November NaNoWriMo 2016

[ThinkerX]

Yes, I am signed up. I am 'Thinker102' and my novel is 'Empire: Judgment,' sixth and last of the 'Empire' series. (though for sanity's sake, I think of it as a novella.)

I outline -sort of. Not massively detailed, just split into chapters with one or two short sentences to describe key scenes. I often run into organizational problems a few chapters in and have to redo the thing.

 

[ThaJakesta]

I plan on participating this November, even though I will be having a Factory job with more hours than I've ever had! I have an idea, and have started my outline, working title: Bastard Dragon. I would love to have a place where we can post some of our outlines and give feedback!

 

[Caged Maiden]

I'm not sure I can write at all right now, let alone 50k in a month. I feel like I've been floating face down in the choppy ocean of writing for the last couple months, and i've never taken this kind of break before. If I participate in Nano, I'm sure I'll try my best but fall short of the word count.

 

[Chessie]

I'm not sure I can write at all right now, let alone 50k in a month. I feel like I've been floating face down in the choppy ocean of writing for the last couple months, and i've never taken this kind of break before. If I participate in Nano, I'm sure I'll try my best but fall short of the word count.

Why not just do a small one? Like 500 words a day?

 

[Nimue]

I'm planning on a goal of 500 a day or so, somewhere in the vicinity of 12-15k. It's possible for that to genuinely be an accomplishment too! I'm pressing myself to write strictly daily during October to begin with, so hopefully I can work up to more significant volume during November. I may not really keep daily word counts, as I find they can distract and discourage me from the real goal of writing as much as I can, whatever that may be. But rest assured that they'll be lower than everyone else's.

Nevertheless, I'd like to help cheer people on, post snippets, and maybe do some sprints, although I still write poorly under pressure even after years of going to a writer's group where we write flash prompts 90% of the time... Ah, dear. Also, Cydare's portrait service made me think about offering something like that for us MS NaNo'ers? If I've got the time, I'd love to shake some of the rust off my drawing skills.

 

[Fluffypoodel]

My outlining has become haphazard of late. I start out with what I think is a strong outline and then scrap most of it for better ideas once I get into the actual writing. I will plan out the next few series of events but nothing extensive so brainstorming would work great for me. As for the chat, if I'm available I would love to do them!

 

[Chessie]

I'm going to tackle this reincarnated love thing. Although I didn't care much for Dracula, I like the concept used for the romance. Hmm. Think I'll start outlining today because I'll be done by the first (it takes me that long).

 

[Ireth]

Last night I discovered a ton of plotholes and questions in need of answering for my NaNo. It's gonna take me ages to sort this all out so I can actually start writing. >_<

 

[cydare]

How much do you guys usually put into your planning? I've planned up to the end of chapter 8, and it's about 7000 words of just outlining, none of my wordbuilding or character notes included. I'm thinking I might be going a little overboard, though it seems to get me focused.

Also, when do you figure out pacing? I've been freezing up lately with the thought that I've crammed in too much or have too little substance (or both simultaneously) but I haven't even started writing properly.

 

[Chessie]

How much do you guys usually put into your planning? I've planned up to the end of chapter 8, and it's about 7000 words of just outlining, none of my wordbuilding or character notes included. I'm thinking I might be going a little overboard, though it seems to get me focused.

Also, when do you figure out pacing? I've been freezing up lately with the thought that I've crammed in too much or have too little substance (or both simultaneously) but I haven't even started writing properly.

That's a bit too deep of an outline for me. What I do nowadays since Scrivener is just line up the plot points on the corkboard, flesh out info on the protagonists/story line, write a synopsis, create scenes from that synopsis, which in turn allows me to write a couple sentences on the plot points to remember what goes on there. Then I just do a bit of prewriting before each scene to warm up. So I kinda know what I'll be writing about that day but not completely. I still get stuck a lot, too. Far as pacing goes, I just go with my intuition. I've written so much by this point I can tell if something is off and I either rework it in my drafting process or go back and change it later. I change many things later because I'm lazy lol.

By the way, I was on the NaNoWriMo site last night and noticed that they have several virtual write-ins on their calendar. Because I live in Alaska and our NaNo chapter is run by a graduate student, last year and this year we have had no local chapter basically. So I'll be doing the write-ins online...BUT...to those of you who have a group nearby, I highly recommend going to those write-ins. They're super fun and a great way to pump out the words. We can do some here, too, like congregate in chat when we're online or something.

 

[cydare]

I've never actually been to a write-in, online or otherwise. I guess I've always been to nervous! I'd really want to try though. Seems like it'll be both useful and fun. I'll look up the write-ins for my city, and try to participate in any organised here.

 

[JediKnightMuse]

Last night I discovered a ton of plotholes and questions in need of answering for my NaNo. It's gonna take me ages to sort this all out so I can actually start writing. >_<

If it makes you feel any better somehow, thanks to my having asked questions that have led to OTHERS asking questions (here in the thread I made and on other sites as well, including the NaNo forum), I've realized that there's a lot of...not necessarily plot holes, just unanswered questions that I need to try and figure out before NaNo starts (while also dealing with school -___-), and I think I'm going to struggle answering a lot of them.

I don't even have my magic figured out. Like, I don't even know what kind of magic my two main characters use at the moment. -Face palm- this is going to be fun. -__-

 

[MAndreas]

This will be my 8th Nano! I'm being a rebel, and will be working on a project already started (I can't stop the current books to start something new) BUT my word counts will ONLY be the words in November.

For folks who are still deciding- DO IT!! This changes your entire way of thinking about your work- plus it's fun to tell friends what you're doing .

If anyone wants to buddy me, I'm listed as mandreas there too

Marie

 

[Kingly342]

I'm doing it

 

[mulierrex]

I'm doing it, and it'll be the first time. I thought about it before but ultimately decided I didn't have enough drive to write all that in a month. But now I realize that really, if I don't finish, it won't be the end of the world, so I'm gonna try. I've been planning my novel for about a week now. It's gonna be about zombies; cliche, I know, but I hope my choice in characters will make it less tacky. It's a bit nice to take a break from fantasy for a bit.

 

[Gribba]

So I am going to join in, for the first time... I have no clue what to expect.

 

[Chessie]

So I am going to join in, for the first time... I have no clue what to expect.

You should expect...fun! Lots and lots of fun! Oh, and a finished manuscript in the end. <3

Gais...my outline is 10 pages. Holy heck.

 

[Addison]

I tried NaNo last year and realized you don't really get to write your story on the sit. You have to tally your progress on your Microsoft Word, or Pages, Scrivener, whatever you use, and then save your progress on the site. But at least this year I'll have plenty of time to prepare for NaNo and work on it-sort of. I'm not sure how productive I'll be as I recover from surgery. I've never written while A.) in pain, or B.) on vicodin. At best I guess I'll write something funny.

Also, I'm posting a thread on Characters in Writing Questions that may be useful if anyone's having problems with characters.

 

[Gribba]

You should expect...fun! Lots and lots of fun! Oh, and a finished manuscript in the end. <3

Gais...my outline is 10 pages. Holy heck.

OMG! now you are scaring me... outline 10 pages...
I have not made up my mind what story to write... I have 3 very different stories and I can not make up my mind!

 

[Gribba]

oh, that is good to know, I thought one would write on the site... thanks... one less thing that will surprise me when I begin.