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To: JenB
NaNoWriMo!

Tell me mo! Tell me mo! (how/where do I find out?)

30,138 posted on 10/03/2002 5:36:38 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands
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To: Corin Stormhands
Hullo! - Everyone leave? - I have finished my inside chores... just now fixin to go out in the rain and make up the ponies' dry beds for the night!
30,139 posted on 10/03/2002 6:19:43 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: Corin Stormhands
Ok, the goal is, write a 50,000 word novel in a month (Novemeber) It's at NaNoWriMo.org. It's free - well, they have a suggested donation. It looks like fun. Can we find a couple insane freepers who want to try?

From their FAQ - Aiming low is the best way to succeed. With entry-level novel writing, shooting for the moon is the surest way to get nowhere. With high expectations, everything you write will sound cheesy and awkward. Once you start evaluating your story in terms of word count, you take that pressure off yourself. And you'll start surprising yourself with a great bit of dialogue here and a ingenious plot twist there. Characters will start doing things you never expected, taking the story places you'd never imagined. There will be much execrable prose, yes. But amidst the crap, there will be beauty. A lot of it.

Did you know there is a group in Vancouver that writes novels in a weekend? Yes, and they are fools. Everyone knows that any deep and lasting work of art takes an entire month to make

Such insanity is to be encouraged - and rewarded. If I make it through next week, I can do anything! So can you!

30,146 posted on 10/03/2002 7:19:23 PM PDT by JenB
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