Your BFS Lists! http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656 Dragonchilde Feel free to post your Big, Fun, Scary list in this thread, for everyone to read and hold you accountable. You are welcome to start your own discussion thread, just know that it's easy to lose them in this big old forum, so posting here means you'll always know where it is! Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:37:54 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_896389 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_896389 thatollie - Sell some short stories. This entails getting rejected a lot until you find an editor who won't reject you. It also requires an insane amount of editing. - Change jobs. I'm currently a volunteer. I would rather like to get paid. If I can't find paid work, I'm going to volunteer somewhere else to shake things up. - Screnzy. Fitting a new writing challenge around attempts to sell stories and get a better job is definitely BFS. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:45:11 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_897087 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_897087 oceansong99 -Have TWO novels ready to start submitting to publishers. -Start considering moving and get my house in shape to sell. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:12:42 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_897295 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_897295 flopart -Finish the darn thing! -Graduate college. Finally. How does anyone do this in FOUR years? -Find a job at least slightly cooler than my current one, or get full time employment with my internship employer. -Propose to my girlfriend (shhh!) Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:28:10 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_897391 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_897391 JStipe14 self- publish novel find a job/internship for summer and winter months become a certified volunteer at a wildlife sanctuary Screnzy consider moving permanently to the Bay Area (?) Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:49:50 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_897533 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_897533 Abenstern -Finish my first year at college - Try and get my book published -Find a new permanent job - Declare my Major Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:59:10 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_897584 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_897584 Eynara Help the husband start a new business he can make more successful than the last one and make sure it's something he can work around his recent diagnosis of epilepsy. (His old business was landscaping--blades in mowers don't work well with seizures.) and NOT going insane while supporting him through this--because this something he needs me to understand he has to do. (Gotta love him.) Get one novel fully edited for submission. Get my house organized. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:07:35 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_897631 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_897631 robertsloan2 Make the big effort to turn my past novels into some serious income, part of my overall plan to become self supporting by the time Nanowrimo rolls around in 2012. This includes building up indoor sit still work along with the San Francisco Street Artist program and proceeds of my SBI website (possibly more than one by then) to where I'm doing 40 hours a week of productive activity. That includes all the business stuff and marketing. I live on SSI and now that I live in San Francisco, I have help with the activities of daily living that I can't manage without help. So instead of falling into filth and getting sicker, I can spend my limited body energy on things that could let me make a living without earning so much I lose my medical coverage. That's the next stage. Writing is a serious part of this plan. Writing is what I can do when my back and bad hip are too bad for me to get out of the house. I couldn't live just on the Street Art back when I lived in New Orleans because I could not get out enough days to earn a living, my health declined from overdoing it and eventually I crashed and burned. But if it's only part of what I do, it's good for a quick cash fix anytime I've got the strength. I started off with a Big Scary Thing this year anyway. I wrote a Horror novel, something I always wanted to do from early childhood - and always chickened out on until now. What I've got is creepy, suspenseful, terrifying and it cost me several days of relaxing and coming down from the big scare just to write it - but I did it. So now the challenge is to turn that Big Scary Thing into a good professional quality Big Scary Thing that anyone who likes horror can pick up for an emotional roller coaster ride. It even has a potential for a series. While I could keep busy on editing books all year to catch up, I may also try to get back to writing some novels during the rest of the year too. I've got my rollator coming this week, so December will also be when I get out and use my new Street Artist Program license to set up selling art on Fisherman's Wharf. That is just going to be fun. Even the streetcar to get down there is going to be a hoot and a half. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:40:18 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_897788 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_897788 AdorkablyMe Despite my fear of all the rejection I WILL finish the novels I have started and start trying to get myself published... that is the biggy :) Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:41:23 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_897792 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_897792 nanomarsbar -Get a job -Get into IB Very. Scary. D: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 03:35:30 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_898054 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_898054 Commander Fabulous Write more and lots, and try to get short stories published in the local literature magazines! Learn how to write poetry! Write poetry! Be less of a pretentious such and such than 90% of the poets out there! (already failed!) Learn how to draw comics proper, quickly and by the end of December have something (drawing ability or script) which could be used in a webcomic! Pass my first year of university! WHAT FUN! :D *spoilers!* and then be a hero forever! Use more exclamation marks!! Wed, 30 Nov 2011 03:44:35 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_898094 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_898094 ahighcalling -Self Publish my 2009 NaNo novel -Get work visa to stay in New Zealand -Finish this year's novel which is a sequal to afor mentioned novel -Finish the short stories that are gifts to little ones back home in the States. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 03:57:17 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_898139 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_898139 mollyyymo -Go home to the United States -Graduate college -Go to law school -Move to Detroit -Set final plans for my wedding (which hopefully will be nothing like the one that happened in my NaNovel) Wed, 30 Nov 2011 05:50:19 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_898632 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_898632 caillien Well, I'm starting December off by getting married! That counts as a big, scary fun thing, I hope, seeing as I'm both terrified and ridiculously excited! I'm going to keep doing the "write every day" thing I did this year. When NaNo rolled around, it made it so much easier to sit down and write, even if I had no clue what I was doing that day. I kicked it off last December by writing my Master's thesis, which was a blast and a half. I'm finishing up my first Master's degree (yes, I want more than one) this spring, and I'm hoping to get into a doctoral program for next fall. Worst case scenario, though, I end up with a bit more free time than originally planned. I'll be fine if I don't get into the program. Find a legitimate, stable job. No more waiting tables or working retail! I want something that doesn't make me seriously consider gouging my eyes out with a spoon so I have a reason to quit. This will be next to impossible, considering what my educational background is. I need a second Master's degree to get into the field I want, but I can't move somewhere with the program until my soon-to-be husband graduates from college. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:12:11 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_898729 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_898729 hknamida -Move and get a job. -Write at least 1-2k words a day until next NaNoWriMo. -Participate in Script Frenzy and Camp NaNoWriMo. -Finish at least one of my game projects. -Start practicing aikido again and work my way back up to a skill level appropriate to my formal grade. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:26:55 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_898814 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_898814 javennall -edit my second novel incorporating everything I've learnt from my NaNo experiance. - finish writing the sequel to said novel and have it beta read. - finish writing at least one other novel I have kicking around on my computer. -plan, write, edit, rewrite, edit and get critique of a short story for a competition in March (and hopefully win it!) So, not much planned really!! Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:19:13 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_899146 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_899146 idle-dream - Polish my NaNo novel to perfection - Send it out to publishers or agents by the end of 2012 - Go to university Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:34:30 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_899258 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_899258 MikePaulson - Finish my 2011 NaNo novel. - Thoroughly polish the novel. - Begin the publication process. - Plan out the remaining novels in this series (in general plot terms). - Outline thoroughly the second novel in this series. Believe me, this will keep me more than busy over the coming 11 months, since I've just written more fiction in 30 days than I have, quite possibly, my entire life until now. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:11:56 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_899525 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_899525 FlameRaven For 2011: -finish my novel, hopefully before the end of the year (but I'm kind of burned out so I'm taking a few weeks off) For 2012: -revisit a comic project I gave up a few years ago, reboot it, and write out a complete script so I can start drawing out the pages -complete a series of paintings so I can produce a calendar for 2013. Currently there are 5-7 pictures done, depending on how you count. -possibly begin the sequel to this year's novel, or start either of the 2 fantasy projects I have in mind. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:15:52 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_899555 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_899555 chinalizard This is for 2011, and carrying over into 2012. - Finish editing novel. - Work on next novel in the series. - Go somewhere foreign. - Find a way to visit old stomping grounds on other side of the world. - Encourage/Force husband to come with me on such adventures, whether he wants to or not. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:26:02 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_899626 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_899626 UCF612 -Finish my NaNo novel and start to query it. Hopefully publish it! -Lose more weight and run a few more races. -Finish my pre-NaNo novel (the one I ditched to do NaNo!) Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:29:09 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_899653 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_899653 LisaMDJ -Keep working on revising my NaNo novel and send out queries to agents. -Work on getting more piano students so I can continue staying home with my little boy instead of going back to full-time high school teaching. -Run a half marathon (I've done this before, but I gained a ton of weight with pregnancy and can barely run more than 3 or 4 really slow miles these days, so this will be quite a feat). -Write new posts on my parenting blog and my Open Salon blog at least a couple of times a month. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:38:56 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_900790 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_900790 CaseyJewels I will edit my 2008 NaNoWriMo novel! Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:40:27 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_900802 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_900802 WASampson 1) Job 2) College Apps and decisions. 3) Finish Night Sky Should be fun Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:55:37 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_900969 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_900969 liadan_celt (1) Acquire job. (2) Keep writing. (3) Keep editing. (4) Take care of myself physically. (5) Library school?! Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:32:45 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_901405 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_901405 Tania Scott My scary list for 2011/12 1. Edit nano starting in january, and have it out submitted to a publisher by summer (this may be a bit hopeful!) 2. Get a job lecturing (again, kind of a tough ask) 3. Write more academic articles to assist in getting said job 4. Learn to do the Beyonce single lady dance 5. Make a baby Oh god, I've scared myself now! Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:09:24 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_901800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_901800 Hepatica * Finish my novel - I've probably another 30K-ish to write on it * Get my novel published * Apply to, get in to &amp; start to: re-train as a teacher * And/or get a decent job with a decent salary with decent people, i.e. no bullies, no liars, no trampling under foot * Have a look at all the other stuff I've written over the last three decades &amp; see if I think it might be publishable Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:04:34 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_902530 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_902530 BuddhistOnABus I've been efficient and organised mine into categories for this year, lol. Wonder if that will help me stick to them? Right, here they are: Writing: 1. Write every day, except for retreats and holidays away from home 2. Write four novels 3. Edit three novels 4. Submit three novels to agents Buddhist practice: 5. Read at least one Buddhist book each month 6. Keep a meditation diary 7. Build up meditation to four times a week Health: 8. Lose four stone 9. Go vegan for one month and blog about it 10. Go for one month with no junk food 11. Do half an hour on the Wii fit once a week 12. Go for one month without alcohol Work: 13. Write two articles for the BATOD magazine Finances: 14. Pay off overdraft 15. Pay off one credit card Other: 16. Read every book on my Kindle 17. Reach 25 blood donations 18. Fill a charity shop bag once a month 19. Write three blog posts each month Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:17:53 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_902675 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_902675 AliceUnrequited 1. Finish this year's novel. 