If you don't mind, Sstavix, I'd also like to contribute my two cents as a first-time participant last year.
I don't mind at all! Everyone has a different experience with NaNo, just like everyone has their own different approaches to writing. The more information a writer has to work with, the better they can make an informed decision about what they want to do.
Deepfreeze32 wrote:
Have you ever seen any of Brandon Sanderson's Creative Writing lectures at BYU? If this is news to you, he does a course every year on Fantasy and Science Fiction writing at BYU, and has the lectures recorded and uploaded for all to peruse. The 2016 lectures are available here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... 8tEJQ12-vL. Each lecture is long (A little over an hour on average), but there is some very useful information in there.
I hadn't heard of those. I'll have to check them out! Thanks!
Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6
I first tried it - and completed it - in 2008. I've done it every year since, then with the exception of 2011 (when I was beta-testing Avernum: Escape From the Pit) and 2012 (when I was working on a big project for work).
Woiv wrote:Go ask the Iguana guy something?
He prefers the name "Charles Scalebelly," but I can ask him something. What would you like me to ask him?
I first tried it - and completed it - in 2008. I've done it every year since, then with the exception of 2011 (when I was beta-testing Avernum: Escape From the Pit) and 2012 (when I was working on a big project for work).
Woiv wrote:Go ask the Iguana guy something?
He prefers the name "Charles Scalebelly," but I can ask him something. What would you like me to ask him?
Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6
I'd hate to disappoint you, but Charles Scalebelly, aka Iguanaguy, has a secret identity of an accountant in Hoboken, New Jersey. He spends the majority of his time with balance sheets and Excel... at least not when he's fighting the invasion of the catpeople in the cover of the night, in garbage-strewn alleys and dusty, abandoned warehouses. As a result, he doesn't have much time to play video games.
I'd hate to disappoint you, but Charles Scalebelly, aka Iguanaguy, has a secret identity of an accountant in Hoboken, New Jersey. He spends the majority of his time with balance sheets and Excel... at least not when he's fighting the invasion of the catpeople in the cover of the night, in garbage-strewn alleys and dusty, abandoned warehouses. As a result, he doesn't have much time to play video games.
My avatar is from a picture of my own creation, using a program called DAZ Studio. It's based on a character that I once played in Everquest, but has spun off into a creature of my own creation since then.
The full image can be found on my DeviantArt account right here.
Chozon1 wrote:Too many book ideas, not enough Novembers?
Remember you don't have to write just in November.
Definitely write down those ideas, though. Keep them safe on your computer, or wherever is a good place to keep things you don't want lost. You can revisit that list when you're trying to come up with an idea for your next story or novel.
Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6
Chozon1 wrote:Oh, I know. >_> But for some reason, NaNo is special. It's not the deadline (I despise those), but I think it's the camaraderie.
You could try and find a writing club! Or start one of your own!
(Oh, and I'm trying to find the time to edit the novel you sent to me. I'm really sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you on that!)
Chozon1 wrote:Sometimes, the only answer is to drown your sorrows in ice cream?
Sometimes that's the right answer, even when you don't know what the question is yet.
Woiv wrote:Sunlight or rainy and gloomy?
Depends on the situation. Do I have projects outside the house that I want to do, or do I have projects outside the house that I'm trying to avoid doing?
