#nanowrimo19

[quakeriders]

what a good nano kick-off! 🥳🎉

[yoooreally]

How does it work now?

I don't understand the new Nanowrimo website and it's stressing me more than Nanowrimo (I didn't know it was possible). I can't change the time of 1h for the writing and I didn't write those words today. Whyyyyy?

Anyway, happy Nanowrimo to everyone!

[dgwriteblr]

I feel like I’m losing motivation for NaNo. Help please. :( I just keep doubting myself instead of sitting my butt down and writing. 

[esoteric-intent]

[sasstastikarts]

Nice 👌

[pheita]

Demon of the Seas Info Post

Genre: Historic Fantasy, Romance Age-group: NA/Adult Hookline: What is the biggest treasure of a pirate? Warnings: alcohol, violence, mentions of slavery, consensual sex Summary: Killian McInnis, a pirate captain with a certain reputation, sets his sails to find the treasure his old mentor Silver-Eye Will left behind when he died. But he isn’t the only one. Becca Darkwaters, a female pirate captain feared by marine and pirates alike, also sets her eyes on this treasure. First they join forces because they realize both have only a half of the information and half a treasure is still better than no treasure but a stubborn Commodore and the mutiny of Killian’s skipper forces them to work together for real. Time on the sea shines a light on their pasts and their future, along with some secrets. When they find the treasure it is nothing they expected. Themes: found family, loyalty, friendship, surviving Characters: Killian McInnis Also know as the Blue-Eyed Charmer because of his sea-blue eyes that make the women melt like wax. He became a pirate to make money for his sick mother and became a captain of his own ship once he managed to gather enough money. Sometimes he is a bit naive for a pirate and wears his heart on his sleeve. Becca Darkwaters Also known as the Red Demon of the Seas because of her red hair and her strategies that are feared by everybody. She became a pirate as a teenager after she was the foster daughter of her captain’s sister. For her, becoming a pirate was a question of leading a life free of oppression. She can be cynical sometimes but has a good heart that is unexpected soft for a pirate captain. Francoise, the skipper Who was also the skipper of Silver-Eye Will, the old captain of Killian and Becca, and befriended Killian during his time under Will. When Killian got his own boat Francoise followed because he somehow felt responsible for the young pirate. He is highly sarcastic and paranoid with friends and people who own him something basically everywhere. Commodore Bright A seasoned commodore who follows Killian for the last four years after Killian had an encounter with the governor's sister. The story about this encounter differ but Bright knows there is more to it than the governor told him. He is a man of honor with strong morals and differentiates between what is the law and what is right. A man who keeps his word once it is given.

[cal-cium-the-nerd]

Just finished writing my second short story for MoL! This friday (nov 22) I’ll start editing them as I’ll have a lot more free time by then. I don’t want to promise anything, but if things go well, I might be able to post some of them before november ends. 

Most of the other stories are already by 50% (In total, so far I have 9 short stories, 2 of which are complete. 26063 words as of right now. Am I a masochist? Probably). 

Also, one of those is centered around Kirielle, Nochka, and Kana’s adventures! I’ve been having some problems figuring out how to write from Kirielle’s point of view, but I’m positive I’ll work it out soon. (Another one is a family meeting between the Kazinski siblings. Chaos ensues). 

In the meantime, I’ve been toying around with an idea for a new story (because apparently I’m not sure if I already had too much on my plate and I hate myself). I’m not sure if I want to do a “5 times people wrongly assumed Zach and Zorian were a couple and one time they were right” or “5 times people didn’t notice Zach and Zorian were a couple and 1 time they did”. They are kind of similar ideas, but at the same time not?? I’m kind of inclined towards the second one, but what do you guys think? (they asked their 3 followers) (I love you guys, you’re the best).

