Friday, November 11, 2005
Do you NaNoWriMo...?
As if asking if one Yahoos, Googles or is still Analog wasn't enough... *sheesh*! NaNoWriMo is, of course, the famous (on the web anyway) novel-writing marathon held in the month of November... To be followed with a month of editing but not just yet - as December is hectic enough as it is! (March is editing month, if memory serves me right - and it usually does!). So far so good for *this year's* marathon session - in just eleven days, I am officially past the half-way mark, tallying up just over 25,000 words (the minimum required is 50,000 - but I want to go much higher than that, this year! My ideal target mark is somewhere in-between 75,000 and 100,000 words - no less! I like thick books - that give you more bang for your buck - and all your money's worth too! Exploring ever nook and cranny of your story and put it all on display! You owe it to yourself -first- and to the readers also! But I digress...).
It helps to have a plot in mind when one starts this thing on the first of November - let me tell you that much!
As you would have expected, I have set up yet another companion blog to The Luminous Blog - just to keep score of all the progress! I like to call it...
My Own Personal Umpteenth NaNoWriMo Experiment! Although, officiously, this is my second participation only - I feel like I have done this sort of thing all my life! Only difference is... I didn't call it NaNoWriMo, I called it... doodling or something! And I would not do it on a blog or in a MS Word document - I would jot it down on a good old-fashioned notepad (using a ballpoint pen, yes - the notepads we have on the PC make me mad!) and then all of that -or most of it- would be trashed! That was, of course, before I started keeping things, filing "for posterity"... or plain old recycling, ideas as also the paper they were inscribed upon! One of the three Rs - recycling... reusing is another... what's the other one again? *lol*
All of you fellow NaNos who might be reading this - persevere! As I shall, surely... I hope! *gulp* Everybody else - read something else while this masterpiece gets written... willya? ;) Or better yet - Remember! Blessings!
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Way to go Luce!!!
You are on a ROLL! Keep it up!
I did update the profile, but haven't written a word nor even thought of anything to write. :(
I am so glad that you have been able to get so much writing done!
I totally understand the craziness and pressure you are under with NaNoWriMo! I did it last year and it was fun but crazy! hehehe
Keep on writing, your blog will keep until you are done. I know your focus needs to be on your writing for this month!
I looked at your NaNoWriMo blog and left a comment there too! :D
God Bless You (\ô/) Luce!
((HUGE HUGS))
Countess
You are on a ROLL! Keep it up!
I did update the profile, but haven't written a word nor even thought of anything to write. :(
I am so glad that you have been able to get so much writing done!
I totally understand the craziness and pressure you are under with NaNoWriMo! I did it last year and it was fun but crazy! hehehe
Keep on writing, your blog will keep until you are done. I know your focus needs to be on your writing for this month!
I looked at your NaNoWriMo blog and left a comment there too! :D
God Bless You (\ô/) Luce!
((HUGE HUGS))
Countess
Both years, of course, I went into NaNoWriMo with a distinct idea of what to do... a plot is essential, yes! Although on the NaNo home site, they want to SELL you a book titled "No Plot? No Problem!" - sheesh! It is also essential -to make money- not to miss a single opportunity to do so... but I thought the NaNo thing was officially "non-profit" though...?
And shouldn't that book be titled "No Plot - No Problemo" - huh? If simply because it rhymes... with NaNoWriMo! *LOL*
Thanks for commenting again, countess!
Blessings!
And shouldn't that book be titled "No Plot - No Problemo" - huh? If simply because it rhymes... with NaNoWriMo! *LOL*
Thanks for commenting again, countess!
Blessings!
Thanks! :)
Justice speaks through thee - "justme"! ;)
Is it just me... or do I sense true affinity in thy person! ;)
God Bless You Abundantly!
Justice speaks through thee - "justme"! ;)
Is it just me... or do I sense true affinity in thy person! ;)
God Bless You Abundantly!
Oh... since all I made on the post itself was a cryptic reference to Remembrance Day - with the disguised link to the official site of the Day hidden in the word "Remember" - I will post here the celebrated poem...~and its reply!
~~~~ In Flanders Fields ~~~~
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
- John McCrae
Reply to Flanders Fields ~~~~
Oh! sleep in peace where poppies grow;
The torch your falling hands let go
Was caught by us, again held high,
A beacon light in Flanders sky
That dims the stars to those below.
You are our dead, you held the foe,
And ere the poppies cease to blow,
We'll prove our faith in you who lie
In Flanders Fields.
Oh! rest in peace, we quickly go
To you who bravely died, and know
In other fields was heard the cry,
For freedom's cause, of you who lie,
So still asleep where poppies grow,
In Flanders Fields.
As in rumbling sound, to and fro,
The lightning flashes, sky aglow,
The mighty hosts appear, and high
Above the din of battle cry,
Scarce heard amidst the guns below,
Are fearless hearts who fight the foe,
And guard the place where poppies grow.
Oh! sleep in peace, all you who lie
In Flanders Fields.
And still the poppies gently blow,
Between the crosses, row on row.
The larks, still bravely soaring high,
Are singing now their lullaby
To you who sleep where poppies grow
In Flanders Fields.
- John Mitchell
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~~~~ In Flanders Fields ~~~~
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
- John McCrae
Reply to Flanders Fields ~~~~
Oh! sleep in peace where poppies grow;
The torch your falling hands let go
Was caught by us, again held high,
A beacon light in Flanders sky
That dims the stars to those below.
You are our dead, you held the foe,
And ere the poppies cease to blow,
We'll prove our faith in you who lie
In Flanders Fields.
Oh! rest in peace, we quickly go
To you who bravely died, and know
In other fields was heard the cry,
For freedom's cause, of you who lie,
So still asleep where poppies grow,
In Flanders Fields.
As in rumbling sound, to and fro,
The lightning flashes, sky aglow,
The mighty hosts appear, and high
Above the din of battle cry,
Scarce heard amidst the guns below,
Are fearless hearts who fight the foe,
And guard the place where poppies grow.
Oh! sleep in peace, all you who lie
In Flanders Fields.
And still the poppies gently blow,
Between the crosses, row on row.
The larks, still bravely soaring high,
Are singing now their lullaby
To you who sleep where poppies grow
In Flanders Fields.
- John Mitchell
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