tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3951016553704108326.post1065064291200972972..comments2023-08-29T07:22:38.871-05:00Comments on Cerebral Lunchbox: Wannabe Writers #38Witless Expositionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07455282931743006892noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3951016553704108326.post-49384855443378150682010-10-19T20:39:37.114-05:002010-10-19T20:39:37.114-05:00This will be my first year participating. I am hop...This will be my first year participating. I am hoping to learn a lot from the experience. Good luck with your outline.Miranda Hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17880449368013410349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3951016553704108326.post-69350320983837563282010-10-17T13:34:50.231-05:002010-10-17T13:34:50.231-05:00I have a hard time of writing by hand, my brain te...I have a hard time of writing by hand, my brain tends to move faster than my hand can. I do like to use pen and paper to brainstorm and outline by hand. <br /><br />My username is the same as on blogger, Witless Exposition. Look forward to hearing from you!Witless Expositionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07455282931743006892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3951016553704108326.post-47064648093527994112010-10-17T09:42:59.866-05:002010-10-17T09:42:59.866-05:00I love doing Nanowrimo, unfortunately I have yet t...I love doing Nanowrimo, unfortunately I have yet to win. The best advice I could say is to write your novel by hand and then type it into the computer regularly for word count and submission purposes. The ideas seem to flow better that way for me. I'm trying to convince one of my friends to do it, I feel like I'm so close to her having an account. What's your username? I'll have to look you up.CollegiateDownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09344678125140617595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3951016553704108326.post-8953781231643502892010-10-16T23:42:53.502-05:002010-10-16T23:42:53.502-05:00Thanks Hayley for the great advice! I think I'...Thanks Hayley for the great advice! I think I'm leaning toward the writing exercise. I have some ideas floating around in my head, but nothing that excites me the way my current WIP does.<br /><br />Tsaritsa, come on and join up! The more the merrier!Witless Expositionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07455282931743006892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3951016553704108326.post-77543363442767328172010-10-16T17:20:19.719-05:002010-10-16T17:20:19.719-05:00I may try out NaNo next month, though I've nev...I may try out NaNo next month, though I've never done it before. I guess I should start figuring out a strategy.the Tsaritsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00679262620541078819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3951016553704108326.post-82072086985547330862010-10-16T17:04:49.903-05:002010-10-16T17:04:49.903-05:00I've done NaNoWriMo 3 or 4 times...I've on...I've done NaNoWriMo 3 or 4 times...I've only "won" once, but the other times I got in about 30,000 words, which isn't something to sneeze at, IMO. The third week is the hardest. That's when you kind of lose steam, or, if you're behind in your word count, that's when it starts to look impossible. <br /><br />I pretty much dropped all of my NaNo projects as soon as the month was over, but I was looking over one recently and might bring it back into daylight sometime in the future. My problem is that in my heart I feel like I'm the type that needs to write by the seat of my pants and feel the story out as I go, but I've found that I'm terrible at plotting unless I at least sit down and plan something out, even if it isn't a full outline. I think my past NaNo novels lost steam because the story went nowhere, and I was trying so hard to get the words out I never stopped to figure out where the story was actually going.<br /><br />So I guess my advice is this: either A)treat NaNo like an awesome but long writing exercise, just having fun and not worrying about churning out something beautiful, or B) if you're anything like me, outline (or plan or whatever) beforehand. Which you say you're already doing, so I guess that's that :)Hayleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09287145551965057800noreply@blogger.com