At the same time, I don’t want all my stories to be Zach/Zorian (-central. Since they are in love with each other, at least implicitly, in all of my stories, even if they don’t interact), since I’m worried they’ll become repetitive, so if anyone has an idea or wants to read something about other characters (like Ilsa, Kael, Imaya, Xvim, Alanic, Orissa, Taiven, Red Robe, Quatach-ichl, Zorian’s simulacrums, Zach’s simulacrums, etc) don’t be scared to request anything! (by comments, reblogs, asks, or dm). Tell me what you think!

[girlmeetschaos]

Heyooo!!!  |NaNoWriMo 2019

Hi  there! 

So probably not a lot of you know that  I’m a writer....  BUT I AM! And this year I’m going to be participating in NaNo :D You can add me as a Buddy if you’d like! 

I’m writing a fantasy/LGBT+ story this November and I’m doing a lot of prep stuff which I’ll be posting about here and on my Insta! 

I’m in search of  buddies so we can do writing sprints and bounce off ideas on each other! I want to know what  others are doing for NaNo as well! 

Other than that I am going to be posting a lot during Preptober and november with the tags #nanowrimo19 and #ameliedoesnano. 

[samanthabirdblog]

Nanowrimo day 15.

I think god left.

[jasonlarock]

NaNoWriMo is OVER

For the last 30 days I’ve been working incredibly hard to accomplish another huge project. Writing has always been something I’ve done as a hobby (yes-- I write fanfiction, I roleplay, and I’m not embarrassed to admit it) so this is the first time writing something 100% my own creation. 

People who know me know that I love Dungeons and Dragons. For the last four years or so, I’ve been desperately latching onto every opportunity I could to play campaigns and oneshots and to create a character (only to end up not using them at all) 

So I thought to myself, how to I make use of these ‘dead’ characters? 

That’s where NaNoWriMo came in. I spend the month writing an anthology of eleven character backstories, events, and key moments in their timeline. It was partially for myself, but I would love to share my finished product with all of you. 

If you’d be interested in reading my anthology, here’s a link. 

I’m incredibly proud of what I was able to do and I hope you enjoy it as well! If you have any questions about the characters or would like to see some artwork I’ve amassed over the years of these characters, I have them all saved and ready to go! 

[quakeriders]

HOW HAVE YOU WRITTEN MORE THAN 8500 WORDS IN TWO DAYS? WHAT KIND OF BLACK MAGIC IS THIS? GIVE ME TIPS WRITING GOD!!!

omg hahaha, stop

I have had more coffee than is probably healthy

I actually switched to comic sans (bc of that one post that says it helps)

and:

WRITE. don’t edit while you write.

this is literally the second to last line I wrote and it’s objectively terrible but I won’t fix it just yet:

“Can you fix him up?” He asked Inathe and with a deep sigh and some mumbled curses under her breath, she fixed what looked to be a broken nose.

note the misspelled name and the really very terrible sentence there

once I have a few more words in, I can go back and edit it but for the time being it’s all about quantity not quality

I can stress over word choices and sentence structure once I have the plot down

ALSO! if you know the rough plot, create very dumb and short summaries for each chapter

eg: Character X is with Y and Z. They talk about ABC and then G comes in and they have a fight about LMN. X thinks about how much she dislikes G.

that way you have a game plan for every chapter and know where you should be

you don’t have to do this for everything. for example, I have rough outlines for the first five chapters and I’m almost done with them, so now I’m gonna write the next summaries for the next batch

and most importantly: HAVE FUN WITH IT. if it’s not happening right now, take a break. Have a snack, do something you like. I actually watched the sixth Harry Potter movie last night because I needed to get in the headspace. (I’m doing a feysand hogwarts au, if you didn’t know)

**ALSO: If you like listening to music while writing, listen to instrumental songs or songs that you don’t usually sing along with. That way, you won’t be tempted to stop writing and sing along.

[windowpane-reflections]

Lisa’s writeblr intro/ WIP introduction

So, since I’m doing NaNoWriMo this year, I thought I might do a post about the story I’m writing and how I’m approaching it. I’m also doing it, because I don’t think I’ve done a proper writeblr intro yet. So, anyway, Hi, I’m Lisa, and I’m doing NaNoWriMo for the first time this year.

