National Novel Writing Month 2019 - /nano/

[Anonymous No.13918733]

Another year has passed and another November approaches. Will you finally write that book you've been dreaming about? There's one month to prepare before the event begins in earnest.

>Q: what is this and why should I care?
>A: people all across the internet attempt to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days
>although most fail, it's an effective way to get yourself writing
>if you actually stick with it you will overcome the pernicious perfectionism that plagues so many would-be writers

Last year a lot of anons participated and a handful actually reached the goal. So let's get another group going. It looks like they've developed a new site and it's still acting wonky so we'll wait a bit before creating a thread over on their forums. Now is a good time to start thinking about this though.

What will you write about?

[Anonymous No.13918745]

>>13918733
>What will you write about?
my country's national epic

[Anonymous No.13918782]

The thread I made went through but, as I said, their new site is struggling to even load properly.

https://forums.nanowrimo.org/t/nano/17222

[Anonymous No.13918949]

>>13918745
Which is...?

[Anonymous No.13919039]

>>13918949
His peanus weanus of course! :)

[Anonymous No.13919087]

>>13919039
hehe

[Anonymous No.13919146]

>>13918733
knee fetish erotica

[Anonymous No.13919205]

>>13919146
If I remember correctly, last year one anon wrote some robo-girl fetish story. I think he got really far with it.

[Anonymous No.13919393]

>>13918733
A microbial fable taking place on AOC's feet

[Anonymous No.13919400]

Either I have to do it or die trying. This time.

[Anonymous No.13919462]

>>13918782
kek

[Anonymous No.13919602]

New thread for the two of you who care
https://forums.nanowrimo.org/t/e-lit-ists/17426

[Anonymous No.13920243]

bumpe

[Anonymous No.13920271]

>>13919462
Check your privilege, y'all folks

[Anonymous No.13920428]

I have a concept for a novel.

I don't know how to outline a plot.

What do?

[Anonymous No.13920451]

>>13920428
draw the plot by hand, go through diagrams until you're sick of them

[Anonymous No.13920463]

I want to write a novel about a nobody-type of protagonist whose philosophical ideals prevent him from saving the world, one interlinked and controlled by a single algorithm. His work into the buried past finds him facing an AI that wants to unite humanity into one null singularity.

[Anonymous No.13920481]

>have a plot to write
>afraid of starting writing
>afraid that anyone thinks it's a ripoff
>afraid that anyone could have wrote the same plot better

[Anonymous No.13920519]

I'd like to write a story in the Steampunk genre that isn't just cogfoppery and actually has a pretty downbeat tone.

I feel that the style and themes of Verne, Wells, hell even C.S. Lewis, are untapped fonts of good storytelling. Maybe I'll use NaNoWriMo this year to make me actually start doing something.

[Anonymous No.13920541]

>>13918733
I've done it twice now. Both times I succeeded just into December but this year I'm already engrossed in a serious work so I probably won't be able to.

>>13920481
Do it for yourself. First drafts of first books are always bad and yours will suffer too but it'll be worth it. Do it.

>>13920463
Sick. Do it.

>>13920428
Don't write an outline. This is called discovery writing and it's completely valid.

[Anonymous No.13920565]

>>13920541
>this is called discover writing

Isn't that where you have no idea where you want the story to go? I've got a pretty good idea, I just don't know all what I want to do to get there.

[Anonymous No.13920651]

I should do this. Burn through as many books as I can in October and the. Try my hand at this and see how far I get.

[Anonymous No.13920668]

>100k words into my main work
>Have various outlines lying around that I could probably slam into this

You're not catching me this time, detour side project!

[Anonymous No.13920673]

>>13920565
Yeah, or it's when you know you want to get from point A to a distant point B but you aren't sure how to get there. You just discover your way to the finish line. You often come up with your best ideas this way. Then just scrap the junk in the editing process.
You can do it.

[Anonymous No.13920678]

normie shit but i'm going to do it anyways to have something to keep pace with and feel superior to

[Anonymous No.13920809]

I want to write about a group of people who hunt man-eating ghouls for a livelihood. The story won't be about the hunting and the killing. It would be about the characters. My aims are to create and fulfill character arcs and good world-building. It's a study in character and world-building than anything else. I end up making every character like me and I want to change that.

[Anonymous No.13920821]

>>13919462
what exactly makes a heather dudley happen?

[Anonymous No.13920899]

>>13920668
good luck, anon

[Anonymous No.13920939]

I wanna write a story about a man who curses another man to suffer all the wrongs done to him and because of that the other man reincarnates as him and goes on to suffer those wrongs and curse himself because he was himself all along and thus suffered and created his own curses and misery forever.

[Anonymous No.13921016]

I've actually done it. 2017....
Writing Book 2...hopefully I'll be able to finish it....

Not gonna name it but here's the shitty preview..

."In a world of Zombies, one wrong step could kill you. When Nathan get's bit, his future is already set in stone, but not his friend Blake who is traveling with him. Follow the two as they journey Oregon as their story plays out before you and secrets come to light, some even more painful then a zombie bite."

For real, good luck because writing is hard

[Anonymous No.13921018]

>>13920809
write about a group of clones. they're all you and recently gained consciousness, throughout your work they develop into different individuals.

[Anonymous No.13921020]

Anyone have questions or need some advice or help, glad to answer any questions. (Zombie writer)

[Anonymous No.13921902]

>>13919462
Oh this is going to be fun.

[Anonymous No.13921998]

>>13920519
I’ve always been interested in steampunk but always put off by the childish whimsy. Mite b cool.

[Anonymous No.13922010]

>>13918733
more like menotnowrianymo

[Anonymous No.13922989]

Bump desunya~~!

