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NaNoWriMo writers retreat!

bosquevillage — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 15:50:40 GMT

Are you doing NaNoWriMo this year and want to increase your success?

See the web page:
http://bosquevillage.com/nanowrimo/

NaNoWriMo contestants: We invite you to the Bosque Village for the month of November to start and finish your novel.

If you are serious about finishing a book in one month, then you want to be in a place that is designed to support all the energy you put into your audacious goal.

the view of the lakeThe Bosque Village is in a beautiful forest in the Mexican highlands. The residents and volunteers at the Bosque are dedicated to providing a creative atmosphere for NaNoWriMo participants. You will be away from the city noise and free from the obligations of family and friends. The Bosque invites writers to put themselves into an ideal space for winning NaNoWriMo 2009.

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Script Frenzy

TagYourIt — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:25:08 GMT

Since it's put on by the same people I hope it's ok to mention this here.

Is anyone doing the Script Frenzy?

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50k

none11111 — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:08:44 GMT

Got my purple bar over at nanowrimo.org this morning. I am super glad, and kind of stunned. How is everyone else?

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Word Counts

TheInfinitelyDelightfulJeannie — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:22:50 GMT

A thread to post our progress and cheer each other on!

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Am I nuts?

Anne — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:30:12 GMT

Last Sunday, I decided that I really am going to do NaNo this year. That's right, last Sunday the 11th. Okay, I'm nuts. But here's my thinking... I've had this story rolling around in my head since August. Characters who'd show up in my dreams, settings, ideas. I'd been taking notes. And I'm laid off. And Sunday morning I just *had* to write.

I'm over 5,000 words now, which I know is behind a lot of leaders. But it's also more than I got done the first time I did NaNo.

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Motivate and inspire!

TheInfinitelyDelightfulJeannie — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 13:15:01 GMT

Yes, I'm posting alot, but I'm hoping this will help not only myself, but maybe someone else as well, to stay motivated. So, every so often, I'll try to post an inspirational or motivational quote for writers. Please feel free to post a few, too, and don't forget to post your word counts so we can encourage one another.

Ok, here's the first quote, which was selected because it is ridiculously appropriate for NaNoWriMos:

"There are times when quantity is at least as important as quality in learning an art."
Lawrence Watt-Evans

Keep going!
~Jeannie

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Write-ins/meetups

TheInfinitelyDelightfulJeannie — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 13:07:23 GMT

Does anyone attend these?

If you go, what do you like/dislike about them? Do you feel you get alot of help or alot of work done while you're there? What are your strategies for success in terms of getting some words out while attending? Is it more for socializing and destressing with other people as insane as you are?

If you don't go, why? If you write primarily at home/alone, how do you stay focused and motivated? Hints? Tips? Cheats? lol

This is my first year and I'll take any advice y'all wanna give!

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Uploading

candicmt — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 03:22:29 GMT

How do I do this. I have looked and can't seem to find the proper location. Can someone please help me out? Thanks...

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Can't get nanowrimo.org to come up

marcella_salisbury — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:06:58 GMT

Too busy this first day, I guess. So in lieu of that, for now I will post my word count here.

This is my first year, and so far today I have 1,555 words. It's just past 4 p.m. where I am (Mendocino County, CA).

How are you all doing?

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NaNoWriMo Virgin in Columbia, MD

ecrivaine32 — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:58:51 GMT

Hi, I am in Columbia, MD, and I don't know a soul who will take part in this with me. Looks like I am the only person I know crazy enough to attempt. Is there anywhere any of you recommend to look up other contest participants in your region for NaNoWriMo?

I just bought the book, "No Plot? No Problem." by Chris Baty and am reading that hurriedly for any tips I can glean, since I only discovered NaNoWriMo for myself a couple of months ago.

But, eek, I don't even have the beginning of an idea, a genre, or anything.

Does anyone have any tips on how to begin? Do you always come w/inspiration and a well-defined idea, or have some of you just wrote the first thing that came to mind?

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Ready, set, wait!

Johnnyis — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:56:44 GMT

Well the site is opened for signups and all the pre-november warmups, foruming, etc etc etc. Too bad so far the site is running extremely slow. So I popped over here to check on the community, looks like this place has been abandoned since the end of last year's event. Hopefully the main site gets sped up soon so there's a place for the nanowrimo community to start getting all abuzz.

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40K

ambertides — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 09:11:07 GMT

How are we all doing?

I finally crossed the 40k mark this morning.

I need 10k more in 5 days. Eeeeek.

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30k

stormy_llew — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 05:07:32 GMT

Just passed it. Woohoo! I may not be as far along as I want to be, but that 35k-by-the-end-of-week-3 goal actually looks doable now.

