NaNoWriMo nano 2019

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  1. EFMingo

    EFMingo A Modern Dinosaur Supporter Contributor

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    Okay, I've decided I'm in this year too, but only the 50000 limit. No real plan. Some scenes and images I'd like to incorporate. Kind of excited going in blind to be honest. I don't know what will come out.

    If anybody would like to add me and form a group, my profile name is the same as here.
     
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    When is it? If you don't mind me asking? Is it in November?
     
  3. Quixote's Biographer

    Quixote's Biographer Active Member

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    Yup. All of November

    Update on my own project for NaNo:
    Outline 80 scenes - DONE
    Write lore that will form the backdrop - DONE
    Come up with name for MC -... Ehm..
    Fit Subplots into outline - DONE
     
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    Just signed up on the NaNo site. My name there is Jayhawker1854, if anyone wants to be buddies with me.

    Though I have to say I'm feeling a little depressed about it. I was hoping by now to have completed a thorough revision of last year's NaNo project, but I haven't. It's making me cranky about launching into Part 2, but the deadline will be good for me. So here I go.

    I'll probably be more optimistic once I get more sleep.
     
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    EFMingo A Modern Dinosaur Supporter Contributor

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    Invite sent!
     
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    Catrin Lewis Contributor Contributor Contest Winner 2023 Community Volunteer

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    Sent you an invitation on the NaNo site. That's you with no apostrophe, right?
     
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    Best of luck to all you NaNo people! I hope this will be a really productive and exciting month for you.
     
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    Are you jumping in? :cheerleader:
     
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    jannert Retired Mod Supporter Contributor

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    No. It's definitely not me. My stories are set in historical periods, involving tons of research ...beforehand and on the go. I'm always having to stop and look things up, re-read one of my historical sources looking for that ONE tidbit of information I need, etc. I write at my own pace. I've never been the sort who keeps to other people's deadlines anyway. But I can understand the attraction—and the motivation.

    I don't deny I could use a boot up the backside to get writing again, but I don't think this is it. I'll get started again when I'm ready, I guess.
     
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    I have some of the same problem, with Part 2 of the novel (my NaNo project) set in a different country nearly 4 decades ago. But I've been letting the unknowns stop me from writing, so I'm going to plunge in, extrude the 50,000 words (God willing), and edit it later. In my case, most of it will be local color and won't affect the plot.

    And there will be a lot of brackets. As in "She picked up her stein of [insert name of popular beer in the Black Forest region]."
     
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    For me, a lot of the research has to do with was there a drought throughout Montana during the summer of 1886, or only on the plains?—had the train vestibule been invented yet?—could my characters have traveled from Montana to Boston by train in a week?—Would the Haymarket Square bombing in Chicago or the Pullman Strike have impacted on their journey ...if so how? ....how many times a week did a packet steamer leave Boston for Yarmouth, and what time of day did it embark? and how long did the journey take?...so bombing through and filling in the blanks later wouldn't work. I'd be basing a good part of my story on mistakes ...and that mess, friends and neighbours ...isn't all that easily sorted later. :)
     
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    Don't be depressed. I started my novel with NaNo and 7 years later (yep 7) the novel is complete and off to the beta readers. And I've started the second novel in the duology. Don't make goals for yourself that stress you out. Make goals that you can grow from.
     
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    Yes, and I'll accept as soon as I get home. Apologies for the late reply!
     
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    No problem! By the time I got a chance to check the NaNo site around 2:00 this morning, you'd already accepted.
     
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    I'll be participating in NaNo this year! I probably won't complete it, but I will give it my best shot.

    My username: mattre

    I've been describing my latest project as Automationpunk fiction. The setting is about 20 years from now when automation has replaced most jobs, and society is sinking into corporate authoritarianism. I haven't had a chance to start on it yet, but this will be the perfect opportunity.

    Last year I got 30,000 words into my previous project, Stars Extinguished, which currently sits at 43,000 (yeah, not much progress there, but more than halfway towards the NaNo target!)

    We'll see what I can do this year. I'll add anyone who mentioned their username on this thread later. Feel free to add me as well!
     
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    I just accepted your invitation.
     
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    I'm new here, but I noticed this thread and wanted to post!

    I'm sort of on the fence about doing it this year, I don't really have anything new to write I don't really feel right putting down something already written
     
  19. Catrin Lewis

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    What I did last year was add to a novel I was about 3,000 words into, and made sure I had over 54,000 words by November 30.

    As long as it's 50,000 new words, that's what matters.
     
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    Anybody start yet?

    It's going to be interesting for me, as I'm getting a cold but have been too stupid to go to bed on time, so by the time I get off my night job tomorrow at 10:00 I'll be pretty wrecked. Behind already!

    The other thing I'm having to overcome is my hangup about where to start. I think I've already mentioned that I'm officially doing Part 2 of the novel I worked on for NaNo last year. But I may have also said something about the computer glitch that caused me to lose last year's final NaNo version, and with it, the final 2.5 chapters of Part 1. I've been revising the next file from the start, but I've never gotten around to reconstructing those scenes. I wonder if I should start from there . . . And how well can I recapture what I wrote in those chapters, and how badly do I want to do that?

    (I still have fantasies of recovering my 11/30/19 file, even though it's not on my hard drive nor in my cloud back up. And no, I didn't save it to a USB. I wasn't that smart.)
     
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    I'm a bit over 2,000 words in. I'm aiming to finish a novel that I'd already written 50,000 words for.
     
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    No...
     
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    Weekdays are really going to be a struggle for me. My schedule is so ridiculously booked that this is going to be difficult.
     
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    I wanna write and have the time to write. Just not the Mojo
     
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    What's your NaNo name?
     

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