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November Writing Challenges

Negrek

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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.
 

Blackjack Gabbiani

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I'm gonna try to finish The Devil You Know
 
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Nekodatta

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Just trying to get back into a write-every-day habit, I will try to do at least one 15 minutes writing sprint per day... Maybe I can challenge myself to break my personal record and see how many I can fit in any day.

Mostly about my fanfics, but maybe I will also try to work a bit on an original story.
 

Spiteful Murkrow

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What will you be challenging yourself to do this November, and how are you preparing for it?

I only have three firm goals for this upcoming November:

  • Write at least 30,000 words in any capacity before December 1st
  • Rough draft out at least 4 installments of the serialized version of Trueno (read: new content that will not appear in the Zine version)
  • Publish at least two updates of new material across any combination of stories

Everything else will ultimately be up in the air. I'll probably be focusing on the four stories presently in an active publishing pipeline, but never say never to something else joining the mix.
 

Negrek

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I'm gonna try to finish The Devil You Know
Awesome! How much do you have left to do?

Just trying to get back into a write-every-day habit, I will try to do at least one 15 minutes writing sprint per day... Maybe I can challenge myself to break my personal record and see how many I can fit in any day.

Mostly about my fanfics, but maybe I will also try to work a bit on an original story.
Just 15 minutes a day is a really powerful goal! What sort of original story were you planning to work on? :eyes:

What will you be challenging yourself to do this November, and how are you preparing for it?

I only have three firm goals for this upcoming November:

  • Write at least 30,000 words in any capacity before December 1st
  • Rough draft out at least 4 installments of the serialized version of Trueno (read: new content that will not appear in the Zine version)
  • Publish at least two updates of new material across any combination of stories

Everything else will ultimately be up in the air. I'll probably be focusing on the four stories presently in an active publishing pipeline, but never say never to something else joining the mix.
Four stories is plenty! Hope nothing else sneaks into the pipeline--I know you've got a lot to work on as it is!

Good luck, everybody! We're officially on our way!

Things have been going pretty well for me so far. I wasn't really expecting to get anything done on November 1st since I had guests over all day and knew I'd be tired, but I ended up hitting par without too much trouble. I've also got this year's companion all set up and ready to go:


It's satisfying and unusual for me to not be immediately behind on words, lol.

I'm also going to be spending this month reading some Arthurian literature to get me in the mood for my origfic. Starting things off with Parke Godwin's Firelord!

I'll be sprinting at 10 PM EST as many days as possible in November, and I hope to set up one or two additional writing events this month. Good luck to everyone writing along! Keep us updated. :)
 

Blackjack Gabbiani

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I have absolutely no idea. I'm within a few *hours* of the finale, but how much writing that translates to is unknown.
 

Cresselia92

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Well, I don’t quite have a specific goal in mind, but I have two writing-related goals that I’m currently focusing on:

- Getting another chapter done for Wonderful Winter Wishes before the start of December. That has been on hold for quite some time and I’d love to drop an update for December 24.

- Starting my new writing project. This isn’t Pokémon-related because, well, I’m kinda suffering from “Pokémon Burnout” and I’ve been struggling with writer’s block for months.

What’s this project, you might ask? A Gravity Falls crossover fanfic, born from my recent hyper-fixation and merged with another hyper-fixation of mine: the EarthBound series. I already have poured hours of brainstorming and drafted a good skeleton for the entire fanfic, so I’m planning to actually work on the first chapter this month.

Nothing really tangible, I admit, but I’m extremely hyped about the second project, both in terms of writing and drawing! :D
 

Flyg0n

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A couple days late to this party but...

I am committing to working on writing projects every day this month. Lately I have been in a writing slump, save for like, RP stuff. I want to get back into the swing of things. No wordcounts, no specific time limits, just a particular goal to do some effortful works on my active projects.

This can include:
  • Legendary Adventures
  • Home is Where the Hoenn Is
  • My original novel
  • Blood is Thicker than Poison
Effortful work just means some progress on writing, plotting, thinking, or in some way working on my stuff. So far I've stuck to it!
 
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