From the old Writer's thread:
NaiadWaker wrote: Aslanisthebest- I don't know about entering NaNo, but I really like books that are written in free verse! Take Song of the Sparrow by Lisa Ann Sandell. (Very good book, by the way!) I have tried to write like that, and I had to start over because I kept getting off topic. But it's a very descriptive style of writing.
I don't think I've read a book that was fully in free verse. :"} Actually, now that I think about it, I'm sure I'd go way, way off topic if I did. Maybe I'll write a 'book' with a bunch of poems, consisting of 50k words.
(People who have entered NaNo: Would it be acceptable and within rules if I did that ^? )
NaiadWaker wrote: And about the name finding topic, I sometimes just take a name of something on Earth, say, twilight. (not the book. How many people did I have to tell that to when I say that word at school?!?) Then I twist it a little and come up with a name, like Twillie or something.
Haha! That's a really nice way to find names.
Mine is far less creative...I just go with looking at baby-name websites.
Thanks for the information on Nano, Fencer! I think I might join this year, if I'll be allowed to write a small book with many poems in it. (Because, as you said, writing one whole book in free verse would be quite a challenge)
And, I hope all goes well with your manuscript!
AJAiken wrote: I don't think I've ever quite understood poetry; I mean, I can't get the same feeling into my poetry that my favourite poets - Robert Louis Stevenson and Robert Burns - can. I just stick to rhyme, which I can do - most of the time.
Hm, I think that I get more ideas with poetry than I do with writing regularly. Oddly, however, I don't usually read poetry...
AJAiken wrote: Pointless conversations! Yes, I have that problem. With the draft of my book I'm doing at the moment, I find I'm cutting out a lot of irrelevant storyline and dialogue. Then the problem is trying to figure out what to put in instead so I can cover up the gaping holes in my book.
Ditto! About ... 34% of the bits I've written are all pointless conversations, so I really need to work on that. And, also characters teasing each other. That's a cheesy habit that I tend to put in more than necessary. =S
AJAiken wrote: With fantasy, I actually find these books pretty inspiring. I guess I read them and then think how I can make it different. In some cases that turned my book into a sort of parody, but over the years I've changed it so it really is something different. Keep trying!
Thanks for the encouragement! So far, the only thing that I've come up with is someone who can write something and it comes to life, or out of the manuscript. (Not like, popping out of the page, but slowly appearing in the setting.
) I think I'll do what you suggested.
Mar In Narnia wrote: Aslanisthebest: I think there's no problem with writing a long poem that tells a story for NaNo. If it has 50.000 words, you win, they don't go through your manuscript to see what you write. Do you know what would be the poem about? Off topic: I love your avatar!
Ah, okay, thanks! I'm not sure what it would be about - if it's a book with a set of poems in it, then they'll probably have different topics each.
D'aw, thanks! And likewise.
Sweeet wrote: @Bella: A long poem would work and win if you hit 50,000 words, but that's a whole lot of poetry!
That's good to know! Heh, after actually considering it, I do realise it would be really hard to get that much poetry...
Menelve wrote: Nothing says the 50,000 has to be one novel or poem. They do say on the website that short story collections are allowed and many people finish their novel early and just start another one.
Oh, really?
That's awesome to know! I think I might just be joining this year.
To those who have joined Nano (again...), so is there a specific website that you go to, and do you need to sign up or something like that?