lets see MG = middle grade? aka targeting 5-8th graders right?
ML = ???
I don't know that one
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National Novel Writing Month 2018: Maybe something horrible won't happen half way through this year!
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ML = ???
I don't know that one
Damn, you have me beat, I went 3 years without a win but since 2013 I win virtually every year.
I've played around with it a few times, but 2016 was the first year I tried seriously... and then the election happened and yeah.
Last year I did fine though.
You're right; MG=Middle Grade. I did a reread of Animorphs late last year and ever since I've wanted to take a stab at my own (non ghostwritten :p) series. My primary genres are older YA and New Adult so tackling another genre that's both similar and not sounds like a great challenge.
ML= municipal liaison. Most regions have one, though if there's not, there's usually an Elsewhere that will be active. We organize all the local Nano events, hand out the swag/stickers from Headquarters, proselytize Nano to libraries and people, ect.
I want to try and make a hangout this year! They've conflicted with my regions' but this time I'll be sure to not schedule a conflicting write in for at least one.
Yes! Headquarters calls late September--October #NaNoPrep.
That was my first NaNoWriMo and yeah, my story got real bitter real quick. Still won despite stopping near the end of the first act.
I honestly think if you had written out municipal liaison I still would have had to ask for explanation on what you meant by that lol.
So thanks for explaining what it was and not just writing it meant municipal liaison.
my novemember ended up looking like
so almost 34k words. Had i not been dead to the world for like 2 weeks I likely could have made it to 50k lol.
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There's some resources at the end of the OP. The one you might want to check out is the snowflake method as that's a very useful and efficient way to atleast start planning your novel.
Yep! You can do as much prepword as you want. It's not until November first that we start our actual writing.
That's how I felt the one year I actually won. I read a book about writing subtext and it really helped inspire me to keep going.
ALL OF YOU GOT THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DON'T BE SCARED OF NANO! MAKE NANO SCARED OF YOU!!!!!!
I would participate in NaNo. I've done it for the past five or six years (And even finished it one year.)
But I've been writing a book for the better part of the year and the first draft is like 2/3rds done. I'm not sure I can put that aside for a month, and I don't want to start from this point in the book for the 50k mark becuase A) it doesn't have 50k words left in it and B) NaNos are by definition rush jobs, and that isn't something I want to inflict on this book.
Hmmmmmm.
But I've been writing a book for the better part of the year and the first draft is like 2/3rds done. I'm not sure I can put that aside for a month, and I don't want to start from this point in the book for the 50k mark becuase A) it doesn't have 50k words left in it and B) NaNos are by definition rush jobs, and that isn't something I want to inflict on this book.
Hmmmmmm.
I shouldn't participate, but I will. Still haven't published my novel from last year and I started writing another one in the same universe a few months ago and it's almost done. So if I do this I'll have three unpublished novels sitting in a Dropbox. Which is weird for me because I've published dozens of novellas over the years.
Honestly, I'm a little scared since I've been earning a living in the shadows for so long. Publishing under my real name fills me with anxiety. But I'll have to do it one day because these novels, this universe, are my end game.
Honestly, I'm a little scared since I've been earning a living in the shadows for so long. Publishing under my real name fills me with anxiety. But I'll have to do it one day because these novels, this universe, are my end game.
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Just as an FYI I've got people names up. I put the hesitant people on the list even if they didn't give an exact confirmation cause like come on! What's the harm in trying, ya know? Also below is a list of all the previous winners in case people are curious or want to relive their past accomplishment. Again, if there's an error like a misspelled name, you changed your username in the move, or you're not on the list, just send me a message and I'll fix it up.
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Ugh, just seeing that big fat zero next to my name is giving me palpitations already.
Btw thanks for creating the thread OP, you're doing a smashing job!
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Let's try this again.
I promised I'd buy myself a PS4 if the win, so maybe I can finally get myself to do it.
Let's try this again.
I promised I'd buy myself a PS4 if the win, so maybe I can finally get myself to do it.
Got my new rainbow mechanical keyboard ready for my gay romance nano fanfic, hype.
Actually I think this is the third year in a row that Ive got a new keyboard and mouse for nano.
Actually I think this is the third year in a row that Ive got a new keyboard and mouse for nano.
Gonna try this again this year. Only made it to 30k last year although I did succeed the year before that. Since all my midterms are happening this month, I won't have to worry about them in November which (hopefully) means more time for writing.
Indeed. The solution is to not try, but to simply do.
I should do fine on at least one project... not sure if I am going to try to do two again lol..
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Personally I've been doing nothing but electronic notes this year rather than writing them down in a journal. It's been pretty good actually. I really appreciate being able to make fluid additions on the fly to previous chapters when I come up with new details. Feeling really confident this year.
