NaNoWriMo, anyone? :)?

Question

I'm participating in NaNoWriMo this year, and I was wondering who else might be doing so also? If you are...

Have you done it before? Did you reach your 50,000 words in time?

What did you write about?

About how much did you write each day?

How did you go about plotting out what to write in 30 days?

Just trying to get a feel for what to expect... I'm nervous! Is that silly?

Answer 1

I participated in Nanowrimo last year for the first time and managed to complete a novel (about 57,000 words). I had a blast and plan on doing Nano in November this year again, but with the publishing company and getting two new authors published and promoted, I may have a more difficult time carving out the hours for the writing.



I had an idea of an erotic novel in my head and pre-planned just a few scenes that I really wanted to write; outlining just the basic characters and plot.



While writing, try your hardest not to self-edit or do any re-writes. Get the storyline down, ramp up your story as you go, but try not to spend time editing.



It is a huge undertaking, but well worth the effort and time.



After Nanowrimo, I was able to get my book professionally edited at a reasonable fee, and then published - woohoo- and then, after dealing with a publisher that drove me crazy with delays and non-communication among other things, started Caged Heart Publishing. So, yes, it was worth it. :)

Answer 2

I have never done NaNoWriMo before, but during college I wrote an 800 page novel in 8 months (averaging 50,000 words per month) as part of a senior creative writing project. I don't think this is quite as challenging or daunting as it sounds because I was going to school full time and working part time while I was writing, and I usually averaged 6-10 double spaced pages per day. I was writing a novel based on stories told to me by family members about their immigration experience to the U.S. (We are Italian.) I have written 6 novels since then, and I find that planning and plotting too much ahead of time hampers me. It will actually be easier and the writing will flow better if you start out a little unstructured. And it goes without saying, when you are choosing a plot, write what you know. I have written some truly horrible stuff in my life because I was writing about things that were unfamiliar to me. I find that my writing always comes out better when I am knowledgeable about the things or places in my story.

Answer 3

No no. I am not. But I think NaNoWriMo is a very strange competition. Dont you think so?

What are you going to write about? Doing any kind of preparations? You must start doing that now!



TW K