Novelists Unite!!
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Sarahjdes
Regular
Every year, I tell myself I'll do it... But end up not having time. November is usually one of our busiest months at university, so I never have time to write. But I might do my own NaNoWriMo in Mai or June this year...
Achifaifa
Regular
I did nano the last 2 years! I'm still working on the ending of last year's (2010) novel because I don't like it, and it's costing me tons of time to write the ending in a decent way. Also, this year (Well, in 2011) I tried to write the novel in English just to see if I could do it. I did it, but it costed me too much and the last days I wasn't really enjoying it that much, so I probably won't do that again.
Ickathu
Veteran
Sure! I'm sure that none of my books are very good, but I can put them up somewhere (GoogleDocs maybe?) when I've finished editing and whatnot.
JaNoWriMo (January), AugNoWriMo (August), SeptNoWriMo (September), GothNoWriMo (October), Camp NaNoWriMo (June and/or August)
You should definitely do it again! I've tried writing in a foreign language before, and it was really hard, especially as I'm not actually fluent in anything but English - I had to keep using GoogleTranslate... Try again though, maybe you could do the novel in your natural tongue (spanish?) and then write a summary of it in English, or do another short story in English. Or just don't use anything but Spanish.
Achifaifa
Regular
I'm definitely going to do it again. I've enough English level to talk to someone and write short stuff, but I lack vocabulary and grammar, and it's almost impossible to write something worth reading for me. So yeah, I'm going to do it again, but not in English. The last week was so hard I did not even had fun trying to write something coherent.
Sarahjdes
Regular
Aweseome! Thanks, I didn't know these existed!
Cube-Fu
Regular
It's a novel idea.
Ickathu
Veteran
Haha XD
collinbxyz
Veteran
I have tried to commit myself to NanoWrimo for the last two years, but it absolutely failed... I think a big part of that is maturity and discipline since I think I'm too young to get into a good routine.
Anyway, I'd love to hear some of your novels if you wish to share them
Anyway, I'd love to hear some of your novels if you wish to share them
Ickathu
Veteran
You're 12, right? I'm sure you can do it. If the 50,000 word goal is too high, try the Young Writer's Program (YWP), where you can set your own word goal. In 2008, I would have been 11, I think, and I only got ~7000 words. In 2009 (12y.o.), I managed to get ~40,000 words, but only because we went on a 13 hour car trip for Thanksgiving. In 2010 (13), I got 50,000 words, and this year (14), I got 60,000 in November and I'm still working on it. Definitely try the YWP site though if the 50,000 words seems too hard - trust me, it is really difficult, but each year it gets easier.
