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My Blog took over
2 years ago
My blog developed a life of it’s own … I couldn’t keep up with it all. Such is life.
How to win nanowrimo 2006
It made me
Thrilled! 
"A mad dash to the finish line!"
How I did it: Had three good characters well realized before beginning of month. Plot not well thought out; however, so what. Got it done by persevering every day for 30 days! It took about 1.5 hours a day of writing. Teaches you two skills crucial to being a successful writer:
1. you learn to write whether you feel like it or not
2. you learn to generate new content without any editing or revising (i.e., you learn to keep the two functions separate: writing new material is separate from editing/revising)
Lessons & tips: Just keep going! Even if what you're writing makes no sense! And you hate what you're writing! Write anyway!
Resources: book: No Plot? No Problem?
NaNoWriMo website (yay!)
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I failed
2 years ago
I totally sabotaged myself and procrastinated, I did get something written, but not nearly enough. :)
Post-NaNo Meltdown
2 years ago
My life is a meaningless void. NaNoWriMo has come and gone, and left me a broken shell of the man I once was, but there will always be another November.
2 days after it all finished, I am struggling to occupy all the free time I’m not used to having, although I am quite enjoying the rest. Once I’ve rested for a week or two, who knows, I might even start doing something constructive. Maybe some writing, or I could actually build that damned charity website that I’m supposed to be building…
This year’s novel is terrible. I mean, it’s relatively cohesive, and it’s considerably more structured than last year’s, but last year’s was hilarious, and that’s what I was trying to achieve. Comparing the two, I think the standard of my writing has also deteriorated in the last year, which I find quite scary, but that might be due in part to the mad rush for words that I became entangled in, whereas last year I was perfectly content with 50,000.
Ah yes, my grand total for this year: 101,273 words.
meijse is in the new year
I made it!
2 years ago
50543 words. 22 short stories. I can’t believe I actually did it. (I’m still having little moments of panic: “I didn’t get my word count in today! must write! Oh, wait..”) Definately doing this every November.
50,272
2 years ago
My last words around 9pm on Wednesday were “The End.” Feels great! Last night I luxuriated in not having to write anything, and tonight my husband and I are going out to celebrate. :)
Quest for Folly is not an island...or a man.
Time for a Nap
2 years ago
51,503 words
And, really my story is only halfway there. But this goal is done like dinner. Really, the whole exercise was quite foolhardy…I should have been preparing for the LSAT which is on Saturday. Instead, I have about half of an unreadable novel (read rough draft) which will do little good as far as law school admissions are concerned.
Regardless, this was still worth doing. And doing again, next year—I’m sure that first year of law school isn’t nearly as tough as they say…
nina is excited about her new blog!
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2 years ago
I did it!
50031!
although the official word count claims 50200 or something. very weird indeed.
i’m so proud of myself.
Gareth Reynolds doesn't like being ill.
Over for another year
2 years ago
I managed last year, after a 20,000 word week. This year didn’t require that much of an effort at the end although there was a seven day stretch of 18,000.
I think I should work out some sort of plot when I have my next attempt, things should go easier initially if I have some idea where the story is going.
