As you may have noticed on my widget bar on the left, I am an official participant of Nanowrimo 2009. For those of you who don't know, Nanowrimo is short for National Novel Writing Month. Each year in November, people from around the world sit in front of their computers and type away in order to meet the Nanowrimo's goal: writing a 50 000 word novel in 30 days.
I discovered Nanowrimo in December 2007 and was really sad to see that the event was already over. Last year, I was ready to give the challenge a try. I had the names of my characters but no plot and absolutely no idea where the story would lead. I ended up thirty days later with a 70 000 word novel.
I've been writing stories ever since I was in elementary school and even had a 160 pages manuscript going on when I was in junior high school. Unfortunately, whenever I wrote, I would never finish my stories; I always knew how to start and finish the tale but never how to get from A to B. Last year, the pressure from the deadline forced me to write at a madman's speed and thanks to that, I was able to finish my first story, ever.
Of course the final result is nothing I would even dare to send to a publisher but with a lot of editing, I think it has potential. My friend Gen, who keeps me going by reading my new updates daily, surely seems to think so. I must say, tho, that I prefer the novel I'm currently writing.
So far I have 17600 words. I plan to rocket that to 25k this weekend. If you are doing the Nanowrimo, I would love to become your writing buddy. I go by the name of kanmuri and this is my profile page.
To learn more about nanowrimo, please take a look at their excellent website.
I discovered Nanowrimo in December 2007 and was really sad to see that the event was already over. Last year, I was ready to give the challenge a try. I had the names of my characters but no plot and absolutely no idea where the story would lead. I ended up thirty days later with a 70 000 word novel.
I've been writing stories ever since I was in elementary school and even had a 160 pages manuscript going on when I was in junior high school. Unfortunately, whenever I wrote, I would never finish my stories; I always knew how to start and finish the tale but never how to get from A to B. Last year, the pressure from the deadline forced me to write at a madman's speed and thanks to that, I was able to finish my first story, ever.
Of course the final result is nothing I would even dare to send to a publisher but with a lot of editing, I think it has potential. My friend Gen, who keeps me going by reading my new updates daily, surely seems to think so. I must say, tho, that I prefer the novel I'm currently writing.
So far I have 17600 words. I plan to rocket that to 25k this weekend. If you are doing the Nanowrimo, I would love to become your writing buddy. I go by the name of kanmuri and this is my profile page.
To learn more about nanowrimo, please take a look at their excellent website.
4 comments:
HOW EXCITING!
I don't think I can squeeze it in this year but I'd love to try next year. And I know several others that might be interested as well.
Clicking to the website now! Thanks so much for bringing this to my attention.
@Michelle: Glad I could help!! I should be doing it next year do, so add me as a buddy!
Hi Steph,
Nanowrimo looks like such a great project! good for you! I'm sure that one of these days I'll have a book signed by you on my bookshelf. I also have a dream of writing one, but it is a non fiction. Maybe one day..
Good Luck!
Ayalla
Nano is such a great endeavour. I'm behind as usual, but I'm sure I'll get there. Especially after our little write-in this weekend! 8000 words in a day! Great stuff! Good luck with the rest of the novel Kanmuri!Thanks for everything!
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