Category Archives: NaperWriMo

Prepare for NaNo by writing a story

Some of us in the Pledge-to-Publish had talked about hosting one or two jabber chatroom write-ins before NaNoWriMo officially begins November 1st. These might be the perfect warm-up for NaNo: imagine writing a short story in the brief timespan of a jabber write-in, a story that uses characters from your novel-to-come but that is set […]

October 19, 2007 – 8:05 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaperWriMo | Comments (1)

Oct 9 Pre-Planning Meeting Notes

Pre-Pre-Planning Exercise: There were a number of us last night who were more than 15 minutes early, so our ever-diligent ML Tim gave us notebooks and had us write a one page impromptu short story starting with the line: If it hadn’t happened to me, I would never have believed it. We then shared them […]

October 10, 2007 – 1:48 pm | By tinygreyhound | Posted in NaNoWriMo, NaperWriMo, Writing | Comments (1)

Local forums installed for relief!

Having withdrawal symptoms from the still oh-so-slow NaNoWriMo forums? Feel free to register with our local forums. Introduce yourself and tell us about your novel planning. –NMK

October 8, 2007 – 7:33 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaperWriMo | Comments (0)

October 4 Pre-Writing Session Notes

I just wanted to thank everyone who came out last night for this Pre-writing session. We had about 16 people, a good mix of the old-timers and the newbies. I thought I’d post what we did, in case any of it interests you. Our focus was on doing some brainstorming in general to warm up […]

October 8, 2007 – 3:18 pm | By tinygreyhound | Posted in NaperWriMo | Comments (0)

October Events

October is right around the corner; and after October comes November, when NaNoWriMo begins. Are your plans for your November novel ready? Plot completed? Characters fleshed out? We have three workshops planned for October that are designed to help participants prepare for National Novel Writing Month. All three events are located at Barnes and Noble, […]

September 23, 2007 – 2:16 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaperWriMo | Comments (0)

2007 Flyer

Any NaperWriMo’s out there who would like to help us advertise our October events, please print out and post our 2007 flyer. Send us a note or post in the Illinois::Naperville forum where you’ve put the flyer up so we can avoid duplication of effort. Many thanks! –NewMexicoKid

September 18, 2007 – 9:23 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo, NaperWriMo | Comments (0)

NaperWriMo Merchandise available

Following the lead of Alberta::Edmonton, we’ve established Cafepress.com shops with NaperWriMo merchandise. Sales of these items help defray the costs of the Illinois::Naperville region’s events. Check out the neat cafepress merchandise at one of the three shops: NaperWriMo shop November Novelist shop Got plot? shop

September 1, 2007 – 8:26 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo, NaperWriMo | Comments (0)