Comments on: ‘NaNoWriMo’ encourages almost everyone’s inner novelist

By: Friday Link Love 11/13 | Brad’s Reader

Friday Link Love 11/13 | Brad’s Reader — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:28:45 +0000

[...] NaNoWriMo encourages almost everyone’s inner novelist [...]

By: Lex Archer

Lex Archer — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:34:37 +0000

The best I can say is that we are all insane for trying this. It is an amazing feat for sure, but there are already people that have surpassed the 50,000 mark! There are even some that are coming up on 100,000 from what I have seen. Now those are people that need to have the Men in White coats visit with them. Hey, I love all though!

My main issue? Someone decided to share the flu (not H1N1)with me and I have fallen 5,000 words behind. Despite that, I am still trying to churn out as many words as I can between passing out from exhaustion, medication and pain!

Write on fellow WriMos!

By: David Ash

David Ash — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:09:19 +0000

Your 467-word article is more than a fourth of the necessary average daily output of 1,666 words to achieve 50,000 words in 30 days. If that still seems daunting, consider that my son, a high school senior, easily texts that much in a month and that’s just using his thumbs! And since all it has to be is a very rough draft (think “verbal vomit”), it flows much more freely once you unhook that pesky editing side of your brain. Fantasize about writing a newspaper article without having to revise it!

It’s like the latte argument for financial planning: saving $100 per month may seem impossible until you give up the daily espresso drink. It’s more about the discipline of reserving the time to write. Most NaNoWriMo authors have lives outside of the month’s writing that don’t allow them to devote eight hours per day to it. Some of them are even college students! So good luck with NOSTWOWiBrIMSDuMo or whatever it is that keeps you writing!

By: Jocelyn Schneider Dunbar

Jocelyn Schneider Dunbar — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:46:44 +0000

Bravo! I encourage you to keep writing. I am encouraged to know that our youth can weave tales of intelligent, well organized, and cleverly crafted prose. Your enthusiasm for the craft instills faith in the future. Thank you for your contributions!

By: Blair Hanley Frank

Blair Hanley Frank — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:15:10 +0000

Wow, really? I guess I was more exhausted than I thought with this one. Oops.

By: Gabriela Salvidea

Gabriela Salvidea — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:06:38 +0000

Please don’t forget to properly categorize stories (this was under news).

Aside from that, great work! Your acronym is hilarious.