tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37267943.post7165800017095218498..comments2023-10-24T21:28:47.636+08:00Comments on Imagine Me : NaNoWriMoHelen V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07989670682260643429noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37267943.post-25964434825185216322010-11-30T09:13:53.632+08:002010-11-30T09:13:53.632+08:00Rosanne, I know what you mean but for me getting ...Rosanne, I know what you mean but for me getting that complete first draft down is the important bit. I know it will be terrible but it gives me something to work on. Otherwise I tend to dally and procrastinate. Having a deadline and a target word count works well for me as I found out last year when two friends and I did a writing race for a fortnight. We all came out of it with our novels much more advanced than they would otherwise have been. <br /><br />Laura, i'm with you. It is a game but one that can prove profitable to those prepared to put in the extra work afterwards. When you look at the published Nano list you see some familiar names of genre and other writers.Helen V.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07989670682260643429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37267943.post-6767434687834530832010-11-30T04:34:13.321+08:002010-11-30T04:34:13.321+08:00I'm a fan of NaNo more because of its messages...I'm a fan of NaNo more because of its messages than its outcomes per se: writing is an adventure, go ahead and try it, you can do more than you thought. One friend of mine teaches beginning writers at a university, and laments because he sees his students warping and short-changing their writing just to crank out their 50K. *I* say, that's not NaNo's fault. It's a game, and its job is not to force anyone to sacrifice their skill and get themselves all worked up and upset about making 50K. It's a GAME, and should be approached with light-heartedness and a spirit of adventure.<br /><br />That having been said, I, too, had to forgo NaNo this year (although I've had a blast the three previous years getting my 50K).Laura E. Goodinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16587017358721544246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37267943.post-86925423290825147822010-11-29T22:56:32.165+08:002010-11-29T22:56:32.165+08:00It takes a lot of discipline and courage - and it ...It takes a lot of discipline and courage - and it takes a writer of a certain personality. I am useless with first drafts and excellent at re-writing, chopping and changing, and editing. So with a clock treading on my tail to write a skeleton manuscript would feel like torture to me. I'd be setting myself up for failure, which I rarely do. "Know thyself," my father would say. I firmly admire anyone who could even contemplate such a thing.Rosanne Dinglihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297891545294681562noreply@blogger.com