So - last year I did nanowrimo (national novel writing month). I don't really want to do it - reminds me of when I did the marathon or got a tattoo - I mean once is enough - I proved I was tough enough to write 50 thousand words in a month but man - what sort of order were they in? I've got that novel just waiting for A REALLY GOOD CLEANING! But not yet.
I do like the demented urgency of the nanowrimo thingy however. I liked that having said I would do the thing - I did the thing. So I'm going to steal the form and fashion it to my own needs. They even have a way to do that on the nanowrimo site - it is the Rebel category although what I'm proposing is not within that but I'll stretch it and make it so.
My Nanowrimo challenge! I promise to revise for fifty hours in the month of November. It works out to a bit more than two hours a day and will allow me to get all crazy with the math and figure out how far I am behind and so forth. Think I can even figure out a way to steal the count button and make it work - any ideas? Fifty hours instead of fifty thousand words - yep. It will have the intensity of the nano experience but should prove to be useful instead of leaving me with yet another half-baked, half-finished story! I think I will combine it with setting up a couple of reads for the person I'm swapping training for critiquing with. Just to increase the pressure.
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I love how you describe NaNoWriMo as something you do once to prove to yourself that you can do it.
Your goals for the month sound a lot more fun.
I like this idea and it should prove more useful to you in the long run. Thanks for the picture too.
I am in the same boat as you- just not so far ahead- but feeling the pressure to get it done in November would be good- thanks for the ideas!
I'm in awe of anyone who even attempts NaNo. I love the photo of the blueberry field. It's odd that it's so red. LOL
Mason
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Thanks Natasha - it is rather tortuous - are you doing it? nano I mean.
Liza - I certainly hope so and then I can fix last years nano when I get this one all done and dusted!
Julia - you are welcome - I'd love to have company...
Mason - I know and the cranberry fields (before flooding) are completely green. This is wild berries - each different colour a different type...
What a great idea! You could just use the ordinary NaNo track meter, translating one hour to 1000 words, but I think there are also other alternatives that would allow you to customize the text (if so pleases you). I don't know - Google it?
Good luck with your revisions and getting your feet back on the ground after all the flying you've been up to ;)
I have blueberry fields about 10 minutes away from where I live, so that's a picture I'm familiar with!
As for NaNo; I've never done it before, but I admit I'm thinking about it this year. Can I do it? And, if I can, am I going to end up with anything workable or will I just have 50,000 words of crap? It's a gamble.
NaNo's a really great way to get yourself motivated to do the little projects that are eating at you. That's why I do it.
CD
I think that is a great way to tap into the energy! 50 hours just means you count each hour as 1000 words, and because it is TIME, you don't have to do a speedy, pants job of it. You can do it right--I think the outcome is great. if you decide to sign onto the site, just to share in the manic thing, find me: hartjohnson.
Another lovely photo, Jan! I signed up for NaNoWriMo this year and hoped I'd see you there. It's my first time, so we'll see how that goes. I like your 50 hour revision idea. I'll have to file that one away...
Mari - yes, I think that is what I will do - or just feed it chunks of the novel as I finish revising them...plenty of time to figure that out - three whole days!
Elspeth - yah, I think I got 50 thousand words of crap but I can wrestle a story out of it. It is certainly a challenge and it has made achieving word counts since as seemingly easy so that freedom is worth something! Go for it, girl!
Clarissa - yep! you are right about that. Hey I heard you deserve congratulations - think I'll speed over to your spot and do so!
Hart - oh I'm signed up and I'll friend ya right away. No point in doing this without community.
Stacy - yay! This will be fun with all these buds on board.
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