2. Edit my novel from 2009 while this year's novel rests. 3. Get into corsetry. I love the lines of a corseted figure, my body type is suited to it, and there's a pretty good change it'll help me manage my habit of overeating because I enjoy food so much. 4. Dance. 5. Spend at least 1 month going through and doing all of the writing exercises from Gail Carson Levine's Writing Magic. 6. Write a short story in dedication to Diana Wynne Jones, whose work has inspired my ever-growing desire to write children's fantasy. 7. Face off against the big, scary creative writing professor at my university and prove that genre writing is not a wasted or futile effort. 8. Learn to make bread from scratch. 9. Sing. 10. Work on my visual artistic skills. Perhaps get back into watercolors, though I'll probably be rubbish with them. Or maybe just focus on my best medium- ballpoint pen. 11. Never allow myself to be scared away from writing. 12. Give girls a chance. It's not their fault I'm too nerdy to relate. Common ground exists, I just have to force myself to find it. 13. Celebrate the female friends I do have. There aren't many of them, but they're the best friends I've ever had. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:37:38 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_902911 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_902911 freedomwriter716 - watch Dr. Who - catch up on Modern Family - do at least one writing challenge per month (http://www.wikiwrimo.org/wiki/List_of_timed_artistic_challenges) - type and edit my novel - go to college - graduate high school! Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:52:48 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_903112 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_903112 cchapman84 I've got a few goals for the upcoming year: - Finish this novel series. Self-publish the last two books. - Start actively marketing my books. - Get at least two more books out in 2012. - Start a new blog. - Set up a few writing courses on Udemy, some paid and some free. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:27:46 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_903539 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_903539 FionaAnne - Edit my novel so someone might actually want to read it - Pass my driving test - Get a new job - Visit America/Australia - Carry on writing! Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:41:13 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_903704 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_903704 Acile * Finish the novel in December. * Edit and revise the novel as soon as it's finished. * Send it to various publishers (this will most likely happen in 2012). * Get a part-time job already! * Study and revise for uni every week. * For the exams in Jan/Feb, study during Christmas holidays! <em>(That's all I can think of right now.)</em> Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:41:42 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_903711 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_903711 Rhymer Continue working on my novel, submit a short story for a competition, go to the Whitsundays, visit Melbourne again, learn to ride my pushbike in traffic, start saving up to go back to Scotland. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:49:47 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_903814 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_903814 kimmci Finish novel Write another novel Keep writing Learn to draw Learn another language Get back into running Find another, less crappy better paying job Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:17:30 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_904207 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_904207 LozzT-In-Time My list is long. 1) Actually finish this third-or-so draft of my 2010 NaNoWriMo novel 'Desperate' - complete with proper editing 2) Finish the sequel to the aforementioned novel 3) Get that job as an online newspaper colmn writer 4) Blog more 5) Get to 1000 tweets on Twitter 6) Finish that epic poem that I started in May 7) Get a new laptop/iPod 8) Convince my friends to write some more 9) Leave school (the end of year 11, here I come!) 10) Start college 11) Join a community choir 12) Get my BlackBerry Curve 8520 to work again 13) Get a decent boyfriend 14) Become 16 ( :s ) ... And the list goes on, but there's just a few. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:32:25 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_904464 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_904464 Illyas James 1) Write the remaining 120k needed to finish this novel 2) re-write last year nano novel -as it's part 1 in the series- 3) outline books 2-5 in a more thorough way than listing who is going to have sex. -I'm a pervert- 4) Get some of my short stories published even if they are all about smut. -Again I'm a pervert- 5) Find an agent with a strong stomach -I'm not just a pervert I love Gore too- 6) Finish some stories my Best Friend can read -No pervert there- 7) Get paid for my writing -Wishful thinking at it's best- 8) Find somebody to be perverted with -In short I want a relationship- 9) Finish up learning how to make a web shop -I still am in the 'what is HTML' fase- 9a) Make all the stuffed animals I have promised my friends they were getting over the summer. -Procrastination why are ye my second name- 10) Quit making list I don't keep -I have not finished even 1 thing of my 2011 new years resolutions, and one of them was as bloody simple as kiss somebody- Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:00:17 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_905967 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_905967 Beautiful Illusion My Big, Fun, Scary (although mostly very scary) list: 1. Get. A. Job. This is a big one for me. I'm going stir crazy at home, and desperately need to work. Failing that, back to college it is, not that I can afford to do this. Prospects look bleak, but there must be something. 2. Lose some weight. My weight has yo-yo'd over the course of the past few years, and it's time for this to stop. I'll be happy to drop a dress size and get into a UK size 12 - that way my clothes will still fit, just maybe with a little extra room. 3. Start driving lessons. Not easy on a limited budget, but there's nothing stopping me from doing it now. Apart from ... yeah. Money. 4. Get something published. Anything. I'm going to work harder this year to do it, seeing as right now ... what else can I do? I'd rather spend my time doing something constructive. 5. Write another couple books that are bashing around inside my head and nagging me right now. 6. Do something with my life. Anything, Vicky, anything at all. 7. Complete ALL of the above tasks. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:18:20 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_906279 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_906279 Onlydreamin I want to polish my novel and self-publish, perhaps. After I wond Nano, I bought some clay and other supplies. I just might get into sculpting again. These may or may not be accomplished as my son, who plays trombone, is moving back home to resume his studies. I actually missed him (trombone and all!) so this isn't such a bad thing. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:34:43 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_906534 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_906534 Saer Gale - Actually finish my novel past the 50K I forced myself to do. - Edit said novel, and maybe even make it good. - Start up my mini top hat business. - Actually get some damn sleep. - Praise random higher powers for letting NaNo be over. - Promise self that I will never again do NaNo again. - Promptly forget how stressful it was, and do it again next year, thinking that I must have just overreacted. - Visit colleges - Maybe even stick my face outside for something other than school and checking the mail. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:41:07 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_906630 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_906630 spalven * write for fifteen minutes every day * study three of the free online classes Stanford holds this spring (anatomy! cryptology! yay!) * finish my Bachelors (only one class to go and then I'm done...) * get a job (my first real, serious one) * finish the first draft of my novel and start the second draft Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:53:51 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=3#forum_thread_comment_906856 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=3#forum_thread_comment_906856 kkitt - Finish novel and edit! - Finish screenplay and edit! -Travel route 66 this summer. - Find a suitable male companion. Not necessarily in this order. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:08:23 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=3#forum_thread_comment_907113 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=3#forum_thread_comment_907113 Shizuru1412 2011, and will be carrying over into 2012. - Finish the novel (there were still holes on the middle of the story) ... &gt;.&gt; - Finish editing novel. - Polish the novel - Work on next novel in the series, and the prequel. I was thinking of writing an in depth - background of how one of my character become like that. - Continue the fanfictions that was abandoned when I'm doing nanowrimo. 2012 - Drawing something to make the novel more, well, 'visual novel'? - Using the CreateSpace's offers for nanowrimo winning novel and give out one of the copy to my best friend who has been nagging me about me writing a story for, like, years. For their birthday present :D - Preparing fo the 2012 Nanowrimo and start some research. :D - Do the April Script Frenzy too. - Taking a journalism internship, and hopefully could work for the newspaper as a journalist once I finished my university. :D -Getting a boyfriend/girlfriend before my 20th Birthday. (Being singles sometimes suck when the people around you boasting about how awesome their date or something. &gt;.&gt;) Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:25:50 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=3#forum_thread_comment_907415 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=3#forum_thread_comment_907415 kkitt - Finish novel and edit! - Finish screenplay and edit! -Travel route 66 this summer. - Find a suitable male companion. Not necessarily in this order. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:00:49 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=3#forum_thread_comment_907921 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=3#forum_thread_comment_907921 swegan -convince my parents to let me drive -start doing more stuff with my friends -ATTEMPT MATH 31 IB, which looks extremely hard and scary and i hate math already -convince my parents to actually let me go on dates (i have a boyfriend. I've been with him for 9 months :) -maybe get a job? -edit another novel i have that i really like (also, it's the only novel i've finished outside of nano) -work on said novel as often as i can. Treat the whole year like nano only less intimidating/crazy. those might be in order, actually. although there's no way i'm getting a job until next semester. or maybe this summer. we'll see. :P Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:06:47 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=3#forum_thread_comment_908004 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=3#forum_thread_comment_908004 IsBreaLiomCaife My husband is going to be away with his squadron for the first six months of next year. He'll be on land and in the US, but he'll only be able to visit a few times throughout those six months, despite the fact that he'll be within 100 miles or so for most of that 6 months. Then, in the fall, we'll finally get to have our family reception. We only had a civil ceremony for our wedding, and only my parents got to attend, so the party for his family and for the rest of my family will be late next year. I will likely actually be doing WriYe next year. It's a year-round version of NaNoWriMo. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:28:28 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=3#forum_thread_comment_909133 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=3#forum_thread_comment_909133 RainbowFishie - Go to the debate nationals - Finish my novel and get it published - Finish my other novel In hindsight, I really don't have much of a life xD Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:47:49 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=3#forum_thread_comment_909402 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=3#forum_thread_comment_909402 wrestlingchick29 Okay here it goes: -start my own web design/graphic design business for writers and people within the writing industry -finish and have draft 2 done of my two novels in my Bio series -Script Frenzy of course! -submit my short script to agents -learn to draw -sell my crochet blankets Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:09:39 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=3#forum_thread_comment_909734 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=3#forum_thread_comment_909734 The Dark Enchantment *big deep breath* OK... ~ Polish novel ~ Get published (traditional publishing house) ~ Write every day ~ Help wife get her tea shop and photography up and running ~ Write at least one more novel BEFORE NaNo next year ~ Be one of the fancy schmancy big donors for OLL next year. *^^*;; Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:22:33 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=3#forum_thread_comment_909909 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=3#forum_thread_comment_909909 Loki Laughs -Second Draft of last years novel -Finish/edit some short stories -Declare college major Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:07:02 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=3#forum_thread_comment_910539 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=3#forum_thread_comment_910539 mattkinsi -Finish the Make Matt Miserable Novel -Go back and finish either my first nano or my one from last year. Both could be really, really good. -Possibly ML Script Frenzy next year -Start planning way, way early for NaNoWriMo 2012. Like, EARLY. -Spend a year working on fiction writing instead of letting it drop. -Spend a year working on ML stuff, either inside the region or helping out others. