Comments on: Temporary Insanity: 10 Lessons Learned from NanoWriMo

By: How I Became a Better Writer | Happenchance

How I Became a Better Writer | Happenchance — Tue, 04 May 2010 14:38:22 +0000

[...] Nanowrimo (past two years): Write 1,667 words a day for a month. Easy, but damn hard. The end product is unpublishable drivel, but that’s not the point. The real payoff is a the discipline you learn and the skills you pick up along the way. Check out 10 Lessons Learned from Nanowrimo. [...]

By: Ang

Ang — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:47:19 +0000

Hey there! I’m one of your friendly Seoul MLs – followed the link from your posts on the forum, just wanted to say great run-down of the program. Thanks, too, for the book suggestion – I’ve no doubt people will find that useful as dialogue is hard to write on the fly (well, it is for me anyway)! We’ll be looking forward to meeting you soon =)

By: Seth

Seth — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:36:12 +0000

I think you could handle it.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:50:38 +0000

Oh man…I’m so tempted to do NaNo. I *think* I could handle it…but I’m right smack in the middle of a first draft right now, and I don’t want to start a new one.

Still. Tempting.

And the masochist thing – very, very true.

By: Seth

Seth — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:38:29 +0000

Surprisingly, it doesn’t take all that much time, make 40 min to an hour a day. Last year, I was still doing a lot of other stuff. Once I decided to edit later, I cut my writing time almost in half.

By: JA Lineberry

JA Lineberry — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:28:35 +0000

I would absolutely do this if I had the time.

Some of the issues you mentioned above often plague me, such as planning and editing too much. It really bogs down the work. This is why I can only write short stories. Every time I try to write a novel, it becomes a short story.