Comments on: Miscellaneous Monday Updates: NaBloPoMo, NaNoWriMo + 52WoC http://www.shaicoggins.com/miscellaneous-monday-updates-nablopomo-nanowrimo-52woc/ Digital Lifestyle for Creative, Content & Community Folks Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:57:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Shai Coggins http://www.shaicoggins.com/miscellaneous-monday-updates-nablopomo-nanowrimo-52woc/comment-page-1/#comment-35645 Shai Coggins Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:06:11 +0000 http://www.shaicoggins.com/miscellaneous-monday-updates-nablopomo-nanowrimo-52woc/#comment-35645 Heather - Thanks so much for the encouraging words. You're right. Without NaNoWriMo, I definitely wouldn't even have written a single word. And probably, haven't even discovered a story that I'm excited to work on whenever I get the chance. So, I'm happy about that, even if I don't meet the 50K mark. :-D Heather – Thanks so much for the encouraging words. You’re right. Without NaNoWriMo, I definitely wouldn’t even have written a single word. And probably, haven’t even discovered a story that I’m excited to work on whenever I get the chance. So, I’m happy about that, even if I don’t meet the 50K mark. :-D

]]> By: Shai Coggins http://www.shaicoggins.com/miscellaneous-monday-updates-nablopomo-nanowrimo-52woc/comment-page-1/#comment-35644 Shai Coggins Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:04:50 +0000 http://www.shaicoggins.com/miscellaneous-monday-updates-nablopomo-nanowrimo-52woc/#comment-35644 Melissa - So great that you're getting to keep up, no matter what. :-) And yeah, that initial spark is sometimes all we need. Melissa – So great that you’re getting to keep up, no matter what. :-) And yeah, that initial spark is sometimes all we need.

]]> By: Shai Coggins http://www.shaicoggins.com/miscellaneous-monday-updates-nablopomo-nanowrimo-52woc/comment-page-1/#comment-35643 Shai Coggins Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:03:45 +0000 http://www.shaicoggins.com/miscellaneous-monday-updates-nablopomo-nanowrimo-52woc/#comment-35643 @Kari - Sounds cool! Are you still working on that novel? And yeah - maybe one day I'll get to write/finish 33 wishes too. :-D Good luck with the writing! @Kari – Sounds cool! Are you still working on that novel? And yeah – maybe one day I’ll get to write/finish 33 wishes too. :-D Good luck with the writing!

]]> By: Heather http://www.shaicoggins.com/miscellaneous-monday-updates-nablopomo-nanowrimo-52woc/comment-page-1/#comment-35470 Heather Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:00:23 +0000 http://www.shaicoggins.com/miscellaneous-monday-updates-nablopomo-nanowrimo-52woc/#comment-35470 Hi Shai, Well done. Even if that's all the writing you get done on your novel, for now, you're still ahead by that much. You wouldn't have written those words if it wasn't for the NaNoWriMo challenge, so it's all good. ;-) Hi Shai,
Well done. Even if that’s all the writing you get done on your novel, for now, you’re still ahead by that much. You wouldn’t have written those words if it wasn’t for the NaNoWriMo challenge, so it’s all good. ;-)

]]> By: Melissa W http://www.shaicoggins.com/miscellaneous-monday-updates-nablopomo-nanowrimo-52woc/comment-page-1/#comment-35403 Melissa W Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:07:48 +0000 http://www.shaicoggins.com/miscellaneous-monday-updates-nablopomo-nanowrimo-52woc/#comment-35403 While Chris was away I struggled to get my blog posts done each night. I'm hoping now that he is back I'll have less stress in the evening when I am trying to write them up. And I agree that having set things to blog about each day makes it a lot easier. Having that initial spark of an idea is like the push int he back you need to start running sometimes - just a bit of forward momentum that you can then build on and keep going. While Chris was away I struggled to get my blog posts done each night. I’m hoping now that he is back I’ll have less stress in the evening when I am trying to write them up. And I agree that having set things to blog about each day makes it a lot easier. Having that initial spark of an idea is like the push int he back you need to start running sometimes – just a bit of forward momentum that you can then build on and keep going.

]]> By: Kari http://www.shaicoggins.com/miscellaneous-monday-updates-nablopomo-nanowrimo-52woc/comment-page-1/#comment-35398 Kari Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:21:41 +0000 http://www.shaicoggins.com/miscellaneous-monday-updates-nablopomo-nanowrimo-52woc/#comment-35398 You fantasy story sounds fascinating! One of my stories I wrote a long time ago was similar in that it was for the middle school aged and was a fantasy world of such. I'm very curious to know what some of the 33 wishes would be of your protagonist in your story. Now you may have to finish it! LOL! As for nanowrimo, I had tried it one year. That was the year I learned I don't write well under pressure. In order for my writing to be any good it's got to be done on my terms and time. Maybe if they took out the word counts I wouldn't be so easily discouraged, but that's just in my nature unfortunately. I just like to write when the mood strikes, but I still would like to make up a schedule like yours. Now I just need to quit talking about it and do it already! You fantasy story sounds fascinating! One of my stories I wrote a long time ago was similar in that it was for the middle school aged and was a fantasy world of such.

I’m very curious to know what some of the 33 wishes would be of your protagonist in your story. Now you may have to finish it! LOL!

As for nanowrimo, I had tried it one year. That was the year I learned I don’t write well under pressure. In order for my writing to be any good it’s got to be done on my terms and time. Maybe if they took out the word counts I wouldn’t be so easily discouraged, but that’s just in my nature unfortunately.

I just like to write when the mood strikes, but I still would like to make up a schedule like yours. Now I just need to quit talking about it and do it already!

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