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This is the basic premise for my AugNoWriMo (August Novel Writing Month, a spinoff of NaNoWriMo). I'm going to be talking a lot about AugNoWriMo, as I'm incredibly hyped up about it, and excited. And when I'm not planning AugNoWriMo, or updating about it, I'll be updating about NaNoWriMo, or planning that.
So here's my idea so far:
Robyn just turned nineteen, and she's spending a week in her grandmother's small town in preparation for her return to college. She has always loved to take long walks. After an argument with her grandmother about her future and the college courses she's taking, she goes for a walk.
She knows the town pretty well after all these years-she even lived here for two years-so when she sees an unfamiliar road, she takes it.
East Wind Road. Where she discovers raving lunatics, mass murderers, and battlefields where nobody has buried or burned the dead... Places where executions were committed weeks ago; a dragon; a party of cannibalistic hunters-and, to top it all off, a river too large to swim across that bars her passage back.
She must now find her way out of East Wind Road, with only one companion-the boy that takes pity on her after she saves him from a mass murderer. After all, he lives here. He knows all about it...
I'm. Not. Getting. Excited. About. Nanowrimo.
Yes, I am. And I just thought of something. I love Nanowrimo more than anything, I really do, and I have a question to ask. In hopefulness. You see, for the entire five years of my Nanowrimo career, I have been statistically broke.
Here is what I am asking for. I don't get blog revenue, at all, ever, because I'm not eighteen yet and therefore cannot sign up for AdSense. In its place, I am asking for those of you who actually do have money-even ten dollars to spare-to offer me an incentive.
My goal this year, as anyone who actually reads my blog regularly will know, is to write two hundred and fifty thousand words in the month of November. Nanowrimo has presented me with endless hours of fun, encouragement, and with amazing word counts which never could have been gained without that encouragement.
And so I ask of all of you who care, and who have supported this blog in its various levels of success throughout the years, for a kind gesture.
Nanowrimo is a Not-For-Profit charity that runs mostly off of the donations of its amazing community. I have longed for years to be one of those donors, and while I accept-slightly bitterly-that I won't be this year, I am praying that perhaps somebody will donate on my behalf.
This is my incentive to get to my goal. I hereby offer:
I, Dianna L. Gunn, agree to post (minimally) weekly updates on my Nano Novels, including at least one excerpt during the month. I will also post a link to my profile so you can see that the word count is actually there, every week. I will make an effort to remain active in the Orble community as well as write my novels.
I propose to you, my readers and the Orble community, that should I reach two hundred and fifty thousand words of writing, those who are able and willing will donate $5-10 (or if you're generous, more) dollars towards NaNoWriMo (I believe you can also say it's in my name, then I get a little halo over my username, which I would love. And I also believe you actually get something FOR the donation) and comment here.
However, if I break any of the above agreements and do not a) post weekly b) post at least one excerpt c) link to my profile every post and d)make the word count, I ask nothing of you.
In other words, I'm asking for a reward for my writing. And that reward is not for me-it is for NaNoWriMo and its community. Which includes, but is most certainly not limited to, myself and some very close friends. Every year, it gets more and more expensive for them to host it.
Let's keep NaNoWriMo running-and me writing! This is just the kick in the pants I'll need to actually pull through.
Those of you who are willing and able to make a donation if I meet my side of the agreement, please comment with who you are and if you are willing to donate. I will make sure to thank you all in a post should I succeed and the donations come through. I will also, for bloggers, make sure to link to your wonderful blogs on the NaNoWriMo site. To make the deal sweeter.
Thank you all very much for reading this, and if any of you DO agree to donate, thank you for donating. I am grateful to my readers and even more grateful to those willing to donate. I cannot say it enough. And this is one way of making my dream of donation come true.
~Dianna
I Wish This Was 42 has been here for over a year.
And so have I.
Now I'm going to get out all the gushy thank yous to the wonderful community that has kept me here.
