SaronaNalia
Novelist
"You should exist in a careful fashion."
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Post by SaronaNalia on Sept 29, 2011 18:17:23 GMT -5
I have yet to win a WriMo event. I just don't know what to do about it. So give me advice please! How do you guys do it?
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Post by Siana Blackwood on Sept 29, 2011 21:49:00 GMT -5
Well, there's this thing people keep saying: BICHOK. It means 'butt in chair, hands on keyboard', so basically you win WriMos by writing a lot. Consistent writing is really important, as is setting yourself a kind of routine. The other thing is to figure out if you're a 'planner' or a 'pantser' (we really should have proper definitions of those terms on here somewhere...) A 'planner' is the kind of person who likes doing all the character profiles, an outline (detailed or not) and generally knowing the whole story beforehand. For them, the discovery process is during the outline and the character profiles. A 'pantser' is the kind of person who comes up with a flash of an idea and some characters, jots down what they know and then dives into the story. Their discovery process happens during the creation of the first draft and it's only after the first draft is completed that they feel like they have enough information to fill out all those character charts and stuff. So... consistency, knowing how you like to create... Oh, right. Writing months are fun, but the actual writing days, hours and minutes can be a whole lot of hard slogging through rubbish writing, plot holes and stuff like that. Don't worry about it - by the time you get to the end you'll discover that all those holes aren't as big as you thought and you know exactly how to fill them in. Then you get to rewrite, which is as much fun as picking up a book you loved but haven't read for ages and reading it again  . ... and I could just have said "write lots every day and give yourself a reward at the end of the month", but it was fun writing the rest of it. Maybe I should do a 'how to win a wrimo' guide... Oh, but Chris Baty and Lazette Gifford have already done that. See if you can dig up a copy of Chris Baty's No Plot, No Problem (you'd have to buy it unless it's in your local library) and download Lazette Gifford's NaNo For The New And Insane off Smashwords here: www.smashwords.com/books/view/84837(it's free  |
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