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:41:26 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=3#forum_thread_comment_911067 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=3#forum_thread_comment_911067 Steampunk avi8or -Finish, edit, and self publish 2011 Nano -Start researching and outlining for CampNanowrimo -Keep writing!!! Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:45:25 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=3#forum_thread_comment_911982 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=3#forum_thread_comment_911982 savvythewritergirl 1. Banish post-NaNoFAILMo regrets. (I wanted the Scrivener discount, dangit!) 2. Fix my room all nice and beautified. :) 3. Make my own prom dress! (I guess you could call this...a PROM-ject? No?) 4. Finish my original novel....the one I ditched for NaNoWriMo this year... 5. Form critique group with friends. 6. Buy Scrivener. That's about all I can think of for now. :) Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:51:16 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=3#forum_thread_comment_912052 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=3#forum_thread_comment_912052 bookbunny9 -Pass my Human Geography class. -Read lots of good books! -Not write anything for a week. -Do something BFS sometime in the distant future! Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:21:24 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=3#forum_thread_comment_912366 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=3#forum_thread_comment_912366 TribalCat - Finish and polish my 2011 NaNo novel, try to get it published - Write more poetry, try to get it published - Read and donate all the paperback books I have been storing for years - Organize my space, get rid of clutter in my life Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:58:18 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=3#forum_thread_comment_912675 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=3#forum_thread_comment_912675 NightWings - Finish the stinking first draft and publish it for family and friends through Scrivener. - Marvel at the awesome certificates I just printed out - Begin planning or writing next novel - Become more active on a favorite chat site that I never go on because NaNo kept me busy. Thu, 01 Dec 2011 02:57:07 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=3#forum_thread_comment_913393 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=3#forum_thread_comment_913393 WrittenWord - Finish The Questions of My Life. - Finish first edits of To Slight the Jacket Blue (last year's NaNo). - Finish first edits of Painted Wings and Giants' Rings (2006 NaNo, finally finished in April). - Do research for next year's NaNo, as yet untitled. - Get weight below 200 lbs by next November Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:55:50 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=3#forum_thread_comment_914764 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=3#forum_thread_comment_914764 Vedfolner This coming year I'm going to: -Polish and censor my novel to a point where I can let family and friends read it. -Keep on writing -Start studying for my English/French Lektorate ( The equivalent of a mastergrade in teaching) -Start planning NaNoWriMo 2012, so it's not a repeat the mad last minute planning I did a month ago... -Find someone mad enough to date me. -Buy my first bottle of Jack Daniels, and have it all to myself. Turning 20 rocks! Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:01:32 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=3#forum_thread_comment_914790 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=3#forum_thread_comment_914790 Bella Bonnie So much to do, so little time. This coming year will be full on though. Here's my list: -Dec-Feb: Shoot/complete and book exhibition for photo projet 'dry season in the Sahel' -March/April: leave my current home in Africa, move me, hubby and kids to France (still don't even know where...) -May onwards: find work + start a business building tree houses (no kidding). -In the mean time, learn a whole lot more about planning a novel, plan one, figure out how I can give it more depth this time, and have an actual outline ready for November. -If life is settled, start my MA in Graphic Design -Organise a 1 year Greeland trip for 2013. -Maybe edit my Nanovel 2011... I'm excited + scared by it all... Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:52:05 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=3#forum_thread_comment_915120 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=3#forum_thread_comment_915120 lil87blue Expand my arsenal of short stories. Polish up my nano novel Finish the other two novels I started before nano. Get organized!!! Submit my short stories to contests and magazines. Start my own online magazine. Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:54:36 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=3#forum_thread_comment_915533 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=3#forum_thread_comment_915533 moonsword27 Start a blog (2 actually, despite my extraversion social interaction actually frightens me, so this is definitely scary for me.) Start updating my youtube channel more regularly. Finish and polish at least one of my stories. Submit at least five short stories. Try to get a scholarship(s) and a job. Start an etsy shop. Oh.. and maintain my grades in school. ...I feel crazy... Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:24:44 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=4#forum_thread_comment_915768 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=4#forum_thread_comment_915768 Mungolian 1. Finish a year of college. Easy peasy. 2. Read one book a week. Tried this last year and succeeded until sometime in March. 3. Rewrite, edit, and revise short stories and submit them to literary magazines. Terrifying. 4. Figure out how to extend one of my short stories to 50K. It has the potential and lasted me almost half of that this NaNo.) 5. Go to my local off season writing group. 6. Meet WriYe goals. 7. Get a dog. 8. Walk across my state in the summer. Possibly a pipe dream, but I've already started the training. So, who knows? 9. Continue saving money for London in a couple years. 10. Strengthen acquaintances to friendships. I have no idea how I'm going to do all these things. Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:04:42 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=4#forum_thread_comment_916112 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=4#forum_thread_comment_916112 Hunter of Artemis I only have one huge big fun scary thing that I plan on doing in the gap that NaNo being over has left. I am an aspiring musician and songwriter, and I plan on starting up a songwriting challenge. I believe it will work something like a cross between NaNo, 50/90, and 30 Days 30 Covers. But, I do have a thread about it up in the 'Other Stuff' forum, so please look at that. I don't know if it will actually work, and it needs a snappy title, but I will be songwriting my way through January, and beyond. I also plan on writing another novel. It will be told entirely through journal entries of an eighth grade girl (For the record, I am an eighth grade girl). Said girl will be doing the whole cliched leading two lives thing. At school she's this silent, awkward, anti-social girl, but on the weekends she goes downtown to the music school. And at her orchestra and with her friends from downtown, she's confident and outgoing with music and in general. Then, around a few months into the school year, one of her closest friends is going to transfer to her school. Conflicts and comedy ensues! I'm sure I'll come up with more later, but this is my things for now. Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:30:57 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=4#forum_thread_comment_916296 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=4#forum_thread_comment_916296 The_Halla My BFS List for 2012: 1. Start graduate school. Naturally, virtually all the remaining work for this will take place during December, but it'll still be a while before I know if I'll be able to go for my MS or not. 2. Present my research at the two symposia I've signed up for. Again, I've already done my part and it's a waiting game, but if everything works out this will remain my #2 goal. 3. Keep finding jobs. Contracts and seasonal gigs are my best bet if I'm gonna be out of here in late August, and I've already landed a couple. Now I just need to keep it up and find more... money is always nice to have if I'm about to become a grad student. 4. Finish redoing the yard. I want to put a butterfly garden in the front, build a new compost system in the back, dig out and re-rock the rest of the French drain, fill in the last few spots in the wildflower bed, turn our debris pile into mulch, and finish up the habitat project along our fence. Between that and keeping the vegetable garden going, I should have no shortage of things to do... 5. Finish my graphic novel script--target end date will be the middle of June, with the first two revisions done by the end of the year. At that point I'll feel ready to start looking for an artist collaborator. 6. Teach myself Python, PHP, and MySQL. 7. Start running again. My goals are to do a 5K in April, a 10K in June, and a half-marathon in August. 8. Keep up with my volunteer commitments. Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:12:03 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=4#forum_thread_comment_916582 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=4#forum_thread_comment_916582 quixotic_hope -Find a job that doesn't make me want to murder all those around me. - Finish the novel I wrote for 50k weekend -Edit both novels that I finished this NaNo -Win Script Frenzy -Win both sessions of Camp NaNo -Keep a blog going for an entire year, writing at least once a week (if not more) -Build up a portfolio so I can actually apply for writing jobs Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:13:14 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=4#forum_thread_comment_916591 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=4#forum_thread_comment_916591 KatieDovel This is pretty much my list through at least the summer. It all sort of depends on what college I get into -Finish and edit my novel -Get into college (Oh please Reed, accept it! You know you want to!) -Practice classical guitar enough to get into a college music program (If Reed decided to be mean :( ) -Figure out how to pay for college -Go somewhere new and exciting Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:43:21 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=4#forum_thread_comment_917475 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=4#forum_thread_comment_917475 Bouchra Hmmm, what I''ve got now on my list is: - Register and sit for my IGCSEs - Prepare for AS &amp; A2 Levels, register for AS Levels - Sit for SATs again - Start college applications (next Sept/Oct -- aim to finish 'em up before NaNo starts) - Byheart the second chapter of the Quran - Get a job - Lose weight - Start learning French seriously (1 lesson/week or biweekly) - Buy myself a smartphone (Blackberry/iPhone, depends on whether I find a job or not) - Finish 50 of the things on my 101 things in 1001 days list - Post on my blog weekly/biweekly - Finish up my NaNovel - Edit it after finishing, polish it up, research publishing houses who will accept Arabic novels - Find a place where I can start flying lessons -- either here or near the colleges I'm applying to - Put down outlines for both of my sci-fi plot ideas - Participate in Camp NaNoWriMo once at least (if exams aren't that stressing, then participate in both months) - Read a novel biweekly -- hoping I can do this with my workload this year! - ....... and a gazillion other things I cannot remember right now, but I guess these are my biggest and foremost! Will have to post to blog with this stuff. Need to keep track of my life. And oh, I just remembered -- remember to write 5 things I did today in Memiary. It helps a lot when I need to remember when did I do what. Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:42:02 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=4#forum_thread_comment_917944 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=4#forum_thread_comment_917944 luizamm 1. Read 80 books Last year I read 55 books; in 2009 I'd read 40 and this year I want to reach 75, though I'm still at 64. I try to keep open about most names on those annual lists, especially because I'm a Literature student and I never know what college is gonna throw at me, but I'd like to read the third volume of my awesome translation of the Arabian Nights, some Coetzee, Angela Carter, Tolkien, Borges, Cortázar, Melville, Goethe, Pirandello, Jorge Amado, Rushdie and some fun, nerdy stuff such as the Silmarillion, Game of Thrones, and so on. 2. Get strong again My body's growing weaker since I stopped running. I'll always have a shortage of breath and the inability to go long distances because that's just how my body works, but I certainly can be much stronger than I am right now. I miss the feeling that my legs were effortlessly pushing me forward when I walked. I miss feeling confortable about myself exactly the way I am. 3. Explain to my mother why I've been avoiding her. I'm an adult. I have my own house, buy my own toilet paper, pay my own electricity bill, study whatever I want, kiss whomever I want. I have wonderful friends and a charmed life, and if you're not going to respect any of that, I won't be insulted by you any longer (or something like that). 4. Cook more Try to do some actual recipes rather than "I'm just gonna throw some canned tuna over this frozen pizza, that oughta taste nice". Try to make things from scratch. Some ideas: lasagna, cookies, bread, yakisoba, cheesecake, grilled zucchini with cheese. Try to do a lot of vegetarian/vegan things. 5. See Argentina and Uruguay again There are little pieces of my heart scattered all over those beautiful streets. I want to go back and find them one by one, and maybe leave behind some new ones. If I can go with some crazy fun awesome friends, that's be an over 9.000 level of awesomeness. 6. Clean out my wardrobe Sell most of it, buy some new clothes. Go for quality instead of quantity. Customize. Add laces and bows to everything. Have fun. 7. Get someone to clean my apartment once or twice a month Because... workaholic slob at college? Not a pretty combination. AT ALL. 8. Maybe, just MAYBE, get back to swimming. I have this huge huge trauma on swimming. My mother and I used to do it together (in different classes, of course, one for kids and one for grown-ups, but we'd arrive and leave together) until she had a major nervous breakdown, became paralyzed for psychological reasons, let herself go, quit and stopped driving me there and refused to talk about it forever again. I really liked it, and it's the most complete sport, and I miss it insanely. 