NaNoWriMo

[Bonnie]

Has anyone else heard of or done NaNoWriMo before? It's a month-long novel writing challenge. You're supposed to start a 50,000 word novel on November 1st and finish by November 30th (they don't read it, so it doesn't have to be all wrapped up and edited by then, you just have to have hit 50k by then.) The idea is to get people writing quickly so their "inner editor" doesn't take over and cause writer's block. I love that part because I normally get WAY perfectionist and never end up writing anything.

Several friends and I all signed up together. They have great forums too, with lots of writers supporting each other and helping with research and things, and regional forums for people to arrange meetups. And there are a lot of teens there (including several homeschoolers), so for any youth unschoolers who like to write, it would be a great place to make friends.

Anyone else thinking of doing it? :)

[Denise Rodriguez]

LOL! I can't believe it. Thanks, Joyce. :)

That gives me a few months to write the last couple chapters. I never wrote the ending! I wrote the 50,000th word and stopped cold.

[Frank Maier]

Joyce Fetteroll said:

*** Too bad there's no such thing as EditAndReWriMo. ***

Ah, but there is!

NaNoEdMo

It's a 50 hour commitment during March to edit your novel. :-) There's a sign up on the front page to get a reminder.

Only 50 hours for an entire novel? I could easily spend that much time editing a 10-page Quick Start User's Guide! (grin)

In NaNo news, I'm over 12K words and I'm very happy about that. Additionally, I was informed about a NaNo traditional object called "the travelling shovel of death" which gets you coolness points if you use it to kill someone in your novel. Given that my novel is about a group of Roman legionaries who carry shovels as entrenching tools and their job description is pretty much all about killing people, I'm gonna be working that into my story pretty soon.