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Title: NaNoWriMO
Post by: cuchulann on August 16, 2007, 12:39:03 AM
So, only 3 1/2 more months till the next National Novel Writing Month! Are you going to do it? I'm going to do it! 50,000 words in 30 days? Yeah no problem! Why last year I got uhm.. okay 7,000 words but I tried man!! So really, who is going for it? I am going to at least try to beat my LY. So go on to http://www.nanowrimo.org/ (http://www.nanowrimo.org/)
and check it out. You can see a bit of my work from last year if you do an author search with my name here if you like too. Also for those of you who are interested in participating, I will refresh this topic each month until go time in case you forget.
Title: NaNoWriMO
Post by: Soul Sojourner on August 16, 2007, 03:12:30 AM
That's called a "bump."
Title: NaNoWriMO
Post by: Elessar Telrunya on August 16, 2007, 07:08:41 AM
I'll be writing nanowrimo..just need to wait for registration to open!


-Elessar
Title: NaNoWriMO
Post by: Mercy on August 16, 2007, 10:44:18 AM
I will be participating as well! :D
Title: NaNoWriMO
Post by: Throbblefoot on August 16, 2007, 09:57:33 PM
Think about these numbers:
50,000 words in 30 days in 1,666 words a day.
1,666 words is about 2 pages of 10 point Times New Roman single spaced pages - without headers or other fancy formatting.

So, who thinks they can stomach 2 pages a day for 30 days? November isn't a great month for this for me, but I'm sincerely thinking about it.

Throbblefoot
Title: NaNoWriMO
Post by: Meclar on August 19, 2007, 02:19:01 PM
I never understood this.
Title: NaNoWriMO
Post by: Soul Sojourner on August 19, 2007, 07:13:08 PM
I feel proud. I noticed the 666 after the 1. I'm so cool now.
Title: NaNoWriMO
Post by: cuchulann on August 19, 2007, 11:14:27 PM
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I never understood this.
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Its a bit like havnig a little pride to say you participate and thus are doing your part to support the writing community, getting a hell of a lot of snootiness if you actually finish, and also to prove to your writing friends that you're not chicken shit.
Title: NaNoWriMO
Post by: cuchulann on October 03, 2007, 11:31:14 PM
One month to go! Are you signed up? I'm signed up! Got a story idea? I do! Are you going to make the goal? I uhm... Well we will have to see about that won't we? look for me under the same name to read an excerpt or add me to your buddies to check if I really do post as much as I claim.
Title: NaNoWriMO
Post by: Mercy on October 03, 2007, 11:35:49 PM
I am!!!!
Title: NaNoWriMO
Post by: cuchulann on November 01, 2007, 09:06:55 PM
Readysetgo!
Title: NaNoWriMO
Post by: 420 on November 02, 2007, 01:06:48 PM
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Readysetgo!
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Every time I try to write a book it just ends up being about Hellgate: London for some odd reason.

-420
Title: NaNoWriMO
Post by: Soul Sojourner on November 02, 2007, 07:06:45 PM
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Every time I try to write a book it just ends up being about Hellgate: London for some odd reason.

-420
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*cough* Beause you play it all day, bum. *cough cough*
Title: NaNoWriMO
Post by: Elessar Telrunya on November 03, 2007, 02:55:31 PM
woohoo...I have a total of...err 270 words atm. Yeah, I'm behind, but ah well...I registered under the name "Elliot Straus" if you want to see all 270 words of my prologue...lol

-Elessar

edit:

btw: since the search authors link is missing (at least to me it is) a direct link to my profile is here (http://www.nanowrimo.org/user/202451)
Title: NaNoWriMO
Post by: cuchulann on November 05, 2007, 11:40:38 PM
Alright first post is 1110 words, and I have a sample on my profile now. Its a slow start but i'm moving now.
Title: Re: NaNoWriMO
Post by: cuchulann on November 03, 2008, 01:19:24 AM
Okay NaNoWriMo 2008 is underway. First post for me is 2400 words. Starting off better than last year at least. I have a sample posted on my info page too. This time it's about pirates! Arrr!!!
Title: Re: NaNoWriMO
Post by: 420 on November 03, 2008, 06:08:28 PM
Quote from: cuchulann on November 03, 2008, 01:19:24 AM
Okay NaNoWriMo 2008 is underway. First post for me is 2400 words. Starting off better than last year at least. I have a sample posted on my info page too. This time it's about pirates! Arrr!!!
Damn, give us some heads up before it starts! My instructor is in China for the next two weeks so I have some extra time to work on something like this.

Can you give us a link to your story?

I won't steal any of it, my story is going to be completely different. It will be about space pirates! Robotic Arrr!!!

-420
Title: Re: NaNoWriMO
Post by: Elessar Telrunya on November 04, 2008, 04:27:26 PM
*snorts* nice 420.  I was actually just about to come alert the general public (i.e. you guys), but I see Cuch has beaten me to it.

His Author Page is here (http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/156907), and mine is here (http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/202451), so you can check out his excerpt.  I've gotten 1751 words done so far (hardly the pace I had hoped for, but oh well), but that's a hand count because it's all longhand at the moment.  As soon as I've transcribed it and gotten a more accurate count I'll put a sample on my page.

One of my friends has already broken 20,000 which astounds me...of course she's only a freshman and has considerably more time than I do. :(

edit: I've updated mine to include a synopsis and excerpt if you're interested.  The formatting of the excerpt bugs me though because I prefer indentations to lots of line breaks.
Title: Re: NaNoWriMO
Post by: cuchulann on November 04, 2008, 10:20:40 PM
Thanks for the link Elessar. Ive got quite a bit more  than i posted in longhand too, but I don't count that unless i have leftover near the end that i didnt get a chance to type. You friend hitting 20,000 already is impressive. If i break that much I'll be happy.
Title: Re: NaNoWriMO
Post by: cuchulann on October 27, 2010, 02:42:57 AM
So once more. I'm giving it another whirl this year but with a more realistic goal in mind. Anyone else?

http://www.nanowrimo.org/
Title: Re: NaNoWriMO
Post by: Elessar Telrunya on October 27, 2010, 09:32:42 AM
I'm still trying....I'll go for the 50k, but as usual it's a busy November for me, so we'll see how it turns out.
Title: Re: NaNoWriMO
Post by: cuchulann on November 07, 2013, 12:00:57 AM
Ahhh, this post rises form the dead!!!

NaNoWriMo 2013 is 6 days along now. I've started it yet again, hoping this time I might just finish. Ive gotten progressively closer over the years but never all the way. Currently I am at 7200 words, that's 2800 below par. The good news is I am currently averaging near 2000 words per day so if I can keep that up then I should do... better than last time anyway.  It's still early in the run so there is time to get caught up if anyone is trying to go for it. Good luck if you do and let us know.

Here's a link to see what I've got going.
http://nanowrimo.org/participants/cuchulann