Comments on G's Cottage: NaNo: the Plan, or not to plan?

@Margaret - All this preparation is related to get...

2009-11-03T10:03:43.300-05:00

@Margaret - All this preparation is related to getting through the month on NaNo. My regular writing deadlines to not require all this advance prep except to get the informatin I will write about.

And, you should let somebody read your manuscript and give you a more objective opinion of its merits for publication. Writers tend to be their own worst critics.

Boy, you sure do have to go through a lot to get r...

2009-10-28T18:47:31.178-04:00

Boy, you sure do have to go through a lot to get ready to write, I have great admiration for writers and their preparation, it must get nerve racking at times. I did write a story a few years ago and was going to send it in but did not have the nerve.

Wow that's a brave start. I have trouble with wolv...

2009-10-28T16:33:20.505-04:00

Wow that's a brave start. I have trouble with wolves because the image that comes up is the scene in Doctor Zhivago; and that was chilling.I think I read that you will not be joining us this year and you will be missed. Be sure to check in now and then.

I love hearing about how different people approach...

2009-10-27T22:41:59.975-04:00

I love hearing about how different people approach NaNoWriMo. When I did it in '08, I just had a few characters. There was a man, a girl, and a wolf, and they came to me at night when I was lying in bed trying to fall asleep. The story didn't materialize until NaNo actually started and then I was off like a rocket!