NaNoWriMo again dudes

Post by **rickgriffin** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 4:13 pm

Guess what my planned novel this year is, guess. Guess!

Okay I'll tell you. It is called Housepets! An Infinitesimally Brief History of the World and it will be presented by Sabrina. Basically because I'm not allowed to move much outside the boundaries of the neighborhood without people getting mad.

Dudes: http://www.nanowrimo.org/ and http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/446417

Post by **Dissension** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 4:14 pm

Huh whatnow?

Blue Braixen · Post by **Blue Braixen** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 4:14 pm

Sounds like an interesting read.

Post by **Dissension** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 4:16 pm

If word count weren't important, you could've made it even shorter by having Daisy deliver the tale.

HI I'M DAISY

Post by **Sleet** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 4:23 pm

That doesn't have to be short. If I were the type willing to go through a ridiculous amount of work for a cheap joke, I would edit a shot from The Shining to show the paper with "Hi I'm Daisy!" written over and over in different formatting and post it here.

That or I'd be a webcomic artist. Hey-o!

Don't kill me I'm joking.

valerio · Post by **valerio** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 4:24 pm

OK, so how does this work?
Once I signed up, what do I do to read the stuff?!?

Senator_Sunburst · Post by **Senator_Sunburst** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 5:26 pm

Yes! Nanowrimo time again! I'm excited!

The Game · Post by **The Game** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 5:31 pm

Hey! I'm doing NaNoWriMo for school! I'm super excited about it! =DDDD

Karl · Post by **Karl** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 6:37 pm

I've read your description on your account. And I'm really exited that you're planning to write novels. Good luck on them

Teh Brawler · Post by **Teh Brawler** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 6:50 pm

HNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNG RICK.

THIS COULD POTENTIALLY RUIN MY NEXT FANFIC

Post by **rickgriffin** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 7:05 pm

Teh Brawler wrote:HNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNG RICK.

THIS COULD POTENTIALLY RUIN MY NEXT FANFIC

I march to no one's beat but my own!

Teh Brawler · Post by **Teh Brawler** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 7:06 pm

rickgriffin wrote:
Teh Brawler wrote:HNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNG RICK.

THIS COULD POTENTIALLY RUIN MY NEXT FANFIC
I march to no one's beat but my own!

rickgriffin wrote:Yeah I have to say I'm a sucker for this. I think I enjoy it too much when people create derivative works of my stuff!

Your own beat is on the edge of contradicting itself. :3

Post by **Sleet** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 7:10 pm

No, he likes it when other people march to his beat.

Post by **rickgriffin** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 7:15 pm

Teh Brawler wrote:
rickgriffin wrote:
Teh Brawler wrote:HNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNG RICK.

THIS COULD POTENTIALLY RUIN MY NEXT FANFIC
I march to no one's beat but my own!

rickgriffin wrote:Yeah I have to say I'm a sucker for this. I think I enjoy it too much when people create derivative works of my stuff!
Your own beat is on the edge of contradicting itself. :3

Yeah, you're not making any sense. And even if you were, what did you want, a medal?

Teh Brawler · Post by **Teh Brawler** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 7:16 pm

Eh, not really. I think my point was lost when I clicked the "submit" button.

Anyways, I'm going to try again this year and write my own novel for NaNoWriMo.

Psykeout · Post by **Psykeout** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 9:06 pm

wait so what is this?

thats right, im not afraid to sound stupid!

Teh Brawler · Post by **Teh Brawler** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 9:08 pm

SomebodyYouKnow wrote:wait so what is this?

thats right, im not afraid to sound stupid!

Actually, nanowrimo's pretty unknown, for some reason.
http://www.nanowrimo.org/

Blue Braixen · Post by **Blue Braixen** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 9:09 pm

SomebodyYouKnow wrote:wait so what is this?

thats right, im not afraid to sound stupid!

So click the first link in Rick's post or the link in Brawlyboy's post to find out.

Post by **Dissension** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 9:09 pm

National Novel Writing Month, also known as November. Participants try to write a full-length novel (10,000 or more words) before the end of the month.

Psykeout · Post by **Psykeout** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 9:12 pm

this is the perfect excuse for me to write something!
i wont though.

Senator_Sunburst · Post by **Senator_Sunburst** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 9:12 pm

Teh Brawler wrote:
SomebodyYouKnow wrote:wait so what is this?

thats right, im not afraid to sound stupid!
Actually, nanowrimo's pretty unknown, for some reason.
http://www.nanowrimo.org/

Is it? Everybody I know knows about it.

Blue Braixen · Post by **Blue Braixen** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 9:16 pm

I would do it if I had any creativity at all.

Jimmy Jazz · Post by **Jimmy Jazz** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 9:18 pm

Dissension wrote:National Novel Writing Month, also known as November. Participants try to write a full-length novel (50,000 or more words) before the end of the month.

*cough* fixed. Back on topic.

