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NaNoWriMo - Write 50k Words of Novel in November (This Means You Tafdolphin)
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PostNaNoWriMo - Write 50k Words of Novel in November (This Means You Tafdolphin)
by Balladeer » Fri Nov 01, 2019 11:57 am
https://nanowrimo.org/
For those who don’t know, National Novel Writing Month is a challenge to write 50k words of a novel over the 30 days of November. There’s no prize apart from a feeling of accomplishment, overcoming perfectionism, and having some words that can be hewn into something more refined down the line. (Many writers left to their own devices will spend months crafting one chapter and never get any further.) Many larger cities have NaNo communities that host events for writing, support, and fun; but anyone can join the virtual side of things. The people who do it tend to be a bit weird, and there’s a disproportionately high number of gamers - I met The Lady through NaNo actually...
Anyone else doing it apart from me (year 7) and Taf this year? Anyone done it in the past? Anyone thinking of doing it?
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by Knoyleo » Fri Nov 01, 2019 12:00 pm
pjbetman wrote:That's the stupidest thing ive ever read on here i think.
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by OrangeRKN » Fri Nov 01, 2019 12:20 pm
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by Tafdolphin » Fri Nov 01, 2019 12:25 pm
Now I'm done with that, I've no bloody idea what I want to write about. Like, zero inspiration.
A good start.
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PostRe: NaNoWriMo - Write 50k Words of Novel in November (This Means You Tafdolphin)
by Balladeer » Fri Nov 01, 2019 12:27 pm
If it makes anyone feel better I’m cheating royally this year. Rehashing an old work with all the background material going directly into my wordcount.
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PostRe: NaNoWriMo - Write 50k Words of Novel in November (This Means You Tafdolphin)
by Tafdolphin » Fri Nov 01, 2019 12:31 pm
Balladeer wrote:Don’t make me feel guilty about the thread title... I suppose job applications are useful too.
If it makes anyone feel better I’m cheating royally this year. Rehashing an old work with all the background material going directly into my wordcount.
Ha! I've just decided to re-do my failed attempt from last year. I mean, I deleted everything I wrote but I'm taking the basic idea and starting over.
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by shy guy 64 » Fri Nov 01, 2019 12:54 pm
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PostRe: NaNoWriMo - Write 50k Words of Novel in November (This Means You Tafdolphin)
by McCoughlan » Fri Nov 01, 2019 1:07 pm
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PostRe: NaNoWriMo - Write 50k Words of Novel in November (This Means You Tafdolphin)
by Balladeer » Fri Nov 01, 2019 1:14 pm
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PostRe: NaNoWriMo - Write 50k Words of Novel in November (This Means You Tafdolphin)
by Knoyleo » Fri Nov 01, 2019 1:19 pm
pjbetman wrote:That's the stupidest thing ive ever read on here i think.
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PostRe: NaNoWriMo - Write 50k Words of Novel in November (This Means You Tafdolphin)
by Tafdolphin » Fri Nov 01, 2019 1:35 pm
Knoyleo wrote:I just can't get my head around the volume of words. I don't think I wrote more than 50k words in my 3 years at uni, so the idea of trying to write that much in a month is absolutely incomprehensible to me.
Yeah it's a bunch. But then again, it's only around 1600 a day. Which is...better?
I've planned out my story and the main characters now, which probably takes up more than 1600 already. Going to try and get the first proper 1600 done this arvo.
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PostRe: NaNoWriMo - Write 50k Words of Novel in November (This Means You Tafdolphin)
by Balladeer » Fri Nov 01, 2019 1:42 pm
Knoyleo wrote:I just can't get my head around the volume of words. I don't think I wrote more than 50k words in my 3 years at uni, so the idea of trying to write that much in a month is absolutely incomprehensible to me.
I studied maths sir, I feel you. It comes with time and practice, and isn’t that bad if you’re enthusiastic.
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PostRe: NaNoWriMo - Write 50k Words of Novel in November (This Means You Tafdolphin)
by Jenuall » Fri Nov 01, 2019 1:49 pm
Also as noted in the OP part of the idea is to get away from perfectionism and get something out which may need refining but is at least a "complete" novel.
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by That » Fri Nov 01, 2019 2:39 pm
I think we're all wired up differently to be fair. I've heard people say the important thing with Nanowrimo is writing every day though and I can get behind that.
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by Jenuall » Fri Nov 01, 2019 2:44 pm
I used to doodle all sorts of short story stuff and if I was really into it could knock out a few thousand words of an evening. But if I was struggling with an idea or when I was writing technical stuff for my PhD I would struggle to get more than a few hundred down. And even then I would probably throw them out the next day!
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by Moggy » Fri Nov 01, 2019 2:49 pm
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by Balladeer » Fri Nov 01, 2019 2:51 pm
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by Jenuall » Fri Nov 01, 2019 2:52 pm
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PostRe: NaNoWriMo - Write 50k Words of Novel in November (This Means You Tafdolphin)
by Tafdolphin » Fri Nov 01, 2019 4:34 pm
Also, it's already gone way off from my plan. But strawberry float it, day one down.
Games wot I worked on:
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by Jenuall » Fri Nov 01, 2019 4:36 pm
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