Fifth of Daybreak he/him Posted September 4, 2014 Report Share Posted September 4, 2014 Anyone planning on participating in Nanowrimo this year? This will be my second time participating, and I wouldn't mind having a small group to work with and keep each other accountable. Possibly do weekly checkups with Word counts, and even a writing group if we are that ambitious. The last time I petered out at 15,000 words for no good reason, so I think a nice group here would help keep me motivated. I'm hoping to get more prewriting done for my plan before it starts, but I've also been saying that for two months, so if possible, it would be great to start the group early and get into the habit beforehand. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartbug he/him Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 I'll be doing it, but only adding words to an existing project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashiok Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 I'm Thinking about doing it, but School (An essay a day), and the fact that I have yet to start planning may be an issue... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagabond Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 November is always the worst month for me, and always because of school. This year will be no different; I'm currently taking some of the most work-intensive classes of my educational life, and it's gonna be finals by the time I'd get into the NaNo crunch. Man, but I'd love to do it. I'll probably do what I've done before. Dive in, have a great start for the first few strokes, then drown shortly past the starting line and respawn next year to do it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MozytheHealer she/her Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 I'm doing it! I have no idea what I'll write, but It'll be my...fifth year. I'm taking a kinda gap year right now so I'm hoping it won't be too hard for me to stay afloat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delightful Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 November's not a good time for me this year, I'm considering writing in December instead. I've had awesome fun doing it the past couple years though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasimir he/him Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 I've done it thrice before, and each time, despite crawling past the finish line, I've sworn never to do it again. This sem is pretty hectic so I think I'll pass, but I'll definitely cheer others on--possibly do a JulNo instead. I'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashiok Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 You know what? I'll do it. I just need a good mentor. Anybody interested in mentoring the high school kid as he writes his first novel? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delightful Posted September 11, 2014 Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 (edited) You know what? I'll do it. I just need a good mentor. Anybody interested in mentoring the high school kid as he writes his first novel?If you go to the official website nanowrimo.org or the under-18's version (you can choose and change your word count) ywp.nanowrimo.org , you'll find a whole community. I would suggest that more than a mentor, you need to really want to do it for yourself, and have fun with it. Best of luck! Edited September 11, 2014 by Delightful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MozytheHealer she/her Posted September 19, 2014 Report Share Posted September 19, 2014 Yeah, the young writers program is a wonderful way to start if you're under 18 and not sure if you can do 50,000 words. I did that my first year and it was wonderful(other than the fact that my novel is crap). BUT GUESS WHAT. I ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT I'M WRITING THIS YEAAAARRRR! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newan he/him Posted October 3, 2014 Report Share Posted October 3, 2014 I'm totally doing it. This is my first year. I am scared. But I'm going to do it. Are any of you at BYU? I want to start a new writing group. My group from last year sort of disappeared after we went home for the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver he/him Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 I tried this once before, and it was a dismal failure. Now, in fairness, I went into it with "Wouldn't it be a cool story if X", with no idea for characters, plot, or... anything really. That's still, sort of, the situation I'm in, but I suppose I could either use the time to re-try my last project (now that I am older and wiser), or finally try writing one of the fantasy novel ideas I've had and talked about here. (Okaym, so those ideas don't have characters, worlds or plots either, but still...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifth of Daybreak he/him Posted October 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 So for everyone interested, do we want to try to be more interactive and explain our story ideas, or should we just do a weekly check in on word counts and post mysterious comments about how awesome or terrible our projects are going? I'd like to do weekly word count check ins here at the very least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashiok Posted October 15, 2014 Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 I'm game for interactivity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunnyburn he/him Posted October 15, 2014 Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 I am giving it a shot. It seems like a good motivating event, and motivation is my number one weakness. I've registered and put up my synopsis. I'm gonna try and outline the whole thing before the first, to increase my chances of completing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aonar he/him Posted October 16, 2014 Report Share Posted October 16, 2014 (edited) NaNoWriMo is something I've always liked the idea of doing, even though I doubt I'd be able to finish it. In all seriousness, even though I probably have the time, I write so slowly that I still wouldn't manage the 50000 words. (On a very good day, I might crank out three-five hundred words in an hour. Very good days are fairly few and far between though.) I do have a couple story ideas that have been kicking around in my head for a while though, so I might give it a try, even though I probably won't succeed. Edited October 16, 2014 by AonarFaileas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifth of Daybreak he/him Posted October 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 Sorry for the delay on this, I've been fairly busy lately. I'm starting up a messaging thread between everyone who seemed like they might be interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel he/him Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 I'm trying to take part this year too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasimir he/him Posted October 25, 2014 Report Share Posted October 25, 2014 I've decided to take part but may not finish NaNo this time, dependent on how RL works out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Elsa Steelheart she/her Posted October 25, 2014 Report Share Posted October 25, 2014 Considering to maybe do it, if I have time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delightful Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 I'm considering writing....I don't have a plan so it'll be a mess, but that's the fun part... Probably..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Bard he/him Posted November 18, 2014 Report Share Posted November 18, 2014 Is it just me, or is it a strong sign of my procrastination that I decide to join the 17th Shard right in the middle of when I'm doing NaNoWriMo? Good Luck, everybody, and I hope you are much less of a procrastinator than I am. (Hmm... I wish this could go to my 50,000 words.) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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