Remember that time in January when I posted about how I was back and really excited to do this again?
Of course not, I deleted that post like whoa!
But I am back now, for real, and I am really excited to get back to work and review stuff for anybody who may be watching (or myself cause hay I don't need an audience to do what I love amirite?)
Coming your way are book reviews- one of Matched by Ally Condie and one of Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas. Hopefully I will have another website review in the near future and maybe more on my novels that never got finished during NaNo!
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Monday, September 24, 2012
Intro: "Mini-NaNo"
The website "Toasted Cheese" holds what they call a "Mini-NaNo" during the month of September. This warm-up for the real thing asks you to write 167 words a day for 30 days, leaving you with a grand total of 5,000 words that month.
While I have never participated in the official "Chasm and Crags" version (which I assume is their forum space), I thought it would be a great idea to do a mini-NaNo in October, primarily because I am a masochist.
I am going to use an online writing platform, dear to my heart, to do so. This platform is also the one I just reviewed- 750words.com! In case you were clever, you'd notice that that means I am writing WAY more than 167 words a day. Yes, I plan on writing 750 words every day for the month of October, for a total of 23,250 words. This is a test to see how motivated I can stay and will, hopefully, be a good indicator of whether or not I can (finally) complete National Novel Writing Month.
Why am I telling you this, you ask? Because I have a favor to ask of you, my possibly existent readers. Part of my project has been to understand the development of an online community around NaNoWriMo and her home site. I would also like to bring a bit of community into my own blog. Each week (at least), I will post an update about my work and my story. In that update I will ask for your opinions and your decisions as to how the story will go. Yes, I want my writing to be interactive. The text will be posted on whichever hosting site I chose and everyone will be able to read the shitty, unedited version as I produce it. Best of all, you will be able to see where your input affected the story.
Sound good? I'm excited, so I can only hope y'all are :)
While I have never participated in the official "Chasm and Crags" version (which I assume is their forum space), I thought it would be a great idea to do a mini-NaNo in October, primarily because I am a masochist.
I am going to use an online writing platform, dear to my heart, to do so. This platform is also the one I just reviewed- 750words.com! In case you were clever, you'd notice that that means I am writing WAY more than 167 words a day. Yes, I plan on writing 750 words every day for the month of October, for a total of 23,250 words. This is a test to see how motivated I can stay and will, hopefully, be a good indicator of whether or not I can (finally) complete National Novel Writing Month.
Why am I telling you this, you ask? Because I have a favor to ask of you, my possibly existent readers. Part of my project has been to understand the development of an online community around NaNoWriMo and her home site. I would also like to bring a bit of community into my own blog. Each week (at least), I will post an update about my work and my story. In that update I will ask for your opinions and your decisions as to how the story will go. Yes, I want my writing to be interactive. The text will be posted on whichever hosting site I chose and everyone will be able to read the shitty, unedited version as I produce it. Best of all, you will be able to see where your input affected the story.
Sound good? I'm excited, so I can only hope y'all are :)
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Intro: Write Online
As it is almost October, or as it's called in NaNoLand, "Planning For NaNo Month" (PlaFoNaNoMo). This is the month before the biggest month of our year, and it means we have some things to get together. We need to start hoarding teas, coffees and other highly caffeinated drinks (My drink of choice is actually hot cocoa, but we'll pretend I'm a coffee drinker for the sake of fitting in.). We need to start warning our friends that we will be totally inaccessible during the month of November.
It's also a great time to figure out where you're going to write your novel.
Y'see, many of us are starting to utilize online tools not only to make plotting and planning easier, but to also make the act of writing easier as well. Sites exist to allow us a quiet, distraction free place to write, sometimes with motivational techniques tied in to get us up to our word count as fast as possible. I've got a list of sites that are, as usual, used by WriMos to make their lives just a little easier.
I give these to you in October and NOT November, primarily because you're going to want to try them out first. Do you respond better to threats or positive reinforcement? Do you need somewhere with no distractions? Do you want a site that saves your work, so you can be sure it doesn't get lost if your computer tragically breaks down? That and more, in October, from the Digital Writer.
It's also a great time to figure out where you're going to write your novel.
Y'see, many of us are starting to utilize online tools not only to make plotting and planning easier, but to also make the act of writing easier as well. Sites exist to allow us a quiet, distraction free place to write, sometimes with motivational techniques tied in to get us up to our word count as fast as possible. I've got a list of sites that are, as usual, used by WriMos to make their lives just a little easier.
I give these to you in October and NOT November, primarily because you're going to want to try them out first. Do you respond better to threats or positive reinforcement? Do you need somewhere with no distractions? Do you want a site that saves your work, so you can be sure it doesn't get lost if your computer tragically breaks down? That and more, in October, from the Digital Writer.
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