It's that time of year again. NaNoWriMo is upon us!
When the
clock ticked over to November the 1st, people from all over the world embarked
upon the exciting (and at times arduous) quest of writing 50,000 words in 30
days.
This is my 4th time participating in the event. I find NaNoWriMo to be the perfect motivation to get new novels started or existing ones finished. My full drafts usually end up being between 80- 120, 000 words, and at least 50,000 of those words are written during NaNoWriMo.
If you would like to know more about this fan-dangled-fun-dangily
NaNoWriMo thing and what it stands for, then check out http://nanowrimo.org.
Even better (in a fit of spastic spontaneity) why don’t you sign up?
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Now here’s some Lemons (unrelated)…
So if you have always wanted to give writing a go and enjoy challenges that have the potential to eat your soul? And yeah those plot bunnies can be mighty fierce sometimes. Ye-ouch!
I’m not selling this very well am I? Nope...
Hey I gotta be honest it’s hard reaching to that 50K, sometimes you have to frigging bleed
those words from your raw finger-stubs... and yeah, some of those words will definitely suck (I’m talking from personal
experience).
That being said, all you need to do is write 1666 words a day
for 30 days. That doesn’t sound too bad does it? All you need is some general idea for a story and the rest should come.
Nothing coming to you? Hey if you don’t know what to write about or how
to start there are plenty of story prompt generators out there.
Here’s a few links that might be fun/ or useful.
Need a Plot? How about adopting one from here! http://nanowrimo.org/forums/adoption-society
If you're stuck and need an item, a motto, a planet, or a fancy drink check out...http://chaoticshiny.com/ It's oh so fun— If you are looking for something really wacky, this is definitely the place to go.
If you're stuck and need an item, a motto, a planet, or a fancy drink check out...http://chaoticshiny.com/ It's oh so fun— If you are looking for something really wacky, this is definitely the place to go.
http://writingexercises.co.uk/plotgenerator.php
The plot generator here gave me some interesting results and the good thing about it
is that you can re-roll certain elements until you find something that works.
Most importantly don't worry about getting it perfect first time (that just doesn't happen). NaNo is designed so you get that story, or at least part of the story out of your head and onto paper. The revision and editing comes later (or as my case much later). This first draft (in the words of the wonderful Terry Pratchett) is basically just you telling yourself the story.
Most importantly don't worry about getting it perfect first time (that just doesn't happen). NaNo is designed so you get that story, or at least part of the story out of your head and onto paper. The revision and editing comes later (or as my case much later). This first draft (in the words of the wonderful Terry Pratchett) is basically just you telling yourself the story.
And that’s my little NaNo chat for 2015. Have a great November, and if you are partaking in the NaNo madness may many-a-word be with you.
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