Nanowrimo Anyone?

[elreybon]

Is anyone doing Nanowrimo this year?

NANOWRIMO Website

I think I might try it, anyone want to throw out some ideas? I will write a story based on your prompts (I'm not promising to use all the ideas. I'm looking at you, yeah you about to say "My little ponies meet Sonic's penis" or something similar.). Give me something general like Modern or super powers or aliens. Something like that. If people are interested I'll post the story as I write it in all it's unedited glory on new grounds.

So to sum up:
Anyone what to do NANOWRIMO?
Have any ideas you'd like me to write about?
Would you like me to post the work in progress as it is written?

Comments?

[Nick8akon]

I've never heard of it but it seems interesting.
Maybe you should write something kinda like RWBY, with the whole monster hunting academy setting.

[RIGg0rMORtis]

Without giving too much away: keep an eye out for November's writing contest! :)

[DeftAndEvil]

I tried to do it once, but then I concluded that I have no intent on ever writing a novel. I stopped about 20 pages in, and I realized that I had too much. I'd rather write 25 2000-word short stories than one 50000-word story.

As Borges says in one of my favorite books ("Ficciones" which I read all the way through about twice a year):

"The composition of vast books is a laborious and impoverishing extravagance. To go on for 500 pages developing an idea whose perfect oral exposition is possible in a few minutes! A better course of procedure is to pretend that these books already exist, and then to offer a resume, a commentary."

I'm think of starting NaShoStoMo (or, National Short Story Writing Month), where you write one 1000-word short story. When you're done, you can pick your favorite and turn it into a 4500-word story (which in my opinion is the perfect length for any story: about 15-20 pages).

[DeftAndEvil]

At 10/30/13 10:38 PM, DeftAndEvil wrote:
I'm think of starting NaShoStoMo (or, National Short Story Writing Month), where you write one 1000-word short story.

Lol, I meant 1 short story every day. Also, some people consider 1000 words to be a short short story. But, NaShoShoStoMo sounds ridiculous.

[DeftAndEvil]

At 10/30/13 10:40 PM, DeftAndEvil wrote:

At 10/30/13 10:38 PM, DeftAndEvil wrote:

Lol, I meant 1 short story every day. Also, some people consider 1000 words to be a short short story. But, NaShoShoStoMo sounds ridiculous.

...NaShoShoStoWriMo >.>

Eh. At least I'm two stories removed from finishing reviewing the Halloween stories. At least I'm on point about that.