December 2009
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Aaand
It’s over.
It’s been fun, guys.
Give yourself a pat on the back, whether you finished or not. It’s been a valiant effort in either case.
November 30
Did you/will you finish?
November 2009
67 posts
Tomorrow is the last day of NaNoWriMo 2009
Word Count Math
Every year, several people write 50,000 words in three days and win.
Every year, hundreds of people write 25,000 words in three days and win.
Every year, thousands of people write 15,000 words in three days and win.
If you’re still writing, you’re still on track.
You can do it.
Chris
It is the 28th
2 more days!
Turn off your internet connection, go lock yourself in your room, and write a thousand words. Take a break. Repeat.
Today, plus three more days
And this insanity is over.
It went quickly, didn’t it?
“A novel seemed the easiest way to get what I had had in my head into the inside...”
– Neil Gaiman (via fyneilgaiman) (via fralusans-ana-marein)
“For the Go On Without Me’s: This is going to sound really weird, but you’re in...”
– Chris Baty, NaNoWriMo.com. Thanks for understanding. (via dederants)
Tips for writing during Thanksgiving
Head into the holidays with a stockpile of extra words. If you have to take a day (or days) off, you’ll still be able to finish your novel.
Write something every day, even if it’s just jotting down ideas to fill in later. Losing momentum during the holidays can be the end of your novel.
Carry a pen and a notebook everywhere, so you can write in the car, the airport, a closet, or a...
$58,595 raised today!
From nanowrimo.org:
We raised $8,070 in that last hour, which is incredible. Thank you, donors! I want to extend an extra huge thanks to Emily, Ian, Joanna, Susan, and Margaret for going above and beyond. Those halos look wonderful on all of you.
We’re at $58,595 now. Our next big goal is reaching $75K by 10 PM, Pacific. We’ll then have two hours to raise $25,000, which will be a cakewalk. And...
REALLLY SUPER IMPORTANT NANOWRIMO NOTE!!!!
I’m just going to copy paste this from the e-mail I just got from my ML.
When the time changed, did you change your time zone setting on the Nano site? If you didn’t, the site thinks that the time is an hour ahead of where it really is. So what, you say. But this means that when you get to November 30th, at 11:59pm, and you want to submit your winning word count, the site is going to say: sorry,...
Word Sprints
Currently happening over Twitter!
Nearing the Finish Line!
We have just a little bit over a week left of NaNoWriMo 2009.
How are you doing? Was this a productive weekend?
Tamora Pierce's Pep Talk
Go for a walk. Watch a TV show. Have a nice cup of something soothing. Then throw any old thing at the page. Don’t worry if it’s any good or not. Don’t back up and cut. Don’t rewrite. Just throw whatever comes to mind at the page. The idea is to finish, remember? You have a whole different month for that. ;-)
These times are a colossal pain, there is no denying it. In...
Neil Gaiman's Pep Talks are the Best
ameliaelizabeth:
By now you’re probably ready to give up. You’re past that first fine furious rapture when every character and idea is new and entertaining. You’re not yet at the momentous downhill slide to the end, when words and images tumble out of your head sometimes faster than you can get them down on paper. You’re in the middle, a little past the half-way point. The glamour has faded, the...
Hotel NaNoWriMo
On the Internet highway, surfing links to links Discovering new things, getting sucked in time sinks Up ahead in the distance, I saw the Wrimonia sign My head then perked up, and I looked ahead I’d heard this through the grapevine There were writers all over Trebuchets and pell mell And I was thinking to myself “This could be heaven or this could be hell” Then I noticed Wrimo Hall, and I walked on...
“Here’s the thing, though…if you’re doing NaNoWriMo, you are a...”
– The Middle, from Maureen Johnson’s pep talk.
Most Beloved Fantasy Cliches →
NaNo Twitter Tips
Here’s a li’l something for those insane souls who have taken up the NaNoWriMo challenge. It’s a collection of famous authors’ Tweets re: your unwieldy undertaking. Some of their tips will surely help you with your writing, the others will simply kill a couple seconds. Either way, they’ll prove a temporarily distraction from your writer’s block.
@C_Bushnell...
“Tonight, my writing became a story, my characters became people, and my drivel...”
– An excerpt from an e-mail I just sent my mother =) (via ameliaelizabeth)
Handwriting
“Reconsider your hand. Reconsider writing by hand. There is a kind of story that comes from hand. Writing which is different from a tapping-on-a-keyboard-kind-of-story. For one thing, there is no delete button, making the experience more life like right away. You can’t delete the things you feel unsure about and because of this, the things you feel unsure about have a much better...
You know you're succeeding at NaNo
When you have blisters on two fingers from typing too much.
(Not, of course, that this is required or expected).
“Visualize each writing session as a tall staircase made up of 1000 steps. You...”
– Chris Baty, Week Two Pep Talk
Excerpt: Eight Strategies To Stop Procrastinating →
cthrin:
hunsonisgroovy:
Similar to what you might do when exercising, play music with a fast rhythm.
If you drink caffeine, consume it in small, frequent amounts instead of just one large cup at the beginning of the day.
Set time-specific goals in two-, five-, or ten-minute increments. Identify what you want to accomplish in a very short amount of time, and then set a timer and go for it.
...
Happy ML Appreciation Day!
It’s Sunday, November 8—-ML Appreciation Day! On this great holiday we celebrate the work our Municipal Liaisons do to help inspire writing around the world. Thank you so much, guys!
When you take a break from noveling today, be sure to send some appreciation to your local chapter-head via email, NaNoMail, or regional lounge post. These tireless volunteers coax and cajole hundreds of...
Write or Die
Write or Die is your friend.
Babies cry if you don’t write. Literally.
NaNoWriMo: Ian Woon
ameliaelizabeth:
Ah, the joy of Ian Woon. I had forgotten about this, but I definitely took part in the Ian Woon-ness last year. Basically, Ian Woon is everyman. He’s a random character in your novel. You rearrange the letters in NaNoWriMo and Ian Woon is what you get. Last year, he was the fake identity one of my characters used on their passport. This year, who knows.
Ian Woon forum is here,...
Even Chris Baty isn't past 6k yet.
Dear fellow procrastinators: there is hope for us yet. But now: to bed.
Bonnie - 6724!
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