NaNoWriMo! Chat Thread!

[Dragonflitter]

It's that time again, my writer friends! November is almost upon us!

Have you gone to the NaNo site and set up your novel yet?
http://nanowrimo.org

My NaNoWriMo buddy list is like 4 pages long, but most of my friends have dropped it over the years. I need more buddies to keep me motivated! If you would like to be added to my Buddy List, please post your NaNo username here! And you can add me too. My NaNo username is ryuukokoro 

Let's make this a giant chat thread, NaNoWriMoers! What's the first topic of conversation? Why, tell us a little synopsis about the novel you're writing this year, of course!

[melodys_angel]

Wait---already?!

*flails*

Im not sure if ill have time this year @.o

[Wild Raspberry]

Woot! Woot! Really want to participate but as I'm currently swamped with school, I'm not sure it's an option.  Also I'm terrible at novels, perhaps I will do a short story sort of thing, or even a Novella.  Anyways, good luck to all of you who do it!!! Writers Rock!

[theamazingfetus]

I always suck at this every year, but this year I am determined to work it until the end. I found out that my town has a nanowrimo meetup scheduled, so I really want to attend that, in hopes that having actual real life people to keep me in check will be the motivation I need to make it work this time.

My novella will be called Necrophobia, a steampunk setting horror/thriller with a lot of mysteries, ciphers and character exposition.

[Storybelle]

I completed it last year with my FIM fic and am attempting it this year. It should be easier as I'm doing a joint novel with my BFF and therefore am only doing 25,000 words...however, my BFF just went back to uni for her PHD and I'm not sure she'll manage the pressure.

But I get to write about mermaids for 30 days straight. At least it'll start us off.

[scarletjul]

Every year I want to do this and every year I get too busy.  I sort of wish it came during a different month.  Anyone know why they picked November? 

Hoping I'll have the time this year to complete it.

[Dragonflitter]

@theamazingfetus - Your novel sounds awesome! I love stories with ciphers in them.

@Storybelle - There's some really awesome mermaid stories out there right now! Good luck on yours!

@scarletjul - According to the NaNo website History page, originally the event was held in July but they moved it to November on the second year to take advantage of horrible weather that keeps you cooped up indoors lol.

[Taxel]

I might give it a shot this year, but not in a traditional way. I gave it a shot the usual way back in 2008 but I failed kind of miserably. Since then its been pretty much constant writer's block that I only just started to break free of this year. I might go for a 50k word month of nothing in particular to help keep me on track. I don't want to "relapse" to never writing but my usual subjects are over until April/May so this might be helpful.

[scarletjul]

@scarletjul - According to the NaNo website History page, originally the event was held in July but they moved it to November on the second year to take advantage of horrible weather that keeps you cooped up indoors lol.

Ah, that would explain it.  I live in CA, so our weather never gets quite that bad.   
With school and holidays, I usually end up pretty busy in November. 

[Thrice]

I honestly love hearing about everything NaNoWriMo though I could never do it. My goal for November is to get my (sluggishly crafted) manuscript over 100k.

[aluke]

Arg, Every year I say I will buckle down and participate, every year I walk away with a glorious total of 0 words. I do want to draft a story though, so this is a great excuse to start.

Can there be an arena support group? 

[Dragonflitter]

Can there be an arena support group? 

That's kinda why I started this thread! lol. We can do support for each other to encourage through our writing blocks, chat/brainstorm to get creative juices flowing, maybe even do some group events like word wars!

[Al-1701]

I have a couple of pony ideas for this month that I've had rattling around for a while.  One is Wind Whistler, Fizzy, Shady, and Gusty go on an adventure immediately following the events of "Mish Mash Melee" and the other is Megan becomes the apprentice of the Weather Witch.  Though, I don't know if they're only 50k word stories.

[aluke]

Can there be an arena support group? 

That's kinda why I started this thread! lol. We can do support for each other to encourage through our writing blocks, chat/brainstorm to get creative juices flowing, maybe even do some group events like word wars!

Ah yes! Sounds fun. Count me in...I just need to make sure I don't get lazy on day 1.  Soooo, some of you already shared, but what is everyone's general ideas?

[Taxel]

Ah yes! Sounds fun. Count me in...I just need to make sure I don't get lazy on day 1.  Soooo, some of you already shared, but what is everyone's general ideas?

I'm doing that whole "take a photo every day for a year" thing and I'm thinking about writing based on my daily photos. Still unsure if I want to try and keep a consistent theme/characters/anything or just have each day be a solo thing.

After doing the math 20-25k would probably be my goal if I go for it. 50k is just too much with everything else on my plate right now but I'd like to do *something*.