I know, right? An all encompassing title.
When I grew up in Australia, no one really celebrated Halloween. I’m not sure if they do now, but damn, I would have loved to. Halloween is so much fun for me, the mood, the costumes and the chocolate. Chocolate isn’t specific to Halloween, buuuuut how can you not mention it? I was going to throw a Halloween party this weekend, but my current headache/migraines status had other plans.
Today I’m wearing a Little Miss Spooky shirt, because I can đ I love Halloween.
NaNo – Having just finished the first paper edit of WIP of doom (I still have to transfer it to digital), I thought I’d give NaNo a shot. Currently outlining and hopefully plotting the emerging story I have in my head. Is anyone else doing NaNo? Do you aim to finish the story, or just to reach the 50k?
For me at least, NaNo will be a great break from edits. Something to refresh my creativity a bit. I find edits suck it out of me. I’ve been refilling it by reading books and coming up with new fantastical ideas.
Rachael Harrie’s Writer’s Platform Building Campaign comes to an end today. Yesterday, she announced the winners of the second challenge. I guess I won đ If you’d like to read the piece – go HERE. The Campaign has been a lot of fun. I’ve made amazing friends I don’t think I’ll lose touch with and been encouraged to share my writing. Before this, I never showed anyone anything.
Thank you Rachael – for being amazing and organizing this. Thank you to everyone who voted for this challenge – I know this page in particular took a huge amount of hits. And congrats to the rest of the Winners. (Especially Jamie, because I’m really not biased).
For those people interested who don’t already know – the next campaign will be held in February 2012 (I believe this is a tentative date). It’s a fantastic opportunity to get to know people who write and read your genre, and generally who understand you always have voices in your head đ
Lastly – I know I missed my Friday blog post, but my head’s been killing me. I’m allowed a sick day from my blog posting :p On the bright side it seems I don’t have a headache this morning, which makes me amazingly happy and sort of refreshed đ It’s a good feeling.
So tell me – do you like Halloween? What do you do for it? What about NaNo – how do you tackle it? Do you aim the novel at 50k, or just write 50k of the novel?
Thank you to everyone I met in the Writer’s Campaign! I’m so glad I met you!
(and now to go catch up on Google Reader – I’m so behind!)
I’ll be NaNoing this year, to try to finish this first draft. I’ve got maybe 30k left to go, so probably no 50k this year, but I will consider it a success if I get the novel finished in November.
I think you should! You can do it! It’s a great month for writing energy, so hopefully that’ll help!
I’m doing NaNoWriMo. I will hit 50k, then finish the story. This particular story is part of a series, as near as I can tell. The future “episodes” are percolating, I can feel it.
Hehe đ That is AWESOME hon đ I will cheer you on!
I tried to do NaNoWriMo a couple of years ago, and I just fail so spectacularly at it. Maybe I don’t have enough pantser in me? I just crumble under the pressure, which is weird because I’m usually great at working with deadlines.
I’ve only completed it once, and it was a crock of crap lol. However with my outlining and plotting I should be able to just treat it like I treat my actual first drafts. That way it won’t be too much of a crapshoot *fingers crossed*
I love Halloween! Except this year it has been unusually hot for this time of year in my area. Doesn’t feel like fall =(.
I am also doing NaNo! I am aiming for 60k words!
You can do it, Bonnie đ 60k is a definitely doable goal!
And yes, Halloween is awesome. It wasn’t hot here đ I hate the cold
Chocolate!! Oh wait, this post is about so much more đ
I will be NaNoing with a new story idea. I want to hit 50k but I’d like to finish the novel. So if that takes me beyond, then so be it. But since I won’t be able to do my normal “stop, re-read, throw something because the last 2 lines didn’t work then re-write before moving on” sort of writing, then I may just make it to 50k, free writing and sliding in to home by the skin on my shins.
Congrats on your story for the Writing Campaign. I loved it and was glad to see that you won. It’s wonderful that you’re putting your stuff out there. I’m very proud of and for you đ
Mmmm Chocolate – wait, there was more?
Free writing is great đ I have to admit I don’t edit at all while I write. I edit it all later – my one goal is to get to the end of that story – can’t edit a blank page đ
Thank you đ I’m so glad you liked it – I was really nervous putting it out there… still am LOL
I totally failed at participating in the challenge, but just want to say congratulations on your win! That’s totally awesome. đ
Thank you so much đ The next Campaign is next year, the challenges are fun. You should do them next year đ
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I had fun with Nano last year. I’m not doing it this year though. I hope you’ll have a blast.
THANK YOU! I have 100 followers! Oooo, what do I do with 100 followers? *goes to think*
I hope I’ll have a blast đ Thanks again!
I’m the same way about edits, but once I start I have to get it done. Good luck with NaNo! (New follower)
Thank you for following. Yeah must finish once you start – or it eats at you hehe.
I’m kind of indifferent to Halloween. I haven’t dressed up in years, and it never was a favorite holiday . . .
Congratulations on winning the Campaigner Challenge! đ
Last year for NaNo, I just aimed to write as much as I could. This year I’m planning to do the same, though if I finish the novel (rather unlikely) I’ll stop.
Ah, it’s probably because I never got to celebrate it as a kid hehe.
Thank you!
Good luck with NaNo this year!
I love Halloween! I’ve been lucky to have lived in neighborhoods that have always decorated and/or thrown block parties. But I don’t anymore and I miss it. đ Congrats on finishing the WIP of doom. I had to laugh when I read that because I recently finished one that felt like that. Best of luck with your NaNo project! I’m too meticulous to do NaNo but I love to cheer on those who do.
Oh I wish our neighbourhood did something awesome – but it doesn’t.
Yeah – it’s more that the edits are the WIP of DOOM part lol. I love the story and my characters – but damn the revision gets to me.
Haha well you’d hate my first drafts. I generally write them in about 14 days after plotting and outlining in detail. So NaNo, as long as I finish my point by point plot, should be doable. I will accept the cheering on đ
Congrats on your win! đ
I’m doing NaNo but this year I’m being a NaNo Rebel. I’m going to expand and finish my Camp NaNo novel from July, and then maybe work on some novel/character related stories. I will get my 50,000 words in! đ
Thank you so much! đ
Yeah, I’ve decided to do NaNoRevMo haha đ Revision here I come lol. Good luck with your 50k đ I KNOW you can do it!
Yes, I’m doing NaNo and the first day actually went quite well. Since I’m apparently unable to finish stories (I keep working on that) I just aim to reach 50K. But wouldn’t it be nice if I could write a first draft that has about that size?
I’m not sure if I already told you my NaNo-name … it’s Treelight, too.
So, the Campaigners continue in February? I guess I’ll keep an eye on that date đ
I think that’s a fantastic aim đ And yes, I do believe it was February, but I could be wrong. We’ll have plenty of notice when she posts about it.