The Great WTF Posted October 8, 2013 Author Share Posted October 8, 2013 Okay. People can PM me with their penname or post it here and I'll get it put up. Link to post Share on other sites
Viridis Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 Ok, I'll send you a PM. Link to post Share on other sites
Recneps Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 I decided a few months back to give NaNo a go! Even organized a group at my school to participate. Anyway, I've got a little bit planned. Genre: A fantasy, possibly with a little bit of Gaslight Romance (blurred lines between tech and magic) Themes: Hmmm...this is a hard one. Maybe growing up and remembering that the past is done, but I'll need to do some more planning before I can say for sure. Characters: Probably my tritagonist, Lady Elisabeth, or "Aunt Lizzie" to my main characters. She's a fairly relaxed, matronly older woman, who serves as the court magician to the local ruler. My deuteragonist, Myrd, served under her as an apprentice, hence the laid back nickname she has. My protagonist is okay, his name's Shay. He starts off a bit of a whiner, but I'll see where he goes. Oh, and my penname is Recneps, same as here. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 On Nano I'm ThePinkTeacup Link to post Share on other sites
Celestine Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 I've always wanted to do NaNoWriMo because it sounds awesome, except for one thing: the choice of month. November, seriously? I have sooo many tests and so much shit to do. Ain't nobody got time for that. -___- I'd rather do Write a Damn Novel in June (WriDaNoJu), but it's not as big. So anyway, I'm thinking about it. idk. :-/ Can anyone give me an estimate of how feasible this actually is, with school and clubs and homework and daily living? >_> Link to post Share on other sites
The Great WTF Posted October 9, 2013 Author Share Posted October 9, 2013 I did NaNo last year between a full time job, five university courses, an anime convention, my partner's birthday, and the standard dramas of Thanksgiving with my insane family and still managed to finish 8,000 words over the limit. I did the same during April and churned out 72,000 words. Trust me, it's possible. 2,000 words a day isn't honestly that hard. I used to do it on my lunch break. Link to post Share on other sites
Grace Barton Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 My NaNo name is adaravernea! :D TheGreatWTF is right - it isn't difficult to do NaNo really. I work fulltime, play with an orchestra and have violin lessons, and visit my family every weekend, along with all the other stuff we do each day. I did Camp NaNo in July and managed to get 60k done, which was 10k over my target. You only need to do about 1,600 words per day in order to get 50k done in November. If you split that up into various parts of the day, that's like 500 in the morning, 500 at lunch, and 500 in the evening, plus wherever you can fit the extra hundred. When I was at university I used to write about 2k each day in-between my classes; it was a good break from the monotony. I tend to do about 700-1400 in a morning, about 700 during my lunchbreak, and whatever else I can fit in during the evening. It's finding a suitable method for you. Link to post Share on other sites
Miss221B Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 On NaNo I'm DestinyBond (like the Pokemon move ^_^ ) Link to post Share on other sites
Vanadis Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 I'm Hugin_Mugin over there :)Genre: Fantasy. Specifically, sword and sorcery. We'll see how that goes.Theme: Beats me. I always have a terrible time figuring out themes.Favorite character: Prince Li, one of my main characters. He's a sarcastic brat with too much energy, but is very passionate about... whatever he decides is worthy of his time. He has this tendency to take on many responsibilities at the same time and has no idea how to pace himself or delegate tasks, so much so he actually manages to wear out nearly to the point of collapse. Writing him is both fun and exhausting. Link to post Share on other sites
Celestine Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 My NaNo name is adaravernea! :D TheGreatWTF is right - it isn't difficult to do NaNo really. I work fulltime, play with an orchestra and have violin lessons, and visit my family every weekend, along with all the other stuff we do each day. I did Camp NaNo in July and managed to get 60k done, which was 10k over my target. You only need to do about 1,600 words per day in order to get 50k done in November. If you split that up into various parts of the day, that's like 500 in the morning, 500 at lunch, and 500 in the evening, plus wherever you can fit the extra hundred. When I was at university I used to write about 2k each day in-between my classes; it was a good break from the monotony. I tend to do about 700-1400 in a morning, about 700 during my lunchbreak, and whatever else I can fit in during the evening. It's finding a suitable method for you. I did NaNo last year between a full time job, five university courses, an anime convention, my partner's birthday, and the standard dramas of Thanksgiving with my insane family and still managed to finish 8,000 words over the limit. I did the same during April and churned out 72,000 words. Trust me, it's possible. 