Nanowrimo

[azhure]

Nanowrimo officially started today (and half of you reading this reply with a resounding “duh”).

I’m still not really sure if I’m going to shoot for the 50k “win” or not, but as things stand, I’m going to have a play around with Never and see how the brainmeats comply.  So I guess you could say that I’m doing Nanowrimo, if only in a half-arsed manner

Plus it gives me a good reason to justify owning the new MacBook and to play around with Scrivener.  And if I do make the 50k, then I get to buy Scrivener at 50% off.  Bonus.  I’ll be stuck inside the house for a good chunk of this week anyway, since we have guys coming out to fix the ceilings, so I might as well be doing something useful.

Have I talked myself into it yet?

And that said, I haven’t done any actual writing today.  Nor do I probably plan on doing a lot of writing on weekends.  I like having my weekend break.  I have, however, played with Scrivener, finished setting up the MacBook properly, and put together a few templates of things like character sheets.

Now I just need to start doing the actual work.  I’m not planning on outlining or doing any more prep work than writing up said character sheets.  At this stage, I’m exploring a new world, which I always do best by pantsing.

And on a semi-related note, damn it’s nice to have an actual light and portable laptop again.  I am most pleased with the decision to go Mac (though I’ll never replace my PC as a desktop machine), even though it’s going to take me a little time to adjust to everything.

Mirrored from Stephanie Gunn.

Comments

[hyperbard.livejournal.com]

I'm chopping it up into research/writing -- which may or may not be a good idea, I'll see by the month's end. LOL, though I despise Macs, I can understand the laptop thing. My own husband and I can have privacy for writing our various things because of this baby:)

[azhure.livejournal.com]

I always hated Macs as well, having been forced to use them for years for all of my uni work (most of which machines were very old and cranky). The new MacBook sold me, though :) And Scrivener :)

[hyperbard.livejournal.com]

Ah, I think I get it.

[darakat-ewr.livejournal.com]

Pantsing?

Pantsing

[azhure.livejournal.com]

Pantsing = writing organically, without plotting out beforehand :)

Re: Pantsing

[darakat-ewr.livejournal.com]

Ah. Thanks. I suspect I do that a lot myself whenever the need to write grabs me.

[biofrog.livejournal.com]

Isn't Scrivener only 40 bucks or so? Aren't you using a shiny new Macbook now?

As a software guy.. I mean.. awww, really? :P

[azhure.livejournal.com]

Hey, they're the ones offering the discounts!