9. Draw regularly again. Another thing I miss doing! 10. Learn some Japanese, improve my poor French Start reading some manga and Le Petit Nicolas! 11. Find love? Maybe? You know, that'd be really really nice :} Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:13:01 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=4#forum_thread_comment_918193 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=4#forum_thread_comment_918193 Gemma Knott My family is going to be traveling around asia for a couple of months in the new year (I live in Canada.) That pretty much covers big fun and scary in one go. Especially the security guys at airports: TERRIFYING! On a smaller, or possibly even equeal note, I am going to be doing script frenzy in April. I also plane to learn as much as possible about scripts, and plays and theaters, and shakespear, because that whole area is something I find really interesting. Also, I might even be applying to a world college to do my last two years of high school; probably the one in northern Italy. Hopefully with a scholarship, but we'll see. As for immediatly this December, I want to go through and edit my novel; not neccesarily finish editing, but turn it into a second draft. Hopefully before the new year this will happen. And of course there are fifteen days until I get onto winter break, including weekends. I just realized that I have a lot of stuff I plan to do in the new year:P Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:16:14 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=4#forum_thread_comment_918709 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=4#forum_thread_comment_918709 MidoriHime -Dust off my Japanese -Study in Japan for six months -Come back to Australia and flail at culture shock -Mourn not being in Japan -Try and pass uni -Refind a job -Kick NaNo's butt Looking forward to the awesome! Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:41:06 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=4#forum_thread_comment_919806 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=4#forum_thread_comment_919806 book_dragon I applied to college this November and my 2012 will be spent figureing out where I want to go and how to pay for it. And then, come August, actually going. I'm pretty excited and also terrified I'm somwhow going screw up. But before all that, editing my novel is also a priority. Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:48:04 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=4#forum_thread_comment_919855 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=4#forum_thread_comment_919855 Raven_Agbisit I want to read 52 books in 52 weeks finishing before next NaNo I am going back to college, although just one or two classes to begin with. Finish and polish my 2011 NaNo book Visit my aunt in Florida. (I have only been out of California twice in my life) Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:02:42 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=4#forum_thread_comment_919982 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=4#forum_thread_comment_919982 onlyobsess * Find a job for the winter/spring. This is harder than it should be. * Go back to school to become a teacher. * Audition for three more singing roles/gigs, at least. * Have a second amazing summer of taking teens into the wilderness. Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:16:55 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=4#forum_thread_comment_920082 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=4#forum_thread_comment_920082 MySerenity2 Big: I will commit to writing every day. I will go back and complete my first NaNo novel that I didn't finish. Fun: I will get out and be more sociable with people. Scary: I will allow my friends and family to read my work. (So stressful!) Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:26:09 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=4#forum_thread_comment_920135 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=4#forum_thread_comment_920135 NickiIV - Edit my NaNo novel for this year - "Esther Goes Outside" - Publish "Esther" via CreateSpace - Write, edit and publish 3 more novel-length stories in 2012 - that's 2 Camp NaNo novels and 1 NaNoWriMo novel - Keep my region meeting monthly until next November - Enter 6 writing contests - I have no idea which ones Thu, 01 Dec 2011 22:00:31 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=4#forum_thread_comment_920416 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=4#forum_thread_comment_920416 reine_margaux Big Fun Scary list (to be accomplished not necessarily in order) * Make an accurate historical costume, from my own pattern, from start to finish * Gradually diminish my anxiety to normal, controlable levels * Meet suitable male companion * Take a circus aerials class, preferably Lyra Thu, 01 Dec 2011 22:34:11 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=4#forum_thread_comment_920606 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=4#forum_thread_comment_920606 orrmor -Get the courage to quit the job I really genuinely enjoy, as I'm going to be moving out of state very soon. -Survive my first semester at my new college. It will be the first time I've ever lived by myself. The first time I've ever been away from my family. I am moving from Pennsylvania to Idaho. I will know absolutely nobody out there and I'm realy scared. But I am determined to make it through and have fun. -Acquire boyfriend. Or at least a date or two with a nice guy. My love life has been absolutely dismal. Forever. I will finally meet a good guy this year. I swear it. Wish me luck. Thu, 01 Dec 2011 22:38:37 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=4#forum_thread_comment_920639 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=4#forum_thread_comment_920639 AdrienEtienne Write a novel a month. I've decided that I am going to do a Year of Novels, which means NaNo is every month through next November (I've already written over 4k on my December Novel, and it's not even midnight on December 1st yet, so I'm feeling good about this one so far). Get several manuscripts publication ready. (Editing will happen during the part of a given month that I'm not writing the next novel or planning the one after it). Getting another job so that I can become properly financially stable. Finding a place to live. And then doing it again in June (this time with a friend). Getting my legal name change. Starting hormone therapy (and possibly getting my legal gender change). Renewing my passport with the correct name and gender. Starting taking Japanese (and possibly German) again. Remember to eat, breathe and sleep. .... And if I wasn't doing this much, I'd probably be bored. I may be a little bit nutty. Adrien Etienne Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:20:44 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=4#forum_thread_comment_920867 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=4#forum_thread_comment_920867 Liz10 1. Find a career. That's a biggie. I got my Master's Degree a few months back, but I still haven't been able to find a job that isn't all about the french fry. 2. Finish my NaNo novel. It probably needs about 30k more words, and if I keep writing the way I did for NaNo, I should be done with it in the next 2-3 weeks (it took me 16 days to get to 30k, according to my stats). 3. Edit the NaNo novel--I have to rewrite chapter 8; it sucks. I also need to work on continuity as things changed a bit as I wrote. 4. Finish/Edit the novel I was working on pre-NaNo, but hadn't touched in months. The one I am writing for NaNo is a sequel to this one, so I have some changes to make before I can get back to it, but I'm hoping to have it finished by mid-January. 5. Self publish my two novels. 6. Start re-paying my loans--i do not want to be part of the 99% for the rest of my life. 7. Move out. I left home to go to Grad School and that was the happiest time of my life. I hated having to move back in because my family and I don't see eye to eye on a lot of things and I constantly find myself arguing with the rest of my family. I swear if I live here much longer, I will end up becoming an alcoholic. 8. Have a serious relationship. I've never had one before and I would love to actually be in one. Everyone I know is either married, engaged, or engaged to be engaged. There are also several people I know that are having babies. I think 25 is a weird age where you're either getting a job or getting married, and its weirder for those of us that have neither. Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:24:03 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=4#forum_thread_comment_921080 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=4#forum_thread_comment_921080 BlueKat * Finish my novel and edit it into something submittable. * Finish my long-delayed writing course. * Write daily - minimum 500 words. NaNo got me into the habit; I want to continue the streak! * Get some help in caring for my mom. I can no longer do it on my own and have any kind of life. Must brave the red tape, Medicare, rules, rules, rules - but it's necessary for her sake and mine. Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:40:34 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=4#forum_thread_comment_921287 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=4#forum_thread_comment_921287 crzsabas I can think of lots of things I want to achieve (as usual) but after this months showing my only posted goal had better be: Write every day, so I can finish novels, so I can Smashwords them into the market and make a lot of very tiny amounts of money. This has always been the hardest one. Also, kudos to all the finishers, and all those who met personal goals whether they "finished" or not! Cheryl Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:53:17 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=5#forum_thread_comment_921714 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=5#forum_thread_comment_921714 shinysparkly 1. Finish this NaNo novel 2. Build up savings. This year I paid off ALL my credit cards. Now I need to build up a savings cushion so I don't need a credit card. Also have vacations to fund &amp; will be needing a new car soon. LOTS of $$$ saving needs to happen! 3. Celebrate my Douglas Adams birthday (42!) !!! 4. Refresh and expand my French language skills 5. Learn another language, probably Spanish but possibly Russian or Welsh. Just because. 6. Get my nose fixed (deviated &amp; perforated septum not cosmetic) and teeth fixed 7. Lose the last 40-50 lbs. (lost 70 lbs in 2010 &amp; kept it off this year but didn't lose any more) 8. Go back to school with the goal of finally getting my degree in Psychology 9. Start my own personal organizing business, not only doing in person organizing but online as well Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:32:25 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=5#forum_thread_comment_921773 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=5#forum_thread_comment_921773 zaapiel There are a number of things that I want to accomplish this year and looking trough all of these lists of these amazing people attempting Big, Fun, Scary things, in my own head I've decided that there are some things that I just need to do and some things that are "Big, Fun, and Scary". I am 43 and have a 2 1/2 year old son. My wife (whose a decade and a half younger than me) are trying for our second child to round out our little family. I have found a really amazing thing about having a young son. He's going to see what I do a lot more than he'll hear what I say. So, I have to be an example and not just a talking head. Which means if I ever want to tell me son to do something his father better be able to do it and demonstrate for him first. I've started this year by dropping 45 lbs and taking better care of myself. I attacked NaNo this year with much zeal and enthusiasm. I now need to decide the BFS thing that he will need to see his father do this year. This year I'm going to: FIND A DIFFERENT, FULFILLING, ENGAGING, CAREER that taps my writing, my creativity and will earn us a comfortable living and show my son that you can live life on your terms and enjoy every day. Talk about terrifying! I've lived self help and personal motivation... well that is to say I've dumped so much of that into my head and have only let small peeks of it out in my own life. It's time to soar! And like The Doctor always says, "Be Amazing!" This year is my year to "Be Amazing" and by the time NaNoWriMo falls next year, maybe I'll even fly out to the night of writing dangerously or have one of my own in Toledo. Either way, 2012 is a big one me! Fri, 02 Dec 2011 06:04:18 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=5#forum_thread_comment_921835 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=5#forum_thread_comment_921835 amino - Write 100k a month. - Edit my novels from NaNo'09, NaNo'10, NaNo'11, and Camp AugNo'11, as well as the rest of the novels I write during the following months, so that they're ready for printing and sharing - Read 100 books - Travel (more like be in the moment-- I travel whether I want to or not) Fri, 02 Dec 2011 06:31:28 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=5#forum_thread_comment_921901 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=5#forum_thread_comment_921901 amino - Write 100k a month. - Edit my novels from NaNo'09, NaNo'10, NaNo'11, and Camp AugNo'11, as well as the rest of the novels I write during the following months, so that they're ready for printing and sharing - Read 100 books - Travel (more like be in the moment-- I travel whether I want to or not) Fri, 02 Dec 2011 07:33:54 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=5#forum_thread_comment_922049 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=5#forum_thread_comment_922049 abbyyoyo2 Finish my Nano Save up for a return trip to Ireland. just enjoy myself and muster up the courage to ask out this guy in my English class. lol Fri, 02 Dec 2011 07:34:06 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=5#forum_thread_comment_922051 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=5#forum_thread_comment_922051 mcnamara12 my BFS list: -get married -take the patent bar exam (which will make me a patent agent, if I pass) -finish my nanovel Fri, 02 Dec 2011 09:11:22 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=5#forum_thread_comment_922374 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=5#forum_thread_comment_922374 LadyKelien Do a complete rewrite on this years nano novel. Write at least 2000 words a day from here till July when Camp Nano Starts Do both months of camp nano hopefully starting book two by August. Find someone to help me edit the grammerical and spelling stuff because I am dyslexic and can't always see the mistakes. Shop the first book around until someone says yes. Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:18:00 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=5#forum_thread_comment_922666 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=5#forum_thread_comment_922666 alena_royer Big, Fun, Scary Things to DO: -Go back to school; -Find a Decent job; -Volunteer for ARS(a local animal rescue group); -Read 100 books; -Take on a Short-Story-a-Day sort of challenge; -Brush up on French. Pick up Italian and/or Japanese; -Take cooking classes; -Finish a novel(edits and all, included) and try getting it published; -Go back to martial arts; -Find a Beta reader; -Buy a new PC; -Start saving up for my own house/apartment; Will I be all right, really? XDD Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:44:55 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=5#forum_thread_comment_922786 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=5#forum_thread_comment_922786 theoceanisfullofh2o My list is short and sweet, but nevertheless scary D: - Finish my novel and get it published! ( fingers crossed~ ) - Write a second novel before NaNo next year! :3 - Fly down and take my girlfriend to Disneyland for her birthday - Take the plunge and go to college maybe &gt;&lt; Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:53:32 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=5#forum_thread_comment_922825 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=5#forum_thread_comment_922825 Daisy512 My list for 2011-2012: -Write a collection of short stories, using all the stuff I learned in NaNo. -Edit, and maybe try to publish my 2011 NaNo novel. -Find a way to make more money; volunteering and babysitting isn't cutting it. Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:25:22 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=5#forum_thread_comment_922956 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=5#forum_thread_comment_922956 TewiInaba - Edit this novel - See if I can get it published - Write more novels - Try to get them published - Travel and cosplay - Maybe get a part time job - Play ALL the video games! ...And work hard for them. :P - Work harder - Figure out boyfriend issues for good. Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:43:04 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=5#forum_thread_comment_923280 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=5#forum_thread_comment_923280 Katarinea My BFS List. . .hmm. 1. Finish my novel (despite it being at 50k, it is not quite done) 2. Edit said novel 3. Edit said novel again 4. Pass Developmental Psychology (blech) 5. Edit novel once more! 6. Start sending out query letters for an agent 7. Plan my wedding 8. Teach a class 9. Lose ~35 pounds. . .at least! 10. Grow my hair out to the top of my pants-line, at least, hopefully longer. . .! 11. Teach myself to play the piano. Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:55:34 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=5#forum_thread_comment_923327 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=5#forum_thread_comment_923327 J.E.Blackworth I'm going to help my girlfriend move to my country. I'm going to start perfecting my NaNovel in February. Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:20:41 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=5#forum_thread_comment_923443 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=5#forum_thread_comment_923443 obiwancrazy -type up my novel so I can share it with the friends/family who keep asking :Op (it's a second draft) -finish the last draft of my novel, as perfect as it will get, probably a 5th draft. -plot the rest of my series! -start the sequel -submit to publishers -get way better at piano -read more of the Bible -invite friends to youth group Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:59:24 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=5#forum_thread_comment_923622 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=5#forum_thread_comment_923622 Erin F. Time for my 2012 list. I’m sitting here feeling rather accomplished, considering I actually completed ten out of fourteen items on last year’s list. Now, as for this year... -Keep my high GPA -Get another internship (Don’t know where.) -Go to a writers’ conference (I hope I can get to RMFW again this year.) -Try to sell some of my short stories (How did I not manage to even start on this last year? Dang education getting in the way.) -Finish the final edits and query the 2010 NaNo (Almost there!) -Finish writing the first draft and complete the second draft of the 2011 NaNo (Trying to have the first draft done by the end of December again, actually.) -Meet some of the members of my online writing group in person (Please let this happen. The San Francisco trip will work out. It will!) -Do something that helps society (Either start volunteering again or work on my own program or something.) -Not go insane (Easy enough, right?) -Keep losing weight (35 pounds in the last year, maybe 5 or 10 more to go. I just want to get down to a size 12). -Write another first draft of a book between now and NaNo -Submit this one poem I wrote to different places Think that’s enough for now. I suppose we’ll see what happens. Hopefully, I’ll be as productive as I was this year! Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:10:03 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=5#forum_thread_comment_923681 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=5#forum_thread_comment_923681 Faeiri -Finish my novel. I think I'm coming up to the end, enough that I can finish it this month. -Keep writing! After NaNo 09, I fell right to a halt. This time around I want to write nearly every day. I know I can come up with plenty of ideas when I look for them. -Along the same lines, I'm going to practice my violin more often. -Keep up with school. Simple enough, but it's important. Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:39:33 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=5#forum_thread_comment_923814 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=5#forum_thread_comment_923814 MarthaBechtel My BFS List consists of two things, but both of them a big goals (with lots of little subgoals), so I figure it still counts as 'Big': 1. I'm relaunching my home-business-on-the-side as of January 1st, 2012. I will be selling customized model horses and writing and artwork and whatever else tickles my fancy and brings in the moola. I would like to earn enough by the end of the year to pay my Evil Student Loans™ from the profits. $510 a month net has never looked so insurmountable. &gt;.&lt;;; 2. I'm going to lose 60 pounds. With 52 weeks and 1.153 pounds a week, this should be a doable goal. I've never really tried before, so it will be interesting to see what combination of exercise and diet will do the trick. Of course both of these have subgoals: #1 includes improving my skills in the various creative endeavors as well as all the fun marketing and paperwork that comes with running a small business. (I've done it before, so at least the learning curve won't be as steep!) #2 includes leaning what to eat, how to cook, various forms of 'get up and move' and figuring out how all of it fits into my life. It's a bit harder since I'm aiming for permanent changes and not temporary ones. It should be a fun, scary adventure and just like NaNo, I'll keep blogging through the chaos. If all else fails, I can always serve as a bad example! *grin* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <a href="http://www.martha.net/online-novels/in-progress/in-dreams-of-trees/" rel="nofollow">In Dreams of Trees</a> - 2011 NaNo Novel! <a href="http://www.Martha.net" rel="nofollow">Martha.net</a> - Writing, Model Horses, and Warcraft... because you can never have enough hobbies. Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:11:44 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=5#forum_thread_comment_924226 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=5#forum_thread_comment_924226 Ghotay -Work really feckin' hard and ace my A Levels and get into medical school and Be Awesome -Finish, edit, beta (well, I won't be beta'ing, but you know what I mean), and upload my novel. -Write the SEQUEL (omg I know right) -Type up all the ficlets, scenes, short stories and miscellaneous handwritten crap I have written up. See if I can make that mess into some actual finished stories And writing-wise, this is the big one: -Upload and advertise my short stories and, if there is positive feedback, make a website and set myself up doing commissions. I am hoping that this will be easier than it sounds because the market I'm trying to break into is extremely niche, largely flooded with crap, and there are a handful of people already doing commissioned stuff who seem to get decent business and rates. SO, we shall seeee. Mostly I just want to get into med school, move forward with my life and get out some of the stories that constantly build up inside me. Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:10:47 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=5#forum_thread_comment_925053 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=5#forum_thread_comment_925053 nlforst Every other year, I've made some really huge list and not got any of it done. So this year, a smaller list. - Finish my 2011 NaNo novel. Work got in the way this year. I love my characters, and I love my idea. I don't want it to go into the box of unwritten items - Read more books. I'm pushing 53 books for this year, so maybe 60 books. -De-clutter, and toss out s*** I don't need. -Go through the humongous "library" of books sitting in every free space in my apartment. Really take a look at them and decide if I will ever read them or not. Then possibly put them up online to sell. They'll need a good home. -Script Frenzy. I've got an idea. I just need to execute it. That's all for now. I'm sure as 2012 progresses I'll either add to this, or replace items that I've completed. Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:39:38 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=5#forum_thread_comment_925201 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=5#forum_thread_comment_925201 wampuscat So, my New Year's resolution for last year was to finish a book. I've finished two (three when I finish my NaNo by the end of the month). So, for next year, I'm going to be optimistic and say I'd like to get at least one book ready to query. Doesn't sound so scary unless I list out the steps (rewrites, edits, beta readers, finding beta readers). EEK! Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:02:34 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=6#forum_thread_comment_925322 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=6#forum_thread_comment_925322 loxosceles Non writing goals 1. Get pregnant and have another kid 2. Run a half marathon and, if training goes well, maybe a full [note: conflicts with #1] 3. Improve my roller derby skills to become a super jammer OR help to coach a team [depending on #1] Writing goals 4. Revise my best novel for publication; try to sell it. (work already in progress) 5. Participate in Story-a-day May (one short story every day). Attempt to sell several stories. Research markets beforehand to make this goal more possible (for example, they may have to lean heavily toward SF) 6. Participate in Camp NaNoWriMo 7. Spend a full month planning my next novel before I write it (this goes for Camp as well as regular NaNo). 8. Return to writing non-fiction for pay - this used to be a good chunk of my income but got pushed aside by teaching. Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:32:19 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=6#forum_thread_comment_925501 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=6#forum_thread_comment_925501 Head Fox • Write a quarter-million words of fiction (equivalent to 5 NaNos, but hopefullly of higher quality) • Read all the unread books on my shelf, and get rid of the ones I just can't bring myself to read... buy myself a Kindle as a reward :) • Become employed again (been working on this one for 2 years, though...) and move to a new city • Start playing my ukulele in front of people instead of just by myself Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:58:56 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=6#forum_thread_comment_926044 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=6#forum_thread_comment_926044 luvinpadfoot -Finish, edit, and have someone read Liar Liar -Get a tattoo -Graduate high school -Go to college (and get into college) -Test polyphasic sleep and see if it helps sleeping problems -Read 150 books -Begin to attempt to figure out the publishing industry and think about doing something with Liar Liar -Work on two other manuscripts before NaNo '12 and finish at least one -Research police procedures and serial killers for story idea -Let my sister read Liar Liar -Get a job So scary. This year is going to bring a lot of changes and I don't like change. It's pretty bad when the least scary thing on my list is reading 150 books in a year followed by getting a tattoo. Fri, 02 Dec 2011 23:20:58 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=6#forum_thread_comment_926447 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=6#forum_thread_comment_926447 Ivy Apple * Edit novel * Write sequel (too much in love with my characters to leave them behind now!) * Declutter my house * Actually print and send off short stories on my computer - gar! * Do some theatre reviewing... opportunity is there, I just need the confidence to do it. * Join the local Writer's Centre * Enrol in a fantasy writing course * Keep up with husband, kids, full time job! (Okay, okay, they're my biggest priority. Luckily they like my writing!) Basically, after enduring an awful year, I want to continue being empowered and taking control of my life :) Fri, 02 Dec 2011 23:37:49 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=6#forum_thread_comment_926522 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=6#forum_thread_comment_926522 MHC - Get my propaedeutic (follow up: finally study what I want) - Find a job - Live on my own - Write in other months than November - Go abroad Sat, 03 Dec 2011 01:39:36 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=6#forum_thread_comment_926845 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=6#forum_thread_comment_926845 Takushi Rena Writing Goals: - Finish my novel, of course! (And post it online, too.) - Finish my novel from last year and work on getting it published - Write the sequel to the previous novel Non-Writing Goals: - Get into the Disney College Program (I got rejected again earlier today, but I'm fighting so hard to get in again! :D) - Improve my drawing/create a better portfolio - Become more outgoing/less shy and more independent - Get a job - Start an Etsy shop - Learn guitar or relearn violin (or both!) - Start doing parkour Yeah, lots of stuff. xD But it actually sounds really fun to do it all! Sat, 03 Dec 2011 03:19:45 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=6#forum_thread_comment_926980 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=6#forum_thread_comment_926980 owl8 Writing Goals: - Submit my non-NaNo novel to agents, hopefully land one - Start &amp; finish another novel project - Finish 5 of the short stories I have waiting in my pile - Submit said stories until they are either published or I have exhausted all markets for them Non-Writing Goals: - Create the training workshop I've been talking about for the past 2 years (work-related) - Take an online class to fill the requirement I would need to go back to school for a Masters - Start giving oboe lessons - Make time for pleasure-reading, as I have a billion novels I really want to read - Cook more, eat out/eat pre-prepared food less - Hike in 20 state or national forests - Spend more time volunteering at church Sat, 03 Dec 2011 03:45:58 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=6#forum_thread_comment_926992 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=6#forum_thread_comment_926992 Chomsky-rabbit Writing Goals. - Outline &amp; Write first draft of SSK. - Draft #1 and Editing of WIP #2 - Blog once a week about a general update - Blog once a week about progress in my different WIPs. - Write 500 words every day. Non-Writing Goals - Read one book a week (total 52 books in a year) - Start volunteering for the Red Cross again. - Complete a 5k run in August. - Take a summer classe about Intercommunication. - Keep practicing my Japanese. - Start learning German. Sat, 03 Dec 2011 07:29:18 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=6#forum_thread_comment_927263 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=6#forum_thread_comment_927263 Lori Ramsey Get my THREE novels done - edited and submitted to agents/publishers. Start the 4th and maybe more?? Ambitious, yes. :)) Sat, 03 Dec 2011 08:56:14 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=6#forum_thread_comment_927440 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=6#forum_thread_comment_927440 Tobaeus I have three major goals this year. Hopefully, by using the monthly threads, I can break it down into manageable chunks. 