Date: 2012-10-12 05:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] andersenmom.livejournal.com
Didn't answer the rebel one because I don't know what I'm doing yet....

Date: 2012-10-12 02:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] krazikrys.livejournal.com
I love your icon [livejournal.com profile] andersenmom! It's me too!

Date: 2012-10-12 02:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] andersenmom.livejournal.com
It's totally not mine! [livejournal.com profile] writingvixen made a bunch a couple of years ago, for anyone to use. Credit her and use it! I love it.

Date: 2012-10-12 03:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] krazikrys.livejournal.com
I just found my NaNo avatar! Thanks [livejournal.com profile] andersenmom and [livejournal.com profile] writingvixen!

Date: 2012-10-12 03:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] andersenmom.livejournal.com
You're welcome!

Date: 2012-10-12 05:55 am (UTC)
keladry_lupin: (Writing Machine)
From: [personal profile] keladry_lupin
November is an awful month for me to attempt NaNoWriMo, so I plan to write my novel in March.

I am curious about the sprints, however, so I'd like to participate.

And what exactly does being a Rebel consist of?

Date: 2012-10-12 06:54 am (UTC)
fangirlism: (Awwwwww - BSB)
From: [personal profile] fangirlism
A rebel is someone who doesn't write a fictional novel, so non-novels and non-fiction writers are rebels.

ETA: People who start early or continue a previous WIP are also rebels
Edited Date: 2012-10-12 07:09 am (UTC)

Date: 2012-10-12 03:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] frea-o.livejournal.com
I traditionally use Nanowrimo to clean out my WIP folder. I would feel guilty about this, but I view Nanowrimo as counter-productive in the novel writing game for myself (this does not apply to everybody, obviously, as every writer is different). A book is typically 70,000 or 80,000 words minimum, and if you burn yourself out on the first 50,000 words by crazily sprinting through Nanowrimo, sometimes (read: for me, almost always) the work is not returned to after November.

However, at write-ins, I tell people the plot of a random novel because man, do people look at you with a stinkface for being a rebel sometimes.

#NanoRebel

Date: 2012-10-12 04:52 pm (UTC)
keladry_lupin: (Starry Night)
From: [personal profile] keladry_lupin
Continuing a previous WIP is a good idea, actually, though I don't think it has 50,000 words left in it. I may do that in November and then start a new one from scratch in March like I planned.

Date: 2012-10-12 06:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mechanicaltears.livejournal.com
What is a Nano rebel?

Date: 2012-10-12 10:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] moosical.livejournal.com
I said "no I don't like them" to the sprints, but thats not realy true more "no, I tend to keep missing them" is more the case, but there wasn't an option for that.

This year will be tougher for nano (not that i've completed any other year!) as I am doing a joint project with another author, its based from his original idea, but its sort of the same overall story arch, but i'll be doing the female lead, he'll be doing the male lead, due to them being split apart and experiencing different things after a shared first chapter. We'll be starting from the moment they split, which will be intriguing to do as i've never done anything like this and its taking a while to get my head around his world as it where ;)

Date: 2012-10-12 10:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cherry-mills.livejournal.com
I said no to the sprints, but not because I don't like them or know what they are, just that they rarely fall at a time when I'm writing.

Date: 2012-10-12 06:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cherry-mills.livejournal.com
Thanks! What time zone are the times on the calendar?

Date: 2012-10-12 06:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cherry-mills.livejournal.com
OK. I'm in the UK, so I just need to add 5 hours to those times. The sunrise sprints will be great for me, as that's 10am in the UK.

Date: 2012-10-12 11:33 am (UTC)
celestinenox: (Default)
From: [personal profile] celestinenox
Not only am I participating, I'm an ML this year! WHEEE!!!

Date: 2012-10-12 12:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] athenesolon.livejournal.com
I wish I was participating. Between a nine month old and college I seriously doubt I have the time to even plot let alone write this year. It'll have to be put off. When is NanoFiMo, though because I might try and attempt that as I have a bunch of unfinished concepts and 25,000 is around the amount I always end up with turning NanoWriMo. Being a Nanorebel might be something I'll consider for next year though.

Date: 2012-10-12 02:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sushimustwrite.livejournal.com
No Chatzy sprints for me; all my NaNo chats are in AIM (mostly with a select group I've known for ~10 Nanos) or IRC.

Date: 2012-10-12 05:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] in_excelsis_dea.livejournal.com
I left the sprint question out, because I tend to miss them, or just can't give the time to them when I do see them. But I don't know, maybe I'll try them this year.

I don't know about being a rebel, because 1) I didn't know how you defined it when I was filling out the poll, and 2) I still haven't really made my mind up about what to write. One of my ideas is taking up the idea from the NaNo I started (and won!) from 2008, and reworking it/starting at a different point. That year I had no idea what I was doing, I just started writing. And by the end I ended up with 50+k ot a trilogy instead of one lone novel. So now I might go back and work on one of the books... On the other hand, I'm still toying with a bunch of other plots, so... No idea. I am reading up on Dark Ages!England just in case, though.

Date: 2012-10-12 06:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] in_excelsis_dea.livejournal.com
Well, I joined Chatzy, now I just have to remember to actually go to the sprints...

Date: 2012-10-12 05:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] agdhani.livejournal.com
I can't say I don't like sprints as I've never used them. Most seem to occur when I'm working, so I can't use them, and thus far I've had no real difficulty meeting the 50k goal without them. Who knows about this year though...we'll see how it goes!

Date: 2012-10-12 10:42 pm (UTC)
ahavah: (The Grateful Stead)
From: [personal profile] ahavah
I picked 'rebel', but I really don't consider myself a rebel. Apparently some folks think I do though. I'm working on my novel from last year, but I'm picking up where I left off & am writing 50k completely new words. I hope to finish it this year and then edit it into some kind of complete, hopefully publishable novel.

There's also a chance that I might just scrap everything from last year and start over from scratch, depending on how my attempts at outlining this month go. So it's a novel I've worked on before, but all NaNo work will be 100% new. So...I dunno. I picked it but don't feel the label should apply. :P

Date: 2012-10-13 02:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hendrikboom.livejournal.com
I listed "don't like" for sprints, but "don't care, never tried" would be more accurate.

As for rebel, I've discovered that, for me, 25000 is a much better target. I end up with text thhat's actually good enough that I can do something with it after -- like reading revising, and enjoying. The 50000 target, when I achieved it, left me with a kind of novel thing I have no idea what to do with. Too much of it is bad and inconsistent that I effectively am left with a lot less than 25000 usable words.

On the other hand, with the reduced target, I do find that year after year I achieve more.

-- hendrik

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