I might do it again this year. I mean... I had a blast last year. but man was it insane. Hrm. We'll see... We'll see.

@Tha Housedog: Well, you don't need a lot, and it's still fun to just try it. even if you lose you'll come away with a lot. I think you should at least try. But that's just my opinion.

Post by **rickgriffin** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 9:19 pm

Dissension wrote:National Novel Writing Month, also known as November. Participants try to write a full-length novel (50,000 or more words) before the end of the month.

Fixed it for you. Get it right, 10,000 words is a breeze

oh no ninja'd

Post by **Dissension** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 9:20 pm

I did well enough for never participating and not reading the page!

Also, 10,000 words is not a breeze for me, Mr. Writer. = P

Blue Braixen · Post by **Blue Braixen** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 9:21 pm

Jimmy Jazz wrote:
Dissension wrote:National Novel Writing Month, also known as November. Participants try to write a full-length novel (50,000 or more words) before the end of the month.
*cough* fixed. Back on topic.

I might do it again this year. I mean... I had a blast last year. but man was it insane. Hrm. We'll see... We'll see.

@Tha Housedog: Well, you don't need a lot, and it's still fun to just try it. even if you lose you'll come away with a lot. I think you should at least try. But that's just my opinion.

Is there a set thing to write about, or is it freewrite?

Post by **Dissension** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 9:21 pm

Write what you wish!

Post by **rickgriffin** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 9:23 pm

You write a novel. It cannot have any of the 50,000 words written before November starts (but you can outline) and ideally you start a new project specifically for the competition instead of adding onto something. Other than that, write anything.

Psykeout · Post by **Psykeout** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 9:23 pm

okay, i may

Senator_Sunburst · Post by **Senator_Sunburst** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 9:28 pm

There was a time where I wrote a "short story" (it was intended as a short story but what came out was an average lengthed novel) except I was really into it and managed something like 10 thousand words a day. I think I finished it, and instantly my computer got a million viruses and I had to reformat, which lost me the story. I was so sad.

Blue Braixen · Post by **Blue Braixen** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 9:32 pm

Ouch. And that's why I never do too many big things on the computer.

Jimmy Jazz · Post by **Jimmy Jazz** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 9:32 pm

Yep, Last year was my first one. wrote about a 13 year old kid that runs around trying to become a part of a galactic vigilante group. and in the process a ton of crazy things happen.

like a space dinosaur police man crashing into Jupiter along with a make-shift ship filled with rebellious Orangutans.

or wandering into a underground city with two opposite sides. the Unicorns and the Werewolves. and they have to find the extremely extravagant leader of the group which lead them even DEEPER into the mega-city planet into a net-work of tunnels where mole-people lived and were being terrorized by escaped spiders from the silk farms.

the spiders... of course. had someone they wanted.

so they ran off with the moles throwing them a party and being all "yay happy, you're awesome! thank you!" and almost got servilely injured by the spiders, until they had to cross a stone bridge over a active hot-spot for volcanic activity. they almost all maid it until the main character almost burnt his foot off. and they escaped with a (somewhat) successful save-the-day act.

takes a breath yeah. NanoWriMo. you write by the seat of your pants.

Psykeout · Post by **Psykeout** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 10:03 pm

im going to attempt it! jes.

Post by **Sleet** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 10:27 pm

Senator_Sunburst wrote:Is it? Everybody I know knows about it.

I hadn't heard of it until I came here.

This sounds like something that I would enjoy trying if I didn't know I would fail hard. 50,000 words is a lot for me.

Buckdida · Post by **Buckdida** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 10:33 pm

Hey, if all else fails, you can do a collection of related short stories, right?

...or does that not count? >_>

I need a new idea for this year. Last year didn't work out...

Post by **Sleet** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 10:37 pm

I have an idea for you.

Write something so surreal and postmodern that the word count is almost impossible to quantify, causing great debate over the eligibility of your novel. Then you can be all snobby and pretentious and say that the debate itself is the true body of the work you were trying to create. And then get disqualified because the debate is under 50,000 words.

Hypergenesis · Post by **Hypergenesis** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 10:39 pm

Or write about the chat thread ^^

Aquablast · Post by **Aquablast** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 6:04 am

Since writing isn't my strong point, I am not going to say anything other than good luck, Rick!

Ebly · Post by **Ebly** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 10:20 am

It's a shame November is pretty consistently a busy month here, it would be fun to do.

Though to be fair, I wouldn't want to write that much in a month. Somehow, 1667 words a day isn't too much, but 11667 a week is. Yes i know that makes no sense.

(1.1574 words per minute?)

Liam · Post by **Liam** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 11:37 am

I submit The Great Gatsby at the end of the month with "F. Scott Fitzgerald" crossed out and replaced by "Liam".

Clever, huh?

Dissension wrote:National Novel Writing Month, also known as November.

Diss, you're the new Sinder.

Sinder, you're the new Lou. We don't need an Eddie.