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Who's going to participate in NANO this year?

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Troubled darkness:
i'll be doing this again this year. It'll be my second year and it was so much fun last year. I wrote a novel that I'd had in my heard for years and found that having a goal of completing 50,000 words in a month was such a good motivator. This year I'm working on a novel for the SHOMI competition. I've decided that starting September I will try all competitions that I come across that fit in with my writing. If just for practice more than anything else.  ;D

blgarver:
Crap, I'm panicking!  Any advice for an aprehensive noob?

caynreth:
Just open up your mind and write whatever wants to flow out.

Troubled darkness:
You just don't think about editing and don't worry. I found it easier to have a set amount of words that i needed to get done every day and then if i missed that word count i added it to the next one and so on I know one weekend I had a whole weeks worth to catch up on  :o but if you know throughout the month how much you should be on every day then it makes it a lot simpler to catch up. NaNo is such a brilliant moivater for writing. I found that the words came easily when I just let it flow and didn't worry about it. Outlining slightly is a good idea as well. It doesn't have to be loads but a few ideas on where the storyline is going to go is usually a good idea.
 ;D
that help at all  ???

blgarver:
Well, I may not be in Nano after all.  Not unless I come up with another idea.  I was going to write the first in my fantasy series I've been wanting to write since i was 12, but it's so huge that I need to outline first.  And I'm trying to finish my WIP, too.  Too much on my plate.

I might try something more non-traditional.  I'm reading "Story Structure Architect" right now, and there is a section on anti-structure story that is different than the Westernized, 3-act style.  Still takes planning, but maybe that's the change of venue I need to unclog my brain.

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