 Contests & Activities: November 16, 2010 Issue [#4081] |
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This week: Take a Short Break if You Like To Edited by: NaNoNette  
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Take a Short Break if You Like To
We are halfway through November, at is seems time is speeding up a little more with each passing day. NaNoWriMo is in full swing, and already we have several NaNo winners to celebrate.
Now, I know that there are forums, groups, and other support activities to help each one of us with motivation and commiseration to make it to that amazing 50,000 words by the end of the month. Because I saw a comment about it in a forum, and I have caught myself doing it too, I want to remind everybody that you should not be editing right now. Unless you already have your 50 k words. Otherwise, don't worry if the chapters make sense in the sequence you wrote them. Don't worry if you suddenly need an extra character to make things work. Let the plot happen as convoluted as it wants to come out. You will have all of 2011 until October 31st to fix it. 
If you need to take a break from your NaNo, there are plenty of activities and contests that are vying for your attention. If it helps you to reframe your mind and even gets your creativity to flow better, it might be a good idea to spend one of those days with a shorter contest. In preparation for the end of year parties, WdC members have started setting up wonderful activities to make it all more fun for all. The Secret Santa games are great community games that reward everybody.
Visit the "Writing Contests @ Writing.Com" and "Activities @ Writing.Com" pages for the listings of all the great things that are going on right now at WdC. |
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For October, I asked the following questions: Is October really the tenth month of the year? If not, which month is it? How do you know? Where did you find the answer? The first person to submit the correct answer via the box under the line Send a comment or question to the editor with your item submission. will receive a Merit Badge of their choice from me
Free_Rip  wrote: Yes and Google/primary school. I have a feeling that this is a trick question, though... or maybe the trick is that it isn't a trick question, even though it seems like one!  *voice of reason: no, it's a trick question* Darn.
Not really a trick question, but it could be. 
Mike~Dolphins Fan 4 Life  wrote: Yes, it is the tenth month in the internationally accepted Gregorian Calendar, and is the eighth month in the old Roman Calendar, which lists December as the tenth month of the year. I found the answer in Wikipedia.
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A.T.B: It'sWhatWeDo wrote: According to the Gregorian calendar October is indeed the tenth month of the year. The Catholic Church revamped the existing Roman calendar due to a wandering Easter (never a good thing to lose)...prior to that, October was the Eighth Roman month. I remember learning that due to musical training, actually, as "octo-" is also a deceiving description for the "octave." Some would say there are eight notes due to the name, of course, but it's actually twelve (eight full steps, four half steps). October was always the "fun fact" whenever the octave question was raised. Good stuff, and a great NL!
Very good! I learned a lot from your answer. And here I thought I was clever.
A.S. Hendra [Job-Searching] wrote: Nope, it's not. Originally, October is seen as the eighth month, as the old old calendar began in March. However, it's later on updated by adding two more months in the beginning of the year, January and February, and so the rest of the months changes.
Very nice. I didn't know January and February were also added.
Fyn  wrote: It was the 8th month on the old Roman Calendar
Oct is not the 8th month because the ancient Romans inserted 2 months in the middle of the year to correct the calendar. This is what is now known as the Julian calendar. Why? Because July (for Julius Caesar) and Aug (for Augustus Caesar) were added between June and Sept. Sept from 7th, Oct from 8th, Nov from 9th and Dec from 10th each got moved forward two places.
The Jewish religious new year begins at the month of Passover... So April would be the 1st month of the ancient Jewish year making September the 7th month and October the 8th...
The new months, Ianuarius and Februarius, were inserted at the front of the old calendar
July and August were originally known as Quintilis and Sextilis (5th and 6th). March/Martius was the start of the year.
So Dec USED to be the 10th month because there was a several month span that wasn't even named beyond winter...When Jan and Feb were added it fixed things and messed them up :)
Great answer. Thank you so very much for the thorough reply. I think my brain just got a little smarter.
An apple a day....  wrote: October is the 10th month on the Gregorian calendar (ours) but originally it was the 8th month on the Roman calendar thus the name "October"...from Wikipedia....via google.
Thank you for playing the game with me.
Matt Bird MSci (Hons) AMRSC wrote: October was the eighth month originally, hence the 'Oct' in October. Julius Ceaser had a month named after him- July and October became the ninth month, the Augustus had a month named after him- August which promoted October to the tenth month. I learnt it in school, but technically October is the tenth month but traditionally it is the eighth month. MattAB16
You learned it in school? Man, what kind of place did I go to? They never told me that. Or I forgot.
BIG BAD WOLF Feeling Thankful  wrote: The tenth month depends on what you use to measure the year by, snow-fall, harvest time, birthday, holiday, anything. 
A very creative approach. I guess it works, since the months are really messed up looking backwards with each emperor naming a month for themselves.
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