Lockdown at NaNoWriMo---aack! Need a place to hang-out? Procrastinate a little while longer? Or tell tall tales about how successful you'll be THIS NaNo year?

Enter. Spill your guts, but not your coffee, beer, wine, soda, milk, water, tea, Fanta, or other beverage of choice.

Ask your questions. Plan your moves. Rest or rev up in preparation for the un-lockdown.

I don't remember who started the rumor at NaNoWrimo that we could move over the SF, but I recognize a good idea when I hear/see one. So voila! A Lock-Down hangout.

The tiniest bit over 40 days 'till a new year of NaNoWriMoing I shall not be beaten by the word count this year. Oh no. =). This is a great place to wait till the other forums open again. Good show.

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Yeah! Just the place I was hoping to find! Especially since it's going to be rather boring now that NaNo is on lockdown, but, whatever, scriptfrenzy totally works!
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"That's the duty of the old, to be anxious on behalf of the young. And the duty of the young is to scron the anxiety of the old." said by the librarian in "The Golden Compass", by Philip Pullman

It's nice to see a few Nano'ers over here, but it's much too quiet.

I realized on my way into work today that I need to be thinking about my characters' backstories--figuring out when they were born, what they've experienced, etc.

I'm also still trying to figure out plot (although I've made progress-yay!) and subplots (no idea there).

Saipanwriter
http://saipanwriter.blogspot.com

Ya'll are farther on your stories than I am. Seriously, I have a line and two possible settings. Thats all. :D

I have no idea what idea I'm using! I've written NINE down so far. NINE!
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"That's the duty of the old, to be anxious on behalf of the young. And the duty of the young is to scron the anxiety of the old." said by the librarian in "The Golden Compass", by Philip Pullman

I've about five ideas wandering around, and I'm seeing how far each one develops before I /really/ decide. The idea in my sig is the one that my muse is currently obsessed with, no guarantee it'll be what I actually work on in NaNo.
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NaNo '08: Searching for Shay
In a post-apocalyptic world, three children search for their mother, who disappeared five years ago, claiming to know the location of The City, a place where machines work and people live as if the Dark Years never happened

I don't think I actually have a favorite, I have quite a few favorites, but not a top favorite.
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"That's the duty of the old, to be anxious on behalf of the young. And the duty of the young is to scron the anxiety of the old." said by the librarian in "The Golden Compass", by Philip Pullman

I like to play around with the YWP workbooks. I like the elementary school one the best--probably because there is lots of room to use crayons! And it makes it seem simple--if you've got anything (a character, a setting, just a crazy phrase that keeps looping through your brain), then it's doable.

That's my theory.

But after 3 nanowrimo's, I can definitely say that my "best" novel was the first one, where I'd done some pre-planning. The 3rd one I didn't even get an ending on (what a disaster) and found myself foolishly researching during November because I'd chosen something (money-laundering) about which I knew virtually nothing and hadn't done my research beforehand.

This time I'm trying historical fiction--and I don't have a great grasp of the time period, but I have at least been doing my research now, creating time lines, having calendars for the appropriate years, and making lists of real people that I can simply refer to during November to help keep things relatively straight.

And once again, I'm counting on that "plot happens" mantra.

BTW, I like the idea of "dark years" and a city where machines still work, a mother leaving to find it. Sounds interesting!

Saipanwriter
http://saipanwriter.blogspot.com

You people amaze me. For me, its like, "oh, november, huh..."
Actually, I'm scared that what happened last year is going to happen again. i get an idea, start working on it, then killer plot bunnies attack. The only way to fend them off is to write. I made it three days into october last year. Started November with a line.
Dunno how this year is going to work out.

Saipanwriter, I could almost wish this idea ISN'T so interesting. I can't focus on my schoolwork ... I keep wanting to write the darn thing already.

ah, the "plot happens" mantra ... as much as i try to plan out my NaNo, I KNOW I'm going to be resorting to this mantra on about day four, because my outline will no longer fit my novel ...

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NaNo '08: Searching for Shay

In a post-apocalyptic world, three children search for their mother, who disappeared five years ago, claiming to know the location of The City, a place where machines work and people live as if the Dark Years never happened