NaNoWriMo Dreamwidth Writers

11 months until NaNoWriMo 2011

As for my next book, I am going to hold myself from writing it till
I have it impending in me: grown heavy in my mind like a ripe pear;
pendant, gravid, asking to be cut or it will fall.

- Virginia Woolf



The clock's striking midnight in my part of the world and so this year's NaNoWriMo challenge comes to a close for me. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all the writers that participated this November - both official winners and all those Nano Writers that began the journey with us and for one or many of reasons were unable to complete the challenge. 50,000 words is indeed a whole lot of ( writing... )

Day 29 - 1 day remaining

In the long run, a people is known,
not by its statements or its statistics,
but by the stories it tells.

- Flannery O'Connor



So close to the end Nano Writer - today's word count is 48,333! Good luck to everyone still writing whether you're working hard to write several thousand words to reach the finish line or finishing up the last scenes for your story or even more bravely, writing on despite the long odds that you will have 50K words by the end of the month... you are all to be commended! You are true ( writers... )

Day 27 - 3 days remaining

NOVEL, n. A short story padded.

- Ambrose Bierce,
The Devil's Dictionary



This is it. Crunch time, Nano Writer. Maybe you're a little behind on your word count, maybe a lot. But this is when you discover what you've got, what you can do when you really want it. So sign into Write or Die, sign up for a Word War with a friend/rival or just find a quiet spot, you and your writing tool of choice, and ( finish_your_story... )

Day 25 - 5 days remaining

All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind.

- Kahlil Gibran



The word count today is 41,667! If you're behind, it's time to open the floodgates and let the story flow from your heart and head ( onto_the_page... )

If you wish to be a writer, write.

- Epictetus



Life seems to be full of both beginnings and endings, Nano Writer, both good and bad, though in general, I suspect that most people have more positive experiences with beginnings than ends. After all, the beginning of anything offers the promise of adventure and new horizons to conquer: the first day of school, first kisses, the first page of a new book.

Whereas ( endings... )

Day 21 - 9 days remaining

The process of writing has something infinite about it. Even
though it is interrupted each night, it is one single notation.

- Elias Canetti



Three weeks ago, we all began an adventure. Excited, hopeful, and maybe even a little scared, we began to tell a story. And in this intent, we are the same. And the same as Homer and Hemingway, Chaucer and Chatterjee, Murasaki and Morrison. Yes, the very same. But now, twenty-one days later, our challenge becomes something ( different... )

Day 19 - 11 days remaining

Whatever job I had, I was always writing like crazy.
All I ever liked about offices was being able to type up
stories on the computer when no one was looking.

- J. K. Rowling



Today's word count is 31,667! How is everyone coming along? Having some trouble finding the time to write today? Well not to get anyone in trouble or anything ( but... )

Day 17 - 13 days remaining

Putting the characters through pain is never a problem
for me. That's where all the interesting stuff happens.
And growth only comes through pain and struggle.
So it's for their own good really.

- J. Michael Straczynski



So Nano Writer, today's word count is 28,333! How is everyone doing ( today? )

Day 15 - 15 days remaining

Keep in mind that the person to write for is yourself.
Tell the story that you most desperately want to read.

- Susan Isaacs



*walks up to mic* Uh... Hello? *taps mic* SQUEAL *makes slashing signs across throat* Thanks. Okay... I have one announcement I would like to make today and ( that_is... )

Day 13 - 17 days remaining

I wake early and hear my morning voices leaping around in my head
like jumping beans. I get out of bed to trap them before they escape.

- Ray Bradbury



Ah, the weekend! After a busy week of obligations - school, work, sometimes both - the weekend is often a good time to catch up with chores, friends, sleep... ( writing? )