I'm hoping to do NaNoWriMo this year, especially since i missed last year, but i don't know if i have enough of an idea to build on in the remaining few days of October ..

I'll probably give it a shot anyway.

I just realized that I have at least the first four days of November off work! I've been working as a substitute teacher, but the first two days of November are parent-teacher conference days, so there isn't any school! The other two days are a weekend. So should really be able to kick off my noveling well, which is nice since it's the first NaNo I've had a job for (which is far more exhausting than school!).

only a few days left now
I'm getting so excited, even though my studies are sort of piling up, but I think if I plan my time out correctly I'll manage just fine
My novels are just about ready to write, I'm making a cover for one, I'm a little stumped on how to make a cover for the second one, but I'll think of something (I'm not studying to be a graphic designer for nothing )

*can hardly wait for November 1st*

So NaNo is in three days and I still don't have a plot.

...Yeeeahhh.

I'm trying to come up with one and I have several different ideas but I can't seem to nail it down. Here's hoping I can come up with... something.

I know what I want to accomplish with this year's novel: I want to focus on getting as much into my character's head as I can and practice deep POV. The only problem? I'm plotless. I guess I might be winging it this year?

I've done no more work on prepping for my novel. I'm hoping I can at least get some character profiles created to help me get a little more insight on who my characters are, exactly, but I don't know if I'll have time--ironically, I'm devoting all my free time to studying for a French test.

I watched the movie Hanna last weekend, though, and that gave me some possible ideas for my Beast, though. Really not sure how I want to handle all of this. I can see her fitting in both a castle and a more pastoral/forested environment. Obviously, I need to figure out at least that much before the story gets rolling....

I think I'm going to try NaNo despite how busy the next few weeks are going to be. We'll see how far I get into the novel, but I'm going to do it.

Awesome, Lia! Glad to have you.

Wren, I love the idea of a Beauty and the Beast retelling--fairytale retellings have become some of my favorite things. Even my own novel is showing some parallels to Beauty and the Beast.

So I have an inkling of a plot but I'm reeeeally stressed out because:

1. Last year I was more prepared than this and NaNo went really well. This year? Um... not so much.
2. I don't know if this idea is enough to carry me into the 50k. And if it's not... well, stupid filler and awful writing, here we come! (Which is something I'd like to avoid if possible... but then again, it is NaNo...)
3. My main character is being very elusive and I don't love her as much as I loved my MC last year.
4. I'm comparing last year's NaNo to this year's.
5. I want to do everything right, and I'm being perfectionistic about it, which I realize isn't the best thing at all.

So yeah. I'm really stressed about this year, wishing I wasn't, and hoping it gets a little easier and that my novel isn't terrible. Let's just say this feels like the biggest NaNo panic I've ever had. In all of my four years, this year feels like the hardest in terms of plot and stress levels. (Though I probably experience these same feelings every year, I just conveniently forget about them after I've won. ) I have no idea what I'm doing and it's... absolutely terrifying.

And here is a random cowboy because it's such a cute emoticon.

I think I've decided to finally try NaNo. I've thought about it the past few years and never gave it a shot, but I think this year's the year . I doubt I'll get to 50K (I don't have much time to write), and I doubt it will be any quality but my thinking is the best way to improve is to just write (I also have this pretty bad "my-confidence-level-in-my-creative-writing-is-so-low-I-never-let-anyone-read-anything-I-write" thing going on, and I'm really trying to get over it. I know I need constructive criticism too, which makes it doubly frustrating.)

Anyway, everyone on NarniaWeb I've ever talked to about Nano had a blast, so I'm pretty excited to try; I just hope I don't fail too horribly.

So not only did the idea grow into lots of new plot twists for several writers in the Ditto Story, but now it's even getting its own NaNo novel? That's great, stargazer!

Thanks! I think it's going to be lots of fun, and in 11 minutes the writing begins.

(I've set my NaNo stories in the future, mainly to avoid 'interfering' with what's happening in the Ditto Story, but also to allow more kiddies for the Silvermoons. But it can be confusing keeping it all straight - especially now with the addition of the other realities! )

You know what they say on the NaNo site, greenleaf - even if you don't win you've written something new! I've only won once out of 3 times so far, but those other 2 stories were still fun to do, and once completed were well over 50k - just not in the allotted time.

So this year i'm trying something new -- barely any planning at all!

... Yeah. I don't see this going well.

So I'm sure that some of you may have suspected this already, but a few days ago I decided that I'm going to skip NaNo this year.

"But Gymfan!" you cry. "You're practically the patron saint of NWeb NaNo! If you can't do it, what hope is left for the rest of us?"

Seriously though, there's been a number of contributing factors that resulted in me not participating this year, some of which include starting a new job, some "fun" personal stuff in my life, no plot or planning, and plain old burnout. Rather than force myself through it this year, I'd rather not push my sanity and come back strong next year.

So I'll still be around, and I'm still going to try and get the Night of Writing Narnianly up and running towards the middle of the month. Should be fun!

Good luck everyone, and slay those plot bunnies!

*cheers on all the NW Nano-ers.*

This year I know I won't be able to participate, at least not at the beginning. Gymfan gave me an idea, though.... maybe I'll join November 15 and shoot for 25k. That way, I can kind of keep myself on track. (Because starting today does not seem feasible and I probably would not be very motivated if my constant excuse was "It's okay, I'm only going for half the amount anyways...")

We'll see. I'm thinking about reading Macbeth and then writing something along those lines. Or at least searching for some inspiration because, as usual, I have none for the plot. Have a good time, everyone!

I'm going to try again this year. I decided that this morning... so I'll just have to see how many words I actually write... :/ Anyway, it's going to be fun. I'm actually starting a novel that I've been kicking around in my head for about 5 months now, just never actually started. So this will be a good project to see how well my idea actually works...

My username is AlDoug.

Whew, sorry about that. I just fainted when I read Gymfan's not participating this year.

But it's nice to see Aitb and Sonny among the ranks! Good luck.

I'm always up past midnight so at the stroke of 12 last night I began typing. Only got to about 1500 words before my brain announced it was time to go to bed. Wouldn't you know it, the moment I shut down the computer a few more ideas came to mind?

Onward and upward!

So, uh, guess who has done no writing whatsoever today?

Homework must come first! But NaNo is so much more fun. I'll probably wind up trying for 25K again if the rest of the month goes the same way today went.

Good luck to everyone else (in both word counts and real life)!