So; NaNoWriMo?

[panik]

Never done this, never really given it much thought before, tbh but, being in the prep stages of a novel that'll probably start getting written in November anyway...

If you've done NaNoWriMo -
If you're thinking of doing NaNoWriMo -
If you've never done it and never , ever intend to ever have anything to do with NaNoWriMo...

Have you got any thoughts? What are the advantages/disadvantages (bearing in mind I'm going to be writing this thing anyway, challenge or no challenge)? I'm really interested in thoughts, experiences, opinions...

Comments

[boogieshoes.livejournal.com]

thank you :)

you said below that you don't feel you want to do it for discipline or inspiration reasons - i'm not sure those're are the only reasons around to do it though. i think there are a fair amount of people who are in it for the networking/social part of it - like a giant writer's workshop weekend or something. part of the workshop is just getting together with other writers and gabbing about what you're writing.

i know maygra is also doing a mini nano again this year - but to prompts, not like mine. i'm not so good with prompts, which is why i decided to go it alone, but if you'd like something like that, or to make a commitment to do some sort of excercise every day, i think that's a perfectly reasonable thing to declare as your nano project.

this is kinda rambly, but i'm trying to say don't go by what other people are doing; go by what you feel is best.

-bs

[gillyp.livejournal.com]

Well the social/networking thing I could certainly get behind. I'm not sure why I thought about it really, just that it's coming up, people are talking about it and I'm about to start writing anyway so, I was wondering what people thought about it.

I'm still thinking about it. (o: Thanks for your thoughts though, they've been a big help.