So, where are our NaNos at?
Yes, it's that time again, where we drive ourselves insane trying to create an entire novel from scratch in 30 days. Let's do this.
They've got a new site up at nanowrimo.org and, frankly, I think they rushed it out a bit. It's a bit wobbly. But it's what we have.
The new site has lost everyone's writing buddies, so I'm looking for new ones. I'm PaleoGamer over there. Feel free to friend me up.
So... who else is with me this year?
And for those of you wondering "What the hells is this?", well... here's my standard pitch...
Destiny: spawn.die.repeat | Elite: Paleogamer/Anne Trovert | Secret World: tanstaafl
For once this year I don’t have big projects, family trips, or games I feel I need to play at release. (Most of the stuff I’m interested in is single player). So I’m in.
I’m under my boring name John DeWeese.
My backloggery
GWJ Strategy Club
GWJ CRPG Club
Best of luck to you all!
How did I live before digital distribution of old, cheap games?
MilkmanDanimal wrote:You did live before digital distribution of old, cheap games. Now you just play games.
I'm not participating, but I wish you all good luck!
Thank you! I just need spend next week pulling my notes and coming up with a basic game plan.
My backloggery
GWJ Strategy Club
GWJ CRPG Club
Since we're only a couple of days away, I thought I'd write down a guide for a cool feature that Scrivener has, so you can write anywhere, on any computer, even without Scrivener installed, and get your writing into Scrivener easily. It's a bit convoluted to set up, but once it is, it's easy to use.
"We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad." - Cheshire Cat
Battle.net: Taharka#1475
Last year's NaNoWriMo changed my life for the better. I've been writing regularly ever since and even got a paid writing gig that I'll be working on in November.
So... go get 'em NaNo-ers! Live the dream!
BGG: muzzynyc
I've been more-or-less consistently writing things for my personal sites for several years now, thanks to NaNo.
I've also gotten a few dedicated readers, who ask when I haven't updated in a while. Which is... kinda scary in a way. But... it feels good to know that people are interested in what I write.
Destiny: spawn.die.repeat | Elite: Paleogamer/Anne Trovert | Secret World: tanstaafl
I'm participating this year, but it'll be a nonfiction book.
I'm one of the founding hosts of the Saving the Game podcast, and I'm trying to put together a book based on 7+ years of that - drawing together the interactions between faith, psychology, mental health and TTRPGs.
I've got a massive outline that took me almost three hours to put into Scrivener, and while 50,000 words wouldn't represent a finished product, it'll at least be a good start.
That sounds really cool!
Thanks! I'm on track on word count so far. I hope it turns out well. I'm trying to get stuff I already know and therefore don't need to research down first, and then I'll go from there.
The feeling of happiness when I have to go back and change a chapter title because that's not where the chapter ended up going.
Also, over 20k words! That puts me 2 days ahead.
"We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad." - Cheshire Cat
Battle.net: Taharka#1475
Nice Taharka! I'm at 7 K so a little behind. But then again my main goal all along has just been to write at least 500 words or 1 hour a day.
My backloggery
GWJ Strategy Club
GWJ CRPG Club
I'm currently sitting at 25,553 words, which puts me a couple hundred ahead on pace.
Over 40,000 words! On the home stretch.
"We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad." - Cheshire Cat
Battle.net: Taharka#1475
"We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad." - Cheshire Cat
Battle.net: Taharka#1475
Congratulations!
Congrats!!
I’m about to finish up my half Nano at 25k words. It was a conscious choice to not kill myself during a super busy month. Good news is I’ve built a habit of written 500 words a day which I’m hoping to carry over throughout the year.
My backloggery
GWJ Strategy Club
GWJ CRPG Club
Well, I'm calling my NaNo as a loss this year at 12,938. I've got a few more hours, but it isn't going to happen. I've finished the last few years but... not this year.
I could blame a lot of things, but it basically comes down to me not being able to focus enough this year to carve out the hour or so I needed per day. Oh well. Camp hits in April.
Congrats to everyone who made it and to everyone who joined. Here's to being creative!
Destiny: spawn.die.repeat | Elite: Paleogamer/Anne Trovert | Secret World: tanstaafl
You're still 12,938 words ahead of where you were. That's impressive!
Sorry, Camp? Is that a mini-NaNo event?
Sort of. Camp NaNoWriMo is in April and July. It's basically the same thing, except instead of 50k words you set your own goal and work towards it. It's just to keep you writing, basically.
Unfortunately, as part of their website redesign, they lost pretty much everyone's Camp totals for the past year. But... it's still a thing.
Destiny: spawn.die.repeat | Elite: Paleogamer/Anne Trovert | Secret World: tanstaafl
I made up a little over 43,000 words and ran out of stuff I could write without doing research. Still VERY happy with that number.