Community Discussion:

[writingvixen.livejournal.com]

Nanoing is hard. Here we are, people with lives, trying to write an entire NOVEL during the month of November. What are we, nuts?

The answer to that question and many others, in case you didn't know, is yes.

Nano is difficult for anyone. Don't ever let someone tell you otherwise. The pace is grueling and it is one of the most challenging things you'll ever do in your life.

It's also one of the most rewarding.

However for some people, Nano is even more challenging because of circumstances beyond their control. And that's what today's discussion is about.

How do you manage through November when you have a special circumstance?

Maybe you're a parent. How do you Nano while trying to be a mother or a father too?

Maybe you deal with a chronic illness. How do you Nano while dealing with pain and hurt?

Maybe you're going to school full time or even part time. How do you do Nano while studying as well?

Maybe you work FULL time and are struggling with how to juggle your nano and your career.

Maybe it's something else entirely.

In the comments below, discuss it out. Engage each other in conversation on getting through and thriving. If you've been there, offer your advice. If you're dealing with it for the first time and are scared, don't hesitate to ask a question or a tip. Let's build this community and support one another.

And let's start today.

Community Discussion:

[writingvixen.livejournal.com]

Nanoing is hard. Here we are, people with lives, trying to write an entire NOVEL during the month of November. What are we, nuts?

The answer to that question and many others, in case you didn't know, is yes.

Nano is difficult for anyone. Don't ever let someone tell you otherwise. The pace is grueling and it is one of the most challenging things you'll ever do in your life.

It's also one of the most rewarding.

However for some people, Nano is even more challenging because of circumstances beyond their control. And that's what today's discussion is about.

How do you manage through November when you have a special circumstance?

Maybe you're a parent. How do you Nano while trying to be a mother or a father too?

Maybe you deal with a chronic illness. How do you Nano while dealing with pain and hurt?

Maybe you're going to school full time or even part time. How do you do Nano while studying as well?

Maybe you work FULL time and are struggling with how to juggle your nano and your career.

Maybe it's something else entirely.

In the comments below, discuss it out. Engage each other in conversation on getting through and thriving. If you've been there, offer your advice. If you're dealing with it for the first time and are scared, don't hesitate to ask a question or a tip. Let's build this community and support one another.

And let's start today.

Community Discussion:

[writingvixen.livejournal.com]

Nanoing is hard. Here we are, people with lives, trying to write an entire NOVEL during the month of November. What are we, nuts?

The answer to that question and many others, in case you didn't know, is yes.

Nano is difficult for anyone. Don't ever let someone tell you otherwise. The pace is grueling and it is one of the most challenging things you'll ever do in your life.

It's also one of the most rewarding.

However for some people, Nano is even more challenging because of circumstances beyond their control. And that's what today's discussion is about.

How do you manage through November when you have a special circumstance?

Maybe you're a parent. How do you Nano while trying to be a mother or a father too?

Maybe you deal with a chronic illness. How do you Nano while dealing with pain and hurt?

Maybe you're going to school full time or even part time. How do you do Nano while studying as well?

Maybe you work FULL time and are struggling with how to juggle your nano and your career.

Maybe it's something else entirely.

In the comments below, discuss it out. Engage each other in conversation on getting through and thriving. If you've been there, offer your advice. If you're dealing with it for the first time and are scared, don't hesitate to ask a question or a tip. Let's build this community and support one another.

And let's start today.

2012 Community Rules

[writingvixen.livejournal.com]

Starting now November rules for nanowrimo officially kick in. Read this post or the community info for a list of them!

Welcome to the National Novel Writer's Month community here on Livejournal! Created back in 2001, and under management of writingvixen, this is the longest running NaNo community on LJ!


ALL NEW MEMBERS: There are two things you need to do before posting:


1. Read the Community Rules.

2. Take a few minutes to read through previous posts. You may find the answer to your question already!


Community Rules


#1... NO TALKING ABOUT THE NANO WEBSITE. There are countless other communities out there to discuss the website, as well as a twitter if you cannot access the site. http://twitter.com/nanowrimo

#2... INTRODUCTIONS ARE DONE IN THE DAILY INTRO POSTS. - This rule goes on until November 5th, when at that time the vast majority should have introduced themselves. This also means that posts that go on for length about yourself and your project should be contained to your own journal once these posts end on the 5th. Introduction posts will begin next week. (Starting daily on October 21st)

#3... RESPECT - Especially the mods and our rules. ;) But also respect each other. In a community this size, there are going to be differences of opinions. That is inevitable. You can disagree, but do so with respect and kindness. Rudeness will NOT be tolerated and may get you banned.

#4... NO SPAM - If you want to post to the community, it needs to be a contribution, or a question. Icons, things to help people along, something you found online that has been helping keep you motivated. Posting about your project with nothing more than self promotion will be seen as spam and deleted, with a comment to use the pimping thread for that.