I don't misplace texts to myself. I misplace my paper notes all the time :P
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See the issue with my written notes boiled down to me not having enough space. I was terrible about allocating enough pages for the necessary amount of notes I needed. As I continue with electronic notes, they continue to be a huuuuuuuge help. It has been a while since I've been like suuuuuper excited for what I'm doing a month in advance.
I jotted down notes at work, in a notebook that I would tear the pages out. I had a stack of like 40 of them on my PC at one point that I knocked over and some of the notes didn't make sense unless paired with the other notes written at the same time, so it took me a bit to get them back in order.
granted I sometimes get really weird texts that I don't know what they mean.
I do get amused sometimes when my swipe doesn't get some of the learned names right and instead puts bro or lazy :P
It's also fun sometimes to see bits of the texts one of my recent notes was like 50 words long but the start was "You fucking idiot. Punch jack" which is what showed up at the top of my phone which made me chuckle.
I'm glad to hear you are excited though. Hopefully that keeps up, and even if it doesn't, never forget we love you :)
I'm on the flip side, I'm basically the least motivated I've been in a long time. I'm at something I've actually been looking forward to doing for a while, but it weaves so many threads together, and I didn't take good enough notes, so I need to hunt down all the information I need (and there is a lot... I've been setting up some upcoming scenes for 7 books lol) This is what I get for starting with a pretty stereotypical female lead, slowly changing her over 6 books, and slowly detailing out bits of her character history changing her from a character that mostly went along with things, to one that is a driving force of the story and now are on the final part of that character arc where everything comes together lol. I keep sitting here going... how can I do this justice...
This character arc, these events, have been part of the foundation of my story for the last 3 years, and if I never get around to finishing them I can't screw them up >.>
It likely wouldn't be so bad if it was the only thing going on, but I have a number of other things going on as well that also requires me to keep track of a ton of details. Too many... there's no way I will keep them all straight at this stage. Here's hoping I don't screw some of them up so badly that I can't fix them.
and then there is the other project, which I actually have to find time to skim 50k words to remember what I set up as it's likely a bad idea to do 50k words of story, and just pick up again only remembering some major details >.>
Mostly, I'm getting overwhelmed with my normal efforts, so thinking about doing two projects again for nano is just crazy... but I've found repeatedly that I tend to welcome the crazy.
I'm sure there's some famous quote that captures this message really well, but I just can't remember it or who said it or what it's from................
side common quote, "You fail to complete 100% of things you never start" :P
Great job, Flowers! It's tempting me when it shouldn't. I'll use October to fantasize about it and plot and then decide at the 11th hour if I want to fall on my face in Nov. :D
hey, falling on your face is better than falling on your butt.
it means you are falling forward. Which who knows... might just end up getting you the last little bit you need to cross the finish line :P
Struggling to write a summary for my story, first attempt was detailed and like 500 words and spoiled everything, but looking at some other books I guess sub100 word summaries are where its at?!
I think what you want is a back of the book blurb, not a summery.
A summery is suppose to spoil the book as it's supposed to cover what the book is about.
the blurb is just supposed to do something like present the main conflict and make people want to read about how they will resolve it.
(at least as far as I know :P)
Okay that makes sense. I went on AMZN and browsed several books and and am using one as a guide to write mine. I love how straight to the point some publishers are, though most seem to follow the same sort of pattern. underlined the copied phrases.
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Ascension follows Kaminari, Kirishima, and Todoroki as they navigate the hurdles of protecting the visitors and residents of the massive twin towers that stand as a testament to societies resilience in a world that was once rocked by the League of Villains. Crime levels, severely abrogated due to the leagues downfall, has resulted in a severe lack of reliance or even necessity of heroes. However, everyone is not content to let society go in this direction. A new threat is coming in the form of a seemingly unknown, yet familiar, force that is hellbent on using the tower as an example of the necessity of heroes in this post-heroes world. To face it, our protagonists must find a way to overcome their insecurities and doubts to find the strength they didn't know they possessed.
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I am up to chapter 6 in planning for a weird mix of horror/dark fantasy/Souls-like that I'm personally really digging. But I've hit a kinda weird problem where the problem is solved already. I solved the novels central "problem" in chapter 4, so now I'm trying to think of what to do next. There is a place to go, a theoretical end already on the table, but those are long-term and I'm trying to debate between "the problem wasn't actually solved," which feels like the logical progression vs "A lot of people are pissed that you solved the problem actually. They thought they had more time to stop you...." I personally like the later more, but I'm trying to figure out how to actually do that in a way I like.
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This is waaaaaaay more planned than I've ever been in like the last four to five years.
I'm down! I am hoping to write a novel and the turn it into a visual novel text, but I have get it all written first! Then I can worry about... datable boys.