The most magical time of year is coming....

[podperson]

Anyone else doing NaNoWriMo this year?

If you are, have you started planning yet? Or are you a complete pantser and you won't know what you're writing until you start on Nov. 1?

Remember, the time to plan is sloooowly running down.

Comments

[st_aurafina]

Yes, but because I've just moved house, I'm pantsing this year. Hope it goes well!!

[silverflight8]

First year ever that I'm not. Going to travel for about the first third of the month, and I've been ridiculously busy with everything else, which really makes me sad.

[musyc]

I *meant* to spend this month plotting an idea, but so far ... well. >.> On the plus side, I do have a folder of inspiration images. That's something, at least.

[lexicalcrow]

Yeah, I'll be joining the madness again. I still can't believe it's NaNo tiem already. Where has the year gone? D:

I do need to do some planning, because I'm attempting to rewrite from scratch the novel I tried and failed to finish last year, and that was partly because I totally screwed up the timelines for the other fics involved in that series, and none of it made any sense. So I do want to sit down and plot out a quick timeline at any rate, just to keep me focussed. What happens around that is up to NaNo, I think.

And if that doesn't work, I've always got thousands of short story ideas to work on. :D /all the options.

[anaraine]

Yep! Nano is penciled in on my calendar. I might do some last minute planning, on say, October 29th-31st, and I have a couple of vague, undefined plots percolating in my brain, but I have a lot of fun writing by the seat of my pants for Nano. :D

[kay_brooke]

I haven't really done it the last couple of years (last year I kind of half-assed it to finish up a WIP), but I have an idea for a new novel this year that I'm kind of excited about. So it looks like a yes!

[phoenixfire12]

Several friends of mine have done this, but I have never written for NaNoWriMo. All I really know about it is you have to write x-number of words per day for a whole month. Sounds like an interesting challenge. I'm told you can write anything they want to. Does that include fancfic? Probably not. This seems like a serious thing for serious professional and near-professional writers.

[proseac]

I'm in, for the first time in 4 years. I'll be writing a fanfic that I've had mostly plotted out for over a year. The canon has evolved a great deal since then, so I'm reworking it with a major character change. Very excited about it, and I'm just putting the finishing touches on my outline and OC bios.

[darkicedragon]

I'm in! And I've got at least the main points of my fic mapped out, though not as in detail as usual. XD;; I should be able to fill in the spaces though. After I've written some OTHER fanfic, pfft.

The biggest thing I need to develop is my antagonist, since I tend to develop the main characters but then forget about the antagonists, whoops.

[juliet]

I wasn't going to -- I am working on the edits to the novel I've been writing this year, and I *may* have a big work project that would knock it out altogether. But I'm now wondering... I've been clearing the decks for the work project, so if that doesn't come off, and if I get the current set of novel-edits done and dusted by the end of the month...

If I do, it'll be as an exercise in plot and planning, I think. I'm more of a pantser by nature and would like to experiment with more structured planning.

[nikkiscarlet]

I'm a bit late replying to this, but my plan for NaNo this year is to commit all 50,000 words to Yuletide: my own assignment, pinch hits, and treats. I'm calling it NaYuWriMo. :3

Unfortunately, since Yuletide assignments will be going out right on Nov. 1, it means I won't be able to plan out my main assignment in advance: I'll either have to pants it entirely or do the outline as soon as I get the assignment. But I will at least be able to scour Yuletide letters in the days leading up to November and find some requests that might make for fun treats, and maybe outline a few ideas for those. :D

[azurelunatic]

Mostly pants, although I've got a running series which tends to swallow everything.