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November is National Novel Writer's Month (http://www.nanowrimo.org/)!
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Basically it's a time to spend a fun fast paced month writing a 50,000 word novel that you can share with your friends. You start on November 1st and and on or hopefully before November 30. If you succeed you get the pride in knowing that you have completed what many others have done in the past and in the present. Oh and you get a certificate.

This year they have a forum on the site for "Virtual Worlds." I'm going to create a thread there for Nation States. So join the fun, stop by and say "Hi." Don't forget to stop at the general forum and contribute to the annual thread on urinal cakes.

Oh and get ready to start writing!

:D already (still) signed up.

I am Smunkeethewriter, add me as a friend, link me to the nationstates thread, I was going to start one this year, but I guess you did it for me! haha.

Completely forgot. My handle there is "tzor" ;)

Here is the link to the NationStates thread on NaNoWriMo. (http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/1002848)

What can we write about?

What can we write about?

anything you want, nobody will ever read it unless you want them to.

I write mysteries that are hilarious if not just down right stupid.

im thinking about trying it this year.

i have a stupid love story in my head that might take about 50,000 words to complete. id kinda like to get it out of my head and onto "paper".

anything you want, nobody will ever read it unless you want them to.

I write mysteries that are hilarious if not just down right stupid.

Hmmm.....I may write a horror novel, with LG as my main character, I'll title it, "Pies" :p j/k. But yea, I may consider signing up for this.

I think it could be good for you. I have a "friend" whose characters seem very similar to people in her everyday life, and she takes joy in writing horrible deaths for them.

I actually took a Detective Fiction class back when I was an undergrad (elective) and after I took this class, I thought up of a detective story that involved a detective who works in Charlotte, NC. Who drives around in a black Dodge Challenger, and he is basically a ghost hunter and uses his ghost hunting skills to solve crimes, but that sounds too similar to the Dresden Files book series.

Hmmm.....I may write a horror novel, with LG as my main character, I'll title it, "Pies" :p j/k. But yea, I may consider signing up for this.

I think it could be good for you. I have a "friend" whose characters seem very similar to people in her everyday life, and she takes joy in writing horrible deaths for them.

I tried and failed last year; this year, I'm going to win, or let me die.

/melodramatics.

Anyway, my username is Aedrais.

This year I'm doing an odd fantasy novel, sort of like colonial (pre revolutionary war) America but with elves and a dragon or two.

This year I'm doing an odd fantasy novel, sort of like colonial (pre revolutionary war) America but with elves and a dragon or two.

oh that sounds fun. will it be set in town or out in the wilderness?

I'm starting them in a major city but will move them quickly up river and to a mining camp. From there they will proceed westward toward the mountains, return back to the city and then head back up the river into a full scale war.

It may not start out "It was a dark and stormy night," but more like "It had been a dark and stormy night." The mud filled streets and the spotlessly clean boots of the gentleman from the Colony of Purity will be the way the Priest of the Old Church spots him as a member of a secret order of wizards.

He is, oddly enough in a secret mode as well the colony where the city is had many years ago forbade all priests of the Old Church from the land and made it a penalty punishable by hanging for any priest of the Old Church to preach to the elves.

I'm starting them in a major city but will move them quickly up river and to a mining camp. From there they will proceed westward toward the mountains, return back to the city and then head back up the river into a full scale war.

It may not start out "It was a dark and stormy night," but more like "It had been a dark and stormy night." The mud filled streets and the spotlessly clean boots of the gentleman from the Colony of Purity will be the way the Priest of the Old Church spots him as a member of a secret order of wizards.

He is, oddly enough in a secret mode as well the colony where the city is had many years ago forbade all priests of the Old Church from the land and made it a penalty punishable by hanging for any priest of the Old Church to preach to the elves.

oooo sounds very readable. i hope you can make it work.

Well I hope to repeat my 2006 win this year :).

I did it unofficially last year, and ended up with 20,000 words, which I felt was satisfactory since I'm happy with what I wrote, and felt it was finished.

I came up with a story idea last year, but never actually wrote anything, so I don't really feel it counts. I didn't even attempt anything. :p

I fell in love with my story, though, so I'm going to try again this year. Sadly, the story means so much to me, and I feel it has the potential to be so much, that every time I tried writing, it just wouldn't come out. I can't stand the thought of writing crap without editing it.

One of the biggest problems of NaNoWriMo is that people take it too seriously. This is very similiar to scream therapy for writers; the idea is to just let it all come out onto the page. You can't worry about quality in the month, that's for the later editing. And the thing is to try, success is just the icing on the cake. Not that the cake doesn't taste better with icing, but it is better to eat plain cake than no cake at all.

