NaNoWriMo 2015

Amber_Scott

Anyone doing NaNoWriMo this year? I think I'm going to give it a shot. If you want to be my writing buddy you can find my profile here. http://nanowrimo.org/participants/medesha

Nonnahswriter

I'm gonna try. I've got two jobs to work through, so writing-time's gonna be scarce.

http://nanowrimo.org/participants/nonnahswriter

deltago

Maybe... I have seen this before, but cramming out 50,000 words in one go isn't my style (as my playthrough can atest). But I do have a story kicking around my head that wants out and this may allow me to get started... so:

http://nanowrimo.org/participants/jon-hamilton

Vallmyr

Wat
I've never heard of this.
I should do a thing since I didn't do the thing for that one Dirzzt contest.

Svar

I tried last year, but I got crushed by stress. I'm thinking of trying again this year, though. I'm here:

http://nanowrimo.org/participants/cypress-knight

Nonnahswriter

Vallmyr said:

Wat
I've never heard of this.
I should do a thing since I didn't do the thing for that one Dirzzt contest.

Write 50,000 words in the month of November. Preferably a novel, even more preferred one that you haven't started yet. But really, you can do anything you want. I already have about 15k words written for my novel project, but I'm not counting any of that to my November score.

Give it a try! The great thing about NaNo is that you can't possibly fail. Seriously. Even if you don't make your 50k goal, so long as you've written something, you'll have all of NaNoWriMo at your back. Their weekly pep-talks are some of the most inspirational and supportive emails you'll ever read.

Vallmyr

In a similar situation to my rerollitis I write A LOT of one page short stories usually just focusing on a conflict between two characters or a combat situation but never link them all together because I restart each time I begin to write. Maybe this can be my motivation to write a cohesive plot from beginning to end as opposed to just a bunch of one-shot stories.

Amber_Scott

I enjoy NaNo because it takes a lot of the pressure off being "good" and just focuses on word count. I've used it in the past to try out different genres (my best year was the one I wrote a spy novel).

I've never actually finished NaNo and hit the word goal but I've always enjoyed myself. Maybe this'll be my year!

Vallmyr

Oh crap. Just made an account and realized I haven't even began to try and come up with a title for my novel-series-thing.
Well.
I'm going to spend the next week doing that. XD

Amber_Scott

Titles are the worst for me. I haven't thought of one yet either.

Dee

I usually come up with a new title with every new draft. Jester's Cap started out as A Heroine's Journey. Jester of the Court (a different thing) started out as The Jester and the Prince.

deltago

"Title goes here" works for a working title for me. I usually come up with a title that I like half way through.

BTW doing the math, 50,000 words = about 120 pages.
You need to write about 4 pages a day in November to hit the 50,000 mark.
If you're going to be taking 2 days off a week, you need to write 6 pages a day.
If you're only going to write 2 days a week (IE weekend) you're gonna have to cram out 15 pages a day.

I like page counting more than word counting because I can time it better. Usually takes me an hour to write a first draft page. If I don't procrastinate (HA!) while writing, I can probably get one page done in a half hour.

Nonnahswriter

deltago said:

BTW doing the math, 50,000 words = about 120 pages.

I'm assuming we're talking about twelve-point Manuscript font double-spaced one-inch margins?

deltago

nope.

We're talking 1.15 spacing, eleven point font.

If we're going with a 12pt times new roman double-spaced

47, 400 = 188 pages. so 50, 000 = 200 pages.

Almateria

NaNoWriMo: The best way to write your master's thesis!

Amber_Scott

I have a character I want to write about, my character from a Shadowrun game I'm playing now. I don't want to set my novel in the Shadowrun universe though, so I have to do some worldbuilding. And I have an inciting incident but no plot. I'd like to do a little more outlining before November hits. I recently started using outlines (I never used to, for fiction) and I'm finding them really helpful.

