Camp NaNoWriMo

[Neonurotic]

Camp NaNoWriMo - July session.

Anyone doing this? It's 3 days until cabin assignments and 15 days to start time.

I think I will, but it won't be erotic fiction. I have a story idea for YA, well more then an idea since I've been planning and writing on it off and on for a couple years. I would like to write something my kid could read when she gets to the age group I have in mind.

 

[patientlee]

Camp NaNoWriMo - July session.

Anyone doing this? It's 3 days until cabin assignments and 15 days to start time.

I think I will, but it won't be erotic fiction. I have a story idea for YA, well more then an idea since I've been planning and writing on it off and on for a couple years. I would like to write something my kid could read when she gets to the age group I have in mind.

I was planning to do my own little NaNo in July. I will check this out. I've been kicking around a YA novel as well. Funny.

 

[_Lynn_]

Camp NaNoWriMo - July session.

Anyone doing this? It's 3 days until cabin assignments and 15 days to start time.

I think I will, but it won't be erotic fiction. I have a story idea for YA, well more then an idea since I've been planning and writing on it off and on for a couple years. I would like to write something my kid could read when she gets to the age group I have in mind.

I did the first camp this year but forgot to validate my word count. Maybe I can do better this time around.

 

[patientlee]

I tried to register, but I keep getting a 404 error. I sent an email to the help desk. We'll see...

 

[sheablue]

I had to abandon my NaNo novel last year, because I got swamped with paying work. But I'm hoping to take it back up this year. I just can't decide whether it wants to be a young adult novel, or an erotic novel. I suppose it will be easier to take the sex out than to put it in? (That sounded naughtier than I meant it to.)

Easier to tone something down than to ramp it up if I change my mind? As of now, the few pages I managed to write last year are of the erotic variety.

 

[Tx Tall Tales]

I'm in.

I'm doing Camp NaNoWriMo. I've been registered for a few weeks.

I don't know if you read about the new Private Cabins. I just got an email today about it. You can create your own writing cabin, and then when you have your core team, you can invite others to join.

It's already going pretty crazy. I had two cabin invites today, when I logged in.

If this group want to create a private cabin, I'd join. Personally, I won't be writing a novel this time. I'll be finishing some of my previous works, which are long overdue. I'm hoping to finish three or four of them.

I've been inactive for a few months, dealing with external RL issues, but hope this will kickstart my writing again. At least FAWC 5 had me typing something.

I'm a big fan of NaNo, and remember how hard I struggled with my first effort back in 2006. I sweated bullets over that one, and barely made the finish, writing almost every night. At that time I was still in the mode of editing as I wrote. By 2009 I followed their suggestions about just writing without editing. No research, no agonizing over names, or getting every detail right, I could do that after the first draft. I wrote 80K words in less time than that first effort, and it was noticeably better as well.

I'm looking forward to it. I'm hoping to write a Nude Day entry and get it completed before the start, then concentrate on my big three unfinished story lines.

So, speak up if you want to start a Lit cabin.

 

[patientlee]

I get the top (bunk)! I just signed up. I emailed you.

I'm doing Camp NaNoWriMo. I've been registered for a few weeks.

I don't know if you read about the new Private Cabins. I just got an email today about it. You can create your own writing cabin, and then when you have your core team, you can invite others to join.

It's already going pretty crazy. I had two cabin invites today, when I logged in.

If this group want to create a private cabin, I'd join. Personally, I won't be writing a novel this time. I'll be finishing some of my previous works, which are long overdue. I'm hoping to finish three or four of them.

I've been inactive for a few months, dealing with external RL issues, but hope this will kickstart my writing again. At least FAWC 5 had me typing something.

I'm a big fan of NaNo, and remember how hard I struggled with my first effort back in 2006. I sweated bullets over that one, and barely made the finish, writing almost every night. At that time I was still in the mode of editing as I wrote. By 2009 I followed their suggestions about just writing without editing. No research, no agonizing over names, or getting every detail right, I could do that after the first draft. I wrote 80K words in less time than that first effort, and it was noticeably better as well.

I'm looking forward to it. I'm hoping to write a Nude Day entry and get it completed before the start, then concentrate on my big three unfinished story lines.

So, speak up if you want to start a Lit cabin.

 

[Aynmair]

newbie

I've heard about the Camp even before joining Lit and it was very appealing. And now I have a concrete *something* to work on - I would love to expand one of my FAWC entries that I think has longer legs. But I am most definitely a newbie fiction writer (I write in RL, but sooo far removed from this).

I am not sure how great a month July will be for writing, but it will be way better than June, and perhaps no month is a perfect month. Any advice from the more experienced regarding time, other than the very informative entry by TT Tales ?

 

[Tx Tall Tales]

About Camp NaNoWriMo -

Camp is different than NaNoWriMo. You set your own goals. For NaNo, you're supposed to write 50K words towards a novel, no headstart other than research and outlining. No editing. You just write.

At Camp you define your own rules, your own goals. You can set your own word limit, and you can choose what you want to write - finish stories, edit, whatever. It's mostly just a support group, and an artificial milestone system to encourage you to write.

During the first few years, I was traveling a lot for business. I could stop in any major city, and find a NaNo Writing get together. Half-a-dozen people in a coffee shop, chatting and writing. Not the most productive sessions ever, but still fun. In the Dallas area there are dozens of these writing groups going on. I went to two that were within a couple of miles of my house. Another I had to drive twenty minutes to get to.

