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Introductions

fluffington — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:37:12 +0000

Hello, and welcome to the annual introductions thread! I'm your ML, and I'm going to introduce myself!

My name is Fluffington, but you can call me Noah. I'm a 26-year-old computer programmer and a terrible writer. I've been participating in NaNoWriMo since 2004 and ML since 2005.

Now it's your turn. Introduce yourselves! Also, stop by the planning thread so we can organize some parties!
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What's your favorite book or books?

Daisyangel — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:16:45 +0000

Just curious what everyone's favorite books are. I love anything that deals with a murder mystery. What about you?
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Poll: Who's doing novel planning, and who's winging it?

JohnnyS — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:36:18 +0000

So there are two schools of thought about NaNo novelling planning: 1) plan it all out in advance, with outlines and character sheets and such to make the novelling easier, or 2) don't do a thing till clock strikes midnight on Nov. 1, 'cause no planning leads to panic, and panic leads to adrenaline, and adrenaline leads to novelling awesomeness!

Which camp do you fall into?

I'll go first: (1) planned!

While in previous years I've winged it, this year I've actually got a plan. Mostly because I was working on a novel earlier this year that I haven't really started writing yet. I've got an outline that's good on the ends but sort of thin and mushy in the middle, some character sheets that are largely one dimensional, and a lot of world-building that I'm actually quite proud of.

Ok, your turn! To plan, or not to plan?
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Anybody play any online games?

PlanNine — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:47:31 +0000

Just curious. Won't be doing it for Nano, but I have an active account for LOTRO. Also play DDO every so often. Installed games that I am not currently subscribed to include Vanguard, Warhammer, and Age of Conan :)
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Finding time

Storiestowrite — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:32:44 +0000

Thanks to NaNo, I tried something new today. I took my Neo (Alphasmart) to the gym. It balanced perfectly on the treadmill and I could exercise at a decent pace/incline while typing. Great little investment. I've had it for a couple of years and I love it.
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Rocks

RadioNowhere09 — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:05:29 +0000

I'm not quite 2500 words in and the temptation to have rocks fall on them all is strong.

How is everyone else doing so far?
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Kick-Off Party

fluffington — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:33:22 +0000

November is only two weeks away, so it's probably about time we get our kick-off planned.

In previous years, we've had a big party on the evening of the 31st, and hung out until midnight, at which point we all started writing furiously. Or at least, that was the plan. What usually happened was we got out our writing stuff at midnight, then got tired and went home.

This year, I think I'd like to split it up: a party Friday evening, and a write-in Saturday night. I'm thinking 6pm-9pm for the party, at a restaurant with good (and reasonably-priced) food. The write-in will start just before midnight (probably around 11pm) and run for however long we can keep going.

I haven't decided where to do this yet, so please chime in with some location suggestions!
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Random writing around town

dilemma_name — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:49:18 +0000

This thread is for announcing random, un-official write-ins around town! It usually shows up eventually, so I thought I would get one started early.

To get things going, I am going to be at Kaldi's this afternoon at around 4 p.m. to do some novel-planning. Anyone who feels like showing will be more than welcome. I will try to have a table tent or something for those who have no idea what I look like in person.
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Planning & Scheduling

fluffington — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:44:36 +0000

In order to schedule write-ins, parties, and other writerly craziness so that as many people as possible can show up, I need to know when you people are available. Please your availability here. Also post your preferred meeting place(s).

I'll start:
I'm available weekends and Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evenings. Tuesday and Thursday evenings can be opened if necessary, but I'd prefer to not have to do that.
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Snowflake

RadioNowhere09 — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:06:02 +0000

Thanks to the suggestion at the meet up yesterday, I looked up and read about the Snowflake Method for constructing a novel. I got as far as the First Sentence, which allowed me to crystallize the premise of the (attempted) novel I am going to spew this month.

I also got to get me one of those spiffy NEO keyboards...just because.

Thanks to fluggington for putting it together. I am quite glad I went yesterday.
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St Louis wants a rematch!

quantum tea — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:06:35 +0000

Hey Columbia! You guys up for another Word War with St Louis? I mean, we didn't hurt you too badly last year... ;-)

My lot are spoiling for a fight, fresh from our kick off party, and ready to rock. You in, or you out?

Ali
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Another Pre-November Get-Together: Sunday, October 25

fluffington — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:50:29 +0000

This may be a bit short notice, but a few of us (at least dilemma_name, JohnnyS, and myself) will be hanging out at the Underground Café this Sunday (the 25th) starting at around 2:00pm, doing writerly things. You're invited to join us.
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Any pre-writing events?

PlanNine — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:32:29 +0000

Anyone interested in getting a decent sized group for pre-Nano talk, coffee, commiseration, or whatever else may be in order?
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