 Fantasy: October 17, 2007 Issue [#2004] |
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This week: Edited by: rose_shadow
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Valuing enthusiasm and perseverance over painstaking craft, NaNoWriMo is a novel-writing program for everyone who has thought fleetingly about writing a novel but has been scared away by the time and effort involved.
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It's that time of year again!
NaNoWriMo!
For all of you sitting out there scratching your heads and saying "what the hey is she talking about", NaNoWriMo (or just NaNo for short) is National Novel Writing Month. November is National Novel Writing Month and this year, like many previous years, thousands of writers across the country will be putting pen to paper on November 1 and will write the first words of their novel.
Simply put, NaNo is a 30-day writing spree; a challenge to write 50,000 words in 30 days (roughly 1,667 words a day). This is a no holds barred writing sprint. The object of the game isn't who writes the best novel, but who crosses the finish line of 50,000 words. That means that you will have no time for editing, you simply have to write, write, write until your fingers fall off or your pen is sealed to your hand.
It's a rough task and two years ago when I signed up for the first time, I didn't think I was going to make it. I got discouraged, I wanted to through my computer out the window, I wanted to walk away--after all, nothing except personal pride was riding on me winning or losing. But in the end I stuck it out and I made it, 50,012 words on November 29. It was exhilerating and exhausting at the same time. My internal editor was wimpering in a fetal position by the time I finished, yet in the end I was proud of the finished product. It certainly wasn't the best novel in the world--far from it!--but it was a finished novel and that's the point. Words can always be revised, but they have to be written first.
Of course, you don't have to sign up on the official NaNo web site if you don't want to, but if you do when you finish, there's a nifty little prize you get when your novel's word count is officially confirmed.
Simply go to http://www.nanowrimo.org and sign up as an official participant. It's all free, though you can donate to the website if you choose. There you will recieve a handy profile for keeping track of your novel's progress and many forums buzzing with activity. Topics range from sharing writing woes to fonts of knowledge where people will ask questions like "what did teenagers wear in 1950s England" and usually get helpful answers.
Don't forget Writing.com's NaNo participants either. Simply go to the Message Forum list, type "NaNoWriMo" in the search box and you'll bring up a plethora of community items for NaNoers. I've listed a couple in my Editor's Picks below.
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From: Ðungeon Щarden  
"Robert Jordan's never-ending Wheel of Time series" may be a more prophetic comment then you intended since Robert Jordan died recently before he could finish the last book in the series. His family has all his notes, so there is some hope that the final book will be finished, but otherwise the series could truly be never ending.
Yes, I heard about that. What a sad day for fans of the WoT series! Hopefully, if his family ever finishes the last book, it will be as he wished it.
From: emerin-liseli 
EEK! *squeals in delight* I have to say Avatar is one of my favorite shows, even though I am much too old for it. I'm glad you featured it in your newsletter.
Well, as I like to say, Em, you're never too old to enjoy a good story!
From: billwilcox
Erin,
Ah, yes...the four elements: straw, sticks, bricks and boogers. Well, they worked for the three little pigs...lol. Good newsletter about the derivitives of the elements in magic--very insightful.
LOL. Maybe you just invented some new elements there, Bill  . Hmm, a magic user who chucks bricks at you? Now that's scary! 
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