NaNoWriMo

[featherynscale]

I'm toying with the NaNoWriMo idea this year. I'll be a little late to the party, but that's not insurmountable. I want to write with triadruid, which is not allowed, but it doesn't have to be an 'official' NaNoWriMo project, I suppose. We need to get a lot of back-story written for the D&D game, and this is a pretty good excuse to do it. Mostly I want data, and I want feedback. If we have a goal, and keep a word-count, which seems to be the big important part of the NaNo structure, that's instant feedback. I'm motivated by numbers. As for the other sort of feedback, well, I imagine that if we're writing game-world stuff, the poor bastards kind folks on the gaming filter will get to see it, and perhaps will comment. (EDIT: And if we're writing something else, the fiction filter gets it...)

I'm weirdly scared of writing. That probably means that I should do it.

Comments

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

The motivation of a word-count appeals to me (and I suspect we'd get competitive, to our own benefit). I'm not sure I can divide my attention between a non-Amnesia fiction story and the backstory we need to write, but I'm happy to fly solo if you come up with another idea you'd rather do.

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

I suppose we could both write separate Amnesia back-story things, and then they could fight! then we'd have twice as much history at the end, and be able to compete with each other.... (and be able to 'officially' participate in NaNoWriMo if we so desired)

We do lose the benefit of playing off each other, though.

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

I don't give a fig about participating 'officially', as none of the current ideas are publishable.

I'm worried that team writing on the same topic will lead us into godwarsphilosophical arguments, which will slow us down from the 50k/100k goal.

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

Oh, I think some of them could be beaten into something publishable...

I'd be keen enough on splitting it out, though. Let's take it to the other post, and we can arm-wrestle for the ideas we like.

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

Also, I agree with your last two sentences.

writing out the life

[adammaker.livejournal.com]

I take the core of my writing advice from http://www.lifewrite.com/html/class.htm
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For better or worse, I actually try to live my life by some of the points in WEEK9 on that page.

Re: writing out the life

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

I can buy most of those. And yes, before triadruid mentions it, Steven Barnes is black. :)

Re: writing out the life

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

*cracks up* You can look it up!

Re: writing out the life

[adammaker.livejournal.com]

ummm?
Mention Black?

Re: writing out the life

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

I didn't know Steve Barnes was black until very, very recently. triadruid makes fun of me for it, like I should know what people look like. Ha.

Re: writing out the life

[adammaker.livejournal.com]

I met him for the first time at the Path seminar.
http://www.rmaxinternational.com/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=148&Itemid=1
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He rocked my worldview.

[celticwhistlin.livejournal.com]

Speaking of gaming...

Who are these people who might be interested in a game?

[feckalyn.livejournal.com]

Oddly I'm sitting here procrastinating on my first work of fiction as we speak! And I'm scared too. Welcome!