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<blockquote data-quote="Herpes Cineplex" data-source="post: 1826592" data-attributes="member: 16936"><p>Meh. I did it (successfully) last year, but I don't really feel like I need to do it again. And this year I should be spending my time on other things anyway.</p><p></p><p>That said, I'll add a few pieces of advice to takyris's collection of good ideas (by the way, ABSOLUTELY make an outline, it makes it so much easier): <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If you're trying to meet the 30-day deadline, always remember: Quantity first, quality later. And very possibly "quality NEVER." Just write, and don't even think about editing it. Treat it like a writing exercise, which is all a challenge like this is really meant to be: it's kind of interesting to see where you go when you're just puking the words up onto the page.<br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It's worth repeating: don't be afraid to write utter crap and just leave it sitting there on the page. Most of the game is getting to the point where you can consistently sit down and write, without breaking concentration or giving up or abandoning writing to do something more fun, and it's a lot harder to get to that point if you keep deleting stuff and asking questions like "Is this any good?" Hell, if you're going to write something <em>good</em>, go write it already and don't waste your time or your good writing on NaNoWriMo. This is about developing some kind of writing discipline, and maybe doing a little experimentation...not about making a publishable work.<br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">To back up takyris's first point, on the social group experience: absolutely avoid the group drama at all costs. Go ahead and go to one meeting, just to see who's there, and if you don't click with 'em or don't need other participants around to keep yourself motivated, then don't worry about ever going back. (Personally, I always left NaNoWriMo meetings feeling cranky and irritable, like I'd just thrown away an hour or more of my life. Whether that says something about me or says something about the other people at those meetings, I don't know. Probably it's all about me, though. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> )</li> </ul><p>--</p><p>i also found that the smarmy nanowrimo newsletters pissed me off and de-motivated me</p><p>ryan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Herpes Cineplex, post: 1826592, member: 16936"] Meh. I did it (successfully) last year, but I don't really feel like I need to do it again. And this year I should be spending my time on other things anyway. That said, I'll add a few pieces of advice to takyris's collection of good ideas (by the way, ABSOLUTELY make an outline, it makes it so much easier):[list][*]If you're trying to meet the 30-day deadline, always remember: Quantity first, quality later. And very possibly "quality NEVER." Just write, and don't even think about editing it. Treat it like a writing exercise, which is all a challenge like this is really meant to be: it's kind of interesting to see where you go when you're just puking the words up onto the page. [*]It's worth repeating: don't be afraid to write utter crap and just leave it sitting there on the page. Most of the game is getting to the point where you can consistently sit down and write, without breaking concentration or giving up or abandoning writing to do something more fun, and it's a lot harder to get to that point if you keep deleting stuff and asking questions like "Is this any good?" Hell, if you're going to write something [i]good[/i], go write it already and don't waste your time or your good writing on NaNoWriMo. This is about developing some kind of writing discipline, and maybe doing a little experimentation...not about making a publishable work. [*]To back up takyris's first point, on the social group experience: absolutely avoid the group drama at all costs. Go ahead and go to one meeting, just to see who's there, and if you don't click with 'em or don't need other participants around to keep yourself motivated, then don't worry about ever going back. (Personally, I always left NaNoWriMo meetings feeling cranky and irritable, like I'd just thrown away an hour or more of my life. Whether that says something about me or says something about the other people at those meetings, I don't know. Probably it's all about me, though. ;) )[/list] -- i also found that the smarmy nanowrimo newsletters pissed me off and de-motivated me ryan [/QUOTE]
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