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NaNoWriMo anyone?
j3nnee:
--- Quote from: Murphy's Stunt Double on October 29, 2009, 02:22:19 AM ---Am I the only one who's going into this completely unprepared?? :o
Okay, so maybe 90% unprepared. I'm writing a story that I began roughing out almost 20 years ago, and originally wrote on a 5-1/4 inch disk. (God, I feel old). Obviously, the 5-1/4 disk didn't make it through my multiple relocations, and I couldn't get the text off it now if it had, so basically, we're going from scratch and a swiss cheese memory.
Needless to say, the plot is simplistic, the characters total MarySues, and I have no idea how it will flesh out. BUT!! I have the beginning, and the climax! Whoot!!
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No you aren't the only old one. When I took computer classes in college, we used 3.5 inch floppies formatted to 720 kb, my homework was on a dos box (lotus 123, db master, etc) and my teacher was making jokes about the old 8 inch floppies and the inkjet printer sized reader they had for it. :P Also a fax / scanning device was around the size of a large mouse and only scanned something the size of a newspaper comic panel (small square single panel) and very crappily at that. Our printers still had ribbons and daisy wheels I think too.
I have a story I could use from HS but I have no clue where it is and it would require I go visit my parents and search through what used to be my bedroom to find it and rewrite it for NaNoWriMo. I just remember it was a detective story. At the time, everyone was so impressed someone my age could write that well. I wonder if it's even that good anymore having not seen it in about 15 yrs.
meg_evonne:
--- Quote from: belial.1980 on October 28, 2009, 06:09:50 PM ---Sound like a great idea! The more unusual the word the better, lol. Hmm that reminds me...there's a word that Shakespeare used in one of his plays, and it received a special designation because it's only been published once in English literature. Anybody know what I'm talking about? I had it written down somewhere but have since lost it and haven't had any luck looking it up online. I always thought it would be funny to use it and, if ever published, make it the second occurrance.
Now as far as the nanowrimo goes, is it kosher to use old story ideas and such? Years ago I wrote a 4000 word story that I was thinking about expounding upon. I woudn't copy and paste anything; I'd just keep the characters/premise in mind and make a bigger work out of it? Is this kosher? Is it skirting the edges of "cheating?" I think some people have used outlines and such. Is it more in the spirit of the thing to go into it blindly or is it okay to have some forumalated ideas about what you plan to write?
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Isn't the goal to chug your way through 60,000 words or something? I don't think there are prizes or requirements. Their goal is to see people writing. So I'd say you were a go.
At least some of you have them on the large floppies. I've still got paper typed ones---yuck yuck yuck.
And Je3---of course it's wonderful.
Starbeam:
The goal is 50,000 words in one month. Far as I know, there's really no prize other than saying you've done it. And possibly an avatar type thingie you can use on forums and stuff.
belial.1980:
Alright I'm ready to rock. I hit up Seventh Sanctum http://www.seventhsanctum.com/ this morning for about 20 min and just jotted down a bunch of random story ideas. I cut bits and pieces from the ones I liked and created a goulash from it and now I've got a story idea. Obviously there's a lot up in the air at this point but I've got a pretty strong starting point. Come Sunday I'll roll out of bed (probably with a killer hangover) and get to work!
KevinEvans:
My wife and I are both making the attempt this year. We both have outlines and setups that have been ignored for paying work, it is time to get the first drafts knocked out....
Regards,
Kevin
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