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This is a week of turkey and football, complicated histories and NaNo. In my case, it is also a week of car trouble, account lockouts, and absolutely amazing strawberry jam. So, deep apologies for ...
by NoBlinkers
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on Thu Nov 23, 2023 at 05:00 PM PST
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Hiya, writers & frenz! Good to see you back for practice. Cheers to all our NaNo and NaNo-adjacent writers this third Thusday of the annual marathon! Please comment a BLOCKQUOTE as clear and brief as possible of your current progress, so...
by mettle fatigue
46 comments
on Thu Nov 16, 2023 at 05:00 PM PST
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Once again it is the month of November. For many writers, this is the month they’ve been looking forward to — or fearing, depending. NaNoWriMo was a charity designed to encourage young writers to write a book. An entire 50,000 words, start to finish,...
by NoBlinkers
104 comments
on Thu Nov 02, 2023 at 05:00 PM PDT
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October is at least in theory, the heart of fall. Most farmer’s markets are starting to wear down, and this is when we gardeners get to do the last work on our gardens, preparing them for winter. ...
by NoBlinkers
120 comments
on Thu Oct 19, 2023 at 05:00 PM PDT
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Hiya, writers & frenz! — good to see you back for more Thursday writing practice. If you’re doing NaNoWriMo, or running alongside, and you’d like encouragement from readers here, please comment a BLOCKQUOTE as clear and brief a mention...
by mettle fatigue
196 comments
on Thu Nov 09, 2023 at 05:00 PM PST
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Hiya, writers & all non-holiday-conformists dropping by. In a moment, we’ll find that the Corsi-Rosenthal box is not a time-travel device and Merv13 isn’t a fiction character … yet! First, let’s update from wordsmiths in the home stretch of National...
by mettle fatigue
60 comments
on Thu Nov 24, 2022 at 04:55 PM PST
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NaNoWriMo, the National Novel Writing Month, is in full swing. If you are participating and on par, today’s target word count is 28,333. If you’re behind, there’s time to catch up, but the hill to climb is getting steeper. If you’re ahead, awesome! If...
by bonetti
56 comments
on Thu Nov 17, 2022 at 05:01 PM PST
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Hello all, and welcome to our weekly writers’ meet up.� National Novel Writing Month is sneaking up on us. Two more October Thursdays follow today, so in total, we have 18 days left for project ...
by not a lamb
48 comments
on Thu Oct 13, 2022 at 04:00 PM PDT
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NaNoWriMo has begun! NaNoWriMo, as most of us know, is a nonprofit dedicated to encouraging writers. NaNo, the month of months, has a challenge; write a 50k novel in the month of November. Of course, most novels are longer than 50k. Traditionally...
by NoBlinkers
97 comments
on Thu Nov 03, 2022 at 05:00 PM PDT
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Good to see you, writers and friends! The acronym GIGO can mean two things: Good In = Good Out or Garbage In = Garbage out. Related: the sports advice that if you only want to win the game, play someone worse than you at it; but if you want to up your...
by mettle fatigue
105 comments
on Thu Dec 01, 2022 at 05:00 PM PST
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Hello, writers and frenz. This is our first of four NaNoWriMo Preptober nights, so everyone who groks Preptober please be forthcoming in the comment thread! Thanks! ‘Cos I know aught of Preptober, so in tonight’s post, I’m only writing what I know. ;-)...
by mettle fatigue
73 comments
on Thu Oct 06, 2022 at 05:00 PM PDT
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Welcome to Write On!, where every week we discuss writing in its many flavors. It’s Preptober , for those who are doing NaNoWriMo this year! Today’s post was inspired by a question raised ...
by bonetti
49 comments
on Thu Oct 20, 2022 at 05:03 PM PDT
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So, we are one third of the way into NaNoWriMo. How is it going? Report your progress and I will update the goals box. Goals Blueshift — 50k goal Bonetti — 50k goal — at 26,000 as of 11 Nov Clio — revise Fog — started DConrad — 75k goal — at 15,385 as...
by strawbale
117 comments
on Thu Nov 10, 2022 at 05:00 PM PST
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Welcome to another edition of WriteOn!, where we gather to discuss writing (fiction and non-fiction). So my experience with NaNoWriMo, after years of success (2013-2020), was less than ideal this ...
by bonetti
176 comments
on Thu Dec 02, 2021 at 05:00 PM PST
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Hi all, slim pickings here tonight as I am going to write, write, write tonight and haven’t spent much time on this diary. Sorry, you get what you pay for. Hopefully your NaNo progress doesn’t resemble riding a bomb! Or maybe it should, as long as you...
by not a lamb
162 comments
on Thu Nov 18, 2021 at 05:00 PM PST
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Howdy, fellow writers! “If it weren’t for the last minute, nothing would ever get done.” NaNoWriMo (the National Novel Writing Month) kicks off on Monday (or Sunday night at midnight if your ...
by bonetti
94 comments
on Thu Oct 28, 2021 at 05:00 PM PDT
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Hello all!�
It’s been a fall, hasn’t it? With all the insanity and warm weather, it seems like we’ve had two months of September. Personally, I could do with a more fall-like fall.�Around here,
by not a lamb
148 comments
on Thu Oct 21, 2021 at 05:00 PM PDT
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Hello, NANOWRIMO formal & informal adventurers & frenz! Here’s our GOALS&PROGRESS chart from last week — thanks, strawbale! As of this 2nd Thursday in NNWM, we’re just over 1/3 of the way through. I’ll update data as venturous comments come in,...
by mettle fatigue
91 comments
on Thu Nov 11, 2021 at 05:00 PM PST
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Hello writers & frenz — Since we’re in the run-up to Nanowrimo, tonight’s low-density, relaxed episode is courtesy of whomever first brought us this Keable guidance for newb creative writers. The dialogue section is great for argument! Our arguing, I...
by mettle fatigue
90 comments
on Thu Oct 14, 2021 at 05:00 PM PDT
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Hi all! A reminder: we’re quickly approaching the tail end of September. For folks who want to participate in the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), the event’s just a little more than a ...
by bonetti
98 comments
on Thu Sep 23, 2021 at 05:00 PM PDT
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