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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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 Posted - 27 Oct 2010 : 01:41:36
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So, are any of my fellow scribes making the attempt this year?
[http://www.nanowrimo.org/]
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Every year I keep saying I'll give it a go. Then I come to the realisation that deadlines and I usually don't like to meet in the same sentence, so I leave it alone.
And every year I keep saying next year's attempt will be different.
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I hope. 
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althen artren
Senior Scribe
USA
780 Posts |
Posted - 27 Oct 2010 : 01:51:55
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Well, in sage time, if u start now, you could be
done in 3.8 years if u hustle.
Anyway, I will try my hand in writing someday,
but I'm going to get Dragon speak (a voice writing
software) before I try. I don't have time to
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 27 Oct 2010 : 04:40:06
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quote:
Originally posted by The Sage
Every year I keep saying I'll give it a go. Then I come to the realisation that deadlines and I usually don't like to meet in the same sentence, so I leave it alone.
Same sentence? You and deadlines rarely meet in the same calendar!  |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31772 Posts |
Posted - 27 Oct 2010 : 05:32:09
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quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
quote:
Originally posted by The Sage
Every year I keep saying I'll give it a go. Then I come to the realisation that deadlines and I usually don't like to meet in the same sentence, so I leave it alone.
Same sentence? You and deadlines rarely meet in the same calendar!
The Lady K said something similar to me this morning when we were discussing this over breakfast. She later added that even if I start writing now, it's probably likely that I wouldn't finish 2010's submission until NaNoWriMo 2013. |
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Lady Fellshot
Senior Scribe
USA
379 Posts |
Posted - 27 Oct 2010 : 05:55:45
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| I'm unofficially going for it this year, even though I have almost no spare time. There's something I want to finish. If I finish it, I'll start project number two. :) |
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Sandro
Learned Scribe
New Zealand
266 Posts |
Posted - 27 Oct 2010 : 08:07:56
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NaNoWriMo is, for me, also exam month. I'd love to do it(tried last year, in fact), but it just doesn't work out.
Which is remarkably unfortunate, as it's a great concept. I've a friend who's done it two or three times now, and it just amazes me how he manages to do it. That 1,666 daily word quota is unforgiving, I'll tell you that. |
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Kyrene
Senior Scribe
South Africa
757 Posts |
Posted - 27 Oct 2010 : 10:03:20
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I'm in the same boat as Sage. Every year, I see NaNoWriMo coming along, fully intend to actually write that (what, 50K words?) novel, and then I go sit on the couch until the feeling passes.  Works for me every year!   |
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Matt James
Forgotten Realms Game Designer
USA
918 Posts |
Posted - 27 Oct 2010 : 14:07:41
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Garen Thal
Master of Realmslore
USA
1105 Posts |
Posted - 27 Oct 2010 : 14:24:36
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Not for me, unfortunately. I've got too many deadlines next month (or just after) to spend my time with other writing, unfortunately. The day job doesn't take kindly to me pounding out words at my desk.
Perhaps next year. |
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Enwy
Acolyte
USA
30 Posts |
Posted - 27 Oct 2010 : 15:05:27
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| ...Woah. I've heard about this before, but never the details. Ironically, a friend of mine has challenged me to start pounding out the first messy draft of my FR-related "novel" without fretting about tidiness, so this might be just the excuse I needed! *fist pump* |
Bran thought about it. "Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?"
"That is the only time a man can be brave," his father told him.
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
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Matt James
Forgotten Realms Game Designer
USA
918 Posts |
Posted - 27 Oct 2010 : 18:10:22
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I love the idea behind it. It is meant merely as a means to destroy the excuses many people come up with when writing a novel. You literally just spit words out on the page. You don't worry about prose or structure (to an extent). Just get 'er done!
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Mr_Miscellany
Senior Scribe
545 Posts |
Posted - 27 Oct 2010 : 19:28:17
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Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 28 Oct 2010 : 09:43:27
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I used to like this... |
Every beginning has an end. |
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Mr_Miscellany
Senior Scribe
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
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Matt James
Forgotten Realms Game Designer
USA
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Mr_Miscellany
Senior Scribe
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Daviot
Senior Scribe
USA
372 Posts |
Posted - 28 Oct 2010 : 23:09:42
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| I'll be doing it this year, although for an original urban fantasy setting I've been working on, and a vacation may disrupt some things. I'm also "Daviot" on NaNoWriMo for those interested. |
One usually has far more to fear from the soft-spoken wizard with a blade and well-worn boots than from the boisterous one in the ivory tower.
My Tabletop Writing CV. |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
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Lady Fellshot
Senior Scribe
USA
379 Posts |
Posted - 29 Oct 2010 : 05:00:59
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Originally posted by Mr_Miscellany
Those of you who are writing...are any of you doing anything Realms related?
Oh, me: http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/702703
The monster I'm going to finish is an AU Realms fan fic (parallel development initially anyway). It already has something like 50k words on it now and I want it to be done.
Now you all are making me want to sign up officially. :P
EDIT: Well so much for my sanity (I wasn't using it anyway). http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/313165 |
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Lily M Green
Learned Scribe
Australia
115 Posts |
Posted - 30 Oct 2010 : 13:46:21
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I've been promising myself that I'll do this for the last four years; I've been signed up at their site for that long. I usually start with a vague idea and then run out of steam at around 2,500 words though.
This year however I've already written (the bulk of) the prequel to a Realms related 'novel' and about 5,000 words of dialogues and scene setting for the main story, so the only thing stopping me now would be a sudden disappearance of 'the muse', or that pesky 'real life' thing. (Mr Lily might end up feeling a little neglected by the end of November).
This is me http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/146366
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Mr_Miscellany
Senior Scribe
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Matt James
Forgotten Realms Game Designer
USA
918 Posts |
Posted - 01 Nov 2010 : 17:55:55
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| 2k so far on day #1. |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
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Mr_Miscellany
Senior Scribe
545 Posts |
Posted - 01 Nov 2010 : 22:14:04
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1,384 words done for Day #1.
Also I still can't get the site to work. Wonder if they crashed due to participant interest? |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31772 Posts |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
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National Novel Writing Month 2010