[Anonymous No.13923152]

>>13922989
We need more people in the e/lit/ists thread.

[Anonymous No.13923153]

>>13921998
what if there was only one or two elements that were "steampunk," a tea kettle or lamp

[Anonymous No.13923157]

Website is unusable for now, but I will join the forum in due course.

>>13920939
I both like this premise and feel uncertain how you'd sustain it over 50K.

>>13921020
How do I cook a good omelette?

[Anonymous No.13923160]

>>13923157
is this going to be like that furry ballpit festival?

[House of Leaves Guy No.13923200]

>>13918733
I participated last year and succeeded in hitting 50k works, but the book was unfinished and VERY rough.

This year I'm in between going back to that script—it was a fiction novel about psychic assassins entering a surreal dimension from which they derived their powers— or just writing 50k words towards the serial fiction dark fantasy project I'm going to be releasing on my website in 2 weeks. I don't want to stop work on my project, because I've already put so much effort into it, but I also really want to get back to the novel eventually.

[Anonymous No.13923347]

Wait a second... I'm a neet. I totally have time for this

[Anonymous No.13923496]

>>13923200
Huh... I was in the forum thread last year, don't think I remember you. Hope you post an extract someday.

[Anonymous No.13923571]

>>13923153

[Anonymous No.13923574]

>>13923157
For my omelettes I usually just whisk some eggs in a bowl, throw in diced bell pepper and onions, add random spices, cook it for a few minutes, and wala.

[House of Leaves Guy No.13923988]

>>13923496
Wasn't on /lit/ back then, just grinding because I want to git gud as a writer. I don't expect NaNo to really produce any solid work, really. It's good practice, though.

I'll try to scavenge up an interesting passage from the novel if I can. It's really old and hastily written, so not great.

[Anonymous No.13924138]

>>13918733
i didnt participate last year but this sounds fun. i will probably cut internet access this month leading up to it.

[Anonymous No.13924151]

The website seems like it was created by some who hasn't worked in the industry since AOL was a thing.

[Anonymous No.13924365]

>>13924151
Yeah I really have no idea why they thought it was necessary to make a new site when the other one worked perfectly fine. Probably just that retarded "eh it's old we need to make it modern" mindset plaguing the internet. It will be interesting to see how the new site performs come November considering it's struggling so much with lesser traffic.

[Anonymous No.13924388]

>>13918733

I have a topic, but I already hate what I've written and think my attempts at dialogue are awful. Off to a good start, I guess.

[Anonymous No.13924936]

>>13924388
same here. I think what I've got so far is trash but I'm going with it anyway

[Anonymous No.13925086]

>>13920428
Outline one chapter at a time. Outline in the evening, write in the morning. I've been doing this since June and am 50K words into my draft now.

[Anonymous No.13925171]

>>13923574
>add random spices
not so sure about that.
what if the random spices you take end up being like cinnamon and lemongrass? that would ruin your omelette.

[Anonymous No.13925254]

>>13925171
>Lemongrass
You cook with candle scents?

[Anonymous No.13925268]

>>13925254
what kind of wannabe spice rack do you have if it doesn't contain lemongrass?

[Anonymous No.13925372]

>>13918733
I won't lie.

Every year I write a love-story about a white teacher and a Korean pop-star from the group Gfriend.

I am unsatisfied with every depiction of love-relationships between Westerners and Easterners.

I intend to write exclusively about this topic for the rest of my life.

[Anonymous No.13925516]

I'm getting pretty excited. Gonna read a bunch of books on writing to prep while I start plotting an outline. I'm excited to meet the new frens my brain makes.

Doing any special prep, frens?

[Anonymous No.13925522]

>>13925086
Chapters and short stories have never been a problem for me. It's the longer format stuff where I lose my way.

[Anonymous No.13925535]

>>13918733
I promised myself I won’t write a novel until I get a short story published, so never.

[Anonymous No.13925856]

>>13925516

Yeah, I have a book whose structure I'm plagiarizing, so this book is for a bit of study and filling out some sheets full of transpositions.

[Anonymous No.13926046]

>>13925268
I was being obtuse for a giggle and now I feel dirty. You're correct, Anon. That's a lovely seasoning and you sound cool too. I hope you have a great day

[Anonymous No.13926332]

I'm thinking about a piecemeal novel made up of a number of different stories, taking place all over the world and like 45 years into the future, crammed full of mcluhan references. Every character is defined primarily by their relationship to the outside world, be it fear or desire. The novel is narrated in a third person omniscient perspective that turns out to be a digital intelligence.

[Anonymous No.13926885]

Ima write a typical hero's journey plot. Gonna be comfy. Been kneading this idea for a while actually, and started writing down something of an outline. Been doing a lot of reading for research tho. I want to use the Greek gods as characters but keep their characters in line with how they were portrayed in the classics (although somewhat toned down. Can't have Zeus blinding all the support characters and fucking the rest).

[Anonymous No.13927613]

how to actually stick to it

[Anonymous No.13927642]

Where do ideas come from?

[Anonymous No.13927689]

>>13925372
>I am unsatisfied with every depiction of love-relationships between Westerners and Easterners.
Do you have any suggestions? I'm trying to write something like this too and I need ideas to steal.

I've made a head-start on my work but I really need someone to hold me accountable to make me write, at least to start. Military science-fiction, here we come. Hope I don't get called a racist! Not that I really care

[Anonymous No.13927692]

I'm tempted to transform my original story into a fanfic. Not only would it get more attention, I could solve some plot issues too, and my story is very heavily inspired by it, so I wouldn't have much trouble making it fit. My story is most likely going to be shit by virtue of being the first thing I ever write, so what do you think?

[Anonymous No.13927822]

>>13927613
I can't tell if that's a question or a self help book for writers...