUOTE(LilyRose @ Sep. 05 2005,12:01 pm) QUOTE(LePetitCanard @ Sep. 05 2005,12:50 ) QUOTE(MonieLou @ Sep. 05 2005,11:42 am) Random note: Everytime I see NaNoWriMo, I think it's talking about me. One of my more favorite nicknames is Mo, so.... You have no idea how funny that is to me. Or why. You might soon, though... I'm really curious now! LePetitCanard you have a crate of story ideas! That is not not having any ideas! I've been trying to think of ideas when I'm lying in bed, but unfortunately I keep falling asleep. Sign up for sugarquill.net's forums if you're curious. It's 87 stuff. Weirdness. PM me if you're interested and still curious. Anyway, about NaNoWriMo and my crate of story ideas...see, I a lot of them are stories I already started, and most of them are stories that are complete and utter crap. Seriously, I don't want to write my NaNoWriMo story about a girl who turns into a crayon at will (not kidding about that...I wrote a story about that once!!). I'll probably start fresh. -------------------- "There's nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at the typewriter and open a vein." Walter Wellesley Smith Another Weasley by BeatriceEagle and Arya The Sorrow of Slytherin by Arya

unjeu View Member Profile	Sep 6 2005, 07:47 PM Post #19
Flesh-Eating-Slug Catcher Posts: 202 Joined: 5:15pm July 25, 2005 Location: here and there, but mostly there	I'll join a support group if I can find an idea in time and if work does not keep me in the sun for weeks at a time. I considered trying NaNoWriMo last year, but I was in that place where I was changing jobs, packing up a life, and trying to figure out how to place the old in the new space. Now, we just need to remind each other. -------------------- Never innocent, just not guilty. Vault 727 Member of the L.O.C.

LilyRose View Member Profile	Sep 20 2005, 07:03 AM Post #20
Butterbeer Connoisseur Posts: 1,468 Joined: 8:32am July 23, 2005	This thread has been a bit quiet for a couple of weeks now so I thought I'd check in and announce that I still don't have any definate plot ideas. Beginnings - yes, Middles and Ends - not really. Is anyone definately going to sign up? -------------------- Avatar by dOrk_icons

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