Not that anybody would need it...

[erestor]

... but just in case:

Comments

[jassanja]

Als Teilnehmer hat man wohl noch mehr Grund es zu benützen als als Gegner ..... *icon entführ*

[erestor]

Ha mir fascht dänggt, dass Du's bruuche kasch, hehe! Ich bewundere dini Närve, ich hät scho lang e Aafall bikoh.

[jassanja]

Ich hab ja auch schon Anfälle bekommen...nur dauern die meist nur eine Minute oder so

[granamyr]

Ooooh, I want one, too! Like I could ever polish off a novel in a month. Maybe 2 1/2 months, but not 30 days.

[erestor]

I think it's a great kick-start for somebody who always wanted to write a novel but just somehow never got to sit down and start it. A draft is doable, I think, if you have a great idea and write fast, you can make a draft in a month, but not a complete novel including correction and everything. Heh, the draft for Joyful Molly took me 6 weeks, and now I'm working through it.

I guess what irks me about the whole thing is a) "quantity over quality" and b) "OMG I have such a stoopid boss who wants me to work at work and not work on my novel!". This aside, I hope I'll get to see some of those nanowrimo works. I'm curious. :)

PS: Yes, Miss Molly is in the story. :)

[granamyr]

Little Molly Sparrow awaits her story with great interest, and has been telling all her beaux that she's going to be famous. They are, for their part, rather clueless, but polite about the whole thing.

With its corrections (still managed to miss a few typos, though) and additional text, DttW took about 3 months.

[sylc]

ROTFL! Ah, that's great! XDXDXDXDXD

[erestor]

*cackle*

[naurring]

It's actually a great thing but at the moment I tend to fully agree with you.

[erestor]

Hehe. It was meant as friendly teasing. :)

So far, I always wrote a draft for my stories and then worked out the chapters as it went. Joyful Molly is the first time I wrote the complete story in one go, and it has a little over 50'000 words. I look at this monster and think: "Geeeeeezez - how is it possible to write that much in one month?!?" Until now, 50'000 words has only been a number, I couldn't really imagine how much it is. Phew. No wonder everybody is stressed! :)

[naurring]

Well, actually it isn't that much. If you know where your story is going and you can just type away it can go pretty fast. But if not, well, it's a bit of trouble. Actually it's a good way for me because I never quite know what to do with my stories and I have to write it first to figure it out, making the whole thing some kind of a draft. Of course it's mostly crap than, but at least I then now what to write and can do it better when rewriting the whole thing.

[chaotic_binky]

Nanowrimo is good for those who have plenty of time but I dont. I feel happy about saying no lol binky x