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Day 13 - So how did the weekend treat everyone?

Leslie511 — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:36:08 GMT

I am doing ok, although I didn't make my personal goal of 30k by Sunday bedtime.
One problem was that I thought I was about 2k further ahead than I thought - math is not my friend.

On the upside, Sunday I got into a great groove and cranked out 6k in about 2 hours!

I'm sitting just shy of 29k right now and still have lots to say so week two isn't NEARLY as painful as it was last year!

Anyone else wanna talk about their weekend's efforts?

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Plot Helping Tool!

robster — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:17:58 GMT

Not sure if anybody has seen this, but I just ran accross it:

http://www.storybase.net/story.php?catid=6

It's a tool on some site StoryBase.net. It's got a whole database of plot ideas, based on different characteristics of your character or storyline! I entered my character names ,and then chose a personality type for my main character, and it brought up a bunch of actually neat ideas for story direction.

Kinda neat. I don't think I have to use it quite yet, but it's good to know that it's there if I find myself running out of steam.

Thought I'd share :)

Hope you're all having good word-count luck!

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popular San Francisco cafes for nano's?

dalata — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 17:55:33 GMT

Hi

I'm curious if people writing are hanging out in any particular SF cafes. I've been wandering around and am at about 18.5K words. I wrote 18K of them in the first 10 days and have been stagnant...now am changing the plot trying to figure out how to weave what I wrote into the new characters. Ack.

Just thought I'd "emote" here to avoid writing.

Also if you happen to own a cafe I have a typewriter I want to donate so people can come in and start typing a novel!

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Day 10 (Yes I'm nuts!)

jeffboman — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:51:58 GMT

Currently I'm at 18,120 words. No matter that it's an already oncredible amount, but I was shooting for 2000 a day.

We currently have a challenge going in Montreal to reach 25,000 words by 11:59 PM on Sunday. that leaves me 56 hours to produce another 9 K words.

Looks as if sleep will fall by the wayside. :)

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November 6 ( Day 6)

Leslie511 — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 19:58:45 GMT

So, how did the weekend treat everyone?

At just over 12k end of day Sunday I'm ahead of the nano posted schedule, but behind my own goals...
I'd like to be at 15k end of day today but not sure if that will work... had to miss my lunchtime write-in for a meeting and computer problems so I've counting on writing tonight.

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Day 3: Niceness

none11111 — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 09:35:11 GMT

Day 3 has wrapped for me and I am at 5188. Just a tad ahead of schedule. Woo and Hoo!

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Publishing Online As You Go?

robster — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 16:30:51 GMT

Has anybody found an online forum, like some sort of blogging tools or sites, that would work for uploading each day's work as we go?

It'd have to be able to post "backwards" from the common "most recent on top" style. Just thinking i'd be cool to have a place where people could go each day to see the latest work!

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Day 2: Woo-hoo!

JoeMayer — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 23:04:06 GMT

3 p.m. and I'm at about 2100 words for the day. Already past my personal 2000 words per day goal for the weekdays. Still plugging along, though, trying to make it into the 3000 word area for the day...

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Day 1 word count?

uni_q — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 16:01:57 GMT

by 6:00 am i had 3014!!! going sleeepy now. nigh, nigh all.

http://www.nanowrimo.org/userinfo.php?uid=129405

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Team 2006

JoeMayer — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 22:00:00 GMT

So, has anyone/everyone else signed up for the 2006 event yet?

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3-day novel

brandybug — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 05:15:00 GMT

in case an entire month is too easy for you, there's the 3-day novel contest: http://www.3daynovel.com/index.html

i'm holing up in a hotel room to give it a shot!

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NaNo In June!~!

Leslie511 — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 21:16:36 GMT

(straight off the website...)

We want you to write a movie.

Yep. We love writing novels in November. And we'll keep running NaNoWriMo until the sun implodes. But after seven years, we're eager for a supplemental adventure. One where we can get in over our heads and swim out past the creative breakwaters and experience the exhilarating surge of a thousand other nautical metaphors cascading over our laptops and legal pads in a froth of art-fueling adrenaline.

Also, we want to do it because it turns out that movie stars don't flock to amateur novelists in quite the quantities we'd hoped.

So we're heading into the world of screenplays. And we're currently laying the foundations for a new website that will provide inspiration, community, and a terrifying, month-long deadline for would-be screenwriters around the globe.

Like NaNoWriMo, the event will be free, fun, and self-competitive. Unlike NaNoWriMo, collaboration will be encouraged. Also, the whole thing will be helmed by someone much smarter and more experienced than me---a fantastic writer and UCLA-trained director named Kristina Malsberger.

