Wibbling about NaNo...

[mousme]

I still don't feel as though I have a viable idea for NaNoWriMo.

Eep!

:::wibble:::

The serial is going well because I don't really have to think of a plot just yet. A novel should have a plot, dagnabbit! All the ideas I've had could maybe fill up maybe two or three thousand words, not fifty.

Aiee!

Must. Think. Of. Plot. Idea.

Eleven days until November...

::;wibble:::

Comments

[djs-specs.livejournal.com]

*thinks*

How about a potato that underwent genetic mutation to become a sentient crime-fighting being?

POTATO MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!

[vureoelt.livejournal.com]

*laughs* 50k words about potato.

[baronscartop.livejournal.com]

Ya got ten days.

Relax!

In point of fact, you have even more than that.

t!

Thou shalt not wibble

[owldaughter.livejournal.com]

*Viable* plot idea! So many discover that their orignal idea is not viable and have to take a huge detour halfway through. Or, alternately, the author discovers the novel taking that tangent on its own to morph into something unrecognisable yet messy and beautiful.

Ideas help, yes. Viable ideas aren't proven to be viable, though, until after you've begun to write them.There havebeen plentyof ideas which seemed to be right to me, which died in the middle of whatever project it was. As for short ideas, so much can grow out of what you thought was a short story. And even a non-viable idea can end up being a success. Perhaps find a way to link those short story ideas. The point is to make 50K, which is what qualifies the exercise as successful or not. Trust yourself! We're cheering for you!

Re: Thou shalt not wibble

[baronscartop.livejournal.com]

Minor disagreement:

"The point is to make 50K, which is what qualifies the exercise as successful or not."

Somewhere in November, December, or, in my case, January 6 2003, you will know if it was successful or not, and word count won't be the reason why.

t!

Re: Thou shalt not wibble

[owldaughter.livejournal.com]

Key words, "in your case." The general aim of NaNo is not to create something good; it's to create a work of fiction 50K words long. We're the ones who assign a value to it.

excuse me, do you wibble like mud?

[baronscartop.livejournal.com]

To clarify my position, the 50k is an arbitrary goal, since the aim is not that, I think, but rather the journey.

So on the "in my case" date I mentioned, that's when I started B12. That's when I realised what I had learned, and so the day the success of the project manifested itself to me.

t!

Re: excuse me, do you wibble like mud?

[mousme.livejournal.com]

I suppose it was just coincidence that you started Baker's 12 on the day of the Epiphany? :)

Re: excuse me, do you wibble like mud?

[baronscartop.livejournal.com]

Fuck no.

Having written sweet Richard all since the 30th of November, I decided to start a serial, because I knew better than to not write. And I knew how to get myself to do it.

t!