Check the web site for regional groups in your area. Some groups have actual meetings and write ins. There are groups all over the world!

I'd sign up again this year, but my PC died and I'm unable to do much writing at work. :(

One of the biggest problems of NaNoWriMo is that people take it too seriously. This is very similiar to scream therapy for writers; the idea is to just let it all come out onto the page. You can't worry about quality in the month, that's for the later editing. And the thing is to try, success is just the icing on the cake. Not that the cake doesn't taste better with icing, but it is better to eat plain cake than no cake at all.

Check the web site for regional groups in your area. Some groups have actual meetings and write ins. There are groups all over the world!

That's very simple and easy to say, but not every writer writes that way. I personally edit as I write, which leads to a much slower pace, but fewer edits later on.

That's very simple and easy to say, but not every writer writes that way. I personally edit as I write, which leads to a much slower pace, but fewer edits later on.

I edit while I write except for in November. Free writing* seems to bring a better quality story for me to edit later.

*Free writing (http://web.umr.edu/~gdoty/classes/concepts-practices/free-writing.html)

That's very simple and easy to say, but not every writer writes that way. I personally edit as I write, which leads to a much slower pace, but fewer edits later on.

True, and I also tend to edit as I write. Remember that few people write a 50K publishable novel in a month. If you want to go for the brass ring, you have to adopt the style suitable for the contest. If you have to do complex research for your novel which might otherwise take years to reach 50K, then it's probably not the best subject for NaNoWriMo.

November is National Novel Writer's Month (http://www.nanowrimo.org/)!
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o18/tzor/nano20participant20icon20large.jpg

Basically it's a time to spend a fun fast paced month writing a 50,000 word novel that you can share with your friends. You start on November 1st and and on or hopefully before November 30. If you succeed you get the pride in knowing that you have completed what many others have done in the past and in the present. Oh and you get a certificate.

This year they have a forum on the site for "Virtual Worlds." I'm going to create a thread there for Nation States. So join the fun, stop by and say "Hi." Don't forget to stop at the general forum and contribute to the annual thread on urinal cakes.

Oh and get ready to start writing!

NO! Push back November! I'm NOT ready!

well, this will be my first attempt.

Junii is signed up. :cool:

NO! Push back November! I'm NOT ready!

Don't worry it's still October, you will be fine. You're not supposed to be "ready" in the first place. If you were ready you wouldn't need NaNoWriMo to write a novel. What you will need is the ability to say "no." Saying no to everyone who will want to take time away from you during the month of November.

Oh my, I share Gravy's sentiment, but I guess I'll go ahead and try to repeat last year's victory. Only, umm, maybe with a better novel this time.

Oh my, I share Gravy's sentiment, but I guess I'll go ahead and try to repeat last year's victory. Only, umm, maybe with a better novel this time.

It was only November a bloody minute ago!

I have so much crap to do... I seriously need to rebook November to sometime in the Summer...

I have a beginning of an outline of a story that I have NO IDEA where it actually will go once I really start to write it.

So yes, I am signing up, just to get the damned thing out of my head.

:D

I meant to sign up last year, but ended up having to move and look for work and all those sorts of things that left me with no time to do anything else, sadly. This year I mean to stick to it! Yay!

Since I didn't find one, I'm make my own.

I remember earlier there was a thread about this but that was before the official start of NaNoWriMo. And this is now.

So, let's have a word count shout! I'm at 2,280.

Anyone doing this? What's the alias you're using?

I'm checking in as ScreechingWeasel with a small excerpt up already.

Let's use this for exchanging ideas and giving feedback, and helping each other reach the 50,000 word goal!

I realise there is a forum there but their site is quite slow; even slower than jolty-jolt. :)

I am intrigued. What is this NaNoWriMo?

I am intrigued. What is this NaNoWriMo?

http://www.nanowrimo.org

National Novel Writing Month. Go to the link above. It has all the information you need. :)

There is a nationstates thread on the NaNo boards......(in the virtual world's forum)

I am at 388 words and chucking it for a new idea maybe.......I suck this year, I suck hard.
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If you go to the NaNo video thing under fun stuff my video was featured on the 29th! [/attentionwhore]

I am Smunkeethewriter over there

gotta go, gotta write.

There is a nationstates thread on the NaNo boards......(in the virtual world's forum)

I am at 388 words and chucking it for a new idea maybe.......I suck this year, I suck hard.
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If you go to the NaNo video thing under fun stuff my video was featured on the 29th! [/attentionwhore]

I am Smunkeethewriter over there

gotta go, gotta write.

