NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month discussion Options

[blockhead]

We've been starting to discuss NaNoWriMo on the coffee shop thread and it seems that it might be a good idea to give it its own thread. Wow, I haven't started a thread here in ages ... since the start of my Bloodmoon fanfic.

Essentially, from November 1st to Nov 30th one writes a novel of 50,000 words. This is about 1667 words per day (consider that November is only 30 days, not 31). Emphasis is on creation, not on editing. One must disable ones "inner editor" for a month.

Rather then me blather on longer (and perhaps get it wrong) here is the site: http://www.nanowrimo.org/ and here is the FAQ section: http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/basics

So I'm signed up on that site as lokken. Good luck everyone.

(I spent 16+ bucks for the "No Plot No Problem" book (yikes) , so I have to finish this now!)

For myself, I hope that this gives me the needed kick in the behind to write an original story.

[blockhead]

You write the story in your usual software (Word for most people?) and keep it on your harddrive. A copy is uploaded only for the sake of showing your wordcount to the world. You don't post your story on the forum. Said upload feature is only available once November starts. I guess that would be just after midnight tonight. I am not sure if the nanowrimo (referred to in the rest of this post as simply "nano") site accounts for time zones or not. Near as I can tell, it is on Pacific time (California). Oh: and just to make things more confusing, the rest of the planet switched off Daylights Savings Time this past weekend but here we don't do it till Nov 4th. Feh!

Anyway. I'm nervous. I've been reading the forums and the book and I've gotten that e-mail this morning, but I'm kinda terrified.

I still haven't decided if my MC should be female or male. I'm male, but I've gotten so used to writing Rashelle.

I've decided on first person. Some authors (like Isaac Asimov) disdain it but some "real" authors (such Roger Zalazny, who wrote the Amber novels in first person) have used it.

Good luck everyone.

P.S. - there will be more Rashelle stories after nano. It's just that I want my nano to be original, not in the Elder Scrolls universe.

P.P.S. - jack cloudy, in your nano story ... once someone in your story is resurrected in the afterlife, what happens if they die again? Since that afterlife exists in the universe, I assume the usual laws of physics, biology, etc. must still apply.

edit: DoomedOne: Your setting and your initial situation is very open ended. Your characters can wander around the planet for many chapters while your plot gradually emerges. Very nice!




This post has been edited by blockhead: Nov 1 2007, 01:27 AM