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Who's going to participate in NANO this year?
Grogtard:
I did it last year. It was great fun and real eye opener. My suggestion is that if you haven't done it yet then do it. It's a trial by fire. My personal advice is to just sit and WRITE. Don't worry about grammar, spelling or even continuity. Save that for editing. This challenge is about getting done.
I'm not doing this year because I just don't have time. Writing time that is. I'm working a novel. Starting the outline for a second. Plus playing around with doing some short fiction.
Stitch:
I did it last year and plan to do it again this year. I really enjoyed the comraderie of write ins and local forums.
Stitch
Cyclone Jack:
I write 50-60k every month.
Simon Hogwood:
Show-off. ;)
Cyclone Jack:
--- Quote from: Simon Hogwood on October 03, 2007, 04:36:04 AM ---Show-off. ;)
--- End quote ---
I didn't say it was 50-60k of good writing. :P
Seriously...I stick to a 2000 word per day quota. On the best of these days, it's 2k (or more) of directed, fairly polished narrative. On the worst it's blathering nonsense. Mostly it's part warm up, part salvagable prose, and part meandering.
If a writer is serious, this is the way to go. If you are stuck for time, make the quota lower. I generally get my 2k out in 2-3 hours.
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