Vallmyr

Thankfully I've been writing up a homebrew D&D setting that takes inspiration from Arthurian legend, Paizo's Golarion, and Faerun. I have the characters, the world, now I just need a Big Bad Evil Guy, a reason for the characters to join up, and the entire rest of the story.
XD

Amber_Scott

Alright, got my title and synopsis done.

Haunt City

Everyone in the Family is special, but June is...more special. She's got powers no one can duplicate. Father says that means June's destined to do great things in the world. June's not so sure, but when the Family loses their commune and has to live on the streets of drab, dangerous Haunt City, June thinks maybe her powers will be enough to keep the Family together. She just has to find someone who needs what she can do.

In her efforts to find safety and security for the Family, though, June crosses a powerful underworld figure. Vendetta Vox is sleek and rich and ruthless and she wants June to murder someone with her powers. That's farther than June is willing to go, even for the Family. But now June knows too much and she has to untangle the mystery behind Vendetta's murderous orders if she's going to get out of this situation alive.

Nonnahswriter

Ahhh, I remember when I was in middle school, and I used to write synopsis's for fun. Ha ha. Ha.

I like it, @Amber_Scott! Got that urban fantasy mafia thing going on. Are you writing with a YA audience in mind, or an adult audience?

Almateria

Almateria said:

NaNoWriMo: The best way to write your master's thesis!

Also that was not a joke, it's a thing that I'm doing. Thank god for philosophy

Fandraxx

http://nanowrimo.org/participants/fandraxx

Aaaaannnnndd, I'm in. May we all write amazing novels in twenty days.

deltago

Fandraxx said:

http://nanowrimo.org/participants/fandraxx

Aaaaannnnndd, I'm in. May we all write amazing novels in twenty days.

I'll settle for coherent.

Anduin

*Anduin's eyes alight with interest*

Anduin

I am in http://nanowrimo.org/participants/andrew-beale

Anduin

Can you believe Anduin was already taken?

Dee

Here's mine: http://nanowrimo.org/participants/aosaw

Awesome to see so many people eager to participate!

Nonnahswriter

Dee said:

Awesome to see so many people eager to participate!

We need to make a club! Like... Do online write-ins and word wars and stuff!

deltago

Got my Synopsis written:

It has been seventy years since the Gods of Light left the sky due to the corruption happening on the island. Without their guidance, the merchant ships were left stranded to fend for themselves against an unruly populace and now hostile creatures called The Fey.

Small communities isolated themselves from the rest of the island, living independently for decades, fearful of what may lie beyond their stone or wooden walls. It was in one such community that The Kid was born. On his birth, a single star named the Eye of Hope reappeared over the village.

Scholars, priests and rulers debated over the meaning of the star's appearance and how it maybe connected to the rumour of the birth of a child. Is it the first sign of Gods returning, and allowing them to leave the island once more?

Twenty years after The Kid's birth, the Eye of Hope still shines, but no other stars have returned. If The Kid is to bring hope to the island, it needs to happen soon, the days are growing shorter, and the sun seems to be fading from the sky.

~

Buddied up with everyone who listed here now.

Completed my profile.

Watching the month of October tick away.

Nonnahswriter

*looks at @deltago 's profile*

Wait a second! When did you start writing a BG fanfic!?

LINK. NOW.

deltago

Like a year ago.

will probably be updating it tomorrow

https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/35472/a-storied-playthrough-sahil-quick-full-trilogy-run-full-reload-role-play

Amber_Scott

Nonnahswriter said:

Ahhh, I remember when I was in middle school, and I used to write synopsis's for fun. Ha ha. Ha.

I like it, @Amber_Scott! Got that urban fantasy mafia thing going on. Are you writing with a YA audience in mind, or an adult audience?

You know, I'd intended it to be adult but you're the second person to ask if it was YA. I'm wondering now if I should try it as a YA novel (I've never written one before) since it's giving off that vibe.