Yes but the forums tend to be rather slow. That's why I made this thread so that way if we get stuck we can talk here. After all, isn't time of essence for this, my dear Smunkee?

Yes but the forums tend to be rather slow. That's why I made this thread so that way if we get stuck we can talk here. After all, isn't time of essence for this, my dear Smunkee?

I think I am going to start a Nationstates Wrimos forum. That way we don't spam this one and don't have to deal with the other.

will post link soon-ish

I haven't had a chance to get writing yet, with football and school, but I am going to get working on it soon. I am Scion on the board, and when I get going with football being over soon, I should be pumping out the words.

Since I didn't find one, I'm make my own.

I remember earlier there was a thread about this but that was before the official start of NaNoWriMo. And this is now.

Your search fu is weak ... here is the thread which you could not find (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=539845&highlight=NaNoWriMo).

I'm in, under the user name of tzor. My novel has nothing to do whatsoever with my Nation States nations. It is about a fantasy colonial New York only with orcs and elves and dragons - oh my! On second thought my nation of Tzorsland is currently in the New York region, but it is still generally not about my nation states region.

Ironically the NaNo forums became readable about a day before November. I only made a quick check today and was able to post something, which for the first day of the event is very impressive.

Ok, I'm up to 3,000 words and I just started this at 8am.

My story... ok, let's just say, I realise the concept is going to sound asinine but it's the best thing to use for a challenge that has a small time frame and a goal of 50,000 words.

Let's just say, I was trying to think of what I should write about for this, and one night while high, I looked over to my cat and she had this weird look on her face. It then dawned on me... write about the world through the eyes of a cat!

http://nsgwrimos.ipbfree.com/index.php?http://nsgwrimos.ipbfree.com/?success=true&new_board=nsgwrimos

http://nsgwrimos.ipbfree.com/index.php?http://nsgwrimos.ipbfree.com/?success=true&new_board=nsgwrimos

Sweet! Nicely done. I'm in. :)

I am at about 2400 words (I started at midnight, wrote for a bit, and just got back to it about half an hour ago). Yay!

Smunkee, I posted an excerpt for you to read on my Nano page, my name there is Anonygrl.

:D

3,378 at the moment. I'm aiming for at least double 1,667 words a day.

3315 and I think that may be it for today. Woohoo!

827 things should pick up after hubby gets home to supervise the children.

my oldest is writing a book this month too, her goal is 10K words, she wrote 392 so far today.

Oh crap! I forgot about NaNoWriMo ... I'm standing at an official word count of 0 with no ideas. I will have to get on that this evening.

So it is the beginning of Nation Novel Writing Month...

I was just curious if anyone was participating and if so if they had ideas.

Also if they do have ideas, supporting them is a good thing to do because writing a novel, in general is hard, but in a month is really hard.

Oooh, that's cool. I've always wanted to try to write something longer than the few short stories I've written for various classes. I could probably do a semi-decent historical(ish) novel.

it is approximately 6.29 pages a day, it has to be original and 175 pages by the end of November... there is a cite you can sign up at but I forgot it. (or never knew it) on of the two.

the nanowrimo.org site?

And I am participating again, and I hope I get my other account here back (was idle too many days..)

this is the fourth thread in 2 weeks and the second one today

this is the forum I started so that the NaNo spam would stop on NSg

http://nsgwrimos.ipbfree.com/index.php?act=idx

anyone who plays nationstates and is doing NaNo should join there (if you wanna) so we can talk about it.

there is also a thread on the NaNo forums (currently very slow) that is for Nationstates people to check in.

also, USE THE SEARCH FUNCTION

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the thing is.. i just came up with one of the best ideas in my entire living life and i can't participate because I have a forty page paper due for school and a 120 page movie script due for class by a week before christmas... also...my big idea will take 6 books or a very very long book which will be much more then 50,000.

So I don't know what to do.

the thing is.. i just came up with one of the best ideas in my entire living life and i can't participate because I have a forty page paper due for school and a 120 page movie script due for class by a week before christmas... also...my big idea will take 6 books or a very very long book which will be much more then 50,000.

So I don't know what to do.
Start writing and see where it leads you.

I was at 687 words last night (I had to work late so...), hopwfully I can catch up today.

jusenkyoguide is my name over there.

Yay! Just hit 5000! But now I have to stop for today, as I have to go to a job interview, a wine tasting, and call a woman about an art project she wants to commission me for.

I do like being busy and productive, though... :D