10.18.06
Posted in NaNoWriMo, Writings at 12:58 am by Nick
Guess what, November is comming up quickly. This means two things.
1) The play. Jabberwok and Phillip Glass will be performed Nov. 3 and Nov. 4th at the high school.
2) Its almost National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) time. I realize last year there were many skeptics, and this really became apparent with one or two 1000 Blank Card cards. This year, however, I feel I am more prepared. I will work hard this week to get all of my school work back on track and plan out my novel a bit.
Flying by the seat of your pants writing is fun, but ultimately uneffective if you plan on seriously achieving 50k words in 30 days. I plan to outline my novel in the comming weeks using the snowflake method (thanks to whoever posted the link in the Iowa regional forum).
If anyone is interested in this, let me know. It is fun and you will learn a lot. And you may even end up with a novel to sell!
On a more personal note, I realized after logging in to my old account that my mother was listed as one of my writer buddies. She never wrote much for NaNo, but she was extremely charged about it. Back before I ever moved to CF I wanted to be a writer and she encouraged me to do so, and when NaNoWriMo popped up she seemed incredibly happy about it. This year I’ll reach my 50k words, for her if nothing else.
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11.29.05
Posted in General, NaNoWriMo, Writings at 10:50 pm by Nick
With one day left I’m sitting at 20k words (ish). No way in hell I can finish. ::sigh::
Next year I will participate again and (hopefully) be better prepared.
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11.02.05
Posted in General, NaNoWriMo at 9:16 pm by Nick
After a not-so-brief personal consultation for over a month, I’ve decided to scrap my previous story idea in favor of the real NaNo writing: by the seat of your pants.
All I know is that I don’t want to know whats going on, or where it is going. I want it to be as much like reading and finding out for myself as writing it. My last idea is really structured (in some parts, on story line per se). It would make a good book, but I don’t think it will be as much fun.
So, now I’m down 4 pages….so, er, I need 12. Damn. Better get scootin.
Toodles.
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10.06.05
Posted in General, High School, NaNoWriMo, School at 4:25 pm by Nick
So, a few updates for today.
Firstly, I spent some money on NaNoWriMo stuff. I gave a $10 donation to their task, which is to build children’s libraries in Laos. This gets me a nifty halo on my profile on the forum. Which reminds me, registration is open. Go sign up. I also bought the 2005 NaNoWriMo t-shirt.
Secondly, school was pretty good. This is mainly because I got my schedule switched so I now have ALPHA instead of SASH, meaning on Tues/Thurs I can go home an hour earlier (meaning I come for periods 2-4). Logan explained to me the Care Bare Tag or Attack or whatever it is. I feel kind of left out, but its alright. Quite amusing.
A new edition of the MTCG comes out tomorrow. We’ll probably draft next weekend. It will be fun to see even more new cards. Yay on a stick. (my money is flying out the window, I swear).
Last night I went to sleep at 6:45pm and woke up at 8:20 this morning. That was just what I needed. Yay.
Off to get a haircut finally. Leave some comments people!
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