NaNoWriMo
Registrations for November’s National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) opened yesterday. Last year 42,000 people signed up, and 6,000 made it to the 50,000-word requirement.
I’ve wanted to do this for years, but always had too much time on my hands. You need serious time constraints to turn out novel in a month—otherwise you’d fuss with every line.
This year, I’m tempted to sign up. Anybody in?
Sunday, October 2nd 2005 at 4:25 pm
I’m in. I think. Knock wood. I completed it when I did it 2 years ago. And now it’s time to write the next one. It took me 1-2 hours a day x 5 days a week for the month to churn out the required 50,000 words. I did not stop to edit or think. I just wrote. And it was wonderful to realize that I really could do it.
Are you in?
Monday, October 3rd 2005 at 3:34 am
I’m in too. Dare you Dervala.
Monday, October 3rd 2005 at 8:10 am
I’m in if I can find some inspiration between now and then.
Monday, October 3rd 2005 at 12:25 pm
Do pictures count as “1000 words”?
Monday, October 3rd 2005 at 2:53 pm
I hope so, Dave. By November 20th, I’ll be searching Flickr for pirated images to turn it into a pop-up book. Or maybe a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure after 4,000 words.
Thursday, October 6th 2005 at 9:34 am
It’s overly ambitious to expect 50,000 words but I’ll plod along and see what germinates.
Thursday, October 6th 2005 at 10:20 am
That sounds exactly like the kind of kick-in-the-arse deadline I need to stop proscratinating and just write.
Thursday, October 6th 2005 at 3:26 pm
Right here. :-)
Do join us, it is so much fun – and completely and utterly insane!
Friday, December 2nd 2005 at 6:10 am
ok, time’s up.