NaNoWriMo 2013

[SugarMeFingers]

Anyone writing a novel this November?
I've signed up for my first try!
I'm doing some planning and outlining at the moment and looking forward to starting.

I'm EA300, children's literature. Really interesting but so much reading involved.

Shakespeare... last course for my literature degree. Essay on Macbeth. urgh...

I couldn't take EA300 as I used up that option taking the A363 Advanced creative writing. I wanted to the Children's Literature but came to the OU to take the creative writing modules so that was the priority.

And you know what? After a year of university level creative writing courses my NaNos are worse than ever. The OU taught me how to free-write so I don't even try to write a readable first draft.

they taught us how to edit too, but that's a lot more effort

I did the level 2 creative writing and know exactly what you mean!

I'm impressed I can get a draft written now but edit's afterward feel more like a chore.

I can't seem to read anything without picking it apart either!

Non-fiction is harder and definitely a lot slower than fiction. I'm trained for non-fiction really because I used to be an academic and I had a massive late-night attack of Impostor Syndrome the other day when I thought 'What if the agent finds out I've just made it all up?'
Then I remembered it was fiction and making it up is the whole point
I still feel guilty though. Like someone's going to tell me off for the fact that my characters weren't real.

I'd have thought non fiction was simpler, not so many imponderables.

I finished last night and got it validated today! I'm actually glad to get it out the way for now as have a million things to do before Christmas. I've just been checking out CampNanowrimo as think it might be better for me to do something like this is July rather than November.

Looking forward to when I can redraft and edit this one

Congratulations, Alotta!

Yay! Well done Alotta! My daily word count has dropped quite a bit since I passed the 50K goal. Only did 580 today. I am determined to finish this story though!

Congratulations to everyone who has won so far! :o

I still haven't quite caught up but have nearly 42k words. It will be close but I think I'll make it.

Congratulations Toomuchtea!

Keep going, Coppertop - not long now!

I've been absent from the thread as DD has been very poorly so writing has gone on the backburner. Still determined to finish in time though - 41k words as we speak. Put so much effort in I have to make myself finish it!

Lots of plot going on its just time I'm short on. Hoping to join the rest of you who have won.

Congratulations to those who have finished and Good Luck to those still going.

5k words done today... 2k words left to go. Can I do it in time?

I think you probably can

Sorry to hear about your dd.

I might not be NaNo-ing but I do finally have some momentum going with my new book. I'd forgotten what a great feeling it is seeing the words mount up!

Just 2.5k words left for me to do now. I may have to lock my children in a cupboard somewhere for a while tomorrow so that I can finish. :o

I've finished! :o

(The cupboards weren't necessary after all. )

Well done Coppertop!

Looking forward to the editing and rewriting thread next year

I finished at lunchtime too. Now currently basking in the warm glow of my winner's certificate. My story isnt actually quite finished, but since its science fiction I think I can get away with that. Now I just need to be finish it! Its been loads of fun and the challenge has really given me the kick I needed to get started again after years of procrastination.

Is there an editing challenge?

Congratulations!

They do a NaNoEdMo in March where you do 50 hours of editing, but it's not quite the same and if you're really keen to get going you'll have started before that anyway!

Well that might work well for me since I have a big exam in january I really should be studying for...

for everybody tonight?

Well done to everyone who won this year.

I'm still on 3700. Never quite got going with everything going on. Hopefully I will be trying again (with novel ande ttc) pretty soon.

There's always next year, or camp nano callingallengels Mine is nowhere where near finished but i have the purple bar, so all is good