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Date Posted: 08:01:22 06/18/08 Wed GMT-5
Author: DianeG (Impressed)
Author Host/IP: bas1-kitchener06-1177577580.dsl.bell.ca / 70.48.104.108
Subject: Re: You can do it - Yes, you can
In reply to: Lori 's message, "You can do it" on 21:34:51 06/17/08 Tue GMT-5

Liz, that's a lot of short stories - colour me impressed. Be sure to post here when you set out on the NaNoWriMo conquest.

Cheers

Diane

>Hey, Liz:
>
>If you can write a couple dozen short stories, you can
>write a novel. They are two different animals, but not
>so different. And you don't have to write a novel all
>at once.
>
>Best of luck with it,
>
>Lori
>
>>Good to hear that the whole idea has merit. I've not
>>yet set my target date in stone (I don't want to wait
>>until Nov), but I do believe that this may be what I
>>need to get a first draft done too. At one time I
>>said - How could I write a novel when I hadn't even
>>'finished' a short story? But now with a couple dozen
>>of short stories finished, I'm becoming impatient with
>>'short'. Time to go long?
>>I will of course announce my madcap intentions so that
>>I can be spurred on by the thoughts of public (forum)
>>humiliation if I quit.
>>Onward,
>>Liz
>>
>>>I participated in NaNoWriMo two years ago and met the
>>>word target, on time. Then I put the thing away for a
>>>long while. Turned out what I had was a very rough
>>>first draft/outline and that had been my aim. I've
>>>been working sporadically on the second draft and am
>>>about 2/3 of the way through. I expect that when I
>get
>>>as far as completing a third draft, I might be closer
>>>to what I want.
>>>
>>>Anyway, my point is, I wouldn't have that awful first
>>>draft to work from if I hadn't taken the challenge.
>>>I'll admit I'd already had an eanogram of the
>>>characters and their conflicts.
>>>
>>>DianeG
>>>
>>>Yeah, I'm a writer who wouldn't finish anything if it
>>>>weren't for the last minute.
>>>>
>>>>Roger
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I also know someone whose first novel was published
>>>by
>>>>>Oberon Press last year after he participated in the
>>>>>Three-Day Novel contest (though he didn't win). His
>>>>>book was shortlisted for the City of Calgary / W.O.
>>>>>Mitchell prize this year. So I guess that
>>>>>time-intensive approach works for some people.
>>>>>
>>>>>Lori
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>We've discussed this a cople of times on this
>>forum,
>>>>>>but I don't know anyone who has pulled it off
>>>>>>successfully. I did meet a writer once whose first
>>>>>>novel was published after he accepted the
>challenge
>>>>to
>>>>>>write a novel in a weekend.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I just bought No Plot? No Problem!, written by
>the
>>>>>>>founder of national novel writing month. Has any
>>>of
>>>>>>>this group ever participated in NaNoWriMo? Or
>>>>>>>considered something similar? I'm toying with
>the
>>>>>>>concept.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Liz

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