NaNoWriMo

[Amethystic]

Well October is quickly passing by, and we all know what that means: time to prep for National Novel Writing Month! Who's participating in NaNoWriMo this year, and what ideas have you got lined up so far? (And for those who have no idea what I'm talking about: http://www.nanowrimo.org/ )

[The Kings Daughter]

Yay I cannot wait!

[Lee]

I'm wanting Invisible Ninja to write that awesome story idea he suggested in RHQ.

[EMBEE]

I'm so excited!

[Musical Shutterbug]

I really wanted to do it this year

I have too much going on at this time, so I will be unable to contribute.

But I hope that everyone who does it will have a blast!

[ric]

I think I'm gonna try it out this year. We'll see what happens. (I can tell you now it's not going to be pretty.)

[Graces4you]

I want to do it this year, my friend is going to do it. I have an idea that I've been sitting on for a while, so I want to use it for this.

[bookworm]

I dislike writing enough when I have to do it in school. Why would I do it when I don’t have to?

[Amethystic]

Because it's thirty days and nights of literary abandon!

[The Kings Daughter]

Yay Grace and Ric!

[Lee]

I dislike writing enough when I have to do it in school. Why would I do it when I don’t have to?

Exactly. I just am not real creative with original storylines. I've read so much I'd be way too critical on my own writing and I'd never get anywhere. All of you will have to let us read your final pieces!

[Musical Shutterbug]

I dislike writing enough when I have to do it in school. Why would I do it when I don’t have to?

Because writing is one of the greatest things on the planet! And who wouldn't want to do it for 30 straight days?

[Lee]

I dislike writing enough when I have to do it in school. Why would I do it when I don’t have to?

Because writing is one of the greatest things on the planet! And who wouldn't want to do it for 30 straight days?

Us. Just like I might like anchovies, but you'd be repulsed by the idea of eating them for 30 days straight.

[Jesus' Princess]

I dislike writing enough when I have to do it in school. Why would I do it when I don’t have to?

Because writing is one of the greatest things on the planet! And who wouldn't want to do it for 30 straight days?

Us. Just like I might like anchovies, but you'd be repulsed by the idea of eating them for 30 days straight.

Haha, that's a good example Lee. I enjoy writing, (sometimes) but I like to do it on my own timeline. Sometimes I'll be on this writing kick and write a bunch of stuff in a short period of time and then I won't write for a month. I once wrote three chapters of a book in one day, that was last year and I still haven't finished it.

[bookworm]

I actually do have an idea for a book. But I doubt I will ever have the ambition to write it.
Definitely not in the near future at least.

[Moontide]

I am thinking of doing it. I am always very careful when I write, so I think I might do it just to see what it would like to do a super sloppy fast thing. I have notes and ideas for lots of books, so I am thinking of combining them and making some sort of complex epic-like thing. I am also wondering what happens if I do not make it?

[bookworm]

I am also wondering what happens if I do not make it?

I think they hunt you down and punish you.

[Amethystic]

The beauty of NaNo is that it boosts quantity, not quality, so you get your story down and get it down quick instead of giving you time to nitpick over how good or bad your story is. Just get it written and get it written fast, and worry about what you'll do with the manuscript later. Even if your works never see the light of day (none of mine have, and at least one probably never will) it's still a great event and I highly recommend it to anyone who likes writing--especially people who are interested in novel writing. It stretches you and pushes you to the limit, no matter what your writing habits or preferences. As well, the motivational emails are excellent--many of them are written by well-known authors.

[Graces4you]

The beauty of NaNo is that it boosts quantity, not quality, so you get your story down and get it down quick instead of giving you time to nitpick over how good or bad your story is. Just get it written and get it written fast, and worry about what you'll do with the manuscript later. Even if your works never see the light of day (none of mine have, and at least one probably never will) it's still a great event and I highly recommend it to anyone who likes writing--especially people who are interested in novel writing. It stretches you and pushes you to the limit, no matter what your writing habits or preferences. As well, the motivational emails are excellent--many of them are written by well-known authors.

This is one of the reasons I want to do it, it's not how good you write that matters most, but how much you can in thirty days.

[Jesus' Princess]

Actually, I'm thinking about doing this. I went to the website and it looked pretty cool, and I think it would be good for me. Could somebody explain how it works? (I went to the website but I couldn't find much information, maybe I looked in the wrong place?)