DramasticStar
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NaNoWriMo Anyone?
So...since NaNoWriMo involves writing I'm guessing this would go here...
Is anyone participating in NaNoWriMo this year???
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For those of you who don't know what NaNoWriMo is...
NaNoWriMo is short for National Novel Writing Month. Every year since 1999 people from all over the world have gathered to write a novel in the 30 days of November. And by novel...I mean a 50,000 word novel. Some write more than that...and some don't hit the 50k mark, but to win you have to write at lease 50k words.
http://www.nanowrimo.org
It's pretty exciting.
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If you would like to find your fellow heRO's on NaNoWriMo, please follow the link below. It is a topic specifically made for us to find each other.
http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/3756899
~Anic~
(This post was last modified: 10-25-2010, 05:54 AM by DramasticStar.)
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10-24-2010, 08:54 PM |
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Ngjoko
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RE: NaNoWriMo Anyone?
I'm sure Gerik's(zerrif forum name) just as excited. He joined last year, not sure about this year though. Good luck!
PS: put some of your work on the forums, please. Having more reading materials on the forum is always nice.
I think I'm finally going "home", renewal is fun, but there is really nothing like "heRO"...
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10-24-2010, 09:01 PM |
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Mochi
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RE: NaNoWriMo Anyone?
Uuhh~ 50,000 words?
*Counts fingers* one two three.. four.. five..
that's like eighteen essays/reports for college/university O_O
that's like a year and a half worth of writing O_O
Not to sound mean or anything.. but .. 50,000 words in a month? You're just begging for it to be filled up with drivel x__X .. Quality over quantity, people! D:
And this comes straight from the website FAQ ..
Quote:To write without having to obsess over quality. To be able to make obscure references to passages from our novels at parties. To be able to mock real novelists who dawdle on and on, taking far longer than 30 days to produce their work.
Such indecency! D:
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10-24-2010, 10:37 PM |
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Mochi
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RE: ??NaNoWriMo Anyone?
Idiom Wrote:Eighteen essays. Sweet.
College/University papers&reports =/= 50,000 words
It comes from research, analysis, (occasional) lab experiments and referencing. You can't just sit away at a table and bang the keyboard to the tune of whatever verbiage osmoses into your head from a vacuum. D:
It doesn't mean the quality of work is on par with 18 essays, much like how it takes a whole year to finish up your thesis/dissertation, let alone one that'll confer you a PhD D:
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10-24-2010, 10:59 PM |
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DramasticStar
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RE: NaNoWriMo Anyone?
Actually...50,000 words really isn't all that much if you really break it down!
50,000 / 30 = 1667 words a day
Apparently...someone reached 500,000 words one year.
That's roughly 16667 words a day though XD.
50,000 is quite attainable if you write at least 1667 words a day!
Mochi Wrote:Not to sound mean or anything.. but .. 50,000 words in a month? You're just begging for it to be filled up with drivel x__X .. Quality over quantity, people! D:
And this comes straight from the website FAQ ..
Quote:To write without having to obsess over quality. To be able to make obscure references to passages from our novels at parties. To be able to mock real novelists who dawdle on and on, taking far longer than 30 days to produce their work.
Such indecency! D: Actually. NaNoWriMo trys to get everyone to write like that in Nov. to make their novel as long as possible. Most people use Dec to edit their novel to make it actual novel quality.
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(This post was last modified: 10-24-2010, 11:20 PM by DramasticStar.)
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10-24-2010, 11:15 PM |
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