Alkorri's NaNoWriMo Motivator Machine!

[Sharm]

I guess I am, but really I'm doing ScriptFrenzy.

 

[captainproton]

What sort of project are you planning for it?

I'm aiming to do the sequel to the novel I didn't finish in november.

 

[Sharm]

Oh dear, how to describe this project?  It's a comicbook/manga story about a thief, magic, invading monsters from an alternate world, a cyborg, comedy duo cops, a superheroine with a god complex, society freaking out over sudden changes in the rules of reality, and a few romances.  And that's only part one.  A couple of my friends and I will be working on it together.

 

[Harmill]

Hmm...I did Camp Nano last year, but this year, probably not. I am much more in the "game dev" mood over the "fantasy writing" mood right now, and the game I'm working on is heavily story-based, so that also drains any motivation to go and continue my Nano novel. But who knows, although I certainly won't aim to write another 50k words in April, I might still sit down a few times and try to get a couple chapters done at the very least.

 

[captainproton]

@ Sharm: okay, I HAVE to read that.

I'm actually optimistic about this. I was only 5k short of goal in November, and probably could have made it if I wasn't a barely-erect zombie from dealing with holiday shoppers. But, now, in the spring, i think i may make it.

 

[Sharm]

@Harmill: You know, Camp Nano is really flexible in it's goals, you could probably count your game writing for it and still join in.


@captainproton: Yay, got your interest! I've had the hardest time thinking of a way to summarize it, it's just so complex and doesn't fit into any genre. Sadly it's going to be a long time before it goes public, we're going to make sure the entire first arc is written out before we start drawing anything.

 

[captainproton]

How could I not be interested? It's a Triple Deluxe Comic with Everything!

 

[Marquise*]

Excuse me?


Is there another tread I missed about this?


I keep reading about NanoWriMo... But I never knew if it was a contest or a project or had a goal and I am pretty confused by the motivational machine...


I imagined someone tried to write a novel and do a game with it when I first read what one of my contact typed me about him being in it! I was sure missing some deadline for a contest he had invited me in... But my first tongue is French so I never paid attention. But I see it is still up and going.

 

[Sharm]

NaNoWriMo is a writing challenge held once a year in November, the name is actually a shortened form of "National Novel Writing Month".  The goal is to write a 50,000 word novel in that month.  It became very popular and so there have been a lot of spin off challenges, mostly by other people but the guys who run NaNoWriMo have done a few of their own, and this next month is Camp NaNoWriMo.  It's the same idea as the November challenge.  At one point the April challenge was Script Frenzy, a challenge to write 100 pages of script.  Unfortunately, the NaNoWriMo people decided it wasn't popular enough and cancelled it.

 

[captainproton]

Which reminds me--I'll have to stock up on different colors of Sharpie pens and get an outline knocked out tonight so i can hit the ground running tomorrow.

 

[Marquise*]

AWWWW


and aw


I mean learning what it is and then learning it is cancelled.

 

[Sharm]

I'm doing it anyway. I'm stubborn.

 

[captainproton]

There are people in my cabin doing scripts, too

 

[Marquise*]

There are people in my cabin doing scripts, too

I'm doing it anyway. I'm stubborn.

GO PROTO & CHARM GO! GO PROTO & CHARM GO! GO PROTO & CHARM GO! GO PROTO & CHARM GO! *cyber mentally cheerleading*


just don't make me do acrobatics for all the letters of the NanoWriMo word! ^^