I signed up on their website but I'm gonna neglect that. But I will be attempting the 50,000 words. It probably won't happen but I'll be seriously returning to writing, which is good since I haven't written in a month or so.
I'm blessed to get paperbacks but what's next? will we still be ordered to write more in the aftermath of winning it? I mean, we can't stop writing from there. The point is, my dream is to write novels under publishing company. or am I even right? does an author work together with the publishing company, like jk rowling? Do we get cash prizes? I'm preparing for it next year, currently discussing with my writers friends first.
Off to a bit of a slow start - 330 words. I couldn't keep my eyes open past 1:00 last night and kept hammering away at my scene in Not Pink with Hart and his father. Finally resolved it, thank God! Hopefully, I can finish my Not Pink draft today, make my quota and get started on Smackdolligus. Knowing some of the kooks on Nano some have probably already finished their story by now.
One word per two seconds, if you work constantly for 24 hours. It should be doable, at least until the keyboard breaks.
I don't know but last year it was ridiculous. You're not allowed to call people cheats but two days in some people already had their winner ribbons. I suppose it could be done. 50,000 words only amounted for me - 107 pages. I still think that's unbelievable for a day - but then again they do have the novel in a day contest. I wonder how much is coherent?
I'm doing a rewrite for NaNoWriMo and I'm only about 1800 words in after 5 hours of work, how they'd pull an original story out and make it coherent is beyond me.
Here's an interesting article on writer's paces - http://nevalalee.wordpress.com/2011/03/08/how-much-should-you-write-every-day/ I like Nabokov and Jerzy's technique slow & steady.
I'm going for about 2,000 words a day. That puts me at 25 days of actual writing, which is where I'd actually be. But then again, I'm not trying to actually get the 50,000 words. If it happens, great. If not, oh well.
I would love to shoot for that I just don't know if I can. I'm a night person I usually don't write till about 8:00 p.m. - 12:00. That gives me four hours. I can usually only manage a couple pages an hour.
I'm with @A.M.P. , I'm not gonna write a whole novel, but I will try and write as much as I can for the one I'm working on lately
I have a little over 500 words out of a planned 25,000. First draft will probably suck, but who knows?
3,750 from last night and into this morning. The first chapter and prologue are done and one critical plot point as finally been established. Never thought I would see the day I was able to untangle that knot, but I did.
I wasn't going to...but I like the idea, even though I've never managed any significant word count and hardly make it past the first week. I still like the first few days when I'm all hyped: "YEAH! I'LL DO THIS!". I'm not even upset I don't even come close or stick to it. So, well...I've not prepped or started at all!! Best I get on it!
1,477 words and not done for the day. I just described the magical version of a nucleur reactor. It has depleted uranium in the core's walls. Because it's so dense that it stops ghosts from passing through. I wonder where this whole science fantasy experiment is going to lead.
Not off to the best start but I knew starting on Friday night, with shopping day following and church on Sunday it was going to be slow. But I'm hoping to get my groove back tonight. I'm tempted to set Not Pink aside and dive into my first short but I don't know. Tough call.
I've never got on with the 50k-of-any-old-crap thing. Works for some people, not for me. I'm attempting one drabble a day for the month to get into the spirit, though.
You'd only be about 3.3k words behind, it's not too late to go back and start over with a different story!
I have nothing! You know when you're on the phone trying to spell out a name- A for apple B for ball- and you suddenly can't think of any appropriate words...this is me.
