November will soon be upon us, and with us the tradition of writing a whole lot of words. It's been a tumultuous year for NaNoWriMo, so whether you're doing that challenge, Novelember, November Writing Month, or any sort of push to get writing in November, feel free to discuss it here! Feel free to talk about your projects, process, progress, and any problems you run into along the way. I'll be hosting regular writing sprints on Discord, and also hope to put one or two word-boosting sort of events on the forums as well.
To begin with, what will you be challenging yourself to do this November, and how are you preparing for it?
I'm going to be writing 50,000 words next month, the same as I usually do, this year focusing on an original story. Fortunately I don't think I have 50k left to draft in Salvage! My usual level of prep for NaNo is... none, heh. I noodled around with a couple scenes from this story last NaNo, and also wrote a story set in the world/with the main characters of the big chapterfic, so I have at least got a nebulous idea of where I might go. I don't think I'll have much time for prep over the next few days, but early on in the challenge I think I may try some more non-outline-outline sort of strats, e.g. character and world development questions that might give me a bit more direction. Running face-first into a wall with no plan has always worked out well enough for me, ultimately, but if I could find a process that was a little more efficient and a little less painful to execute, it would in fact be nice.
To begin with, what will you be challenging yourself to do this November, and how are you preparing for it?
I'm going to be writing 50,000 words next month, the same as I usually do, this year focusing on an original story. Fortunately I don't think I have 50k left to draft in Salvage! My usual level of prep for NaNo is... none, heh. I noodled around with a couple scenes from this story last NaNo, and also wrote a story set in the world/with the main characters of the big chapterfic, so I have at least got a nebulous idea of where I might go. I don't think I'll have much time for prep over the next few days, but early on in the challenge I think I may try some more non-outline-outline sort of strats, e.g. character and world development questions that might give me a bit more direction. Running face-first into a wall with no plan has always worked out well enough for me, ultimately, but if I could find a process that was a little more efficient and a little less painful to execute, it would in fact be nice.
