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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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Essence_of_Insan... Essence_of_Insanity View Member Profile	May 7 2009, 12:49 PM Post #221
Monster Book Stacker Posts: 394 Joined: 8:52am November 7, 2006	QUOTE(blue_dreamer @ Jan 17 2009, 11:38 AM) Hi eryone, I've just signed up (wrong time I know!), same username. I'm kind of wondering what type of novels people write. I'm also a student and will have loads of essays to do in November - anyone else in this poistion? Does anyone else like to do a lot of prep work on their novel before November: I'm getting ideas now you see and I want to write them all down before I forget, but then I will have started it too early. Just got the NaNo handbook the site reccomends, very good reading so far, highly reccomended! QUOTE(Cranberriesarenice @ Apr 5 2009, 02:12 PM) I've just signed up for it, so obviously I've got ages until it starts but I'm pretty excited about it already! However, the same as Blue_Dreamer I'm going to have a lot of work in Novemeber for school, does anyone know how to find the balance? Imogen Happy to see some newcomers join the thread! There's no real winning solution that fits across the board writing. Everyone writes differently, whether it's where they have be to write, or what time of day they have to write. I've discovered, at least this year, I'm having to do more research for my novel than the past two years because I'm writing in a genre I don't write in at all. Some people go in with outlines, some people research the crap out of their stories before starting, others wait 'til after NaNo, some go in with vague ideas, others dive in head first with no kind of specific plans for their novels. It's really about what you feel most comfortable with, so if an outline will help you stay on task, go for it! If you think it might be too restrictive and you want your muse to have more flexibility, don't worry so much. I'm going to be doing NaNo during the school year (for the third year running, Yay!), so one thing I try to do is get my homework done before and then (attempting to avoid the temptation of the internet) try to reach my daily word count, and not get frustrated over writer's block. Each person works differently so the trick is to really try to find what works best for you. Feel free to add me over on the NaNo site, I'm the same over there. This post has been edited by Essence_of_Insanity: May 7 2009, 03:21 PM

LassieLupin View Member Profile	May 7 2009, 01:56 PM Post #222
Kibble Boy/Girl at the Magical Menagerie Posts: 288 Joined: 4:08pm December 12, 2008 Location: in a hole in the ground (and the green grass grows all around, all around...)	I'll be using next NaNoWriMo to do another rewrite for my novel... it needs another reworking and I'm so busy right now, I'm gonna try and do it then... It's summer and I'm losing sleep already with all the stuff that I have to do... I think tonight I may hole up in my room and catch up on everything... like this past year I've really fallen behind on updating here, and I'm now working on another forum site and I actually have some responsibility now, I finally finished editing a podcast that I've been working on for about a month and my finals are done. Rant over -------------------- 'You haven't got a letter on yours,' George observed. 'I suppose she thinks you don't forget your name. But we're not stupid — we know we're called Gred and Forge. (PS, p. 149) "HAVE YOU GONE MAD?" Ron bellowed. "ARE YOU A WITCH OR NOT?" (PS)

blue_dreamer View Member Profile	Jun 4 2009, 06:46 AM Post #223
Diagon Alley Magical Bricklayer Posts: 2,898 Joined: 8:53am April 20, 2006 Location: Prifysgol Bangor Univeristy, Bangor, Cymru	I'm discovering that my novel is going to be quite long. I'm writing about my exciting first year at uni from a third person narrative. I decided to write about it becuase my cardiologist wanted me to keep her informed about how a person with congenital heart disease copes at university. I also know that people with disabilites have been able to be sucessful authours, like the guy who wrote "the curious incident of the dog in the night time" wrote from a person with Autism's perspective. I'm also including sub stories of my day-dreams from when I'm on my own a lot... I don't know if it will work yet though. My other problem is that I've been having to try and create a contents while I've been going through the year so I can remember what happened and how I felt about it for when I come to write it up in November... Facebook and Twitter will come in much use methinks... -------------------- "...because if there is one thing I've learned from all I've been through, it's that you only regret the things that you didn't do." Cameron Duncan

Flora Lovegood View Member Profile	Jun 29 2009, 11:16 PM Post #224
Perusing the Magical Menagerie Posts: 78 Joined: 8:03pm June 21, 2008 Location: Tidewater, VA	HI! NaNoNaNo I just wanted to add to this thread b/c i was so excited to see two of my favorite things combined... I did NaNo last year for the first time and loved it! It was crazy and tiring, yet strangely energizing and a very productive month. I cannot give any advice on balancing b/c I was lucky to be at home (with kids, etc) but I spent amny nights up late writing furiously. Somehow i passed 50K, though its still an incomplte work. Unless i have (another) fulltime job in Nov I will be doing it all again. The crazy stress rush is part of the fun. An dthe bonding w/ other crazy stressed writers is unbeatable...in fact the only other forum where I have gotten similar feelings is leaky! -------------------- "Always have a vivid imagination, for you never know when you might need it." ~JKR

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