Kristina is awesome, and you'll be hearing more from her when the temporary site for the screenplay event launches this fall. If you'd like to make sure you get a heads-up about the escapade, you can add your email address to our NaNoRemindMe box on the NaNoWriMo home page, and we'll send you an email when the new site goes up.

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how is everyone doing?

brandybug — Sat, 19 Nov 2005 00:57:06 GMT

we're over halfway through the month--what's your word count? mine's just over 22,000 words, which means i'm about 8,000 words behind, if you go by the daily word quota of 1,667 words per day...

here's my profile if you're interested:
http://www.nanowrimo.org/userinfo.php?uid=67650

let's share and encourage and keep the nanowrimo spirit alive!

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nanonyms 2005

Francesca — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 18:25:40 GMT

What's your handle on nanowrimo.org ?

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NaNoing in college

lily_rocks — Sun, 06 Nov 2005 20:10:38 GMT

Is anyone else juggling midterms, and essays, and on campus jobs as well as a novel?
I just want someone(s) to suffer with.

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A few hours away!

jeffboman — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 16:20:02 GMT

NaNo starts at 12:01 this evening! I likely won't be starting until Tuesday morning, but the start is still exciting to me!

I'm guessing this tribe will be quiet for the month. :)

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Austin Nanowrimo group

delia — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 22:35:14 GMT

Planning on getting some people together next Monday to discuss Nanowrimo. (Also a meeting or two during November.)

Looking for some folks who've done it before (completed or not) to talk about their experiences.

Not trying to make a workshop, just a social group that will help with mutual exertion of pressure to get it done.

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Hello all

none11111 — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 18:38:17 GMT

Just wanted to say hi. This year will be my first NaNoWriMo, and my final plunge into my longtime dreamed about world of writing. I am so jazzed I am bout to burst. I've been boning up on sills by bashing out some short stories and readin a bunch of "how-to" books, including "No Plot? No Problem!" Most recently I am on "Plot & Structure" by Jason Scott Bell. Fantastic book, for me anyways.

I look forward to posting here often, with laments and triumphs, in November!!

-Peace

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Okay it's October 2nd....

Sun, 02 Oct 2005 15:48:41 GMT

It's october 2nd...and i can't even sign into my current nanowrimo account..or edit my profile....grrr...I need to email chris!!!!!!!

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How about a book every 20 days?

olivander — Tue, 16 Nov 2004 21:40:28 GMT

http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,6109,1349581,00.html

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NaNo Annoyance

DreamingTwilight — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 18:28:01 GMT

The NaNoWriMo website won't let you sign up untill October 1. This has been driving me crazy because the people who've participated in previous years are chatting in the forums and I can't join in.

Anyone know a way around that? Do I need to write them and whine about it? Do I just wait?

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I just tried to edit my first Nano Novel-

Mshathvri — Tue, 31 May 2005 23:48:14 GMT

And, oh, the horror. It's embarassing just to look at it- I can't get through the Prologue. Oh, well, maybe someday I'll get over that and just edit it and get it over with.

I'm looking forward to NaNoWriMo this year; this will be my third time participating.

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How I wrote my novel

Mark — Sat, 05 Mar 2005 22:12:44 GMT

During the last several years I worked on a novel, and kept extensive notes about my project. If you're interested in how someone comes up with the idea for a book, researches it, and writes and revises it, you might be interested in reading my notes. The notes are in the form of a PDF file you can download.
http://www.toobeautiful.org/blog/2005/03/how-i-wrote-my-novel-i-posted-file-of.html

Mark

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The Lulu.com offer

jeffboman — Sat, 22 Jan 2005 04:42:56 GMT

I'm waiting for my free book to arrive in the mail. Did anyone else here take up the offer?

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Final week, how's everyone holding up?

Johnnyis — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 21:42:05 GMT

I've entered the final week with 25,000 words complete, and thus 25,000 words to go. Hehe, yeah, it's been a november of procrastination and disctraction for me, but I'm far from giving up. I've already knocked out another 3500 words today and it isn't even 2pm. I'll have to write every day this week to get to the finish, but, it can be done.

So how are you guys doing? Done already, so close that you're just languidly tapping the keys? Sweating and pushing forth? Or so far beind you've given up on this year?

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Whew! Another November come and gone.

Johnnyis — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 17:12:20 GMT

Well, that was fun and exciting. I spent 95% of the month thinking I'd never make it, but finished up at about 10pm last night. It's a good feeling.

Hope everyone enjoyed themselves. Congrats to everyone, whether you made it or not, who gave it a whirl this year. Hope to see you all back next year!

