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He is! And I've learned so much from him. I'm glad you're enjoying it.
It's awesome, because I've always wanted to take a Creative Writing class before, but with other study getting in the way, haven't been able to. So it's almost like I can now! :D
I'm really excited to be participating this year! I don't know anyone personally whose been involved in the past or is planning to this year :/ Glad there are groups where people who are interesting in it can all help each other out! I was wondering if there was anyone who lived in CT who might be interested in forming a sort of NaNo book club for the month?
Tempest wrote: "I'm really excited to be participating this year! I don't know anyone personally whose been involved in the past or is planning to this year :/ Glad there are groups where people who are interestin..."Have you tried the NaNo Regional Forums? Surely there MUST be "areas" on there, CT isn't THAT big.
http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/regionsConnecticut has five regions, one of them ought to be within driving distance. Just scroll down to USA::Connecticut:: and pick East, Fairfield County, North, Shoreline, Valley-Northwest
Kris wrote: "Tempest wrote: "I'm really excited to be participating this year! I don't know anyone personally whose been involved in the past or is planning to this year :/ Glad there are groups where people wh..."I breifly looked over it a few days ago but wasn't sure I could find anything that would fit into my sched. Thanks though! I'll check again for sure. :) None of my friends are into writing (despite the fact I majored in Creative Writing with a good portion of them...explain that to me?) lol.
Just got the schedule for regional fora in my area - well, within three and a half hours' drive of me. For a two-hour meet? Don't think I'll be going.
Katie wrote: "I just heard about NaNoWriMo a few hours ago and now I am obsessed! As a 30-something book nerd I have always wanted to write a novel. The universe has been kicking me in the pants all year and w..."Good Luck! The nano community is really supportive! Stick to the daily word suggestion and you will do great :) my daily goals are 2,000 words a day minimum
Hi, all. I'm new to this forum but not to NaNo. This will be my fourth year to participate - or is it five? Hmmm. Anyway, my first NaNo book was published this year - Out of the Past. And I'm working on polishing last year's with hopes to have it published sometime next year. This year I'm going in with absolutely NO idea what I'm going to write, so I'm going to start with a lot of character vignettes and hope one of them leads me to a story! Need y'all to hold me accountable and my feet to the fire.
Late to the discussion, but I love The Coffee Break Screenwriter by Pilar Alessandra. Yes, for noveling! It is an entire book of ten minute writing exercises to get your story down. Totally rocks. You can get the whole first chapter as a sample PDF off of squidoo. And that one chapter alone is a gem! Very helpful for NaNo. I've read Weiland's outlining book, too. Very good.
After spending months thinking I was going to write an adult novel, I sat down, started writing and realized I was writing a children's novel. Whatever works, right?
Well today hasn't gone as well as yesterday. Too many interruptions. Life just gets in the way doesn't it. Did manage some chapter outlining on my iPad and then found my lovely four year old erasing it! I've done about 800 words today, am aiming to double it before bed but I'm tired and it feels like an effort. And it's only day 2!
I'm reading No Plot, No Problem as well. I did a lot of planning, but I still don't feel prepared enough. I think I might plan as I write my novel. I started reading the book The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron a couple weeks ago and doing the exercises in it and I think it's actually helping with my novel. One of the things you're supposed to do is write morning pages (3 pages handwritten after you wake up) Basically it's a journal where you just write whatever is on your mind, no going back and reading. It's supposed to help clear your mind of all the things that are blocking your creativity. Ever since I've started doing it I've been more productive and creative. My novel seems to flow better than it ever has before.
If you're interested, you can go to www.750words.com and do that online, Bhunita. I found it was hurting my hand to do it every day in longhand and it's free & private (plus you earn badges for doing it so many days in a row, can be motivating).I've been writing my NaNo story there, because it constantly keeps a word count for you at the bottom of the screen, updating as you write. It also keeps track of how long it took you, how fast you typed, time to get to 750 words (which is supposedly three pages), it's pretty cool.
When I'm done for the day, I just copy and paste it into Word, but you can go back and look at any prior day on the site too, if you want.
The site was inspired by The Artist's Way.
Has anyone been surprised by things their characters have done or how their personalities have developed? My male main character has become way more sick and twisted than I realized, lol.
Shambhawi wrote: "Laura wrote: "Has anyone been surprised by things their characters have done or how their personalities have developed? My male main character has become way more sick and twisted than I realized,..."This guy is revealing his stalker side and some twisted tendencies. Laws are being broken, he is outta control!
I don't know if I could write something as dark as yours, Shambhawi. I'm glad you're enjoying it though.
I know the feeling there! Looks like we both have a couple of whack jobs on our hands lol.
Laura wrote: "Has anyone been surprised by things their characters have done or how their personalities have developed? My male main character has become way more sick and twisted than I realized, lol."Yeah, my story took a completely weird turn too. It's starting to develop into something completely different then what I thought I was writing originally. Lol.
Mine is totally different too, I guess mainly because of my male lead, but just all in all....it was going to be a book of connected short stories, and it's turned into a novel. lol.
I read Ray Bradbury in October. Not to prep for NaNo, but because Bradbury and October go together like tea and honey. I usually end up reading one of his short story collections in November, as well, so I won't get too caught in a novel (I can't really bring my laptop to work, so I read on my break)All I really do to prep is develop characters and come up with a vague plot idea. Some years I've not even done that. My second year, I came home from a Halloween party, my dogs barked at their own reflections in the window, gave me an idea, and I got to like 58k words done.
This year as I'm writing, I finding myself stopping, rereading, and saying: "Sounds like I've been reading Bradbury!" a lot more than usual.
That's a good sign. He's a genius! Love him!
Laura wrote: "Has anyone been surprised by things their characters have done or how their personalities have developed? My male main character has become way more sick and twisted than I realized, lol."One of mine (a fairly minor character) went the other way! He was gonna be this stuck-up rich snob, but he was actually quite nice to my MC!! He wasn't supposed to make another appearence in the story, but now he might be...
Well I knew Kit had a temper, I just didn't know he was THAT touchy....
Apparently "beware the quiet ones" fits my chief engineer.
Good, looks like I'm in good company then. Only thing is, this guy is so twisted, there may be only one person I'd dare to show this story to at this point!
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Outlining Your Novel: Map Your Way to Success (other topics)No Plot? No Problem! (other topics)
It's Brandon Sanderson's lectures at BYU - he teaches creative writing. These are so good, and totally free. I completely love him, he has such a fantastic personality. I hope you all enjoy them."
Thank you so much for posting this!! I just watched the Intro video, he sounds awesome! :)