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dolariSo this is the third year of NaNoRiMo coming up...and for once I'm considering going in on it, especially if I'm still jobless that month.
I have a basic idea of what I want and two characters that have already solidified and are working on thier stories (they've got an excellent beginning, and an open ended ending, but no middle). But I'm not sure I'll get it all done in a month, as we can stew on plot points for months or years before coming up with something good. Closetspace's plots and twists are almost ten years old. AWFW's story is still evolving after four years.
I'm wondering though, since I write more in "chunks" than by page count, if I might do the Harlan Ellison Bookstore Stunt instead of NaNoWriMo.
While in NaNoWriMo, your assignment is to have a 175 page story at the end of the month, the Harlan Ellison Bookstore Stunt (so named by me) is actually a lot more fun. What Harlan would do is go to a bookstore, pull out a typewriter and just start clacking away. As soon as one page was done, it was pulled off the typewriter and pasted to the bookstore window where everyone could read it. The idea was Harlan had to write a story, page by page, without going back or editing or rewriting in case he made a mistake or typo.
That might be better than NaNoWriMo, cause if I just can't make the 3.5 pages a day for two days, I'll be swamped to make it up.
Whada you think? NaNoWriMo? Or the Harlan Ellison Bookstore Stunt?
I have a basic idea of what I want and two characters that have already solidified and are working on thier stories (they've got an excellent beginning, and an open ended ending, but no middle). But I'm not sure I'll get it all done in a month, as we can stew on plot points for months or years before coming up with something good. Closetspace's plots and twists are almost ten years old. AWFW's story is still evolving after four years.
I'm wondering though, since I write more in "chunks" than by page count, if I might do the Harlan Ellison Bookstore Stunt instead of NaNoWriMo.
While in NaNoWriMo, your assignment is to have a 175 page story at the end of the month, the Harlan Ellison Bookstore Stunt (so named by me) is actually a lot more fun. What Harlan would do is go to a bookstore, pull out a typewriter and just start clacking away. As soon as one page was done, it was pulled off the typewriter and pasted to the bookstore window where everyone could read it. The idea was Harlan had to write a story, page by page, without going back or editing or rewriting in case he made a mistake or typo.
That might be better than NaNoWriMo, cause if I just can't make the 3.5 pages a day for two days, I'll be swamped to make it up.
Whada you think? NaNoWriMo? Or the Harlan Ellison Bookstore Stunt?
