NaNoWriMo

[CuffsAndCollar]

Hello, is anyone doing NaNoWriMo next month? Am thinking I might, but a bit challenged time wise right now!

[MissBattleaxe]

I'm seriously considering it. How many words does it have to be?

[CuffsAndCollar]

50,000 :)

[ImperialBlether]

I'm going to do it. It's come just at the right time for me. I'm spending this month planning and then (hopefully) I'll be ready to go on 1st November. I can't wait!

[MissBattleaxe]

I'm seriously considering it. Its a great way to motivate yourself to actually get it done.

[ImperialBlether]

MissB, were you using a different name on here before?

[MissBattleaxe]

Don't think so Imperial. I've been on Mn since about 2007 but have name changed three times.

Why do you ask?

[ImperialBlether]

Oh no reason, it's just when the Jeffrey thing happened everyone changed their names. I wondered whether you had, too. I'm rubbish at remembering names on here!

[CuffsAndCollar]

Ah great, company :)

[MissBattleaxe]

No my friend, been a battleaxe for around two years.

[Dietcherrycola]

Marks place

[randomcatname]

Hi everyone - think I might give it a bash too. My discipline is awful though. I'll be very pleased if I manage 50,000. Has anyone done it before? Any tips?

[CuffsAndCollar]

I haven't done it before so tip free apart from 'start writing, keep going' .

Lots of useful / inspirational stuff on the website though.

Go Team Mumsnet!

[Dietcherrycola]

I'm curious, are people planning to write every day? Or just weekdays? How much time/ how many words are you planning to do in each session?

[randomcatname]

I would need to write every day to get that word count. As a general rule I aim for 1000 and hope inspiration takes over. I hate writing to a word count though - but I guess NaNoWriMo is all about the word count!

[Dietcherrycola]

I get that. I think 1000 a day is a good minimum, though I'd have to be pretty determined to get tat done on a weekend, my family are a bit demanding...
I might aim for 1200 minimum every week day and see where it gets me.

[squoosh]

I AM doing this this year.

1000 words a day will be my aim rather than 50,000 in the month.

I.AM.DOING.THIS.THIS.YEAR.

[Dietcherrycola]

Are you doing this year squoosh?
Hehe

[LaContessaDiPlump]

I am tempted to join in, simply because if I'm not under time pressure then I won't start at all!

Just need a plot

[BlairWaldorfLovesShopping]

Joining in for motivation!

I did it last year, but didn't sign up on the site as it was part of a larger novel, and also because I handwrite. That took me 22 days. Shamefully, almost a year later I still haven't finished the novel, so I'm in again for the final 42k or so words, for which I'll give myself 26 days.

Good luck everyone :)

[EatingMyWords]

I've signed up. Had an idea simmering for a while so looking forward to get going with it.

[ImperialBlether]

What kind of novel will it be, EatingMyWords?

[EatingMyWords]

YA (I think- uni students, anyway), contemporary fantasy. A woman gets stuck in the 'other world' and has to work out whether she was betrayed by her best friend or boyfriend.

What's yours Imperial?

[randomcatname]

This will sound really dumb but it hadn't occurred to me to sign to the website. Does anyone know if it's worthwhile, or can you just muddle through without it?

[ImperialBlether]

Mine are psychological suspense.

It sounds like a good plot. It must be hard with YA because reading ages differ so much. Have you read a lot of that genre?

[UmbongoUnchained]

Can someone explain what this is? I'm writing a book atm just as a hobby but would be cool to do something with it!