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Kamikaze Novel Writing

Posted by michael on from the do-or-do-not,-there-is-no-try dept.

spotmonk writes "November is National Novel Writing Month, and the beginning of this year's nanowrimo program will be starting on Nov 1st. Participants will write a novel of a minimum of 50,000 words in a month's time. Described as valuing enthusiasm and perseverance over talent and craft, nanowrimo takes a kamikaze approach to writing a novel - you may not get the best novel out of it, but at least you've written a novel. Sign-ups last till the end of the month."

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  1. Chapter One by fontkick · · Score: 5, Funny

    The night was moist.

  2. I have a feeling... by niteice · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...that Windows was written exactly the same way.

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    ROMANES EUNT DOMUS
  3. Now we know... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...how the screenplay for The Phantom Menace was written.

  4. An interesting experience. by Hibikitour · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I have participated in Nanowrimo for the past three years. There are a lot of people who think about writing something but never set any structured goals in order to get it done. You can take it as serious as you like or loaf all month. It won't make you a great writer but you might find out that you can produce a lot more than you thought. 50,000 words is a hard goal for many and reaching it can be quite rewarding.

    There are municipal liaisons that cover areas throughout the country and organize writing groups. I am one in eastern Ohio and what I do is try to keep track of the people in my local area, provide a little encouragement and pass out a couple freebies that the Nanowrimo staff sends out each year. All in all it can be an interesting experience if you are into writing.

  5. Re:When did mediocrity become something to shoot f by dkellis · · Score: 5, Insightful
    The idea is to break the cycle of "one day I'm going to write a novel", by giving us that one day as a definite date.

    It's just a way to make us write something, no matter how horrible, in order to have a story that we can edit and improve on after November's over.

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