There's lots of little emails going out, with encouraging ideas, but the heart of the system is writing a line in the sand, and working toward it. Watching your progress. The Cabin's give you a small group of people to help encourage you, give you feedback, discuss ideas and options with. It's not a beta reading group, or editors - it's just fellow writers who you can chat with.

That's my general take on the subject.

I'll be on, under the name: Tx Tall Tales

 

[_Lynn_]

I've heard about the Camp even before joining Lit and it was very appealing. And now I have a concrete *something* to work on - I would love to expand one of my FAWC entries that I think has longer legs. But I am most definitely a newbie fiction writer (I write in RL, but sooo far removed from this).

I am not sure how great a month July will be for writing, but it will be way better than June, and perhaps no month is a perfect month. Any advice from the more experienced regarding time, other than the very informative entry by TT Tales ?

My first NaNo was in 2007, the same year I started writing. I've hit the 50k mark in as little as ten days but struggled until the very last day as well.

Anyone can offer advice. I heard all about the benefits of joining local groups, of attending weekly meetings, of word wars, and of never editing your words until you hit the 50k mark.

Maybe those things work for some people, but they don't help me. I work best alone, without the distraction of others around, without the interruptions of word wars, and without the pressure of increasing my word count with others around. My OCD screams if I don't fix the mistakes as I go.

Participating in NaNo is the best way to learn what works for you.

 

[BuckyDuckman]

Ah, NaNo. . .

For years I had been stuck writing short stories that I wasn't sure I could write a novel length story. NaNo's advice is good. I forced myself to write the world's worse erotic novel, laboring through it until I reached 100,000 words and felt okay stopping, but what I learned was HUGE!

Depending on your writing style, 80-100,000 words can feel like an overly big canvas. The best way to learn your way around that length? Do it!

 

[Aynmair]

Ah, NaNo. . .

For years I had been stuck writing short stories that I wasn't sure I could write a novel length story. NaNo's advice is good. I forced myself to write the world's worse erotic novel, laboring through it until I reached 100,000 words and felt okay stopping, but what I learned was HUGE!



Depending on your writing style, 80-100,000 words can feel like an overly big canvas. The best way to learn your way around that length? Do it!

LOL ... yes, extremely daunting! Sometimes 8K seems daunting! At least I don't run on... and on... Great recommendations, Bucky, Tx, and Lynn. I will do it. But to finish "registering" for Camp I need FAWC5 to get to the reveal stage... I want to use the story I submitted there as a starting point for the novel to work on.

 

[patientlee]

I started a cabin. Let me know your username if you want an invite. TTT- it wouldn't let me invite you because you have a pending invite.

 

[Aynmair]

I started a cabin. Let me know your username if you want an invite. TTT- it wouldn't let me invite you because you have a pending invite.

Would love one - I'm using Aynmair Thornton.

Thanks

 

[patientlee]

Would love one - I'm using Aynmair Thornton.

Thanks

Apparently you have to set up your project before the invite will go through.

 

[Swilly]

I started a cabin. Let me know your username if you want an invite. TTT- it wouldn't let me invite you because you have a pending invite.

I created one, but have a potential something coming up that may consume my time. If it doesn't work out and there's room, I'll give it a shot.

 

[49greg]

I thought about it, but last Novembre was the first time I did the Nano thing and that used up a lot of my spare time. I've got a lot going on this summer and don't think I'll have the time.

Maybe next year.

 

[patientlee]

We gotta little Lit cabin started. In order to send you an invite to the cabin, I need your username and you have to set up your novel. I'm Chrysalis207. (I'm going with YOUNG Adult, so I didn't want to confuse the issue.)

You can PM me, if you prefer.

 

[callmeismael]

I've decided I'm going to do NaNoWriMo this time 'round. I'm supposed to be working on a YA book right now, except that I've got this erotic thriller stuck in my mind and I feel like I'm not going to be able to do anything YA appropriate until I get it out of my system. So maybe I'll take July, blast out this thing for better or worse, and then move back to my YA project afterwards.

 

[patientlee]

I've decided I'm going to do NaNoWriMo this time 'round. I'm supposed to be working on a YA book right now, except that I've got this erotic thriller stuck in my mind and I feel like I'm not going to be able to do anything YA appropriate until I get it out of my system. So maybe I'll take July, blast out this thing for better or worse, and then move back to my YA project afterwards.

Let me know if you'd like an invitation to the Lit cabin.

 

[patientlee]

We have 6 more spots available!

 

[Aynmair]

We have 6 more spots available!

I still want to join badly but if I do it now, I'll out myself for FAWC5. So torn...

 

[stlgoddessfreya]

I still want to join badly but if I do it now, I'll out myself for FAWC5. So torn...

Name your novel something else. Credible guessing has already begun, so we're probably going to reveal FAWC stories one way or another soon.

 

[Aynmair]

Name your novel something else. Credible guessing has already begun, so we're probably going to reveal FAWC stories one way or another soon.

Is a title all you need? What about the synopsis and excerpt? I have no prior experience with the camp.

 

[stlgoddessfreya]

Is a title all you need? What about the synopsis and excerpt? I have no prior experience with the camp.

A title is all you need to join the cabin. Most of us are working on additional chapters of Lit stuff for the rest of the year, it seems.