Post by Jenny (Reffy) on Oct 1, 2009 10:49:24 GMT -5
Alright. Call me crazy ... NaNoWriMo!
National Novel Writing Month!
This is a really stupid and really crazy idea but could also be hella fun. I'm going to enter - just for the sake of the challenge. Hoping some of ya'll will also enter, since it would be really good practice and we could call ourselves TRUE NOVELISTS! (*cue evil laugh*)
The challenge starts on Nov 1st. It is to write 50,000 words before the month is over (Told you its really stupid and really crazy)
www.nanowrimo.org/
How NaNoWriMo Works (in Ten Easy Steps)
1) Sign up for the event by clicking the "Sign up Now" link at the top of the site. It's right at the tip of the runner's pencil.
2) Read the ginormous email our noveling robots send you. It will have "Love" in the subject line.
3) Log into your account and use the links on the My NaNoWriMo page to set your time zone, affiliate yourself with a region, and tell us a little bit about yourself.
4) Begin procrastinating by reading through all the great advice and funny stories in the forums. Post some stories and questions of your own. Get excited. Get nervous. Try to rope someone else into doing this with you. Eat lots of chocolate and stockpile noveling rewards.
5) On November 1, begin writing your novel. Your goal is to write a 50,000-word novel by midnight, local time, on November 30th. You write on your own computer, using whatever software you prefer.
6) This is not as scary as it sounds.
7) Starting November 1, you can update your word count in that box at the top of the site, and post excerpts of your work for others to read. Watch your word count accumulate and your story take shape. Feel a little giddy.
8) Write with other NaNoWriMo participants in your area. Write by yourself. Write. Write. Write.
9) If you write 50,000 words of fiction by midnight, local time, November 30th, you can upload your novel for official verification, and be added to our hallowed Winner’s Page and receive a handsome winner’s certificate and web badge. We'll post step-by-step instructions on how to scramble and upload your novel starting in mid-November.
10) Win or lose, you rock for even trying.
WHO'S WITH ME!!?!
ps. I know your probably really excited about this ... but do not start writing until Nov 1st!
National Novel Writing Month!
This is a really stupid and really crazy idea but could also be hella fun. I'm going to enter - just for the sake of the challenge. Hoping some of ya'll will also enter, since it would be really good practice and we could call ourselves TRUE NOVELISTS! (*cue evil laugh*)
The challenge starts on Nov 1st. It is to write 50,000 words before the month is over (Told you its really stupid and really crazy)
www.nanowrimo.org/
How NaNoWriMo Works (in Ten Easy Steps)
1) Sign up for the event by clicking the "Sign up Now" link at the top of the site. It's right at the tip of the runner's pencil.
2) Read the ginormous email our noveling robots send you. It will have "Love" in the subject line.
3) Log into your account and use the links on the My NaNoWriMo page to set your time zone, affiliate yourself with a region, and tell us a little bit about yourself.
4) Begin procrastinating by reading through all the great advice and funny stories in the forums. Post some stories and questions of your own. Get excited. Get nervous. Try to rope someone else into doing this with you. Eat lots of chocolate and stockpile noveling rewards.
5) On November 1, begin writing your novel. Your goal is to write a 50,000-word novel by midnight, local time, on November 30th. You write on your own computer, using whatever software you prefer.
6) This is not as scary as it sounds.
7) Starting November 1, you can update your word count in that box at the top of the site, and post excerpts of your work for others to read. Watch your word count accumulate and your story take shape. Feel a little giddy.
8) Write with other NaNoWriMo participants in your area. Write by yourself. Write. Write. Write.
9) If you write 50,000 words of fiction by midnight, local time, November 30th, you can upload your novel for official verification, and be added to our hallowed Winner’s Page and receive a handsome winner’s certificate and web badge. We'll post step-by-step instructions on how to scramble and upload your novel starting in mid-November.
10) Win or lose, you rock for even trying.
WHO'S WITH ME!!?!
ps. I know your probably really excited about this ... but do not start writing until Nov 1st!
