Soph, this is all your fault.
Just when life couldn't get any crazier, it just did. Thanks to the very persuasive skills of a certain Mrs.Ngian, I've officially become a NaNoWriMo-er. Along with over-40,000 fellow madmen and women across the globe, we've been tasked with writing a 50,000 word novel in 30 days, starting Nov 1. In Malaysia, around 20 people have signed up, inc. yours truly.
If you do the math, that's around 1,666 words a day, 67 words an hour and slightly more than one word a minute. That is, if all you do in November is sit in front of your computer typing away furiously, while sipping on your 45th cup of Nescafe and estranging family and friends.
There's no million dollar reward. No gold-plated trophy. No shining new Ferrari at the finish line. Believe it or not, it's just for the heck of it.
This is permission to write absolutely crappy fiction. And thanks to the beauty of deadlines, some of us will do just that.
And so can you. ;)
j
Posted at 03:04 pm by jyg2
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winn
October 28, 2005 11:41 AM PDT
agrees with Angie* |
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Angie
October 27, 2005 11:13 PM PDT
50,000 words?!? 3500 words essay has already kill me!! Go Jon Go!! |
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esther
October 27, 2005 08:14 PM PDT
oh mannn!! i'm so tempted! still got a few more days to decide.... can't believe i'm actually getting excited just reading about this crazy competition!! |
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deJelly
October 27, 2005 07:47 PM PDT
oh!! man..
This is MADneSS, MaDness !
-from a person that doesn't read.
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j
October 27, 2005 12:45 PM PDT
No, I won't deliberately do it. But because of the time constraint, it most likely will happen. Even the founder of the entire project admitted it. |
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Joy
October 26, 2005 09:33 PM PDT
waddaya gonna write about???
hey just cuz you have permission to write crappily doesn't mean you're gonna DELIBERATELY do so, right?! ;D |
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soph
October 26, 2005 05:15 PM PDT
oh what a beautiful sight. |
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