NaNoWriMo ‘09
November 7th 2009 -
Are you taking part in NaNoWriMo? Sure you’re not actually writing a novel but as a writer it’s a good excuse to spend some time focusing on your writing, even if it isn’t going to come anywhere close to 50000 words.
I figured I’d put together a short list of reasons why you should take part.
1) There’s nothing like a communal event to get the mind runnin’.
2) As an event its a great excuse to justify time spent on your project on a national level.
3) It’s a great way to get ahead on your buffer or even just for developing the story behind your comic. This gives you more time to work on artwork at later dates or to spend the saved time on other writing projects.
4) For the people who normally create time restraint free, it’s a good time to experiment with a deadline.
5) As a webcartoonist you’ll find a much greater benefit from participating in this event then most novelists will because, honestly, the work you do in the month of November will yield far higher and immediate returns. You are creating product that you will publish yourself and not sending it off to publishers hoping to get published. You’re work will be seen while the majority of projects produced novelists will not.
Just something to think about.
March 14th, 2010 at 1:01 pm
Sure you’re actually writing a novel! Why NOT write a novel in November for Nanowrimo as a webcartoonist? A bit late, but I thought I’d drop some thoughts down anyway. Writing a novel in November as well as running a comic gave me something else to work on and something else to think about. Plus I got to explore backstory for the world in my comic no less, giving more depth there. And don’t give off the idea that you can’t hit 50,000 words as a cartoonist either! You can, and update regularly. It just might take a bit of preplanning, that’s all, or maybe a bit of fiddling around with your time. I know that prior to November, I pencilled all the pages I needed, plus one week after for recovery, panelled and texted them, did as many backgrounds as I could and started laying down flats before midnight on the 31st rolled in. (And I won’t share my novelly wordcount, but suffice to say it was far beyond 50k.)
But something to think about for next year: if you really don’t want to write a novel but you want to do Nano, there’s a side event called NaNoMango where you have to do 30 pages/strips in a month. (Runs in November and in June.) Suffer along with other artists!
And if you really don’t want to write a novel but you still want to write, there’s ScriptFrenzy in April. That’s coming right up. If Nano’s too much, maybe the 100 page goal of ScriptFrenzy would be right up the webcartoonist alley. B-)
So there’s a couple events maybe more suited to the webcartoonist than Nanowrimo. But I heartily agree, it’s well worth participating, for everyone–including the webcartoonist. The deadlines, the creative rush of writing tons of words in a short period of time, and it’s a great excuse to just go crazy.
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