2,000 words a day isn't honestly that hard. I used to do it on my lunch break. Mmk...well now I'm seriously thinking about it...I've had several ideas for novels drifting around in my head for quite a while, but never manage to convince myself to write them down. Maybe this is exactly the motivation I need. I'll let you guys know if I decide to do it. :) I just sign up on the website, yes? Link to post Share on other sites
Amedot Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 My life is really crazy right now, but I'm actually going to try this... or at least, try to write every day, and get to around 20,000 words. I haven't sat down to WRITE in many years. Link to post Share on other sites
Tenebre Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Mmk...well now I'm seriously thinking about it...I've had several ideas for novels drifting around in my head for quite a while, but never manage to convince myself to write them down. Maybe this is exactly the motivation I need. I'll let you guys know if I decide to do it. :) I just sign up on the website, yes? Yes, indeed! It's quick and easy to join (and a lot harder to give it up because November never feels right without a novel). And for the username list I'm FlatRose. No novel planned yet but no intentions on skipping my sixth year so hopefully something comes along. Link to post Share on other sites
Celestine Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 I just signed up! The username "Celestine" was taken (in fact that's apparently the name of a blocked spammer? o_O So the website was suspicious of me for a bit....) sooooo I just typed in the next thing that came to mind, and I was surprised that it wasn't already taken. XD My username is....Rapidash. :P w00000t hopefully I won't slowly lost motivation and eventually quit, like many things I attempt to do in life. >_>;;; Link to post Share on other sites
Grace Barton Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 I'm sure you'll be able to stay motivated, Celestine! Whenever you feel the motivation slip, post here and we'll get you motivated again! :D Link to post Share on other sites
Celestine Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Aww thanks Grace!! :) I never realized before how organized and legit this whole thing is. Now I'm super excited to get involved. :D Link to post Share on other sites
The Archimedes Construct Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 My username is Dodger Leijona! http://nanowrimo.org/participants/dodger-leijona My genre will be historical fiction, taking place in 1944 during the Warsaw Uprising. :) Link to post Share on other sites
Desert.Moon Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 I'm Desert.Moon on NaNo, just like here! :D As for feasibility... for a lot of people, admittedly, it's not. BUT it's definitely possible - last year I wrote 120,000+ words with 17 credits, three clubs, and a social life. This year I've added 2 jobs, a thesis, and an internship to classes, three clubs, and a social life (OKAY, okay, the social life part is a joke, sorry), so I'm a lot less ambitious, but the moral of the story is... you just have to find every possible moment to write. :D I write during classes (shhhh I'm a good student), in my head when I'm say biking to campus or standing around at my job, and in every various spare moment... so I KNOW you can do it! Plus there's always lots of wonderful people around to support you, and the NaNo forums for procrastinating... I mean motivating. Link to post Share on other sites
Grace Barton Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Just under three weeks left until NaNo, people!!! I am so excited! Link to post Share on other sites
Tenebre Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 I would be a lot more excited if I could get a plot bunny to stick around. It's my tenth novel (five NaNo, four Camp), I should be excited... Link to post Share on other sites
The Great WTF Posted October 14, 2013 Author Share Posted October 14, 2013 I'm stupidly excited just to be able to finish my novel from this spring. I have no idea how I'm going to finish it but damnit I'm going to! Link to post Share on other sites
Tenebre Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 I'm stupidly excited just to be able to finish my novel from this spring. I have no idea how I'm going to finish it but damnit I'm going to! And that's the spirit! Do you find it daunting to enter the event with a project you already have a lot of work put into? Link to post Share on other sites
