On November 01 2010 11:47 micronesia wrote:
How about a TL version to make a much shorter work? What would be appropriate? I think if it increased TL's participation that would be pretty cool.

What, like a Starcraft-related story? Or just a story to be posted in a TL thread?

seRapH

United States9808 Posts

November 02 2010 02:08 GMT

#24

On November 02 2010 11:03 Krigwin wrote:

Show nested quote +

What, like a Starcraft-related story? Or just a story to be posted in a TL thread?

a tl-related story, about chill's epic quest to purge the blogs, or the mystery of manifesto's disappearance, or the dark ages of thedeadhaji and rekrul.

Roe

Canada6002 Posts

November 02 2010 02:15 GMT

#25

ugh, kind of a bad month with mid terms right behind us and exams right in front
gotta make it a summer month where you can lie out in a field watching the stars and just let your mind wander

Loser777

1931 Posts

November 02 2010 03:03 GMT

#26

On November 02 2010 10:59 floor exercise wrote:
I completely forgot about this. I was going to give a shot and now it's already November. Maybe an idea will come to me in a dream tonight.

INCEPTION BRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPPPPPPPPPPP

I haven't been on TL quite long enough to know about its rich and storied history.

Gonzodamus

United States273 Posts

November 02 2010 03:13 GMT

#27

1,700 words in! Alright, I know that's just one day's worth of writing, but it's something. I gave up last year, but I'm gonna rock it in 2010.

StorkHwaiting

United States3465 Posts

November 02 2010 03:15 GMT

#28

I'm taking a pass ^^. Cool idea, but what works for some doesn't for others. I've never had a problem with getting quantity of writing, but I hate extensive editing so I inevitably throw most of the material away when I work fast. I'd rather grind 3 pages a day for 5 months, gets me to my finish line with sell-able quality work and I don't fry my brain :D.

floor exercise

Canada5847 Posts

November 03 2010 00:05 GMT

#29

So I have started and this is already kind of dumb. I mean I have no idea what I am doing trying to write about a Victorian Era opium trader and his Zulu sidekick.

What I was thinking was "I'll churn out some pulpy Soloman Kane style story" what I am getting is "Shanghai Noon 2"

I'll stick to it since I think it would nice just to prove to myself I can write something longer than 1,000 words but I am already unhappy with it.

Holy shit there actually was a sequel to Shanghai Noon

BloodyC0bbler

Canada7876 Posts

November 03 2010 00:15 GMT

#30

Woo, people actually doing this?

This is my 4th year doing nano, and in the three previous years I competed I won twice and lost once. I am going strong now with my current project and I will see how well it lasts as its only day 2, but im just shy 4k for words, which is a safe stopping point for the day.

I would encourage anyone who likes a challenge to attempt this as it is really fun once you start going, and you can surprise yourself with how much you can achieve if you put your mind to it.

chobopeon

United States7342 Posts

November 03 2010 00:16 GMT

#31

On November 02 2010 11:03 Krigwin wrote:

Show nested quote +

What, like a Starcraft-related story? Or just a story to be posted in a TL thread?

if you're going to do a starcraft related story, submit it to the book being put together. =]

LasTLiE

United States428 Posts

November 03 2010 00:32 GMT

#32

Always thought about doing this in the past. Maybe if I get an actual idea this time I'll see how far I can get with it. glgl to everyone doing it.

R A V

United States217 Posts

November 03 2010 03:25 GMT

#33

Just signed up.

Time to start writing!

Kakera

United States419 Posts

November 03 2010 04:15 GMT

#34

how do they monitor when you started? Like is there any policing for this?

KazeHydra

Japan2788 Posts

November 03 2010 04:19 GMT

#35

I used to do this (and succeed) every year in high school, but ever since college (okay, this is only my second year), I've just been way too busy. I tried last year and failed miserably, and this year I don't think I will even attempt it. I'm already almost 2 days behind! I also have no ideas in my head as I would usually already have a generic basis by Halloween. Well, good luck to all those who participate! I found the best way is to just force yourself to write another 100 words. again, and again, about 500 times :D

Corbie

United States65 Posts

November 03 2010 05:06 GMT

#36

I would love to and I probably will once I'm out of college, but for right now I just don't have the time.

micronesia

United States24779 Posts

November 03 2010 06:51 GMT

#37

On November 02 2010 11:03 Krigwin wrote:

Show nested quote +

What, like a Starcraft-related story? Or just a story to be posted in a TL thread?

I just meant have reduced requirements to encourage tl people to actually do it. Not necessarily an sc related novel.

Gonzodamus

United States273 Posts

November 03 2010 19:26 GMT

#38

On November 03 2010 13:15 Kakera wrote:
how do they monitor when you started? Like is there any policing for this?

There isn't one. It's not like you actually win anything by succeeding though - NaNoWriMo is really just a great way to get yourself writing instead of putting it off like I usually do :p

3,500 words so far - I need 1,500 for today. The biggest problem I'm running into is fighting the desire to go back and rewrite the stuff I've already got down!

Accer

Korea (South)319 Posts

November 03 2010 19:38 GMT

#39

Well, there is sort of a monitoring process. At the end of the month to "win" you have to upload your story where they then check the word count. Also each day you can update your word count and on your profile you can see a graph of your process and compare it to the other Nano writers.

Zorkit

Canada66 Posts

November 21 2010 01:00 GMT

#40

eyy I've been doing NaNoWriMo all month and I don't know why I never checked on TL if anyone else was.

It's my first year doing this and I'm so shocked at how hard it is to keep up with the pace (~1667 words a day). Right now its day 20 and I'm sitting at around 20k words when the recommended word count is all the way at 33k. Fantastic.

So to all you TLers out there doing NaNo, how are you guys keeping up?

Poll: What's your word count?

20k-30k (1)

100%

under 10k (0)

0%

10k-20k (0)

0%

30k-40k (0)

0%

40k-50k (0)

0%

over 50k (0)

0%

1 total votes

Your vote: What's your word count?

(Vote): under 10k
(Vote): 10k-20k
(Vote): 20k-30k
(Vote): 30k-40k
(Vote): 40k-50k
(Vote): over 50k

My username on NaNoWriMo is Zorkit, feel free to buddy with me. Ever since my Windows OS got a virus on it, I've been spending all my time just typing on Ubuntu instead of playing SC2. I'm gonna reformat soon, but until then I'll be typing the hell out of my story.

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