#5... POSTING OF INDIVIDUAL WORD COUNTS IS NOT PERMITTED As with the handy dandy Intro posts, there will be Daily Word Count threads. You can reply there with your meters, your text counts, your frustrations with your falling behind and only have 35 words written on November 16th, etc.
EXCEPTION TO RULE #5 - When you DO hit your 50K, you are allowed to post your victory in your own individual post. Why, you ask? Because I believe that everyone deserves their 15 minutes of glory, and you've had to put up with consolidated posts for 2 months, so SOMETHING has to be for individual shining.

#6... EXCERPTS POSTS - If you'd like to post an excerpt for your story please do it in one of our Daily Excerpt Posts. The only exception to this is the Plot Help thread.

#7... ADVERTISING - Advertising other writing communities or NaNo AIM rooms or anything outside this community either needs to be in the pimping thread OR approved by the mods.

#8... KEEP CONVERSATION TO PG-13 - In the spirit of camaraderie, we ask that all conversations (including the comments) keep at the PG-13 level. We do have minors who use this community and to maintain their allowance in our community, we need to comply to this rule.

And as always, the rules are subject to change due to the needs of the community and the mod.

So what are you waiting for? Come on in and get writing already!

2012 Community Rules

[writingvixen.livejournal.com]

Starting now November rules for nanowrimo officially kick in. Read this post or the community info for a list of them!

Welcome to the National Novel Writer's Month community here on Livejournal! Created back in 2001, and under management of writingvixen, this is the longest running NaNo community on LJ!


ALL NEW MEMBERS: There are two things you need to do before posting:


1. Read the Community Rules.

2. Take a few minutes to read through previous posts. You may find the answer to your question already!


Community Rules


#1... NO TALKING ABOUT THE NANO WEBSITE. There are countless other communities out there to discuss the website, as well as a twitter if you cannot access the site. http://twitter.com/nanowrimo

#2... INTRODUCTIONS ARE DONE IN THE DAILY INTRO POSTS. - This rule goes on until November 5th, when at that time the vast majority should have introduced themselves. This also means that posts that go on for length about yourself and your project should be contained to your own journal once these posts end on the 5th. Introduction posts will begin next week. (Starting daily on October 21st)

#3... RESPECT - Especially the mods and our rules. ;) But also respect each other. In a community this size, there are going to be differences of opinions. That is inevitable. You can disagree, but do so with respect and kindness. Rudeness will NOT be tolerated and may get you banned.

#4... NO SPAM - If you want to post to the community, it needs to be a contribution, or a question. Icons, things to help people along, something you found online that has been helping keep you motivated. Posting about your project with nothing more than self promotion will be seen as spam and deleted, with a comment to use the pimping thread for that.

#5... POSTING OF INDIVIDUAL WORD COUNTS IS NOT PERMITTED As with the handy dandy Intro posts, there will be Daily Word Count threads. You can reply there with your meters, your text counts, your frustrations with your falling behind and only have 35 words written on November 16th, etc.
EXCEPTION TO RULE #5 - When you DO hit your 50K, you are allowed to post your victory in your own individual post. Why, you ask? Because I believe that everyone deserves their 15 minutes of glory, and you've had to put up with consolidated posts for 2 months, so SOMETHING has to be for individual shining.

#6... EXCERPTS POSTS - If you'd like to post an excerpt for your story please do it in one of our Daily Excerpt Posts. The only exception to this is the Plot Help thread.

#7... ADVERTISING - Advertising other writing communities or NaNo AIM rooms or anything outside this community either needs to be in the pimping thread OR approved by the mods.

#8... KEEP CONVERSATION TO PG-13 - In the spirit of camaraderie, we ask that all conversations (including the comments) keep at the PG-13 level. We do have minors who use this community and to maintain their allowance in our community, we need to comply to this rule.

And as always, the rules are subject to change due to the needs of the community and the mod.

So what are you waiting for? Come on in and get writing already!

2012 Community Rules

[writingvixen.livejournal.com]

Starting now November rules for nanowrimo officially kick in. Read this post or the community info for a list of them!

Welcome to the National Novel Writer's Month community here on Livejournal! Created back in 2001, and under management of writingvixen, this is the longest running NaNo community on LJ!


ALL NEW MEMBERS: There are two things you need to do before posting:


1. Read the Community Rules.

2. Take a few minutes to read through previous posts. You may find the answer to your question already!


Community Rules


#1... NO TALKING ABOUT THE NANO WEBSITE. There are countless other communities out there to discuss the website, as well as a twitter if you cannot access the site. http://twitter.com/nanowrimo

#2... INTRODUCTIONS ARE DONE IN THE DAILY INTRO POSTS. - This rule goes on until November 5th, when at that time the vast majority should have introduced themselves. This also means that posts that go on for length about yourself and your project should be contained to your own journal once these posts end on the 5th. Introduction posts will begin next week. (Starting daily on October 21st)

#3... RESPECT - Especially the mods and our rules. ;) But also respect each other. In a community this size, there are going to be differences of opinions. That is inevitable. You can disagree, but do so with respect and kindness. Rudeness will NOT be tolerated and may get you banned.

