Comments on: Lessons from NaNoWriMo http://bluekae.com/2009/11/30/lessons-from-nanowrimo/ Rants and ramblings about games, life, and other stuff. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:11:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Scarybooster http://bluekae.com/2009/11/30/lessons-from-nanowrimo/comment-page-1/#comment-4906 Scarybooster Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:47:15 +0000 http://www.bluekae.com/?p=539#comment-4906 I haven't looked at my NaNo since it closed. I haven't finished it. I'm affraid it is horrible and my self editing is going to rip it up. Best thing I learned from NaNoWriMo this year is: It I never heard about it till this year. I'm looking forward to April when they do Script Frenzy 100 pages in 30 days of a screenplay I haven’t looked at my NaNo since it closed. I haven’t finished it. I’m affraid it is horrible and my self editing is going to rip it up.

Best thing I learned from NaNoWriMo this year is: It

I never heard about it till this year. I’m looking forward to April when they do Script Frenzy 100 pages in 30 days of a screenplay

]]> By: Brian http://bluekae.com/2009/11/30/lessons-from-nanowrimo/comment-page-1/#comment-4830 Brian Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:14:59 +0000 http://www.bluekae.com/?p=539#comment-4830 Turning off my self-edit and getting into the "flow" have definitely been some good skills to develop. I do have some tendencies to be overly descriptive still, but I usually catch those in the second draft. My biggest problem with not getting much done for this year's contest was more from not making time every day to write. Lot's of nights I just want to vegetate in front of the TV or play games on the PC. This fall has been especially bad for having good game releases. Turning off my self-edit and getting into the “flow” have definitely been some good skills to develop. I do have some tendencies to be overly descriptive still, but I usually catch those in the second draft. My biggest problem with not getting much done for this year’s contest was more from not making time every day to write. Lot’s of nights I just want to vegetate in front of the TV or play games on the PC. This fall has been especially bad for having good game releases.

]]> By: Longasc http://bluekae.com/2009/11/30/lessons-from-nanowrimo/comment-page-1/#comment-4801 Longasc Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:11:08 +0000 http://www.bluekae.com/?p=539#comment-4801 Finding the right balance between re-writing and fiddling around to improve things forever is a good thing. I think you should try to get into the "flow", and not think too much about it. 1545 is not too much, but it is for sure better than 15.000 words that are full of adjectives and descriptions of every minor detail. Just ask readers if they remember the eye color or certain other things about a character - or what they think the character should look like. The answers often have not much to do with what is written or not written. My favorite example is Siegfried and Hagen. In no source their hair colours or something like that are mentioned. But people always attribute Hagen dark or grey hair, and Siegfried gets fair hair attributed. Mean people then let students search for evidence to verify their claims. :> Finding the right balance between re-writing and fiddling around to improve things forever is a good thing. I think you should try to get into the “flow”, and not think too much about it. 1545 is not too much, but it is for sure better than 15.000 words that are full of adjectives and descriptions of every minor detail. Just ask readers if they remember the eye color or certain other things about a character – or what they think the character should look like. The answers often have not much to do with what is written or not written. My favorite example is Siegfried and Hagen. In no source their hair colours or something like that are mentioned. But people always attribute Hagen dark or grey hair, and Siegfried gets fair hair attributed. Mean people then let students search for evidence to verify their claims. :>

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