NaNoWriMo is the National Novel Writing Month - a month long writing competition where you aim to finish a novel… in a month. Lol.
The idea is to write 50,000 words from Nov 1st to Nov 30th, between 1600-1700 words a day. There isn’t any prize (other than feeling a sense of accomplishment) and you don’t need to register or anything (though you can register at the official website if you want to get tips, community support etc).
I haven't done one before and had frankly forgotten about it till I saw someone on TikTok mention it. At which point I though, hey, I should mention it on the best (and only) leftist shitposting site.
Currently, my plan is to write a bunch of short stories all set in the same magical/fantasy world (a feudal society transitioning to capitalism) that I’ve been brewing up for a while but never made concrete. Then I plan to polish them up and send them to various writing contests/competitions. Big plans, I know.
But yeah, that’s what I’m gonna be doing. If anyone else is interested, then maybe we can have a daily check in to keep each other on track.
Wait what??? That's awesome! Any tips for a newbie writer? Also, what's your story about? Can I buy it? Maybe you can be like a "mentor" figure for us lol.
Thanks for the tip! And I’ll def read your story and tell you what I think.
OH SHIT
OH FUCK
crashes into a closet full of typewriters
I'M LATE TO NANOWRIMOyes! very little planned out but I am gonna try to hit the word count on a single project that I have been stewing over for years
Ikr? It’s still a lot, esp to do everyday but a lot more doable.
I did it in high school once. I of course slacked off on it until the last week so I was cranking out 5k words a day. Needless to say, the story wasn't very good.
How was your experience? Did you end up doing anything with the story?
The experience was fine. I was more concerned with getting wordcount over any story elements so it was a lot of writing what immediately came to mind to keep things moving with only a vague narrative outline. In retrospect it was pretty fun. I was a STEMlord at the time however so instead of recognizing any talent or ideas in my story that could be improved on I took the fact I could rush it out as proof that English and literary analysis was phoney baloney nonsense and promptly forgot what I'd written. I've since gotten better.
I was a STEMlord at the time however so instead of recognizing any talent or ideas in my story that could be improved on I took the fact I could rush it out as proof that English and literary analysis was phoney baloney nonsense and promptly forgot what I’d written.
Nah lol we’ve all been through that phase. I think.
Yes! I've been taking about this for a hot minute, I've got an outline that I haven't put much work into yet that I'm gonna try to crash through this month.
I've posted about it here before, it's a story that's kinda like Master and Commander with catgirls and marxism.
That’s cool. Maybe I’ll try to write one sketch each week.
I didn’t know this was a thing but I was planning on writing something anyway what are the odds lol
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
i;ve known about this for like a decade and never actually done it... but maybe... this time... :shy:
Sweet! It's Day One today. I'll make sure to tag you from tomorrow.
Sounds like fun. Maybe I should write a very shitty novel, the kind that an editor would skim through once and go "there is nothing salvageable here, try again"
Lol it’d be interesting to note if any editor has ever looked at a NaNoWriMo draft and gone “hmm there’s potential here” m
