tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post3528836770694023895..comments2023-10-31T10:59:03.023-04:00Comments on INKSPOT Crime Fiction Blog | A Place for Mystery, Mayhem, Writing and Life: It's NaNoWriMo Time!Linda O. Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01512430135042480450noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-11622752197786726512010-11-09T14:41:13.523-05:002010-11-09T14:41:13.523-05:00Jess: Holy crap, blue Boxer nails! That's hila...Jess: Holy crap, blue Boxer nails! That's hilarious! What's your dog's name? My fingers are crossed for your push to Jan 1st!<br /><br />Kathleen: thanks for the congrats...how's the publicity push going for you? Hopefully well!<br /><br />Clark: I can't wait to check out the Thinker's Thesarus! How cool is that? <br /><br />Deborah: Thanks!! I'm not sure if it's desperation or what, but if I don't force myself to keep my nose to the grindstone, I'd never finish! And I'm trying to imagine blue Boxer nails too LOLJessie Chandlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17963009962065255242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-13223711519910097162010-11-08T20:24:45.437-05:002010-11-08T20:24:45.437-05:00Jessie, I love your stick-to-it-ness. I don't ...Jessie, I love your stick-to-it-ness. I don't think I have what it takes to write so many words, so quickly, but I so admire those who do ... and then polish, polish and more polish to get a great finished product like Bingo Barge Murder. Congrats! <br />PS: I'm still trying to imagine Jess's dog with its nails painted blue ... ;-)Deborah Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01575491644343480392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-35984852603221615442010-11-08T17:47:28.065-05:002010-11-08T17:47:28.065-05:00Good luck to all you NaNoWriMo participants! I had...Good luck to all you NaNoWriMo participants! I had never heard of the contest until reading this post so I'm glad I stumbled upon this.<br /><br />I recently entered a similar contest and found the <a href="http://thinkersthesaurus.com" rel="nofollow"> Thinker's Thesaurus</a> to be a huge help. I discovered words I had never heard before and it allowed me to find that "spark" during many writing sessions. I just picked up the 2nd Edition which includes more than 15,000 entries and took over 15 years to make. <br /><br />Might be something fun to check out if you're a NaNoWriMo contestant looking for an edge!Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09593702998754977469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-86190213147446333822010-11-08T15:48:17.293-05:002010-11-08T15:48:17.293-05:00Thanks for sharing your experiences! I've nev...Thanks for sharing your experiences! I've never been drawn to participate in NaNo myself, but each year I'm amazed to see so many people taking up the challenge. And huge congrats on the upcoming release!Kathleen Ernsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07009876100214388898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-74893624635734119182010-11-08T15:03:40.800-05:002010-11-08T15:03:40.800-05:00Congrats, Jessie! That's a great NaNo story.
...Congrats, Jessie! That's a great NaNo story.<br /><br />And speaking of boxers, I paid $5 last week to have my boxer's paw nails painted blue. I'm still taking grief for it, but I think it looks fantastic.<br /><br />Now, I'm using your NaNo post to spur my writing. I need to get this first draft done by January 1!Jessica Loureyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11157662092822156124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-15564432591185641092010-11-08T14:02:59.936-05:002010-11-08T14:02:59.936-05:00Darrell, I'd love to share some of mine with y...Darrell, I'd love to share some of mine with you if you'd share some of yours with me! Maybe between the two of us we could find an efficient writing style LOL!Jessie Chandlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17963009962065255242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-63386365182204036362010-11-08T13:24:42.894-05:002010-11-08T13:24:42.894-05:00Jessie- I think your way is totally more efficient...Jessie- I think your way is totally more efficient. I throw away more then I keep because I have to "find" my way through the story as I go. If NoNO had been around when I first started my first novel, maybe it wouldn't have taken me three years to complete the rough draft. I'm thinking maybe it is a pretty good thing for beginning writers, and those who can invision a story all the way from the beginning. Maybe I'll learn how to do that one day. You think?Darrell Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08394984700734588887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-5801416260591322512010-11-08T12:49:24.785-05:002010-11-08T12:49:24.785-05:00Elizabeth: Inspiration it is...the last two years ...Elizabeth: Inspiration it is...the last two years I haven't been able to NaNo because of revisions, but I have lurked indeed!<br /><br />Lois: In one of the articles about NaNo I read, the organizers picked November because, in San Francisco, where this started, is dreary and ugly, so they went with that. I'm not sure they thought about the holiday implications. It certainly makes it one hell of a challenge.