Comments on: Nanowrimo Completed!

By: Nanomore | K-Squared Ramblings

Nanomore | K-Squared Ramblings — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:24:04 +0000

[...] well. I know I can do it, since I finished last year. And I’ll probably write some more on this story, in which case I’ll keep updating my [...]

By: Nanowrimo: Back for a Rematch | K-Squared Ramblings

Nanowrimo: Back for a Rematch | K-Squared Ramblings — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 06:24:16 +0000

[...] completing last year’s Nanowrimo* challenge (National Novel Writing Month: write a 50,000 word novel during the month of November), [...]

By: West

West — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 13:26:01 +0000

Ahh. Good points. And, as you say, if one should decide to polish up that first draft, it’ll still be there after the deadline passes.

Btw, this line made me laugh out-loud: “I know what you mean about deadlines. They tend to freeze me up as well, until I get right up to the edge, panic, and start slamming something out.”

By: Kelson

Kelson — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 18:12:36 +0000

Thanks!

I know what you mean about deadlines. They tend to freeze me up as well, until I get right up to the edge, panic, and start slamming something out.

Two things really helped with Nano. The first is that the goal was solely based on volume. That freed me from the “Am I doing this right?’ problem.

The second was a table that tracks daily word count, total word count, a couple of averages, and most importantly, how many words/day are needed to finish on time, based on the current total. The daily and total word count have a red or green background depending on whether they meet those goals. Eventually, since I realized I’d need to finish early, I started doing my own calculations, but for most of the month, that table was a big help in setting daily goals.

By: West

West — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 13:14:09 +0000

Congrats. That’s really something.

Usually, deadlines dampen my creative inertia, but I can see the value of having them, too.