It's a novel if you think it's a novel. Write a 50,000 word fanfiction if you think that constitutes a novel. They're very broad, and aren't going to judge you on content.
I fail at writing. One of these years hopefully I'll have some capacity to scrounge up enough free time to dive into something. Unfortunately, this is not that year.
My writing energy will all be wrapped up in school, as usual.... I'll have to write a book review, two 15-20 page seminar papers, and a paper for the Medieval Congress next year. Phew.
This is starting up again pretty soon... anyone doing it this year?
I'm tempted to. I don't have any good ideas or real push to write anything at all, but I might still give it a shot if I feel like I can finally do it.
Come on people, don't look for excuses! I'm still doing it, and I have shit to do! I have another Hong Kong trip that should last about a week, and my parents are coming to China at the end of the month. But I'm still going for it!
1667 words a day for 30 days. You can always START and get a feel for it, write 10,000 words if you want. Write a children's book. Write a fanfiction. Write smut. You aren't writing the next Da Vinci Code here, but you may be surprised at what you can do.
When's the last time any of us wrote fiction? Elementary school?
No, it's just hard to write good smut. Even I could write smut, but it would be absolutely terrible and not fit for viewing by humans. I'd probably go blind just trying to write it.
Six days people! This year I'm writing my story on Google docs, so I can work on it no matter where I am. I can write a little every day during lunch break, or I can write after work while I'm waiting for the next shuttle bus to come to the office. These little moment will add up over the course of a month.
So who has completed this in the past? It seems a bunch of people talk about starting them, then getting really behind, and then... nothing. No more news about it. Anyone have anything not-too-embarrassing they'd like to share?
I never commit to this because I know I'd never even come anywhere close to making it and anything I wrote would not be anything I'd be willing to share.
I know Tanya did it last year, and other years too. I tried last year but failed. This year I don't want to be beaten again. As I said before, I think google docs will help me quite a lot by letting me work on it in little pieces at a time.
How many hours of writing is 1667 words per day? I mean, I really really doubt I would EVER put in as much effort as it takes in order to actually complete this, but... I'm pretty talented at rambling, and I think if I found the right topic to write about I might be able to run with it. Maybe.
Tanya, I get the impression that you're really efficient with this. Roughly how much time every day do you dedicate to writing during Nanowrimo? If it's not over... meh.... I dunno. I guess I'm just curious.
It has begun! I started writing at midnight, and I wrote 2200 words in a little over an hour. I'm definitely doing what Tanya and everyone else has said, just keep writing. Don't worry about whether it's good or not. Just race for 50,000 words. You can edit later.
Edit: Wrote some more! Just shy of 4k now. Off to a very good start, which is important. I need to bank a few days of writing ahead of time, so I can be prepared for my upcoming business trip. That way if I don't get a chance to write, I still won't fall behind.
What becomes of a Nanowrimo once it is complete? If you're Jessica Burkhart:
...during her senior year, she signed up for National Novel Writing Month. The challenge? Write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days.
The idea for a horse novel hit and wouldn't go away. Jess started to live vicariously through her horseback riding characters and fell in love with horses all over again.
On December 1, the first (BAD!) draft of Take the Reins was complete!
In January 2007, a supercool agent stumbled upon Jess' blog and asked to read her manuscript. Jess crossed her fingers and sent Take the Reins to NYC. She signed with the agent who sent Take the Reins to publishers that spring. Within 10 days, Jess had a four-book deal from Simon & Schuster's Aladdin MIX.
She was a bit of a writer before, an English major, but what luck !!
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I'm tempted to. I don't have any good ideas or real push to write anything at all, but I might still give it a shot if I feel like I can finally do it.
Remember - keep it under lock and key, and write like nobody else will ever read it. Ever. It won't be funny otherwise.
1667 words a day for 30 days. You can always START and get a feel for it, write 10,000 words if you want. Write a children's book. Write a fanfiction. Write smut. You aren't writing the next Da Vinci Code here, but you may be surprised at what you can do.
When's the last time any of us wrote fiction? Elementary school?
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Tanya, I get the impression that you're really efficient with this. Roughly how much time every day do you dedicate to writing during Nanowrimo? If it's not over... meh.... I dunno. I guess I'm just curious.
Edit: Wrote some more! Just shy of 4k now. Off to a very good start, which is important. I need to bank a few days of writing ahead of time, so I can be prepared for my upcoming business trip. That way if I don't get a chance to write, I still won't fall behind.
She was a bit of a writer before, an English major, but what luck !!
EDIT: Oh, I see... it's like a children's series or something... okay, that makes more sense.