Ready... Set...
I actually don't react well to breaks, at least not long ones. They steal my momentum, and I write like a slug as it is.Well...at this rate, I might actually have the rough draft for 'Empire: Exiles' (seven freaking books? how did that happen?) wrapped up by NaNo time...
I'm tempted to take a break...but then again, there's 'Chameleon,'...
Yup. It's mostly for everything NaNo but word counts.So...how does this thread work? Do we post updates and stuff? Talk about story ideas?
If it's story ideas you need, then I've got a whole list full of random story prompts and ideas. I can share a bunch if you want.I'm not quite sure which story idea to lay down, but I want to do something for NaNo.
We usually do both. The NaNo website has good forums, and it also allows you to track your word counts and stuff. But we're also Scribes and we're in this together. This thread is for accountability and commiserating and sharing triumphs and rough days.I've been making excuses for myself to not join, but the Call of the Great Old One known by the name of "NaNo" is alluring.
So, do most of you join the NaNo website or are we containing the NaNo-ing to the forum?
You're going to be fine. Begin at the beginning, continue until you get to the end, and then stop. Just worry about writing one word at a time and those words will pile up sooner than you think. In Nano you aren't writing a final draft, you're just barfing words onto the page. After NaNo is the time for perfecting and eating ice cream and then perfecting some more. You can do this.I'm doing NaNo. And honestly, I'm terrified! I've only just started writing creatively (write a lot for work, academic). So far I have made half of a novella and half of a short story. So I have no track record for finishing anything, no experience and well, not much of anything really for self-trust.
BUT! I do have an idea and I do have the support of my partner. I have started some outlining and I think it could turn into a decent novel.
I'm mostly afraid I will use my inexperience and beginner-ness as an excuse to not push myself and instead accept defeat when I still have much more to give. So accountability = yes please!
Keep going and you'll get there. The feeling of finishing a first novel, even a bad one, is very good. NaNo can give extra motivation. That's my main reason for taking part. If we use this thread too, then even better.I'm terrified! I've only just started writing creatively (write a lot for work, academic). So far I have made half of a novella and half of a short story. So I have no track record for finishing anything, no experience and well, not much of anything really for self-trust