#4... NO SPAM - If you want to post to the community, it needs to be a contribution, or a question. Icons, things to help people along, something you found online that has been helping keep you motivated. Posting about your project with nothing more than self promotion will be seen as spam and deleted, with a comment to use the pimping thread for that.

#5... POSTING OF INDIVIDUAL WORD COUNTS IS NOT PERMITTED As with the handy dandy Intro posts, there will be Daily Word Count threads. You can reply there with your meters, your text counts, your frustrations with your falling behind and only have 35 words written on November 16th, etc.
EXCEPTION TO RULE #5 - When you DO hit your 50K, you are allowed to post your victory in your own individual post. Why, you ask? Because I believe that everyone deserves their 15 minutes of glory, and you've had to put up with consolidated posts for 2 months, so SOMETHING has to be for individual shining.

#6... EXCERPTS POSTS - If you'd like to post an excerpt for your story please do it in one of our Daily Excerpt Posts. The only exception to this is the Plot Help thread.

#7... ADVERTISING - Advertising other writing communities or NaNo AIM rooms or anything outside this community either needs to be in the pimping thread OR approved by the mods.

#8... KEEP CONVERSATION TO PG-13 - In the spirit of camaraderie, we ask that all conversations (including the comments) keep at the PG-13 level. We do have minors who use this community and to maintain their allowance in our community, we need to comply to this rule.

And as always, the rules are subject to change due to the needs of the community and the mod.

So what are you waiting for? Come on in and get writing already!

Community Discussion:

[writingvixen.livejournal.com]

We've been having some really great discussion in yesterday's discussion post, so if you haven't weighed in, hop over there and get started.

Well we are going to have a discussion post every day until nano hits, to prepare us as writers. Today's discussion is all about character creation. How do you do it? What's your strategy? Do you tend to think of characters in one big group or individual? Do you tend to base your characters on real life people (just never tell them right?) or do you base them off of nothing at all?

Weigh in the comments and get discussing! The more we communicate as a community, the stronger we will become. I'm excited to hear your thoughts on this one.

Community Discussion:

[writingvixen.livejournal.com]

We've been having some really great discussion in yesterday's discussion post, so if you haven't weighed in, hop over there and get started.

Well we are going to have a discussion post every day until nano hits, to prepare us as writers. Today's discussion is all about character creation. How do you do it? What's your strategy? Do you tend to think of characters in one big group or individual? Do you tend to base your characters on real life people (just never tell them right?) or do you base them off of nothing at all?

Weigh in the comments and get discussing! The more we communicate as a community, the stronger we will become. I'm excited to hear your thoughts on this one.

Community Discussion:

[writingvixen.livejournal.com]

We've been having some really great discussion in yesterday's discussion post, so if you haven't weighed in, hop over there and get started.

Well we are going to have a discussion post every day until nano hits, to prepare us as writers. Today's discussion is all about character creation. How do you do it? What's your strategy? Do you tend to think of characters in one big group or individual? Do you tend to base your characters on real life people (just never tell them right?) or do you base them off of nothing at all?

Weigh in the comments and get discussing! The more we communicate as a community, the stronger we will become. I'm excited to hear your thoughts on this one.

Sprint Week!

[writingvixen.livejournal.com]

Many of you who have gone to school know what Homecoming week is all about. Typically there is a 'spirit week' leading up to the big game where everyone can show off their school spirit and have a blast. Great games and activities are planned and it's fun for all.

Don't you love it?

Don't you miss it?

Well guess what?

We're going to institute Sprint Week (get it sprint? rdrr?) for NanoWrimo! The entire week leading up to November 1st, your mods here at nanowrimo and allyear_sprints have fun and excitement planned for you, including special sprints, amazing discussion forums, and crazy daily activities.

The fun starts on October 25th. Let me break it down for you.

( Read more... )

Sprint Week!

[writingvixen.livejournal.com]

Many of you who have gone to school know what Homecoming week is all about. Typically there is a 'spirit week' leading up to the big game where everyone can show off their school spirit and have a blast. Great games and activities are planned and it's fun for all.

Don't you love it?

Don't you miss it?

Well guess what?

We're going to institute Sprint Week (get it sprint? rdrr?) for NanoWrimo! The entire week leading up to November 1st, your mods here at nanowrimo and allyear_sprints have fun and excitement planned for you, including special sprints, amazing discussion forums, and crazy daily activities.

The fun starts on October 25th. Let me break it down for you.

( Read more... )

Sprint Week!

[writingvixen.livejournal.com]

Many of you who have gone to school know what Homecoming week is all about. Typically there is a 'spirit week' leading up to the big game where everyone can show off their school spirit and have a blast. Great games and activities are planned and it's fun for all.

Don't you love it?

Don't you miss it?

Well guess what?

We're going to institute Sprint Week (get it sprint? rdrr?) for NanoWrimo! The entire week leading up to November 1st, your mods here at nanowrimo and allyear_sprints have fun and excitement planned for you, including special sprints, amazing discussion forums, and crazy daily activities.

The fun starts on October 25th. Let me break it down for you.

( Read more... )