PreNoWriMo: Day 1/30

[kageotogi]

Today is the first day of September, and that means it's the first day of our NaNoWriMo test run, which I'm personally referring to as "Omfg What Was I Thinking"-Month. That would be OMFGWTF for short, I think. Or maybe I'll just stick with PreNoWriMo. Anyway, whatever. Let the games begin!

Today's Goal:

PreNoWriMo Total:

Comments

[lawless523.livejournal.com]

Good luck!

If I can shake enough free time by wrapping other more important things up by then, I may try a mini-NaNoWriMo in November working on my magnum opus. I am not wedded, however, to the idea of winding up with 50,000 perfectly sculpted words. I would be more than happy to wind up with however many well-sculpted words will make up a decent first draft of Part I.

However, if I were keeping count, I wouldn't be surprised if I typed 50,000 words in the course of it, just eliminating 10,000 or more of them along the way in the process of writing and editing. Really, someday I should send you a handwritten draft just so you see why I almost always type everything.

[kageotogi.livejournal.com]

The point of NaNoWriMo isn't to have perfect words. It's all about quantity over quality -- basically, tying up the inner-editor for a month and chugging out a draft, for better or for worse.

And believe me, it's often for worse.

Eh. My hand-drafts are messy enough. I think I get the picture.

[lawless523.livejournal.com]

I've piddled around with this thing in my mind long enough. I shall have near-perfect words!

Actually, I mostly don't care about the word count, just the progress. I expect many if not most of the scenes comprising Part I to be relatively short. But I still may use NaNoWriMo and November as an excuse or jumping off point. That's my goal, anyway.

Like you, sometimes when I write by hand it's to get it down on paper, not because I think it's good or the best way to write it, and then fix it when I type. Most recently, I printed a story I had started in the middle, because it was easiest, and took it with me while cat sitting so I could write after thinking about how to start it while looking at the rest of it in printed form.

When I type a story from scratch, though, I try to fix it, at least to some extent, while typing. Then I fix it again when I continue because I usually go back, read, and revise what I've already written.

[zxora.livejournal.com]

If I had my own computer I would probably do this...maybe shorten the goal to 25,000, lol. But I'll just wait until November!

Good luck!

~*Kelsey*~

[kageotogi.livejournal.com]

You could write it by hand~

[zxora.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...maybe...:-P.

~*Kelsey*~

[skybound2]

Good luck! I'm contemplating using NaNo time this year to actually completely edit LAST year's novel, as I've only looked at it twice since then. Maybe I'll join you a bit in solidarity here, and start in on that this month...

[kageotogi.livejournal.com]

I adore that icon.

Join me! Edit this month, write in November! That's how things should be.

[skybound2]

I'm going to try and squeeze in the editing this month, (and maybe next), so I can do just that :-)

And I adore the whole series of icons I downloaded for NaNo last year. They are not just limited to use during that one month!

[yellowhorde.livejournal.com]

You are a writing FIEND! I don't know whether to envy you or fear you. (Joking, it's envy all the way, baby!)

Last year NaNo didn't turn out well because I was working two jobs. Unfortunately, I'm in the same boat this year. Maybe a mini NaNo... or something...

[kageotogi.livejournal.com]

You could totally do a mini-NaNo. I don't see a problem with that in the slightest. ♥

[baensidhe.livejournal.com]

Woo, go you! :D

It is somewhat tempting to join you in this pre-insanity. I'm not sure whether I should be talking myself into or out of it....

[kageotogi.livejournal.com]

Do iiiiit. It'd be fun~