(Inter)National Novel Writing Month

[Aix]

 

For all you slackers out there, November is National Novel Writing Month! It's called "national", but it's something that's worldwide. Basically, it's a thing where we all circlejerk and encourage each other to just write what you want to write out into a novel. There are places for writers to meet all over the world for this event.

 

The idea is, I think, that for all those people who have been planning or just pushing it off to get around to actually writing. After all, it's often advised to write whatever, then do some harsh editing.

 

Though, the expectation is 50000 words in a month, which means 1667 words per day on average. Kinda unrealistic, but take this moment to write as much as possible?

 

Website: http://nanowrimo.org/

[Astolfo]

2lazy4dat

ain't nobody got time fo' dat

 

In all seriousness though, I saw this before somehow, forget how, but seems sorta interesting.

I do like writing but I don't have a lot of time because AP classes recently.

[Aix]

2lazy4dat

ain't nobody got time fo' dat

 

In all seriousness though, I saw this before somehow, forget how, but seems sorta interesting.

I do like writing but I don't have a lot of time because AP classes recently.

Work out something reasonable for how much you'll write and try your best.

 

I don't really expect you to be able to, nya nya

[Astolfo]

I don't really expect you to be able to, nya nya

just like my expectations of any of your RPs living past 2-3 weeks

[Forest Fire]

huh. is it weird that I literally just started writing out an idea in my head? (well it was in school today, but still. coincidence) if i ever get around to finishing it, i'll post it. (hahaha. yeah. that'll happen anytime soon.)

[Shalltear Bloodfallen]

Each year I keep making plans to participate in this, and it's the same song every time. I would if I knew what I'd wanna write about. Still, might be the kick I need to atleast get the ball rolling since I have a VERY rough draft in my head that's been going nowhere for months.

[mitchermitcher]

I remember participating(and kinda failing) this the past two years. If November comes and the current thing I'm trying to write is still stuck, maybe I'll put it on the side and start writing something new for Nano.

[Maeriberii Haan]

Last year almost got to 50k but job screwed my attempt.

 

Gonna try doing better this year.

[mitchermitcher]

The highest I ever got to was 13k...

 

Here's to 50k for all involved this year.

[LordCowCowCowCowCowCowCowCow]

Though, the expectation is 50000 words in a month, which means 1667 words per day on average. Kinda unrealistic, but take this moment to write as much as possible?

I can totally do this actually. All I'd need to do is go offline/Do Not Disturb on Skype for an hour or two a day XD

 

Anyway won't be doing this simply because I have been doing this sorta already. But it's a great way to get people writing. :)

[Agro]

I managed this for a few days. Except it was ~11,000 words a day.

 

If I ever actually looked at a page and realized how little 1600 words actually is, I might be able to hit a groove again.

 

Otherwise I'll just resort to James Joyce's classic writing back-up plan: meth.

[Makο]

Sounds like something I can get behind.

[Aerion Brightflame]

If I wasn't at uni, and didn't have writers block, I'd happily do this. 

 

But it's a nice thing to see, might try it in a few years. 

[Fusion X. Denver]

I'm thinking about it. I might actually do it, or at least try it to see how far I get. It'd be good for me to get back into writing.

 

At the very least, I appreciate the idea of NaNoWriMo.

[jackelgull]

It seems that if you decide to participate, you don't have to write fifty thousand words. You can set the limit as low as 5000 words if you so choosed. That would be cheap though.

[The Ghostwriter]

For a budding author, it would be advised to start small and allow yourself to get into the habit of writing before endeavoring to write longer tales. Also, not every masterpiece tale written must be an unrealistic length. There are a few that achieve magnificence in only a pair of pages as well.

[Larxene]

Oh perfect, that'll be just the motivation I need to get off my lazy ass and maybe finish the second half of the Lydia/Adele Arc. I've got 16 chapters to go, so we'll see how that goes.

[mitchermitcher]

For a budding author, it would be advised to start small and allow yourself to get into the habit of writing before endeavoring to write longer tales. Also, not every masterpiece tale written must be an unrealistic length. There are a few that achieve magnificence in only a pair of pages as well.

That is the point of this event though. Not to write a good novel of decent length but to get into the habit of writing 1.6k words a day.

[The Ghostwriter]

You may also try your hand at writing an entire short story every day that is that length, if you fear losing track of your plot midway in. That makes good exercise in story-planning and may sometimes lead you to an idea to expand upon in full at a later time. I have done this a few times when I was admittedly lacking ideas.

[mitchermitcher]

Hm, I've never actually thought of doing that. Guess that's what I'll do for Nano this year.

[Aix]

There is a big difference between short stories and novels.

[mitchermitcher]

It's not really that hard to structure a novel in such a way that, while the setting and characters are shared, the various happenings are instanced and episodic like a series of short stories.

 

Whether it would count as a novel or an anthology would be a discussion for another time but the heart of the event has always been simply to encourage getting the words flowing, with little to no regard on aiming to write a masterpiece.

 

Could argue that one should always aim to write the best they can, regardless of length but that's a different approach than the one this event's trying to push.

[LordCowCowCowCowCowCowCowCow]

Just dropping in to say I originally planned a thing to be a bunch of shorter mini-stories and it's now 200 pages of a story suddenly.

Basically unexpected things happen while writing :)

[mitchermitcher]

It's November 1st. Get to writing, boyz.

[Sethera]

Oh yeah, this is a thing.

I'm still not exactly sure what I'll do, but I think I'll just try and get at least 1667 words done of writing in general, whether it be for a novel or fanfiction. Idk if I should count RP under that or not but probably not.