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Oh hey this is still a thing

Apparently.

What the hell man? You created this thing. It's like your own child that you tried to murder at one point. You should be proud of it.

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Whenever this is said I'm reminded of Tom from One Piece. And I fully agree with the sentiments.

Getting started is half the fight!
I had a late start as well, but I think I can catch up this weekend to the target word count.

Just keep on writing. As long as you put words down, you've already won (in our hearts).

I've been hitting some walls this week, but I kept going by just skipping over some parts and writing more interesting parts first. I finally have to figure out some names this weekend, since 90% of my cast has placeholder names. ^^"

Keep us posted about your progress!

Who's Tom?



You shut it down for a while, remember? Then Shark made that other thread, and then that one closed down after he left, and then you realized what it means to be a parent.

As I said, One Piece character. The one who built Rogers' ship and was sentenced to death as a result.

Oh right, that guy.

He got me to read One Piece. So the memory stays strong.

Who, Tom? He was pretty cool guy, but I don't think he was that awesome of a character.

In the cliche fest called One Piece, he's one of the few with an actual principle. Good enough for some super-side character.

I actually agree. Nanowrimo has always been more about simply writing or giving an extra incentive to write more than it is about 'winning' or anything else for me.

I'll see what I can do. First off, I would need to write enough for an update... lol

I have argued with high_time about this before, but I really wonder what is the merit in being forced to complete a novel within a few months? He did say that it poses a challenge to him. As for me if I were to write a novel, I'd imagine most of my time would be about having to do research and a lot of preparation before putting words to paper. All of it very time consuming I would imagine and might take more than a few months.

There is something improper about tasking me to come up with a novel within a few months. I can't help but to feel that the work produced would not be of quality.

PS: Feel free to point out that I don't write novels. Also feel free to point out that my entry for CoffeePrince's event was completed within a few hours.

The problem is that you are looking at it from the wrong angle. It's not about writing a novel within a month, even if that's what it's called.

The purpose of NaNoWriMo is to give you a time frame and a platform with like-minded people to *start* writing a novel.
If you never start, you will never write a novel. The point is to start and get a rough draft done that you can then hone into a proper novel. Nothing should ever be considered "finished" or "final" directly after first writing it.
Writing is a process that takes time.

The problem in your thinking is obvious when you consider what you wrote here:



Now I know this myself and I know of other people who want to write, but they haven't actually written a single word of the story. Why is that?
Because they spend all their time planning.
That is not to say planning is not important, but you don't write a novel through planning - you write it through writing.

Not quite what you want to think.

I'm not even sure how you came to the conclusion that I don't like my thread.

No, no. We have different perspectives on how people write then. It is not really a problem. I always thought novel writing like writing a textbook is just like any other job. You don't do any assignment or project by doing it and hope everything goes all right, you have to plan in advance. If the writing site you discussed is all about encouraging people to write instead of expecting quality novels then I have nothing to say.

ED: You can say assignments have time limits and you might have a point. However, I would not give writers a time limit of a few months to pen a 100000 word story if I am expecting quality.

That's pretty much what Nanowrimo is. It's just a little push that gets a lot of writers started.



No one should expect to create a masterful novel in a month. It's more like a rough draft.

That explains everything. I detest the word floor to tell you the truth. Many stories are short but very enjoyable. Take Aesop's and Han Fei's fables for starters.

Also, your entry isn't of quality. Burn!




Just the vibe I was getting. You DID try to smother your son and/or daughter with a pillow, but after I think about it some more, I guess it was just tough love. You didn't want it to be negatively influenced by high or leonard, which is understandable.