NaNoWriMo

[bloodsong1]

Ok, question to all of you out there doing this this year. I have a general idea of what it is and it sounds like fun. Since I'm still jobless *cries* and have tons of free time on my hands...

Where do I go, what exactly do I do and how long does it run? Oh yes, and do you have to use a brand new story or can you..."fill in" something you've already started?

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[caesarsalad77.livejournal.com]

http://www.nanowrimo.org

And no, no using stuff you've already started writing. You can use stuff you've already thought about, however...

[kandybar.livejournal.com]

http://www.nanowrimo.org

It's pretty easy to register, and then you can hang on the message boards or only stop by the site to update your word count, whatever floats your boat.

It starts at Midnight on Oct 31 (so the wee hours of Nov 1) and goes until midnight on Nov 30. During that time you're supposed to try and write 50000 words. Working on pre-existing novels is typically considered cheating, because this is supposed to be an off the cuff thing and because it's hard to count your words. There's a FAQ on the site that goes through the rules.

[bloodsong1.livejournal.com]

Oh, frack. I was hoping that I could tweak my First series into a full length novel. I don't have any new ideas! Everything's being gobbled up by Candy's story.

Well, I'll think about it. Maybe something else will come to me. Pity, really, because Candy's story will easily top 50,000 words.

[dr-holiday-3000.livejournal.com]

Meh. Even aside from what the rules say, it's better to do something new. Because it'll turn out bad.
See, writing that much that fast means that you don't have time to tweak, polish, or go over any details at all. It's purely an excercise in learning to get started and follow through- the hardest parts of writing. Quantity over quality.

So if you try to use characters and ideas you've already put a lot of time into, you'll just end up hating yourself for butchering them.

[bloodsong1.livejournal.com]

I've been writing on average of 1-3K words in the space of, oh, three hours almost every day just this week. Probably not enough to make 50K in a month, but I'm not really trying either. If I didn't waste my mornings doing chores or reading fanfiction, I probably could.

ARGH!