National Novel Writing Month begins now!
(A bit of a misnomer, for it's decidedly international by now.)
It's a yearly online workshop where people set themselves the goal of writing a full novel during November. (If you think that's hard, let it be known that some guys do the same, only in 24-hour workshops.)
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Are you gonna go for it?
I've tried, but I haven't succeeded in going very far with long form writing in recent years.
This activity shouldn't be encouraged. The world has enough bad novels.
I haven't succeeded in going very far with long form writing in recent years.
Why not try writing nonlinearly. I.e. write short form first, then expand. Like a hologram. This way you are already very far before the real work even begins!
So Fahrenheit 451 was the blending of three short stories. If it works for Bradbury, then why not you?
I thought about it for this year, but think I'll pass on it. Not enough hours in the day as it is.
Thanks for sharing! :)
If I had the time... It is probably great to start and finish a writing in a month. Just for the experience. I am usually sooo slow.
But I also agree that
"This activity shouldn't be encouraged. The world has enough bad novels."
Yeah. When I sometimes see TV shows presenting new books... Hey... poor trees...
Personally I think that the way to improve our writing collectively is not to write *less*.
I can't really feel for the trees, as they're not exactly cutting down oaks to make them. I do encourage more people to write just because the more people you have doing something the more chance that you'll get another Shakespeare or Goethe. For that you have to wade thigh deep through miles of shit.
I can't really feel for the trees, as they're not exactly cutting down oaks to make them.
What an ass!
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