Round 12 Dates

[lolmac]

And while we're at it, how about Round 12?[Poll #1629035]

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[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Personally I don't see the point of NaNo - for me it'd be unproductive as it's entirely counter to the way I write. But that's just me (and I realise I'm in a tiny minority in thinking it's counter-productive).

[lolmac]

Well, for me personally, it's not something I ever see myself doing. The world is, of course, madly perverse and that could change. But I rather doubt it. So the most I'm ever likely to do is continue with my own writing, whilst cheering on the Nanonians.

However, several friends of mine have done it in different years, and for them, it was the right thing to do.

Last year, I didn't set a word quota -- but I did make a special event of the month by deciding that, for that month, I would really and truly write every day. And I did, and it was a good thing for me. I'll probably do it again this year (or at least try).

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

I've got lots of friends who've done it too - but I cannot write and then not edit as I go...

I much prefer mini_nanowrimo - you can set yourself a daily word quota (minimum 100 words) and then write to that goal - but it's perfectly acceptable to edit it as you go, and the mods keep a running tally of everyone's word counts (you post at the end of the writing day with the word count you've completed that day). The first year I did it, I wrote a linked series of 30 ficlets (one a day) centring on Martha Jones. Had great fun doing it, too...

[curuchamion.livejournal.com]

There's also picowrimo - I'm planning to do that this year. It's very informal: no sign-up deadlines, just set any writing-related goal for the month (finish this story, edit that story, write 500 words, write something every day) and chatter in the daily posts. The archives feel a lot like ours, if not quite so cracky... *g*

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Ooh! Thanks for the tip - I hadn't heard of picowrimo!

[grlgoddess.livejournal.com]

I have never got any useful writing from my NaNo 'novels'. But it's useful in other ways. It's a good way to meet a bunch of other writers, and the write-ins and chatroom are really fun. Plus, the kick-off party has goody bags. And what kid-who's-outgrown-birthday-parties doesn't love an excuse for goody bags!

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

I'm not denying other people find it useful - far from it. Obviously they do or it wouldn't continue to run every year.