Nanowrimo tutor, Looking for.

444 · 11-04-2010, 02:37 PM

So I'm trying to get started on my nanowrimo story, and I'm already a shit ton of confused. I have neither written a story more than 2000 words myself, and I'm not expecting to reach the aim of 50k words of the Nanowrimo challenge, but I am looking for someone who can help me out and guide me through writing a short novel/story. I'm now about 1000 words in and I'm trying to plan out the progression of the rest of my story, using the urr... 3 act structure thing. Not looking for crazy detailed manuscripts either, just need to get my thoughts organized, and maybe help me see how to plot/plan/write the story easier. Is not helping plox. I just suck and planning out anything >_>

Would really like some help from experienced writers to guide me and encourage me through this.

I'm neither expecting to finish anything this month, and my target word count goal is maybe... 20-30k words?

Thanks for reading and your consideration.

Kthxlulz.

p.s: I'm still struggling with the story xD not even 1k words in, sigh. Anyway, due to needing to save my post counts, if anyone read this and thinks they can help, please pm? I do read your posts here though :3 I'll try to reply in pm.

Hearts to all

Reixonac · 11-04-2010, 05:24 PM

Man, I miss nano. uni steals all my time these days.

Now, point 1: 'I'm trying to plan out the progression of the rest of my story,' Stop it. let the story tell itself. Just go, right now, and write. the idea is to get quantity and sort it into quality later.

If you're worried about hitting target, then write about your experiences throughout november, that way anything you write elsewhere can be incorporated and this also tends to inspire a more... well, epic is the only real word to use here... a more epic lifestyle.

You end up logging every movement, every thought, everything you see, do, hear or say, etc etc, in order to use it in the novel. This then leads you to notice boring parts of your day, so you start filling them with a little bit of epic.

heishere · 05-19-2011, 11:01 PM

Okay, I'm a bit...a lot late on this thread, but here we go anyhow.

Write it.

It's true with everything, but especially in NaNo. Who gives a flying purple people eater if it's actually good, understandable, or coherent - that comes in the editing. Aside from that, every other tip is extraneous and useless, so far as I've seen - just write the bloody book. Period. Finito.

11-04-2010, 02:37 PM	#1
444 getDare Sweetheart Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: We lost 2 planes. Posts: 444 Blog Entries: 200	Nanowrimo tutor, Looking for. So I'm trying to get started on my nanowrimo story, and I'm already a shit ton of confused. I have neither written a story more than 2000 words myself, and I'm not expecting to reach the aim of 50k words of the Nanowrimo challenge, but I am looking for someone who can help me out and guide me through writing a short novel/story. I'm now about 1000 words in and I'm trying to plan out the progression of the rest of my story, using the urr... 3 act structure thing. Not looking for crazy detailed manuscripts either, just need to get my thoughts organized, and maybe help me see how to plot/plan/write the story easier. Is not helping plox. I just suck and planning out anything >_> Would really like some help from experienced writers to guide me and encourage me through this. I'm neither expecting to finish anything this month, and my target word count goal is maybe... 20-30k words? Thanks for reading and your consideration. Kthxlulz. p.s: I'm still struggling with the story xD not even 1k words in, sigh. Anyway, due to needing to save my post counts, if anyone read this and thinks they can help, please pm? I do read your posts here though :3 I'll try to reply in pm. Hearts to all __________________ Adopt A Pokemon Here! Man, my penis is so big if I laid it out on a keyboard it'd go all the way from A to Z Ohhhhsnap. Hello. 444 <3 Softeyes and we're in a relationship. So, advances towards softeyes would very much not be appreciated. TQTQTQ Last edited by 444; 11-06-2010 at 04:04 AM.

11-04-2010, 05:24 PM	#2
Reixonac Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Hull, UK Posts: 58	Man, I miss nano. uni steals all my time these days. Now, point 1: 'I'm trying to plan out the progression of the rest of my story,' Stop it. let the story tell itself. Just go, right now, and write. the idea is to get quantity and sort it into quality later. If you're worried about hitting target, then write about your experiences throughout november, that way anything you write elsewhere can be incorporated and this also tends to inspire a more... well, epic is the only real word to use here... a more epic lifestyle. You end up logging every movement, every thought, everything you see, do, hear or say, etc etc, in order to use it in the novel. This then leads you to notice boring parts of your day, so you start filling them with a little bit of epic. __________________ M/24/UK - Still discovering L/D/Ls. Feel free to PM me. I need like-minded people to chat to. Last edited by Reixonac; 11-04-2010 at 05:27 PM.

05-19-2011, 11:01 PM	#3
heishere getDare Sweetheart Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Moses Hole, WA Posts: 417 Blog Entries: 11	Okay, I'm a bit...a lot late on this thread, but here we go anyhow. Write it. It's true with everything, but especially in NaNo. Who gives a flying purple people eater if it's actually good, understandable, or coherent - that comes in the editing. Aside from that, every other tip is extraneous and useless, so far as I've seen - just write the bloody book. Period. Finito. __________________ Limits: No feces, not too loud, not too public, not too messy, no other people (Dares) Everything else is open, basically Behold! He is here! Writer, editor, photographer, and mild coffee addict