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anderoo
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada1876 Posts
October 31 2008 22:45 GMT
#1
http://www.nanowrimo.org/ is "national novel writing month", an annual novel-writing contest type of thing where the "winners" are the ones that successfully write a 50, 000 word novel in the month of November. This will be my first year doing it, is anyone else going to give it a try? Any TL.netters hit the 50, 000 word mark before?

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iNCuBuS_
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States905 Posts
October 31 2008 22:57 GMT
#2
Its an annual contest but the whole thing has to be written in November?
xxsaznpride
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States506 Posts
October 31 2008 23:01 GMT
#3
I might check it out... maybe.

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SpiralArchitect
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States2116 Posts
October 31 2008 23:15 GMT
#4
On November 01 2008 07:57 iNCuBuS_ wrote:
Its an annual contest but the whole thing has to be written in November?

Annual means once a year not all year long. There is no way I could write 50k words in a month without first thinking very very hard about what I was writing haha. This sounds like fun if I can think of a good thing to write about I will give it a try.
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Phrogs!
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Japan521 Posts
October 31 2008 23:32 GMT
#5
I've done it before successfully! Very fun for anyone up for the challenge!
defenestrate
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
United States579 Posts
October 31 2008 23:46 GMT
#6
Yup. Failed before. Trying again.
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paper
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
13196 Posts
October 31 2008 23:47 GMT
#7
1600 words a day for a month

O_O;;;
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Raithed
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
China7078 Posts
October 31 2008 23:49 GMT
#8
yup. im on it too, starting tomorrow. i have a fucking epic plot already.
anderoo
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada1876 Posts
November 01 2008 00:05 GMT
#9
Nice! Should keep a running word count here so that everyone sticks to their goals.
;P
benjammin
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States2728 Posts
November 01 2008 00:17 GMT
#10
Four years and running for me, can't wait to get started tomorrow.
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GeneralStan
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States4789 Posts
November 01 2008 00:41 GMT
#11
I've failed two years in a row! Planning on failing again this year!
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
StarN
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
United States2587 Posts
November 01 2008 01:16 GMT
#12
On November 01 2008 08:49 Raithed wrote:
yup. im on it too, starting tomorrow. i have a fucking epic plot already.

Same. This is my first time, I hope I can do it. My plot is EPIC!
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thunk
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States6233 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-11-01 01:32:47
November 01 2008 01:31 GMT
#13
I had two friends that did it and one friend that tried it and stopped writing. I personally can't even sit down to write down essays, so I would probably never attempt.

On November 01 2008 08:15 SpiralArchitect wrote:
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On November 01 2008 07:57 iNCuBuS_ wrote:
Its an annual contest but the whole thing has to be written in November?

Annual means once a year not all year long. There is no way I could write 50k words in a month without first thinking very very hard about what I was writing haha. This sounds like fun if I can think of a good thing to write about I will give it a try.


Both of the two friends that wrote it began with no plot in mind. I didn't actually read their books but I think it probably showed in the end product.
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Raithed
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
China7078 Posts
November 01 2008 03:11 GMT
#14
On November 01 2008 10:16 StarN wrote:
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On November 01 2008 08:49 Raithed wrote:
yup. im on it too, starting tomorrow. i have a fucking epic plot already.

Same. This is my first time, I hope I can do it. My plot is EPIC!

whats your acct there? me = Raith
Lemonwalrus
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States5465 Posts
November 01 2008 03:34 GMT
#15
I have had two epic plots in my head for quite some time, I guess this gives me an excuse to write one of them down.
anderoo
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada1876 Posts
November 01 2008 03:44 GMT
#16
On November 01 2008 12:11 Raithed wrote:
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On November 01 2008 10:16 StarN wrote:
On November 01 2008 08:49 Raithed wrote:
yup. im on it too, starting tomorrow. i have a fucking epic plot already.

Same. This is my first time, I hope I can do it. My plot is EPIC!

whats your acct there? me = Raith


If you guys want to add each other as friends there and pester each other for having low word counts, I'm smithy928
Mastermind
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Canada7096 Posts
November 01 2008 06:29 GMT
#17
On November 01 2008 08:15 SpiralArchitect wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 01 2008 07:57 iNCuBuS_ wrote:
Its an annual contest but the whole thing has to be written in November?

Annual means once a year not all year long. There is no way I could write 50k words in a month without first thinking very very hard about what I was writing haha. This sounds like fun if I can think of a good thing to write about I will give it a try.

You completely missed his point. What is stopping people from starting it early is what he is getting at.
GHOSTCLAW
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States17042 Posts
November 01 2008 07:01 GMT
#18
50k words, at 500 words a page. That's a 200 page novel. Pretty serious imo. I think you would need to have a plot already in mind to even consider it.
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FakeSteve[TPR]
Profile Blog Joined July 2003
Valhalla18444 Posts
November 01 2008 07:21 GMT
#19
hmmmm

i really doubt i could bullshit for 50 000 words. 10 000 probably, 50 is a lot
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BloodyC0bbler
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
Canada7876 Posts
November 01 2008 08:18 GMT
#20
did it two years in a row, then skipped out last year. Finished the mark the first time, was like 10k shy the second. In short, its brutal and rapes your insides. If you like to write its deff worth the experience and suffering, otherwise however it sucks goat balls.
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Lemonwalrus
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States5465 Posts
November 01 2008 12:23 GMT
#21
I don't know if I am going to make myself go to 50,000 words. For instance, if I hit 35,000 but I think that is the right length for the story, that is the length the story will be. But I am going to use this as an excuse to finally sit down and write something.
anderoo
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada1876 Posts
November 01 2008 13:58 GMT
#22
On November 01 2008 15:29 Mastermind wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 01 2008 08:15 SpiralArchitect wrote:
On November 01 2008 07:57 iNCuBuS_ wrote:
Its an annual contest but the whole thing has to be written in November?

Annual means once a year not all year long. There is no way I could write 50k words in a month without first thinking very very hard about what I was writing haha. This sounds like fun if I can think of a good thing to write about I will give it a try.

You completely missed his point. What is stopping people from starting it early is what he is getting at.


Well some people do start early. I'm pretty certain of it anyway because there are people at the site who somehow wrote 150, 000 words in a month. But the point is to do it for yourself
Falcynn
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States3597 Posts
November 01 2008 14:20 GMT
#23
Would anyone happen to have a rough estimate of how many pages 50,000 words would be?
anderoo
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada1876 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-11-01 14:27:38
November 01 2008 14:25 GMT
#24
On November 01 2008 23:20 Falcynn wrote:
Would anyone happen to have a rough estimate of how many pages 50,000 words would be?


This might give you a bit of an idea, but it'll be different for everyone if you take margins, number of paragraphs, etc into account

EDIT: Yeah people have had 50, 000 words ranging between 65 pages and 250 pages, so it's quite varied
Raithed
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
China7078 Posts
November 01 2008 19:33 GMT
#25
the site is so fucking slow. damnit.
anderoo
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada1876 Posts
November 01 2008 21:47 GMT
#26
Alright, I'm off to my night of passion with my keyboard.
gl everyone!
Tensai176
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
Canada2061 Posts
November 03 2008 23:01 GMT
#27
my name is pointless222! 50,000 words starting from 0 XD
We see things they'll never see
anderoo
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada1876 Posts
November 03 2008 23:09 GMT
#28
I've only got 1,200 words so far, need to have 5k by midnight tonight to stay on par.
ehhhhhh!
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