tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post2925437827545878256..comments2023-11-05T05:01:58.563-05:00Comments on Ward Six: It's Almost NovelemberUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-6397839215334207702007-10-20T11:01:00.000-05:002007-10-20T11:01:00.000-05:00This is my fourth year as a NaNoWriMo participant,...This is my fourth year as a NaNoWriMo participant, and I have been disappointed with the novels I've written. I think it's because I was trying to be serious about the writing, so this year I will write a fun young adult novel, and let it be crazy and messy just like the adolescent characters within it.Hugo Minorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18220603100384548614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-1072998786751024542007-10-11T09:40:00.000-05:002007-10-11T09:40:00.000-05:00YAY!!!!!YAY!!!!!rmellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133206908895131438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-27972823073164065932007-10-11T08:32:00.000-05:002007-10-11T08:32:00.000-05:00I'm joining you in NaNoLand again this year. It wi...I'm joining you in NaNoLand again this year. It will be the first writing I've done since leaving I., and do I ever need an external excuse to add some scribbling back in to my "so overwhelming I don't have a free moment to talk to even my very best friends in the world for months on end" existence.<BR/><BR/>Please, please, please tell me that your NaNo07 project involves M. I miss her terribly (though not nearly as much as I miss you two) and frequently wonder what she's up to these days.<BR/><BR/>McQ, slackeriest correspondent of the known worldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-31931055364991288902007-10-10T17:06:00.000-05:002007-10-10T17:06:00.000-05:00Typewriters are a thing of the gods. I only wish I...Typewriters are a thing of the gods. I only wish I had the wallet, and ear drums, to afford them.bigscarygiraffehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16806095510307166962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-17096438699760731842007-10-10T12:17:00.000-05:002007-10-10T12:17:00.000-05:00I've been considering having a go at NaNoWriMo thi...I've been considering having a go at NaNoWriMo this year. If I do take the plunge, I plan to cheat (don't worry--I won't be registering my novel) by just reworking and expanding a novella I wrote a few years back. As I'm computer-less at the moment, I'd be using a typewriter, which should allow for much more crap--and pages--to be written.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-38667630363369632362007-10-10T10:00:00.000-05:002007-10-10T10:00:00.000-05:00I've done NaNoWriMo the last five years. It's grea...I've done NaNoWriMo the last five years. It's great from a motivational standpoint and really instills the habit of writing every day, but it only creates good writing if you resist any obsession with the 50K word goal. If you write at that rapid pace anyway, that's fine, but if you're a slower writer (like me), then going at that breakneck speed will leave you with nothing but crap. During NaNoWriMo I've always tried to work just a little faster than my normal pace, which has resulted in writing "only" 30-35K words for the month - which I'm more than happy with. The novella I'm currently working on (now in its second draft) was originally a NaNoWriMo project, and the one I did last year has some good long-term potential as well.<BR/><BR/>That said, I'm not doing NaNoWriMo this year. My past efforts have given me three unfinished novels so far, and I really don't want to add a fourth to the pile. Once I get one or two of those completely finished, I'll probably do NaNoWriMo again, but not for a while.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-43417159433755484742007-10-09T17:36:00.000-05:002007-10-09T17:36:00.000-05:00As you well know, dear, 1) I am a big subscriber t...As you well know, dear, 1) I am a big subscriber to the shitty-first-draft method, but you have to be willing to confront your shittiness full-on in order for it to work. And 2), your second NaNoWriMo thing is awesome. Best thing you ever wrote, in fact. You should spend November filling in the gaps at breakneck speed...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com