The Great WTF Posted October 14, 2013 Author Share Posted October 14, 2013 I'm stupidly excited just to be able to finish my novel from this spring. I have no idea how I'm going to finish it but damnit I'm going to! And that's the spirit! Do you find it daunting to enter the event with a project you already have a lot of work put into? Not really, since any project I've ever done for NaNoWriMo has usually been years in the making. I brew stories for a long time before ever putting them on paper... except for last year's. It popped into my head a month before NaNo and I've never been so uncertain of my writing ability in my life. Link to post Share on other sites
Tenebre Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 I'm stupidly excited just to be able to finish my novel from this spring. I have no idea how I'm going to finish it but damnit I'm going to! And that's the spirit! Do you find it daunting to enter the event with a project you already have a lot of work put into? Not really, since any project I've ever done for NaNoWriMo has usually been years in the making. I brew stories for a long time before ever putting them on paper... except for last year's. It popped into my head a month before NaNo and I've never been so uncertain of my writing ability in my life. I would love to have stories brewing for years, it sounds like a good way to develop them before shoving 50k onto (virtual) paper. I don't think I could do a novel with a prior work, though, I'm awful at taking risks with things I love. Hopefully it's easier to get this one down now that it's been nearly seven months, although that's certainly not years. Link to post Share on other sites
Grace Barton Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 There is a kind of security to work on a project you've already started/planned for NaNo. I think that's why I've never really done NaNo before - I can never come up with something new just for that month. I think if you're someone that can come up with new ideas just like that and get to that 50k goal, it's amazing. Me, I stand a much better chance if it's a project I've already put effort into and know where I'm going. Like this one I'm doing this year - it's the redraft of my current project, so everything is already written. I'm just rewriting it all and tightening it up and bringing it up to scratch. Doesn't make hitting the 50k goal that much easier because the redraft involves a lot of shifting and cutting and stuff that I have to do at the same time, but the security of knowing where I am already going with it is there. Link to post Share on other sites
iff Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 i'd like to but i'm editing the script i completed in june. on the 4th draft now :) i do have my second idea ready for starting and some idead so i might get a start on that when i complete the 5th draft :) Link to post Share on other sites
Tea.EarlGrey.Hot Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Thinking about NaNo right now gives me some kind of nervous feeling, like I'm procrastinating on an upcoming project. Lordy.... I'm too divided. Writing fantasy would keep me interested, but I always feel pretentious or ridiculous coming up with a world, and plots are just... harrddd. And then there's the fear of getting bored with a more realistic fiction, or being tempted to add supernatural aspects to it. Choices, choices... I almost wrote an 1890's mystery last year. I got a page into it. I know, I know, hold your applause. Link to post Share on other sites
Tea.EarlGrey.Hot Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 And then there's the fear I'll end up suddenly writing porn for two of my characters and ruining the whole thing for myself. I'm just a literary monster. Link to post Share on other sites
Grace Barton Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Why not be a NaNo Rebel then and put your effort into your redraft? That's what I'm doing. As long as you do 50k worth of redraft. :D Link to post Share on other sites
The B Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 I have a lot of free time this year, so I'm thinking about doing it. In the past I haven't succeeded. I'll always set out to do fantasy but then hate where it's going. So I'm going to focus on realism, but it will be fiction. I'm very inspired to write an uplifting yet heartbreaking story about a drifter, and relying on the good in people, and ending up with shit luck. I don't like connecting websites, so I'm not giving my link to Nano, but I'll talk to you all here. Link to post Share on other sites
Desert.Moon Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 So it sounds like a lot of you guys have outlines and backstory and even continuations - anyone here a complete pantser? Link to post Share on other sites
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