David,
Although you are gone now and I have no idea if you still check up on us occasionally, it was your quick comments that left me enthralled. And delighted. It was your great conversation that brought me much comfort. Your writing was great and your blogging a delight. I do miss you, and will never forget what an excellent writer, and person, you were. Although I never met you, nor did I know you for very long, you did leave an impact-I actually was very upset when I discovered your URL in the hands of another blogger.
You were a very welcoming part of the community, and I loved your sarcasm and your style of writing. And your poetry. May you never be forgotten.
~Dianna
Katyzzz,
You've been a wonderful person to me, welcoming me gladly into the community and posting thoughtful comments. I have always found your posts to cheer me up and I love the artwork. It would not be the same site without you. No matter how dated you may be, but sh, that's our little secret. I think perhaps the fact that you remained was the only thing that pulled me back after David left and I had been busy for a while.
Or maybe it's simply everyone else. But I am going to blame you and your encouraging words, your great writing, and your fascinating pictures. Almost all of which are, indeed, trippy.
Thank you for your warm welcome and lasting support,
~Dianna
Jeanne,
Yup. I'm putting you here. I love your Writer's Notes blog, and while you may never have been very active in commenting on my blog, your blog has been of much use to me. It's an inspiration and it's nice to read about writing from someone who has talent. And I'm glad to see your blog still going strong.
You are a great help to all aspiring writers and I think more of them should read your blog; and I look forward to continuing to read it. I truly do.
Thanks for your amazing work,
~Dianna
To Anyone I Have Forgotten,
I am grateful to all of you who have been supporting of me and my blogging over the past year-and-month-or-so. And I am glad to see new bloggers and support them in any way I can, of course.
What makes Orble such a great blogging site-and the only reason I've stuck with it, truly-is the fact that it is quite simply a wonderful writing community. I will never forget those of you that have impacted my blogging here, and I doubt that I'm leaving anytime soon. The people just keep drawing me back in.
I'm glad to have started blogging here, and I'm glad to have remained here. And I hope that you all continue to read, and to blog, and that you all check out Katyzzz and Jeanne because they have simply amazing and inspiring blogs.
And I'm going to shut up now before I start rambling more than absolutely necessary.
Thank you all for the wonderful year it has been,
~Dianna
By now, everyone who even bothers to read my blog on a sort-of frequent basis must understand that I have a deep, intrinsic love of blogging.
I just realized I've been blogging here for over a year! Nevermind that. We have more important things to talk about. Like writing goals
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Some people say 'write what you know'. But if I recall correctly, Stephen King and I have the same belief-that it is best to write what you love.
Because we can all write about what we learned in school, but most of us wouldn't want to. We know it-but we do not love it. And if we are forced to write something we do not love, it is by far a lesser product than what it would be if we loved it
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I was genuinely proud of myself for this poem. I love it to bits because of what it means: I'm learning Japanese! I love Japanese, I have an appreciation for the culture, the anime, the manga, the language. The religion. To me Japan is a place of beauty-culturally if not physically.
And this is why putting this in my novel felt like such an accomplishment-it comes with translation, of course
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Fanfiction. That which writers of varying quality from all over the web write. That
which all professional writers have extremely varying opinions on. Nobody can deny its existence; it's practically everywhere. And there is fanfic for almost everything.
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Nanowrimo. Yes I do talk about it a lot. Why? Because it is one of the most fun writing challenges I have ever encountered. The challenge itself can be amazginly fun. Fifty thousand words... Encouraging people to reach the finish line, seeing how quickly you can reach it, is so much fun.
And not only that. But there is the most amazing sense of community when it comes to Nanowrimo. Everybody helps everybody else out. We're all friends there, even when we're friends in competition. Even our competition is friendly, and it truly is the most encouraging thing I've ever done
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To the true writer, to the serious writer, writing is a passion; an art. It is more than that though-it is the writer's soul, their life, their purpose. Writing isn't about mechanics. It's about love.
Only someone who truly loves the work they're doing can become a truly amazing writer. It takes so much time and effort to write something beautiful, especially a novel, but more than that it takes passion and love. You have to feel for your characters-or as your characters-and you have to feel connected to the plot
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