Only a month till CampNaNo!!!!
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I've got a lot of serious planning to do!
1. Are you a planner or a pantser?Generally, I am more of a planner. It's a lot easier for me to write when I've come up with a plan ahead of time and don't have to try and make things up on the spot. Usually that just leads to writer's block. I do have a habit of changing the plan as I go along. Plot changes are normal to me, but still, a basic plan is a must and even a detailed plan will be a great help to me even if it does change. Planning also helps me from losing track of the novel and where it is all going. So yeah, I'm certainly a planner!
2. Have you attempted NaNo or Camp NaNo before? If so, how did that go? My first attempt at CampNaNo was in 2011. Back then it wasn't April and July, but July and August. I won both times and ever since I've participated in every CampNaNo. The only time I didn't win was last year in July, thanks to the fact that we were on vacation with no internet connection so I wasn't able to verify the novel. It's still a touchy subject for me
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Because tecnically, I did make it word wise.
3. Do you have a story idea yet? If so, what is it? This year I had several story ideas and I couldn't choose between them. With help from
Ithie, I was able to settle on one. It's a dystopian novel where the world is divided into the Upper and Lower class, with low class citizens living in what is known as The Gutter. This is the first part of what is really a trilogy. The novel centers around a girl and two boys who are friends and have been born and raised in the Gutter. At one point the girl was able to get out and live in the Upper Clas while her friends remained. The story starts with the girl returning to the Gutter, and finding everything there has changed, including her friends.
The novel's title is "
Children of the Gutter" and I'm in the process of coming up with a synopsis
4. What do you look forward to most this coming Camp NaNo?Word Wars!!!!!
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There's nothing I love better than a good word war
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Oh and I look forward to discussing writing and characters and stuff like that with other crazy people like me! That's one thing I really love and NaNo and CampNaNo is I can talk and communicate with others who are also writing and it just makes the whole process so much fun!!
5. Are you a NaNo RebelNope
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I'm a good girl following all the rules
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Do any of you like making book covers for you novels? I really like to. Even though I'm not looking into publishing in the near future (but who knows, maybe some day) I still like making covers for my novels, it helps with inspiration. Also, since I'm beginning to learn how to draw people (
at last) I REALLY hope to be able to draw at least a few of my characters this year and make some illustrations. I don't know if by April I'll have enough knowledge to do so, but I'm hoping
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Oh, and what music do you think you'll be listening to as you plan/prepare for you novel? What sort of music gives you inspiration?