Welp, it's November in a few days, which means National Novel Writing Month is about to kick off!

For those of you who are uninitiated, NaNoWriMo is a yearly challenge in which people try to write a 50,000 word work of fiction in the space of one month.

It doesn't have to be brilliant, it doesn't have to be polished, it doesn't have to be edited to perfection, it doesn't even have to be good. It just has to be 50,000 words you wrote in a month. That's the challenge.

I've tried to do this over the past four years...the closest I've gotten so far is 35,000 words (and ooooh it sucked! ).

I think I'm gonna give it another go this year, as I already have two advantages over previous years:

a) I now have a laptop, and I can write ANYWHERE.

b) I am more broke this year than I've been in previous years, so I don't have anything better to do.

SO.

Is anyone else NaNoWriMo-ing? If yer in Chicago, I'm all for setting up weekend/weeknight writing sessions at local cafes/Borders/wherevs.

For more info, go here:

www.nanowrimo.com

I'm so not even pretending I can do this, but I love the idea of it altogether and I like cheering you on.

Can they be contain creative spelling? Cuase I would rock that shit easily!

AsianBomb777 said:

even someone with your horrible spelling can participate!

CarrieMpls said:

and the cheering-on is very important to me!

i would like to display my writing this year, though i'm not sure how i'm going to pull that off. what do you think? maybe post it on my myspace blog and post additions to the novel every week?

oh, and don't fool yourself, carrie - one year if you really wanna do it, you can crank out 50,000 words.

I think doing regular updates on Myspace is an awesome way to share your work!

You are so gonna do it this year!

I remember you talking about this last year.

Good Luck and I hope you hit the target!


Just out of interest: does one winner get chosen? Or is it a fun event, to encourage people to start writing??

Anx said:

definitely do this!!!!

onenitealone said:

thank ya!

and no, there's no winner or judging of stories. it's totally for motivation. it's kind of a marathon for writers. everyone who gets to 50,000 words gets special mention.

endorphin74 said:

Agreed!!

whenever i say Nanowrimo, it's to the tune of 'Ya Mo Be There' -- Micheal MacDonald & James Ingram 80's tune.

madartista said:

na-no-wriiiii-mooooo...oh lawd, that's catchy.

madartista said:

i fear perhaps you have tainted my nanowrimo.




first the sullying of the nerdrope, now this!

Anx said:

it never ends!

Anx said:

it's a curse that i cannot help.

CarrieMpls said:

i'll see how it goes - i won't make any promises if i feel like i'd write more if i kept it to myself. i posted excerpts to the nanowrimo site last year...maybe i'll do the same on my MySpace page. nothing wrong with sharing little bits and pieces that actually manage to turn out well.

i wanna hear about nerd ropes, matrix-clam & Hohnersexuals! those 3 alone could get you an easy 10,000!

madartista said:

i am NOT writing hohnererotic funkmistress fam fiction!

Anx said:

oh c'mon, you know you wanna.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

i *AM* making a list of plot twists for when i get bored or stuck.

since i have things like "giant robot octopus" and "dwarf cult" on the list, i'm sure "nerdrope" could fit in there somewhere.

Anx said:

Cool! How do they know when you started writing the novel?

coolcat said:

it's on trust. you don't win anything material, so if you cheat it's a pretty hollow victory.

Anx said:

What were your previous novels about?

I'm still recovering from Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con

NDRU said:

what's that?

Anx said:

Bi Monthly Sci Fi Convention

Homer saved Mark Hamil & Mayor Quimby from the nerds.

coolcat said:

one was a dystopian future story about a kid who sells his skin as advertising space, and the other was a satire/fantasy about a talentless celebrity who not only finds herself physically disappearing, but gradually disappearing in the collective consciousness of society as well.

the one i'm doing this year is about a guy who grows up with a vampire mom.

roughly how many pages is 50,000 words?

Anx said:

sweeeeet!