You do get words of encouragement, both from accredited writers, and from the team. Here's a halfway message from Chris Baty, the founder of NaNoWrimo.
If I can't keep going in sequence, this is when I start with the non-sequiturs (shooting random scenes that we can maybe make sense of in the edit). Scenes we'd like to see (Mad magazine) or rather I would like to write.
Of course, the actual editing time comes later, and sometimes I have had to be quite vicious in the cutting and editing...and that's the time for secateurs (you can tell I am struggling when my head just throws out weak puns...
Haha. My first time. I'm only averaging 1000 words. It's a nice challenge. Not sure how to see other stories, though, so I'm glad I saw your blog from Mythical Monkey's house. Good luck. : )
ReplyDeleteThanks thingy!
ReplyDeleteI did it, and completed (or Won! as they like to say) for four years, after the first year when I heard about it, and was just too cowardly.
Then I skipped a year, but I am back for more punishment. it really is like running a marathon...
Whether you can see other people's stuff depends on whether they post some or all of it in their Novel Info.
ReplyDeleteFor instance, mine currently has the template I am working to, and the two opening pieces...
Golden Apple