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Just a few more hours!

Dr_SteveSS — Sun, 31 Oct 2004 22:51:49 GMT

In just about 9 hours from now (PST), we can begin! Is everyone ready? Got your music set? Your coffee? Your sanity?

Good luck to everyone!!

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2004 Signups Open

elphaba — Sat, 02 Oct 2004 02:00:49 GMT

It looks like Nano signups are open for 2004. Is anyone here planning to do it this year?

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Who is buying No Plot? No Problem?

Thu, 14 Oct 2004 02:11:39 GMT

I've got my copy already. Who is adding it to their library?

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0811845052/qid=1097719826/sr=2-1/ref=pd_ka_b_2_1/102-0203501-9686570

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Tribe picture?

minorswing — Wed, 13 Oct 2004 23:01:08 GMT

Hello, can we restore the tribe picture? It would look a lot nicer! :)

Thanks! :)

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Preparations for November

elphaba — Tue, 12 Oct 2004 20:50:13 GMT

Has anyone started outlining or jotting down notes yet? How specific do you get and what's your preferred brainstorming method?

I'm finding I get a bit more elaborate with the planning every year. It helps to have a wealth of brainstorming material available when I finally start writing.

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Hiya I'm Carrie...

Mon, 22 Mar 2004 04:29:00 GMT

I'm in the bay Area..(yeah I've met Chris Baty)

Who's doing Nanoedmo?

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Thinking about November already?

olivander — Tue, 23 Mar 2004 23:18:08 GMT

So is anyone else planning November's novel already?

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I made it!

elkit — Sun, 30 Nov 2003 18:20:26 GMT

Crossed the 50,000 mark right after midnight last night. I can't even tell you how proud and excited I am. I'd signed up for NaNoWriMo on a lark, just for kicks, and I had no idea I would get so much out of it.

This sounds really corny, but I feel like I found a piece of myself that I hadn't even noticed missing.

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Dude, it's the last week! What are you doing??

robster — Tue, 25 Nov 2003 02:07:59 GMT

So, it's what they call the 'home stretch' and I dunno what to think on makin' it... Nah, I plan on turnin' on the full-force rockin' this week!

Everyone else doin' good out there?

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Word Counts

Mark — Sun, 02 Nov 2003 05:46:40 GMT

I've got the first two chapters done, coming in at 5486 words.

Mark

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so... whatcha writing about?

jose fa — Wed, 29 Oct 2003 20:29:19 GMT

eom

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Your NaNo Soundtrack

ryanozawa — Sat, 11 Oct 2003 02:10:50 GMT

What'll be on your playlist as you pound out your 50,000 words? Or is silence your preferred ear candy? I'll probably alternate between whooshy ambient new age stuff (jellyfish rock) and industrial/techno. Scoff all you like, but Moby's helped me put together more than a few pages of prose!

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I'm not ready!!

Fri, 24 Oct 2003 18:30:21 GMT

Novemeber 1st is right around the corner, and I don't have any clue yet what I'm going to write about! I read all your posts about having ideas, characters and even *gasp* outlines and I think, "Good gods! I'm SO going to fail!"

Yeah, I'm exagerating, but there still a grain of truth in there somewhere. Is anyone else in my boat?

Anyone.. ? :)

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NaNo, NaNo

Mark — Thu, 28 Aug 2003 16:55:50 GMT

Well, the tribe is gathering. Has anyone settled on a plot for this year's effort?

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The QUEST

ryanozawa — Thu, 18 Sep 2003 06:46:08 GMT

If you can't wait until November, or if you'd just like to try a different format, the great minds at LitKicks are launching The QUEST. It's also devoted to spontaneous writing, but features a workshop-like setup (small critique groups) and shorter assignments (rather than an entire novel). Check it out. If it wasn't so close to NaNoWriMo, I'd consider it.

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Isn't almost time for this again?

write — Wed, 17 Sep 2003 21:22:17 GMT

Who's doing this this year? Anyone here succeed last year?

Here's news:

Anyone interested in a 4-week workshop session? I'm able to grant a "scholarship" this next one. My website is down for the moment but I set up a temporary blog, where you can get all the details. http://bellascribe.blogdrive.com. This is really late notice; deadline's right around the corner (lots of stuff's been in my way) so if you're interested you'll want to check it out pretty quickly.

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Reading Along

Mark — Fri, 29 Aug 2003 14:50:40 GMT

Again this year, as I have done for the past two, I wil be posting my daily efforts to my yahoo group... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MarkNaNoWriMo/

All are invited to sign up and follow along as I either 1) reach my goal, or 2) fall flat on my face. :{)

Mark

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