Comments on: Getting Brave: Gearing up for NaNoWriMo

By: Wendy

Wendy — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 03:55:00 +0000

Hey, Bravo to you! I tried NaNoWriMo a couple of years ago. I even bought a tee-shirt, because I thought it would inspire me (I turned it into my clothespin bag this year :). I got about halfway through my novel, and then my paying job interfered and I just couldn’t work half the night, write the other half of the night and then get up in the wee hours to attend to my little ones. Good luck to you though - from another aspiring writer, unschooling Mom

By: Dana

Dana — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 19:13:00 +0000

I’m so stoked you’re doing this, and I’d love to read what kind of fiction comes out of you if you care to share in the end.

But I’m not doing this contest, so does it mean I’m not a writer anymore?:-)

It’s funny the various hoops we have to jump through to consider ourselves “writers” when in fact a writer need only to write.

Keep to that deadline though. It’s an admirable goal.

By: Deb

Deb — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 20:16:00 +0000

YOU CAN DO IT
GO KICK SOME FICTIONAL ASS
I WANT TO READ IT

Please…???

By: SFWriter13

SFWriter13 — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 16:01:00 +0000

If it helps at all, you’re not alone! Besides, you roped me into this thing as well. I presumed for mutual support, no?

You can do it! WE can do it!

By: Mama Chaos

Mama Chaos — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 02:23:00 +0000

I’m concidering it this year. I failed horribly last year, but maybe this time I can stick to it.

By: V

Tue, 17 Oct 2006 00:25:00 +0000

My favorite novelist Anne Tyler said that when her kids were small, as she was doing the daily stuff, a character kept presenting itself to her and a story began to grow up around him. When she finally was free, several months later, she wrote the story. I was fascinated by that. A character presented and a story grew up around him… Any characters come to mind compelling enough to tell their story for them? Or will your framework take a different process? Whatever, Girl, you have my heartfelt support in this. love, V