<br /><br />Sue Ann: You're absolutely right in that Wrimos who spit out those 50,000 words and think it's a finished product are all washed up. It'll be interesting to see how the self-publishing stuff goes. It was an eye-opening lesson I had, for sure.<br /><br />Beth: I love the name you guys came up with: NaNoTRYMo! I'm going to suggest it to one of the writing groups I belong to since almost all of us are doing the exact same thing, dedicating the month to adding on to/completing a WIP. Congrats on that 3000 word tear!<br /><br />Darrell: I totally understand what you mean about taking time to make the story great. I wish I could work that way...it seems so creative. Instead, I have to consider what I crank out at the start my very rough first draft, and then I add to it, subtract from it, and polish, polish, polish. It can wind up being ten or more revised drafts, and the final product hardly resembles those first 50,000 words, and usually winds up in the 60-65,000 range. It's kind of like the writers I admire who are able to sit down with a kernel of an idea and write this scene and that scene, link them all together, and end up with a great book. I, on the other hand, have to do serious research, outline my head off, and plan long and hard before I can put keystroke to blank computer screen. I think everybody's writing styles are like their fingerprints: unique to each individual. And I love hearing about other writer's working processes. It's absolutely fascinating!Jessie Chandlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17963009962065255242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-20919924734323482482010-11-08T12:16:53.475-05:002010-11-08T12:16:53.475-05:00Jessie, it sounds like NaNo really cranked up your...Jessie, it sounds like NaNo really cranked up your writing career. That's great! I don't know if I really want to write a novel that fast, however. I've always said that when I start a novel I set out with the goal of telling myself a really great story. I suppose I like to live in the process a while longer and really relish the discovery that only time can lend to it.Darrell Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08394984700734588887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-26316299179307394992010-11-08T10:42:51.286-05:002010-11-08T10:42:51.286-05:00A very inspirational post, Jessie! My local writin...A very inspirational post, Jessie! My local writing group, the Pikes Peak Writers, runs a program in conjunction with NaNoWriMo that they call NaNoTRYMo, for writers like me who just can't pump out 50,000 words in one month. Instead, we set a realistic goal on our WiP that stretches us just a bit. In my case, my goal is to finish the rough draft that I began writing in August, which would require 20-25,000 words. <br /><br />I hosted a write-in Friday to push myself and a few friends that day and was able to write a phenomenal (for me) 3,000 words that day. I agree with Sue Ann, though, that the manuscripts that result from NaNoWriMo should all go through extensive editing before they see the light of day, which is pretty much true for EVERY rough draft!Beth Groundwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13999372882748655834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-74799293209746543992010-11-08T08:49:17.686-05:002010-11-08T08:49:17.686-05:00I just recommended NaNo to a friend is is starting...I just recommended NaNo to a friend is is starting to write. Recently, though, I've had my misgivings about it. Not the program and the discipline it teaches about keeping your butt in the chair to meet a deadline, but I'm sure come December, Amazon's Kindle program and print self-publishing venues will be flooded with and cranking out unedited and incomplete first drafts of manuscripts from folks who didn't take the time to learn there is more to being an author than just slapping 50,000 words down in 30 days. It's both a good and not-so-good thing. <br /><br />Jessie, I'm glad you understood that and worked hard to make Bingo Barge Murder the delight it is.Sue Ann Jaffarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09984054116933714621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-49025621479402798862010-11-08T08:14:04.652-05:002010-11-08T08:14:04.652-05:00I never could understand why NaNo is in Nov. With ...I never could understand why NaNo is in Nov. With the holidays fast approaching, it's a month filled with too many distractions. And for people with kids in school (not me, anymore), it's even worse because between Election Day, Veteran's Day, parent-teacher conferences, and the Teachers' Convention, there isn't a week in the month that the kids are in school a full 5 days. So I admire anyone with the fortitude to complete NaNo.Lois Winstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01866423986250423199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-43106091350897412072010-11-08T05:58:22.770-05:002010-11-08T05:58:22.770-05:00I think you've mentioned the best thing about ...I think you've mentioned the best thing about NaNo--the inspiration it can give to a writer...that spark. I've never been able to officially participate because I've been in the middle of a project, but I always lurk there and feed off the excitement. :)Elizabeth Spann Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625595247828274405noreply@blogger.com