cool idea? or dumb idea? OR IS IT BOTH?

[rmd]

i'm considering signing up for nanowrimo this year.

mmmm. repetetive strain injuries and lack of sleep.

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[mizkit.livejournal.com]

both!
go for it! :)

[liralen.livejournal.com]

Both!

*grin*

[infinitehotel.livejournal.com]

Definitely both. Sure you could write a novel the normal way. But that could take years, and cost millions of lives. No, in this case, you have to go all out. I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody's part.

And you're just the one to do it. :)

(Good luck!)

[llachglin.livejournal.com]

I keep thinking about this but November is always exactly the wrong time of year for me. This year it's Baby Time, but last year it was something else. I may just try to do it on my own some time in January.

What's your book gonna be about?

[rmd.livejournal.com]

they're having a "write a screenplay" month in, i think, june. so you could do that instead.

This year it's Baby Time

see! you won't be sleeping anyways!

[rmd.livejournal.com]

What's your book gonna be about?

er, idunno.

Go for it

[sweetmmeblue.livejournal.com]

I'm already working on one. I decided not to wait for NANO. I'm 31,000 words into it.

Re: Go for it

[rmd.livejournal.com]

woot!

[fich.livejournal.com]

I started early and will likely finish late. I do hope, however, I can get one of those nifty "Ask me about my novel!" stickers like the one Patti has on her laptop.

[rmd.livejournal.com]

I started early and will likely finish late.

eh, close enough. :-)

[lil-brown-bat.livejournal.com]

I'm not gonna get mine done in a month, but I think this year's nanowrimo will be my occasion to really get it in gear.

I'll show you mine if you show me yours.

p.s. mine has lesbians in it!

[flabosib.livejournal.com]

Go for it! But you have to have an idea or two to really make it work. Saying "I dunno" won't get you through the month.

How about a bunch of folks who adopt one another and help one another deal with the insanity that is life? Nah, never work, not believable enough! ;-)

May I please read it once it's done (whatever done is defined to be)?
Hugs,
M

[tinyankletbells.livejournal.com]

Cool idea! Not dumb - possibly insane, but not dumb. Don't plan on having Thanksgiving at your place if you do, though... you'll be too busy!

[lil-brown-bat.livejournal.com]

So, are you gonna do it or what?

[rmd.livejournal.com]

i'm waffling. a lot.

on the one hand, hey, i bet i could totally write a novel! 50K words? SURE!

on the other hand, i don't actually have any novel ideas. (pun intentional)

on the other other hand, i have been kicking around an idea for a fictional sort of business book -- business continuity and disaster recovery for zombie and other unexpected issues. (i've been on a kick lately about various kinds of operational wonking and how things break and how people deal, plus, i've been on a zombie kick for a while.)

on the other other hand, i may as well do it because otherwise i'll never do it. (i realize that sentence is kind of weirdly self referential and recursive, but it makes sense in my head.)