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~A History of the NaNoWriMo
So I've gone over the deep end. I've decided to participate in the National Novel Writing Month thing this November. Darn you, my dearest Cassidy, for introducing this to me! D:
http://www.nanowrimo.org/
I'll have to juggle my University workload quite a bit to push out a 50,000 word novel in the month that I'll likely have the most papers, but I think it'll be good for me.
A trial by fire, if you will, of my writing. >:3
At the moment, all I have "in the works" are a few fanfictions, which have done wonders for my writing style (and ego: THANK YOU REVIEWERS!!!), but I realize that I have a long way to go. I must refine my writing style. And you know what they say: practice makes perfect. At worst, all I'll write is a measly 10,000 words, cry, then go back to my University papers. At best, I'll have the foundations of a novel and/or writing style that will make me famous. A personal goal of mine is to write a book so good that people will write fanfiction about it.
What I have going for me: I've been writing fanfiction since I discovered fanfiction.net way back in 2003. I'd also rather that no-one actually look at my work from anything earlier than 2005, thank you very much. So I do have SOME practice.
Also? I have a very good Word-Per-Minute count. That means I can type FAST! XD Which will count for a lot in a contest of quantity over quality. Plus, I tend to waffle a lot in my writing style (my English 111 teacher says I need to work on my "consicion" - out damned spot, I say, out! D: ), which isn't exactly a detriment in this sort of writing contest. :3
I am going to look over the plot and character outlines I have written out in My Documents. I am debating between using two right now: one with an immortal (and extremely old) "child" vampire, and another involving a boy-king with wings. The former has more history laid out, but I think I need to take more history courses to have the detailed backstory it deserves. Also, I have more characters thought out for the vampire one. However, I have more inspiration for the boy-king one.... plus, c'mon, people with wings! XD It has more plot, too, although I haven't even thought of a true name for the main character yet. And the plot is very vague... although the same could be said of both. I think I'll have to start planning a bit more.... although, I worry that if I plan things out too much, I'll get stuck later on. Writers Block is suicide in NaNoWriMo. :P
But it will be interesting, at the very least. Wish me luck in November! Prepare to read more posts on my exciting writing schenanigans!
~A History of the NaNoWriMo
So I've gone over the deep end. I've decided to participate in the National Novel Writing Month thing this November. Darn you, my dearest Cassidy, for introducing this to me! D:
http://www.nanowrimo.org/
I'll have to juggle my University workload quite a bit to push out a 50,000 word novel in the month that I'll likely have the most papers, but I think it'll be good for me.
A trial by fire, if you will, of my writing. >:3
At the moment, all I have "in the works" are a few fanfictions, which have done wonders for my writing style (and ego: THANK YOU REVIEWERS!!!), but I realize that I have a long way to go. I must refine my writing style. And you know what they say: practice makes perfect. At worst, all I'll write is a measly 10,000 words, cry, then go back to my University papers. At best, I'll have the foundations of a novel and/or writing style that will make me famous. A personal goal of mine is to write a book so good that people will write fanfiction about it.
What I have going for me: I've been writing fanfiction since I discovered fanfiction.net way back in 2003. I'd also rather that no-one actually look at my work from anything earlier than 2005, thank you very much. So I do have SOME practice.
Also? I have a very good Word-Per-Minute count. That means I can type FAST! XD Which will count for a lot in a contest of quantity over quality. Plus, I tend to waffle a lot in my writing style (my English 111 teacher says I need to work on my "consicion" - out damned spot, I say, out! D: ), which isn't exactly a detriment in this sort of writing contest. :3
I am going to look over the plot and character outlines I have written out in My Documents. I am debating between using two right now: one with an immortal (and extremely old) "child" vampire, and another involving a boy-king with wings. The former has more history laid out, but I think I need to take more history courses to have the detailed backstory it deserves. Also, I have more characters thought out for the vampire one. However, I have more inspiration for the boy-king one.... plus, c'mon, people with wings! XD It has more plot, too, although I haven't even thought of a true name for the main character yet. And the plot is very vague... although the same could be said of both. I think I'll have to start planning a bit more.... although, I worry that if I plan things out too much, I'll get stuck later on. Writers Block is suicide in NaNoWriMo. :P
But it will be interesting, at the very least. Wish me luck in November! Prepare to read more posts on my exciting writing schenanigans!
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Date: 2007-09-30 09:04 pm (UTC)I'm doing am lot of prep work for NaNo, because I'm trying to develop a skeleton of a conlang that I can use because my NaNo story will feature aliens who don 't speak any human languages and an earthling who's stuck on their spaceship. (How and why, I have yet to figure out.) :D
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Date: 2007-10-01 12:01 am (UTC)Oh, and do you know if the novel has to be complete when it hits 50,000 words? I have no idea of how long it'll be - is the point to HAVe 50,000 words at the end AS WELL as a complete story? Must the whole ark be contained in this number? Or can we continue onwards with it after the month ends? (I am, of course, speaking in the hope that I'll actually write that much, and win. Once again, がんばります!
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Date: 2007-10-01 12:12 am (UTC)I don't think the story has to be finished as 50 000 words - actually, they recommend you go at least a little over, because their word counter and your word counter may be a little different. As far as I know, you're welcome to continue after the month ends, as well. I look at NaNo kind of like a writing exercise, myself.