Anyone joining Nanowrimo this year?

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   Hauntyposted 13 years ago

   It just occurred to me that it's almost November. I know an army of excellent hubpages writers undertook this contest last year. What about now?

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      Shaolinaposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I am, for the first time in my life. I'm curious to see how a deadline affects my writing.

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         Hauntyposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         Great! Good luck, Shaolina.

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      Its Angelposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Yep, going to do it. Started yesterday.

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   DoorMattnomoreposted 13 years ago

   now I miss crazed again...
   are you doing it huanty?

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      Hauntyposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Do you have her email? I might be able to turn it up for you if you want.
      
      No. I'm not joining, because I'm not a writer.

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         DoorMattnomoreposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         hahahahhah...not a writer.
         
         ok, if you say so.    and no, I don't have hardly anybodies emails...I keep loosing stuff every time I start over.

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   Hauntyposted 13 years ago

   I'm going to send it to you tomorrow if I find it. Have a nice evening!

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      DoorMattnomoreposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      you too!! are you off to bed then?

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   tirialposted 13 years ago

   Yes - second year running, but I'm a lot busier this year!

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   Denise Handlonposted 13 years ago

   Awww, you beat me to posting this question Haunty.  I was wondering the same thing.  Yes, I plan on giving it another go.  Don't know how I'll fit all the writing in, but it will be a nice challenge.  I did the NaNo 2 yrs ago and got to 35,000 words that involved 2 w/e's I was unable to write: Thanksgiving and a spiritual retreat.
   
   Hoping this yr will be better-although I'm a little mystified about what I will write about this year.

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      truesoothposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I sure am!  I was challenged by a friend to complete it just to see if I'm serious 'bout my writing!  Soo excited!  Anybody have outlines or plots ready?

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         Denise Handlonposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         I have a vague plot...that's not so good, is it?  and somewhat of an outline.  Oh well, I'll just be glad to be focused on all of the writing. 
         
         Is this the first year for you re: nano?  Good luck.

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      Hauntyposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Denise, is your 2-year-old novel available for people to read? Is it being sold?
      
      I wanted to read last years nano participants' stories, but they're hiding them.

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         Denise Handlonposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         Hi Haunty,
         first, it is unfinished.  (It was my first crack at a mystery and I'm having a few technical problems wrapping things up, LOL) 
         second, it is NOT published. 
         third...the longest thing I have posted here is about 1200 words. 
         
         I have a story that is around 4500 words and would like to post it for feedback, however, don't know if there is a limit or how to break it up w/o losing the flow.
         
         Thanks for asking. 

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   Uninvited Writerposted 13 years ago

   I've created a Hubber group on Facebook for those who are attempting NanoWriMo:
   
   http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=gro … 7&ap=1

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   rachellrobinsonposted 13 years ago

   I joined, I am not sure how I will keep up the pace as of 5:10 am cst I have written 7,616 words. Maybe not my best work but it's all original and I will just have to wait and see where the story goes. The only problem I have right now is I have to keep going back to check the spelling of my characters names, I don't have any of my notes that I usually do when I start a novel because I didn't hear about this until November 1st and so I was already getting a late start signing up.

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   Denise Handlonposted 13 years ago

   Rachelle-you've got me beat. I'm still under 2,000   My daughter told me: "no excuses", but I do have plenty of explanations, LOL    Good luck to you.  I'm hoping this next w/e to do more.

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   M. T. Dremerposted 13 years ago

   I've decided to join NaNoWriMo in a different capacity. While I enjoy writing new novels, I can't justify distracting myself from the book that is the closest to completion. So I'm using November as a lightning rod to motivate me into finishing my existing book, rather than writing a new one. It's difficult to gauge progress, but so far it has at least gotten me back into the editing process (which is the most annoying part of book creation, in my opinion). Hopefully by the end of this month my book will be that much closer to publication.

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    backword_65posted 13 years ago

    This is my first year of doing Nanowrimo, and I'm failing horribly.  My calculator says I need to start writing about 5000 words a day to catch up.
    
    The sad thing is me and a writing buddy of mine placed a wager on who would win, and he's up to 30000!  Dang!

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