Daily Introduction Post - October 23rd, 2007

[alison-sky.livejournal.com]

Eight days and counting! OH MY GOD!!!!!

But you've still got time to say hello and make some new friends!

Looking for LJ people in your area?! The Regional Meet and Chat thread is STILL GOING!!!! Click Here and go find some people in your area who you can sneak into their kitchens for chocolate mid-November!

And don't forget! Need help with a plot? Want to see what others are writing and help them out of tricky situations? GO HERE and take a look at what your fellow LJ'ers are doing!

It's the new, cool thing. I promise.

Comments

[contrary-wise.livejournal.com]

I just signed myself up for this mad project and I'm pretty sure already I'm in way over my head! I'm not a fiction writer at all, but a PhD student writing a dissertation. Somehow I thought it would be a good idea to challenge myself to spew a whole lot of words onto paper every day for a month to kick start the writing habit. Besides, people always tell me I should write novels. I'm constantly telling stories about people I know.

My idea so far is to do a kind of linked set of short stories, more like character sketches told through anecdotes. Someone a few days ago gave a name for this kind of plot but I can't remember the term. I'm thinking that the link will be the first-person narrative from the point of view of someone who knows all these people. Can you tell I'm going to be lightly fictionalizing my own life? Hopefully no one I write about will ever see it and recognize themselves! Can anyone point me to some good tips for totally newbies?

I'm in Montreal, Canada and I'd love to toss stuff off other local folks. I'll head to the Meet and Chat thread too. Oh, and I'm contrary_wise on the NaNo boards too.

[joanie1803.livejournal.com]

Hi contrary_wise, this is my first time too. I finished a PhD diss a year ago, and I can't imagine writing both at the same time (though I imagine it would be just a matter of scheduling and discipline, something I'm awful at) - so, more power to you! What is your degree in?

I think the kind of novel you're planning is called a "short story cycle"? And it seems to me the best characters often come from real life!

<--- j_e_sharmeny at the Nano board.

[poisonedwriter.livejournal.com]

Hello! It's my first time attempting Nano, and I'm a sophomore English major in college. Balancing midterms and rather massive projects with Nano is incredibly daunting, but at least I know I have the option of failing Nano and trying again next year, and the year after that, and the year after that...

As long as one's priorities are straight.

I'm planning on writing a dystopian novel in which math and the sciences have taken over what is socially acceptable, and the fine arts and literature are not even publicly acknowledged, let alone explored. Still in the outlining processes...

"poisonedwriter" on the Nano boards as well.

[ria-chan.livejournal.com]

Hellosies. My name is Ria and I'm a rabid, foaming fan-girl of fifteen years. I've been watching WriMo since I found out about it November of last year (taste my irony) and I signed myself up as soon as October rolled around. Through family visits and school, I've finally been able to post a little introduction snippet here. :3

I plan to do a sci-fi for my first year here. I'm still sort of fumbling around with a romance slice-of-life that's been stuck in my head, but...my sci-fi storyline really has me motivated. Which is scary, 'cause I've never been one for writing action scenes, much less inspired to begin one.

bloodytwistedangel from the boards. I live in fabulous Las Vegas and was hoping to meet some people here. (*^o^*)

[banhe.livejournal.com]

Hi, I'm Shona. I'm in Scotland (Glasgow to be exact).

I know roughly what my novel *is* and who the important characters are but I'm not certain what genre I'd call it. It's down as "other genres" currently because it could end up as either fantasy or science fiction.

Same name (and picture) on Nano; not yet posted to any forums there. On the one hand I'd like to but on the other there's the distraction factor to be considered.

[gigipoodle.livejournal.com]

Hi all, I'm Nicole. This is my second Nano attempt, as I failed last year.

I'm a Junior in High School taking IB classes and writing in her spare time. I have a strange obsession with the written language.

My book this year is part lesbian romance part literary fiction. It's focused on two girls and their theater company. That's really all I got right now.

[drakefn.livejournal.com]

Hello, I'm Tanya... 21 from BC. This is my second attempt at Nano, last year I failed. This year I'm off work due to an undiagnosed health problem and spend much of the day on the computer so I'm hoping I just don't procrastinate too much.

I had originally intended to write a fantasy novel, a genre I'd never attempted before, because of a dream my boyfriend had. He's very odd and managed to dream a very detailed dream that outlined an awesome book... but now another plot is invading my mind and I don't know what to do. D'oh!