Questions

National Novel Writing Month 2007. Are you ready and willing to try to write a story of at least 50,000 words in 30 days? November 1 to November 30th NaNoWriMo.org
- Barbiq

Quite the random question, but it’s the result of trying to write a 50,000 word novel in a month (I’m a bit late for NaNoWriMo). And yes, it is meant to be used as some sort of sexual joke.
- Madeline

I’m writing a nanowrimo and my character is having Pepsi. It needs to taste good to her. She likes the caffeine in it.
- iMikl23

I’m working on a book for my nanowrimo and I would like to use some real mythology. I know that Her mother was Diana and her father was Lucifer and that they were siblings which is kind of creepy, but i can’t seem to find much about Aradia.
- Megan A

I am doing the NaNoWriMo this year and I already have a plot but I want something to write before November as I am resisting the urge to start now.

So I would appreciate if you listed some random words that may inspire a story or two.
For those who do not know what the NaNoWriMo is, it’s a writing challange to write a first draft of a novel in 30 days from scratch so I can not start until November.
- Ariana

Are there? We should start aclib or do NaNoEdMo together or somthing….. Also, Please fell free to ***?k what NaNoWriMo is!!!!!!!!!
Aly
NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writting month. every year in the Month of November A ***?rson has to write 50,000 words…I do it every year… Here is a site that anyone can look up:
www.NaNoWriMo.org It’s free and soem few 100thousands of ***?ople do it. It is a LOT of ***?n. try it!!!!!
A NanoWriMo-ian is someone who did NaNoWriMo…..
- DragonFires

I’m trying to write a novel for NaNoWriMo, and I think I’m on the right track in terms of characters, literary devices, etc. The one little problem is that I cannot come up with a ****?d enough plot.

The basic storyline revolves around a girl who ***?ems to feel her dead brother’s presence all around her. Her mother is developing Alzheimer’s, and she has a younger sibling. She knows that her physical and mental condition is ****?idly deteriorating (due to what: I don’t know yet), so, ***? the only able ***?rson in her whole ***?mily, she ****?ts to record a sort of account of her ***?mily history, her life, since she does not ****?t to be forgotten in the ***?ture etc. ***? ***?me passes, her ability to write becomes worse (like in “Flowers for Algernon”), and she needs to be taken care of constantly. Her younger sibling takes over her role ***? the “recorder of anecdotes”.

–This is the point at which I’m completely lost. Maybe before, I don’t know. If anyone has any suggestions, please don’t hesitate to voice them!
- SravieInTheSky

I won my first NaNoWriMo, ****? have yet to finish my novel. I had high hopes that my novel would be close to ready for publication at this point, ****? I’ve yet to begin my ***?cond draft. I ****?ted to get the free proof copy and publish it to CreateSpace, ****? it’s looking pretty sorry at the present moment.
Anyone else feeling this way? Does anyone have any advice to help me get back on my feet again?
- Geekier Than Thou

I am participating in the challenge at http://ywp.nanowrimo.org and am going for 50,000 words…just wondering if a normal novel is 50,000 words long, or shorter, or longer…anyway, thanks in advance! Ah, actually I am just now at 513 words, haha, but I just learned about it last night. I will raise my goal, then! I think it would be absolutely fabulous to write my entire rough draft of my book in one month. Thanks so much for the quick answers. What is your NaNoWrimo username? I’d like to be your buddy. I’m Rosebud104. Again, thanks so much for the tips!
- S.

I’m editing a friend’s NaNoWriMo story, and she wrote the following:

“There was the a smell of smoke and Kasan thought he even saw some fire, even though the rain was still falling with the same intensity as it had begun.”

The first “even” is definitely, unnecessary, right? And I think the second is as well. And I’m unsure about the last bit. Shouldn’t it be “the same intensity as when it began” or something? How would you phrase it? Also, should there be a comma after “smoke”? I know it’s two independent clauses joined with a coordinating conjunction, but I read in a style guide that the comma is unnecessary if at least one of the independent clauses is short. Does this fit that rule, or should I add the comma?

And of course, if I missed anything else that’s wrong, please point that out as well!
- Crystal H