JadeNSC
October 15th, 2005, 12:07 AM
Is there anyone here doing National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) (http://nanowrimo.org) next month? Here's a brief description of what it is:
National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing November 1. The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30.
Valuing enthusiasm and perseverance over painstaking craft, NaNoWriMo is a novel-writing program for everyone who has thought fleetingly about writing a novel but has been scared away by the time and effort involved.
Because of the limited writing window, the ONLY thing that matters in NaNoWriMo is output. It's all about quantity, not quality. The kamikaze approach forces you to lower your expectations, take risks, and write on the fly.
Make no mistake: You will be writing a lot of crap. And that's a good thing. By forcing yourself to write so intensely, you are giving yourself permission to make mistakes. To forgo the endless tweaking and editing and just create. To build without tearing down.
You can read more about it on the website, but that's the gist of it. My fiancé and I are giving it a try. I'm planning on writing a book about my experience with Eris (yes, it'll be humorous), and he's going to write based on characters for a webcomic he used to do (and hopes to restart one day).
Just wondering if anyone else has heard about it or has thought about doing it. :)
National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing November 1. The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30.
Valuing enthusiasm and perseverance over painstaking craft, NaNoWriMo is a novel-writing program for everyone who has thought fleetingly about writing a novel but has been scared away by the time and effort involved.
Because of the limited writing window, the ONLY thing that matters in NaNoWriMo is output. It's all about quantity, not quality. The kamikaze approach forces you to lower your expectations, take risks, and write on the fly.
Make no mistake: You will be writing a lot of crap. And that's a good thing. By forcing yourself to write so intensely, you are giving yourself permission to make mistakes. To forgo the endless tweaking and editing and just create. To build without tearing down.
You can read more about it on the website, but that's the gist of it. My fiancé and I are giving it a try. I'm planning on writing a book about my experience with Eris (yes, it'll be humorous), and he's going to write based on characters for a webcomic he used to do (and hopes to restart one day).
Just wondering if anyone else has heard about it or has thought about doing it. :)