Comments on: NahNoWriMo: Like NaNoWriMo, only Nah

By: uberVU - social comments

uberVU - social comments — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:48:47 +0000

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This post was mentioned on Twitter by kmwalsh: Want to participate in NaNoWriMo, but don’t want to write a novel? Ignore the rules and join me in just saying Nah: http://bit.ly/2JLfeG...

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Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:44:53 +0000

[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Kellie M. Walsh and Kellie M. Walsh, Jane Hammons. Jane Hammons said: I am so there @kmwalsh Want to participate in NaNoWriMo, but don't want to write a novel? Ignore the rules: http://bit.ly/2JLfeG [...]

By: Kellie

Kellie — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:37:08 +0000

Excellent. Go, Kelpie, go!

By: Kelpie

Kelpie — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:55:10 +0000

Count me in for NahNo! I have too much going on to start a new novel but I’d love the incentive to work on projects that are already started, be they my languishing Biffno novella or the multitudes of photos that need editing and displaying.

By: Kellie

Kellie — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:26:30 +0000

Right on.

By: sockii

sockii — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:37:51 +0000

I’ve attempted NaNo by the book maybe three times, and once I did get to 50k on a brand-spanking new “novel”–but it was total crap. I ended up cannibalizing the results, taking bits and pieces of what I wrote and shaping them into some short stories, however. So it wasn’t all a waste.

At this point I’m just about the word count, however and on whatever it comes about.

By: Kellie

Kellie — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:05:31 +0000

Exactly! I applaud the NaNo organization and their efforts to get people to start writing and stop stopping themselves; the whole project is a great idea. But why write a new novel if there are other things you’d prefer? I see no reason to stop oneself from participating just because of genre or style or stage of project. And mutual suffering/encouragement is always a helpful thing.

Jane, I’ll take 50,000 words over a halo any day. I’d only end up bending mine anyway.

I look forward to commiserating over word counts, Jane and sock. A couple of other Twitter friends look to be going for it as well despite the “rules.”

By: sockii

sockii — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:38:54 +0000

I love it, as that’s just what I’m intending to do – work on writing (fiction and non-fiction), but not stressing over starting a brand new project. I just want to get back to writing, period, and getting a good word count out of it. Get some work done on stalled drafts, maybe start tackling holiday exchange stories early (for once, instead of a couple days before deadline…), start public blogging on a more regular basis.

So yeah, go NahNo!!!

By: Jane

Jane — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:28:48 +0000

I had already signed up knowing that I would not begin a new novel but keep working on the one I’m writing. I appreciate the NaNo support, but I think I know more about my writing process than they do! Why do you have to start a new novel? Oh, you don’t! I won’t post my final tally and “compete” or whatever for that 50,000 word halo because I wouldn’t want to lie about breaking the rules. And who needs a halo anyway?