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yes it is that time of year again... no not halloween. no not election time. its NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month!!!

http://www.nanowrimo.org/

basically write 50,000 words in november. you can sign up at the website to participate in a contest or you can just write like me...

tried this last year. i think i only got about 1500 - 2000 words written. im going to try and do better this year smile.gif not sure what im going to write about though... fantasy? horror? sci-fi?

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  • Steve Schulze
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    Steve Schulze polycounter lvl 18
    I tried this once before. Got a little way in then got bored. I don't have the patience for writing so much every day. I can always find so many other little things that I just need to do before starting writing. Just like studying for exams.
  • TomDunne
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    I'm one of those kinds of people who can write 50,000 words in just a couple days, as writing comes very easily to me. My average forum post here is likely about twice as long as the average of everyone else's; I'm hard to shut up once I get going. My problem, from a creative aspect, is that I just don't feel I have anything to say. I'd love to take part in something like this, but I can't ever think of anything I want to sit down and write about. I think that's a good indication that I wasn't born for a career as a e...
  • Frank
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    Frank polycounter lvl 18
    Write about the state of Bond films. Or games. How about what's wrong with MMOs? I've been considering writing that one myself. laugh.gif

    Frank the Avenger
  • Asherr
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    Asherr polycounter lvl 18
    50,000 words.

    30 days.

    go!

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