My WIP is set in the future, when time travel has been invented. The main character is a girl named Tara who is trying to get into this rebel organization who wants to use time travel to manipulate their present (for better/ worse? who knows?). 

Anyway, she makes a mistake, accidentally kidnaps the wrong guy, and now they are on the run (through time!!) from the rebel organization AND the Time Police (because of course there will be Time Police).

I decided to do NaNoWriMo this year, because I had this idea halfway through my high school years. I always had an excuse for not writing it, because I kept thinking that I haven’t thought it through well enough, etc. I’m afraid if I don’t write it now, I’m going to outgrow it (or grow tired of it or something) and I don’t want it to happen, because I’ve spent literally half of my high school career daydreaming about the story and characters.

So, forcing myself to write it has been so much more fun than I’ve anticipated. I think the actual writing I’m doing is garbage, but I’m finally getting momentum, and I feel like I’m getting a more realistic feel for what the story is going to be like, instead of just some vague daydream. I don’t really like the idea of ‘just write and see what comes out without any planning’ for a first draft, so I never really wanted to do NaNoWriMo, but I forgot how much fun it is to just experiment and play around. So I guess there is value in overthinking planning, as well as in messing around and just writing. It’s nice just having fun.

I won’t be posting any excerpts on Tumblr, because I write in Afrikaans and my writing is genuinely a mess right now, but if anyone actually reads this and would like to chat about your/my WIP, rant about NaNoWriMo or talk about writing in general, please feel free. I would like to be more interactive :D

[dgwriteblr]

Me: wow, I’ve written so much today.

Me after checking the word count that shows 447 words: shit...

[thereforetierney]

NaNoWriMo 2019

Writers!

Add me, message me, keep me in check for NaNo. I’ll love you forever for it.

Feel free to leave links in comments or reblogs for others to find you too! :)

https://nanowrimo.org/participants/tierney

[mywritingstory]

To those participating in NaNoWriMo this year, try not to put all your focus on the word count. Just write for the fun of it and enjoy it. Stop stressing out so much about the word count and how much planning you’ve done. What will be, will be. 

[pheita]

NaNoWriMo WIP Intro: Demon of the Seas

 You meet a dark-skinned woman at the tavern. You know she is a pirate just by looking at her but she is more than this. She is one of the oldest women you ever saw sailing the seven seas. Seeking to become one yourself you dare to sit down at the table she occupied alone. With a tired gaze she looks at you.

So you wanna hear a story, boy? Buy me a grog and listen, sailor. You wanna be a pirate, aye? Think it’s a big adventure? I tell you, it can be more than this. Ever heard of the Red Demon? Aye? The queen of the pirates. Feared by redskirts and our kind alike. Aye, that’s her. So come closer, boy, and keep your mouth shut. I will tell you about how she met the Blue-Eyed Charmer and became what she is today. You wonder how I know this? Ah, mate, you are a smart kid, I see. I was her skipper. The Singing Siren was my baby. Nothing could beat her or our captain. Aye, that’s not completely true. One thing could beat her. Old Silver-Eye Will’s damned treasure. This old bastard really knew how to get her. Ah, you heard of his treasure. Of course you did. Every damn pirate on the seven seas knew about it but it is not what you think. It’s not gold and jewels. That’s what she and this damned charmer got. I admit he is good for her. Treats her better than any other man. Aye, don’t look at me like this. Look around, what do you see? Aye, that’s everything this damned charmer wasn’t. Sometimes I doubted he was even a pirate. His heart was too soft, but so was hers. You want to know what happened to the Siren? Oh, that’s easy, mate. Her daughter guides her now through the seas, defeating old Poseidon’s moods like no other. I tell you, mate, the biggest treasure is family. That’s what old Will left us. Aye, he did, this old bastard.