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Christina Anne Hawthorne | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @2ee95d3f Ah yes, the NaNo spell! That's probably why I did 8 of them. 😆 Then, I'd walk around in a daze for a day. Last year was my first non-NaNo since 2014. 😬
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1f3cccb2 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @7b682b86 I absolutely love it although I never participate in any social activities. It's just the atmosphere of write, write, write... and I want to meet the goals, yes, and collect pretty badges I'll never look at later. 
I'm seriously cleaning up the first part of the WIP right now so I'm all set to write the core of the second part next month. Can't wait. Yup, I'm mad. 😂 Will you be there this year?
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Christina Anne Hawthorne | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @2ee95d3f 🤣 Oh my gosh, I can't believe how obsessed I always was with earning the badges—and then never look at them after. The sheer madness of writing so many words in a month is a high that's difficult to replicate.

I haven't decided if I'd do it again this year. I have a number of projects waiting in the wings with short narratives written, but that's all I have right now. 🤔
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1f3cccb2 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @7b682b86 I don't even bother writing an outline any more this year. I know where to start, a few in-betweens and somewhat where it'll end. Relying completely on the pantsing magic now. 
If you do participate, let us all know.
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Christina Anne Hawthorne | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @2ee95d3f I still have my planning process—and then I go freaking insane, usually finishing in a few weeks.

I'll decide within the next week, or sooner. Odd that I wrote in my journal yesterday that I was wavering on not doing it, that the drafting hunger was building like werewolf venom during a full moon. If I do, I'll announce under these hashtags. I've never participated while here on Mastodon.
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1f3cccb2 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @7b682b86 I have, last year. There were few people who I found participating, and we played a Nanogre game. A fantasy quest to scare ogres away with our fabulous wordcounts. Sadly, the guy who invented this seems to have deleted his account. So no more Nanogre hunting. But I'm sure we'll all have fun.
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Christina Anne Hawthorne | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @2ee95d3f My first year, 2014, I was climbing out of a depressive episode & someone suggested NaNo so I decided to give it a go—30 minutes before it started. I had nothing ready & barely an idea. I wrote a terrible book & limped to 60K, but had a great time.

In contrast, in 2018, I drafted a bloated novel that finished at 180K (now about 135K). I barely finished in time & was exhausted. I loved it. When I finish early, I often finish with novellas or short stories (which I did last December).