1) Lose 40 lbs. 2) Publish three short stories. 3) Keep the house clean. Seems simple enough, but there's a lot of work involved for each, so I'm crossing my fingers, buckling down, and doing my best to achieve my goals for this year. Sat, 03 Dec 2011 13:36:21 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=6#forum_thread_comment_928362 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=6#forum_thread_comment_928362 Rehka - Edit my NaNo Novel -Turn my edited NaNo Novel into a graphic novel I bet I'll be lucky to get task 1 done ;) Sat, 03 Dec 2011 16:03:35 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=6#forum_thread_comment_928846 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=6#forum_thread_comment_928846 AutumnsDreams Well I have a few. most of them are for stories.. - Getting this NaNo Novel finished (Yes I can! no doubt about it ^^) -Getting the things ready for my next NaNo(wether it's going to be Camp NaNo July/August or NaNovember I'm not sure yet, I tried to finish the things for my Fantasy world which went wrong somewhere since I started to write on a Stargate SG1/Stargate Atlantis story instead of the original idea) - Getting some other stories done (I have like waaaay to many stories to finish which I did started, but failed to end) - And REALLY trying to finish the third year of being a first year(three different sorts of educations, the first was somethign with events, the second one was trying to be a secretary for directors of businesses and the third... is a security officer xD) - And lose some weight. Should be easy to do. I hope. xD Sat, 03 Dec 2011 16:30:53 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=6#forum_thread_comment_929004 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=6#forum_thread_comment_929004 deepforest In order of scary/funness: 1. Go to college 2. IB tests in May (5 of them) 3. Finish my NaNo novel 4. Free time. I believe free time is defined as time in which there is nothing that has to be done, such as homework or chores. Or writing novels. Usually this time is enjoyable. I want some 5. clean my room 5a. keep it clean Sat, 03 Dec 2011 16:44:41 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=6#forum_thread_comment_929069 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=6#forum_thread_comment_929069 deepforest I forgot a few big things, mostly related to the whole moving-away-from-home thing. 1. Learn to drive and get my license. 2. Learn to cook something besides spaghetti. 3. Learn to use a laundromat. And some that aren't related to college: 1. learn to play guitar. Or piano, but preferably guitar. 2. Get SCUBA-certified 2a. Go to Florida and live on a boat for two weeks, SCUBA diving. *runs off to do homework Sat, 03 Dec 2011 16:51:02 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=6#forum_thread_comment_929093 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=6#forum_thread_comment_929093 Alinzar410 2011 -Finish my novel... I'm aiming for just 20k more, but I need it in a couple of weeks -Finish the first edits (it's an xmas present for my parents) 2012 -Pass AP Bio -Go to Antartica Sat, 03 Dec 2011 17:29:22 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=6#forum_thread_comment_929251 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=6#forum_thread_comment_929251 last.defense #1 - Write! Come hell or high water I will keep this groove going! #2 - Go back to school. I start in January :D #3 - Try to convince my husband that going to Ireland is worth going into a bit of debt. Sat, 03 Dec 2011 20:35:02 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=6#forum_thread_comment_929963 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=6#forum_thread_comment_929963 zipzin Okay, let's put this out there. - Write everyday, whether I start another novel, or fanfiction, or just some short stories - Start posting my work to sites so that people can read/see/watch whatever it happens to be - Relearn how to draw and try different ways of art Sat, 03 Dec 2011 20:48:38 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=6#forum_thread_comment_930011 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=6#forum_thread_comment_930011 kathy-vicki I would like to go halfway across the country to see a live-action comic book: The Intergalacitc Nemesis http://www.theintergalacticnemesis.com/ I want to go to Comic Con and visit with my sweet godmother. I want to start my own business because I'm sick of being a college graduate without that mythical career I was promised I'd have when I graduated college school as I grew up. I need to read books more. I used to read like crazy when I was in middle and high school. But then the workload in late high school and college wiped me out when it came to reading for fun. Now I struggle for words, and I have a hard time describing things. Sat, 03 Dec 2011 21:49:21 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=6#forum_thread_comment_930185 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=6#forum_thread_comment_930185 simply_complex -Self publish my novel -Get a new job -Get a car -Lose weight Sun, 04 Dec 2011 01:19:35 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=6#forum_thread_comment_930928 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=6#forum_thread_comment_930928 writer_me I only have two BFS Goals this year: 1) To get at least a third of my Mission 101 goals completed. Which of them will count toward this I haven't fully decided yet but I'm certainly aiming to have all the Job ones completed, all of the Diet and Fitness ones at least started and at least a third of the Creative ones completed. The Travel ones I'd like to make a start on and the Tech ones I'd like to start if not complete but the first three categories are the ones I'm aiming for. The last two Categories will just be an added bonus. I'll update this with a link when I post my Mission 101 goal list to the LiveJournal community (and to the Day Zero project website) at the beginning of next month. And 2) I'm aiming for a 200k word goal again too which will help toward the Creative ones. Sun, 04 Dec 2011 08:15:49 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=7#forum_thread_comment_931483 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=7#forum_thread_comment_931483 Dawnheart relearn how to play flute play all naruto theme songs by ear on flute clean my room teach my dog to fetch (balls, sure, but tv remotes, tissue boxes, chip bags....:) she's smart. she can handle it) live life. drink some frappuccinos get ready for next year think of ideas for my series figure out how writing will fit into my real life wonder whether writing could be my real life Sun, 04 Dec 2011 12:31:05 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=7#forum_thread_comment_932102 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=7#forum_thread_comment_932102 Embyr_is_Embyr -Finish novel...at least, don't completely abandon it like last year's. -Edit? Hmm... -Write every day. Homework doesn't count, nor is it an excuse. -Make a solid effort to actually become better at art. -Get a clearer image of who I am. -Find a religion that works for me. Or at least, decide whether I want to be religious or not. -Find a date...? Sun, 04 Dec 2011 14:04:14 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=7#forum_thread_comment_932507 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=7#forum_thread_comment_932507 keokina -Get the grades I want for my GCSEs. -Quit procrastinating so I can achieve the above. -READ MORE BOOKS!! ... again with the procrastinating :) -Start seriously saving for that dream trip with a friend. -Learn to forgive myself as easily as I forgive others. -Make sure next year is even happier than this one has been &lt;3 Sun, 04 Dec 2011 15:48:08 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=7#forum_thread_comment_933089 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=7#forum_thread_comment_933089 poiama *Finish 2011 NaNo **Send to bunch of friends/editors/cheerleaders *Edit 2011 NaNo *Publish 2011 Nano *Finish 2009 Nano **Send to bunch of friends/editors/cheerleaders *Edit 2009 NaNo *Publish 2009 NaNo **Send 2010 ScriptFrenzy to bunch of friends/editors/cheerleaders *Edit 2010 ScriptFrenzy *Make 2010 ScriptFrenzy *2012 ScriptFrenzy!!! *Write 2011 ScriptFrenzy *Find Employment *Find better living conditions <strong>*ENJOY LIFE*</strong> Sun, 04 Dec 2011 16:00:17 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=7#forum_thread_comment_933155 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=7#forum_thread_comment_933155 DonPasquale -Finally become completely fluent in Arabic -Get my Girl Scout Gold Award -Read books again! -Improve my grades, which are now in the less-than-lovely range -Get outside -Get a bunch of books on theology and learn about every religion I can -Get to church -Write some short stories -Write some more songs, and make lyrics for the ones I already wrote -Learn more stupid facts -Have fun! -And try to find a less cliche way to end lists like this Sun, 04 Dec 2011 18:26:59 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=7#forum_thread_comment_933894 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=7#forum_thread_comment_933894 LEwolfwriter -Write novel/novella starring a side character who is begging for his own novel. (Maybe JulyNaNo?) -Clean up my act and start sending more stories out. -Try to actually pass Algebra this year.... -Draw all 18 cast members from this year's novel. In ONE picture. Tricky. -Master using my four-foot-long two-pound wooden sword, maybe convincing parents to let me use a real one. -When summer comes, maybe get a summer job with one of the neighbors(?) -Try to patch up relationship with my cousin.... -Ride my bike with only one hand on the handlebars, or no hands at all. (That could end badly.) -Do not end up in the emergency room because of the above. Sun, 04 Dec 2011 19:29:31 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=7#forum_thread_comment_934199 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=7#forum_thread_comment_934199 Tante Jul Here's my list; I intend to start strong: - Finish and edit my NaNo novel enough to have someone else read it by January 31st! I've been challenged by a fellow NaNo participant and am actually very pleased with the idea of having another deadline to meet. - After that first someone else has read the novel, I will edit it some more and hopefully feel ready to send it to a publishing house or two (you can still do that in Norway, without getting an agent first). - Let my husband read my novel. Not looking forward to this as I have killed off someone who has all my husband's worst sides. Not sure how he will react to this. - Work some more on (and hopefully finish) another novel I have been "working on" for years and try to get it published. - Take at least one trip abroad. It's been way too long. - Get a raise! I have never actually gone and asked for a raise before. - I will do the obvious new year resolution things like working out and losing weight and all that crap too, of course, but will not let them get me off track with my newly rediscovered love of writing :) OK, I believe that's it for now, so as not to scare myself TOO much... Mon, 05 Dec 2011 08:09:37 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=7#forum_thread_comment_936315 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=7#forum_thread_comment_936315 Vinxman Go to New Orleans for Mardi Gras (which I do every year). Finish and self-publish one of my novels (a sequel to others I've also published through Create Space). Submit and (hopefully) find a publisher for some of my other novels, including this year's NaNo. Learn more grappling skills. Travel. See about getting my shoulder fixed if it doesn't start feeling better. Mon, 05 Dec 2011 08:15:40 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=7#forum_thread_comment_936331 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=7#forum_thread_comment_936331 Kiwi-kauri-kid My 2012 list: - survive my first year without the support of SP (begins sobbing hysterically) - finish the final book in the trilogy I am working on now - begin (possibly finish?) rewriting last year's NaNo - begin (possibly finish?) rewriting THIS year's NaNo - have finished writing this year's NaNo xD - partake in NaNo 2012 - learn how to use an iPad, haha - hoping to join school Concert Band... - FLUTE THEORY HOMEWORK AHKMFKNFKJNF /dies/ - other stuff. Mon, 05 Dec 2011 09:50:45 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=7#forum_thread_comment_936581 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=7#forum_thread_comment_936581 They-call-me-crazy-I-call-them-boring - Finish NaNo'11 and attempt to get it published - Participate in Script Frenzy 2012 - Participate in Camp NaNoWriMo June - Participate in Camp NaNoWriMo July - Participate in Camp NaNoWriMo August - Participate in NaNoWriMo 2012 - Manage to do all of the above without going completely insane - Learn how to drive Mon, 05 Dec 2011 09:57:57 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=7#forum_thread_comment_936604 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=7#forum_thread_comment_936604 LemonyFool -Pass all my GCSE Exams. (Physics and Chemistry are going to kill me) -Edit my Nano novel -Participate in NaNoWriMo 2012 (Which I have an idea for already...xD) Yeah. Not very interesting, but that's what I'd like to do. Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:53:13 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=7#forum_thread_comment_937166 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=7#forum_thread_comment_937166 opheliac <a href="http://rowanfaesblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/short-story-challenge.html" rel="nofollow">Write 50 stories</a>, from titles (I'm stealing all the Adoptable Titles, and putting them into a list, and will figure out some way to choose between them before 1/1/12), self- or indie-publish them and put them up on my blog, In Addition to my other writing (Including NaNo12, and possibly Screnzy ... ). You can <a href="http://rowanfaesblog.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">follow my progress</a> with this goal ... Pay off my debt. Not fun, but essential for the next goal: Work towards writing full-time (which means quitting my job, eventually, and I'd really like to be debt-free before I do that). I will start by self-publishing stories (and I'll continue to send some of them to magazines), and if I can make a little money, so much the better. Finish unpacking all the boxes in "The Attic" (which ought to be the office, or perhaps the guest room)--we've only been living here 15+ months! (This is the least goal-like of them all: the stuff in the office is mostly my husband's, and all of it needs to be assessed for garbage status, which I cannot do by myself--which is the main reason the office is still as crowded as it is. So I guess the goal is to make a concerted effort to use our weekends for box-opening.) I'll start talking about all of this on <a href="http://rowanfaesblog.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">my blog</a>, so feel free to check it out. Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:53:54 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=7#forum_thread_comment_937168 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=7#forum_thread_comment_937168 Kilmeny-of-the-Ozarks *actually finish this novel and revise it (this is my third, unfinished "first" draft of the same story...) *finish the writing course I'm using to write this story *decide whether I'll be pursuing self-publishing or more traditional route for this novel and take the necessary steps to follow whichever path I choose... *find a regular job that pays good money (I love the small christian school I'm subbing at, but truth is, there are just times when it means I'm not making a whole lot....). *maybe Script Frenzy....we'll see. Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:41:46 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=7#forum_thread_comment_937566 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=7#forum_thread_comment_937566 moomoo652 -Survive Exam Season -Edit/Finish NaNo 2011 -NaNo 2012 -That other book thats almost done… Lets focus on 1? Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:43:54 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=7#forum_thread_comment_939927 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=7#forum_thread_comment_939927 suppii Last year I made my own thread to post my own version of "The Year of Doing Big, Fun, Scary Things Together" but dropped it down just after two months. So this year I think I'll put mine here without having to be much too committed to update :D Anyway, my main focus of BFST this time is, LOSING WEIGHT! Yes, I join the thread also but I also put the post here. My target is losing 1 kg for each month and by the time next year I'll get my ideal weight without, hopefully, having drawback of gaining weight at the end. Of course if I can knock it in two weeks, it'd be awesome, but I'm not that optimistic. Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:38:03 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=7#forum_thread_comment_945775 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=7#forum_thread_comment_945775 Arike * Getting my degree * Getting conversant (and, if possible, certified) in webdevelopment so I can search for jobs that include that skill. *Rewriting and finishing my novella *Finishing my nanowrimo novel *Getting a job Wed, 07 Dec 2011 05:14:29 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=7#forum_thread_comment_945898 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=7#forum_thread_comment_945898 kingsleyamiss Travel out of Europe on my own and stay out for 6 months at least Write The Novel (not the edited NaNoWriMo novel I invented on the the 3rd of November) while abroad Get a proper job - like freelance journalist, art director, documentary filmmaker...instead of lowly Photoshop Gimp Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:33:44 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=7#forum_thread_comment_946464 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=7#forum_thread_comment_946464 rosepetal720 - Edit novel for beta reader - Swap books Feb. 29 - Play jammer in next season's roller derby bouts - Read 50 books - Get an agent and editor for an already finished novel - Start a family Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:35:44 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=7#forum_thread_comment_947452 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=7#forum_thread_comment_947452 Sariah -Write an entire novel outside of NaNo. -Outline said novel before writing it! (NaNo has taught me that I'm a planner, not a pantser.) -Edit this year's NaNovel. -Get something published. -Write a short story a week, focusing on practicing one writing skill per each story. -If anyone wants to do that last one with me, my sixth BFS thing is to maintain a website for writers centered around it. http://thesomedaynovelist.weebly.com/ Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:44:41 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=7#forum_thread_comment_952796 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=7#forum_thread_comment_952796 J.Kievsky -- Find a job -- Take the GRE &amp; GRE Subject -- Learn to speak real Russian instead of Brighton Beach Ringlish -- Learn how to sew -- Start raising mantids again -- Learn how to overlook the little things Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:11:48 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_954375 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_954375 Anoulie ART: complete NaNo, edit, print, show to some people participate in and win ScriptFrenzy, complete and edit get better at the piano BODY: let hair grow out and learn to do some up-dos get to &lt; 50 kg and stay there CAREER: do as much of the required internship as possible start studying medicine OTHER: see Istanbul and as many different Bulgarian/Balkan cities as possible Fri, 09 Dec 2011 05:38:16 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_954878 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_954878 TrueLoveWaits116 -- Get a lead or supporting role in CYT shows. -- Increase my vocal range. --Learn to scream. -- Learn to be myself around anyone and everyone. Not just at theater. -- Write my Novel.. -- Even tho I was cut from the show, Let me show them I'm happy being backstage or on makeup. Because really, I'm just doing it for God.. Not for anyone else. -- Be completely open about my faith. and let evveryone know. -- Get my boaters liscense. -- Work out at campas a counsler. -- Paintball. -- Catch up inschool to where I'm way ahead and can graduate and go to college early. Sun, 11 Dec 2011 23:07:30 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_964662 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_964662 AnnFran --Enjoy spring semester --Graduate college --Find something to do after college (grad school, job, internship, volunteering) preferably before graduation --Finish novel (complete story arc, edit, edit, edit) --Finish novel this one is supposed to be the sequel for (more writing and editing) --Self-publish first in series as ebook (but only if it's really ready) Mon, 12 Dec 2011 06:11:01 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_965149 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_965149 Jaw Bone -Get over my commitment phobia and allow myself to enjoy my relationship with my BF -Finish correcting my NaNo and finish the novel I was working on before November -Finish the collaborative illustrated novel I have been working on for the last year -Write a children book for my daughter who have been asking for it and getting her friends to pressure me into it (ahhhhh those cute little girls can be the worst bosses) -Finish secretariat school and legal secretariat specialisation -Speak a better German and improve my English vocabulary (English not being my first language I think there is still many words I need to learn to make my writing more interesting) -Put Simon the cat on a diet (he is getting scary fat but he is so cute it's hard not to give him what he wants) -Finding a way to be able to run again (miss it too much, there must be a way to do something about my ankles so that I can run again) Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:44:20 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_969473 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_969473 everqueen -find a guy I actually want to go out with -lose weight -lose weight -lose weight -finish editing this year's novel and make it more like a novel I would want to eventually send in for publishing -graduate high school, finally -go to a college that's not in Florida -get over my pseudo-depression finally -be more comfortable as myself Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:38:22 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_976824 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_976824 Toomii -Do well in my GCSEs -Write more often -Lose some weight -Learn to play the guitar -Learn to stop over thinking -Improve my grades before school year ends -Re-decorate my room -Set goals for future -Stop procrastinating -Join extracurricular activities -Stop spending hours and hours reading FanFiction O.o -Have a productive summer instead of spending hours playing video games -.-" Mon, 19 Dec 2011 04:07:40 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_984292 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_984292 sprites 1. Start and maintain a blog, updating at least once a week. 2. Publish a zine and/or e-book. 3. Rewrite and edit my NaNo novel. Show it to my friend for editing and work on it some more. 4. Start learning Korean and take an TESOL class – get to South Korea in August to teach ESL. 5. Work on an art/poetry project I’ve been thinking about. 6. Take art class(es). Fill up sketchbooks. 7. Submit my writing to various small publications. 8. Read 60+ books. 9. Do lots of yoga/meditation. 10. Keep to-do lists and try to stay organized/focused day-to-day. Mon, 19 Dec 2011 09:28:38 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_984532 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_984532 Kontessa - Finish my NaNo * Edit * Find and Share with others who will help. * Edit more. - Learn all I can about publishing. The time is now, not later. - Publish, even if it is self-published because it is too good not to see the light of day! - Become a blogging Goddess. I have only 2,000 readers a month. I want at least 10,000! * Go from 500 blog twitter follows to 2,000 * Start a blog facebook Page * Do at least 4 reviews a Month * Do at least 2 giveaways a Month. * Keep posting near Daily - Get a better camera! * Keep taking photos for blog. For my family. - Body.... oh hell NO. I am done being focused on that. I am not huge but I am sick. The Drs don't know why yet, and trying to lose weight is near impossible with my conditions. My husband adores me and I am still in love with him after 13 years. This year, I am NOT going to worry about that. This year is about my bigger ambitions. I thought I had to wait till our children are grown to write. I was wrong. I can do it now. Now is all I have. Some things I can fix, and some things I can't. I can fix my fear of failing at my writing dreams by just doing it! - Get another breeding pair of Gliders. I love my pair but I want a rare pair with another huge cage and take the time to train them wonderfully, but wow is this going to cost dearly.... I will do it! - Make sure I get another vacation with my husband this summer. It helped remind us we are not old yet! - Overcome the Trauma. - Feel confident and self reliant again and rock single parenting and home upkeep during husbands deployment time. - Get another working sewing machine (or get my two busted ones repaired!) and make cage sets that make me smile and either sell or donate some! I miss sewing, and need to admit it. - Don't promise I will cook more. I am not going to. I hate it. No more promises about things I know I hate when there are others around that don't hate it and are good at it. I don't have to do it all anymore, I need to stop getting upset with self for not being "that" housewife. - Rock 2012 NaNo with some great people. "sprites" is right, thats a given! - So close to debt free, hit the credit reports and find every little thing that can be fixed and then start building good credit up as high as possible. Use all raises this year to do so! - Embrace the insanity that comes with creativity. Being weird isn't bad, it isn't something to hide. Be brave! If my son(6) can wear a dress to his older sisters (12) sleep over with her friends and a lot of other times, I can be myself too, the girl that does not wear dresses, sits on her hair, hates cooking and loves helping the children paint on the walls! I am a grown woman who has black walls and burgundy bed sheets and loves it. I don't need to close my door every time company comes over to hide that I am... odd. Yes, I will Embrace the insanity that the sheeple don't get. I am THAT girl and happy. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 03:19:43 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_986927 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_986927 SpringsAwakening BFS 2012 1 Finish my 7th NaNo Wrimo 2 Finish my 2nd Script Frenzy 3 Submit my novel to 5 competitions 4 Graduate College 5 Move to an apartment in a city 6 Audition for 20 shows 7 Submit 10 plays 8 Memorize 5 ukulele songs 9 Lose 20 pounds 10 Get a 9-5 job Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:02:34 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_990147 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_990147 Barranco Non-Writing Goals: -have a good wedding and marriage. Believe it or not, at the age of 56 I'm getting married for the first time in January, to my partner of 19 years. -devote more attention to my spiritual life. I am blessed to be able to have a religious wedding, as I wanted, so realise how important it is to me. -sort out my job/financial situation. How, exactly, I don't know, considering my lack of qualificatiions and lack of money to support me training or studying. And considering my job is very poorly paid, and due to cuts in care service--the field I work in--prospects are getting worse. My fiance does similar low-paid work so can't help. I'm barely earning a living right now, so something has to change. -keep up my hiking and try to swim more. Would like to lose a little weight but will try not to obsess, and prioritise fitness and enjoyment. -try and work on friendships, new and old. But as I've never been good at making or keeping friends, I might drop this one and decide to remain a social recluse. -visit Copenhagen with my husband-to-be. A dream of mine since watching a brilliant Danish TV series. But due to money problems as above, this will probably have to remain a dream for a while. Writing Goals: -revise this year's (my first) Nano novel. Very scary, as I haven't looked at it since finishing early (took me less than 3 weeks of obsessive writing), and dread to think it may look terrible to me now. -work on other writing. Have done nothing since Nano, due to ill health and other preoccupations, but hope to start with a vengeance in the New Year, though it may have to take a back seat until the wedding in late January. Will continue to write short stories, enter them in competitions run by writing magazines--maybe other competitions too. Will plan and start writing another novel. And of course, enter Nano again next November. -aim to get something published within 2012. Short stories at least, perhaps my revised Nano novel. As one poster rightly pointed out, we have no control over whether anyone will want to publish our work, but I can aim to send out my work. -working towards above writing goals to make more possible and bring closer my ultimate goal, which is to write for a living. As the powers that be are raising the retirement age here in Britain, as well as making life harder generally for the poor, and as I won't be getting much of a pension anyway and will probably have to work until I'm ancient, I would rather be working at something I enjoy. Thu, 22 Dec 2011 07:32:12 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_993413 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_993413 maxgal Is it just my imagination, or are y'all a bunch of uber-achievers??? Oh well...here's my list so far, worded so as to be not-too-terrifying: * Finish (as in revise/edit/polish) my NaNoWriMo 2011 novel, You Are Loved. * Find a literary agent for YAL. * Send some short stories out to magazines. * Make October my own private StADMo (Story-A-Day Month). This worked out pretty well in 2011. * Do NaNoWriMo 2012. * Keep learning Japanese. * Visit Japan. * Make some visual art. * Do some yoga. * Do some meditation. Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:21:17 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_996670 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_996670 sushimustwrite Okay, here's my list: 0. Get a more stable job or at least turn what I’m doing now into a stable business. 1. Rewrite the first 2010 NaNo. 2. Do some kind of physical activity every day. (I’ve been doing well on this so far, believe it or not.) 3. Launch the first Wikiwrimo Writing Month (February!). I’m writing the page for this right now. (Update since I posted this on my site: I have written the page for this. Yay!) 4. Be more social outside of NaNo. This may mean (gasp) interacting with non-Wrimos. 5. Get my finances straightened out. 6. Do Wikiwrimowrimo, NaNoEdMo, Script Frenzy, Three-Day Novel Contest, and NaNoWriMo. Maybe I’ll do a Camp NaNoWriMo session too if I come up with a plot. (Holy balls, my late winter/early spring is going to be ridiculous.) 7. Go on a date. Note that I said go on a date, not get in a relationship. I am perfectly okay with this one date goal. 8. Learn to cook better. 9. Install that home server. Also, if I do get a new laptop, finish The Longest Journey and install Linux From Scratch on the old one. Because I can. :D 10. Read 25 books I haven’t read before. Mon, 26 Dec 2011 14:11:55 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_1001613 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_1001613 Yasaibatake Here it is, my BFS 2012 list! I'll be keeping track of my goals both here and at my blog, <a href="http://readingeverypage.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Reading Every Page</a>. 1) halve credit card debt. Definitely big, definitely scary, definitely a relief. This will likely - hopefully - be completed by getting a better job come spring, which will likely be completed by passing additional tests to be certified to teach additional subjects. I'm already signed up for 4 more tests between now and March... 2) exercise at least 3x a week. Self-explanatory. 3) study Arabic at least 10 minutes a day, 5 days a week. It really should be quite a bit more, but that's the bare minimum, and I'm not even managing to do that these days. 4) eat like I did in France 4 times a week. This means no chemicals, no preservatives, and limited sugar and salt. Basically, fresh, quality ingredients prepared very simply and with little fuss, and a lot of homemade from-scratch cooking. 5) Save at least $520 towards travels. $10 a week. Too low of a total to do really much of anything at all, honestly, but considering my financial situation, hopefully a fairly painless goal that'll still get me further than nothing. 6) completely re-write, edit, and submit Behind Enemy Lines (my 2007 NaNo novel!) 7) Read at least 52 books and document them. 52 = 1 book a week. Documentation = so I can remember them all. 8) make a quilt. Because I like quilts. 9) knit something besides a scarf. I'm thinking a blanket, or a shawl, or maybe, if I'm feeling really ambitious, a sweater. I kinda really doubt that last one, but it sounds cozy! 10) beat Assassin’s Creed! I have a bad habit of starting video games and then leaving them halfway through, and my dad bought me the brand new game in the series (#4) for Christmas. I haven't even beat the first one yet! Wed, 28 Dec 2011 01:16:51 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_1006067 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_1006067 maggiep -Get good story ideas when I go to Ireland in May -Create a world for Fantasy story -Get own place(which depends on if the business in the cottage buys the other building and moves in there, then I can move into cottage) Sat, 31 Dec 2011 13:39:46 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_1014609 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_1014609 lthamer 1. Edit and revise past and current novels 2. Start reading and planning for Script Frenzy 3. Be successful with Script Frenzy in April 4. Be successful at Camp Nano 5. Plan new novel for novel 6. Be successful at November’s National Writing Month 7. Edit and revise new novel 8. Down size my possessions 9. Get organized Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:07:26 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_1015377 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_1015377 BriiMarie WRITING: 1. Edit and rewrite Nano '11 with the goal of getting an acceptable draft to use Createspace offer for. 2. Prep for and win Script Frenzy. 3. Win one of the Camp Nano contests this summer. 4. Win Nano '12 (by having a strong outline). 5. Work on completing incomplete fanfics on my ff.net account. 6. Just start writing out stories for fun again. SOCIAL/EDUCATIONAL: 1. Spend more time with family (preferably outside). 2. Regularly check on distant friends/family on Facebook (at least 1/wk). 3. Get learner's permit, then driver's license. 4. Find some volunteer opportunities and/or a part-time job in the local area. 5. Catch up in schoolwork for this year. 6. Help D prep for the GED test. 7. Get to an intermediate level in Spanish and beyond the Beginner stage in Italian. PHYSICAL FITNESS: 1. Lose 18 pounds (preferably, 10 of those by Bday). 2. Do dance aerobics at least 2 hrs a week. 3. Add basic push-ups, sit-ups, etc. to daily exercise routine. 4. Start walking with Mom again. 5. Try and eat healthier. HOBBIES: 1. Get some--like drawing more regularly or photography or even get back into making Youtube videos. 2. Cut back on Internet exposure, except when necessary for writing or schoolwork. Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:44:20 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_1016417 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_1016417 cookiequeen11634 ---Get honors for the rest of the year. Preferably no B-'s, though I know how unlikely that is. ---Start an exercise routine where I exercise every day. ---Write my first screenplay. ---Become more confident in my acting. ---Pick up guitar again. ---Suffer my way through Beginner Ballet and start Modern dance and jazz classes. ---Find a voice teacher. ---Learn Algebra I, II, and Pre-Calculus before the fall. ---Write, at the very least, once a week. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:01:13 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_1018885 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_1018885 CandyRobinson This is my 2012 list: * Start writing every day in spite of the 10 hour work schedule. * Finish my degree -- 22 years so far, but down to the final stretch. * Participate in social events with other writers. * Finish each of my in-process quilts. * Get to Tucson in June to see the new grandchildren. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:28:12 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_1019178 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_1019178 Renee_Archer * Edit 2011's NaNo novel * Take that final hurdle in digital self-publishing, and get stuff out on the market ~ goal of 1 piece (short story, novella, etc.) per quarter * Pay registration fees for the RunForYourLives 5K ~ train for said 5K so I don't die :P ~ complete said 5K * Eat healthier, lose weight, etc. * Sign up for at least one class (underwater basket weaving , or something) * Write, write, write! Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:57:24 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_1021745 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_1021745 bjdoureaux I posted my list on my blog before reading this. :) I go into more detail there, but here's the list: 1) More Bible Study 2) More Bible reading 3) Read what’s on my shelf 4) Complete at least one of my Reading Goals 5) Review copies 6) Study Greek 7) Write more Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:36:53 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=9#forum_thread_comment_1022446 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=9#forum_thread_comment_1022446 MaddieMcMoomin 1) Write this trilogy I've got planned. 2) Help my boyfriend to find an agent and get published. 3) Depending on how writing this trilogy goes, try and get published myself. 4) This one is the biggest and scariest of all and I'm not sure if it is the smartest thing to do, but I'd really like to consider starting a family with my OH. Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:34:43 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=9#forum_thread_comment_1023056 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=9#forum_thread_comment_1023056 PenGryphon2007 I'm working through this novel idea I've had for the last five years and I'm determined to finish it through and submit it to Agents by June 1st. That's the big one. Also, finding a full-time job, preferably teaching Latin, but I'd also go for Biology. ...Once those two things are squared away, I'll be good to go! Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:38:26 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=9#forum_thread_comment_1024934 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=9#forum_thread_comment_1024934 KcyaaDraccis2012 BFS List for 2012: -Write 3 novels this year -Make two blankets - Finish and edit Nanowrimo 2010 novel -Enjoy the new boyfriend (It's been for ages since I dated....) - Spend more time with my crazy family and brush up on my board game skills Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:31:25 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=9#forum_thread_comment_1028793 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=9#forum_thread_comment_1028793 Magpie Ilya I seem to end up with insanely long lists every year... Writing 1. Write on at least 333 days this year 2. finish “Goblins” 3. do Camp NaNo at least once 4. do NaNo (duh) 5. read the Bible (research) Reading 6. read at least 11 books each season, at least 6 of them new to me. 7. read everything currently in my TBR pile 8. sell/give away some of the books/magazines I’m not reading any more 9. start going to the library again 10. update book list Plants 11. update plant list 12. earn money by selling houseplants – more than last year 13. grow an even better balcony garden than last year 14. earn back the expenses for the balcony garden Blogging 15. start German balcony garden blog and post weekly 16. post weekly about my writing progress (on my English blog) 17. post brief reviews of all the books I’ve read, at least once a season (on my English blog) 18. buy a new camera Social life/getting out of the house 19. go to at least 3 medieval fairs 20. go to medieval dance at least 6 times 21. visit my friend in the UK/finally use that travel agency coupon 22. decide whether I’ll go to World Fantasy Convention in 2013 23. get out of the house to do something besides work and grocery shopping at least once a week Needlework 24. knit another sweater 25. sew something Apartment stuff 26. fix living room table 27. buy a shelf for next to the toilet 28. repaint kitchen wall Other 29. 11 days without internet each season 30. sort through boxes of story-stuff/old school things 31. work on one of my half-learned or half-forgotten languages (Latin, Spanish, Dutch) ... I'll probably come up with even more... Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:39:59 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=9#forum_thread_comment_1029389 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=9#forum_thread_comment_1029389 Twisted Little Star - Finish NaNo novel. I actually still like it, even after those thirty days, so I feel like that gives it the right to be finished. - Do NaNoEdMo plus other editing, so that novel will actually be readable to people who aren't me. And then do some more editing. And some more. Fun, fun, fun. - Do Camp NaNoWriMo in either June or August (or both, but I make no promises). - Win NaNoWriMo again. This is my first year winning, so I'd like to make that a habit. - Do some volunteering. - Get a job. I graduate from university this summer, which is terribly scary and means I have to figure out my future, at least a little bit. - Start and maintain a blog. - Get more involved in activism. - Find suitable male companion. For a vaguer goal, I'd like to have an actually good year in 2012. 2011 wasn't terrible, exactly, but it was kind of meh and I'm tired of meh. So here's to having an awesome year! Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:16:26 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=9#forum_thread_comment_1033594 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=9#forum_thread_comment_1033594 Erica in the novel - Really stick to writing every day (oops, better get something down today, then) - Expand and edit this first time NaNo creature. - Find out if it is at all worth trying to get it published. - Continue to find ways of living on next to nothing. - Find ways to pay for pets, who have decided they don't want to live on next to nothing. - Find LOTS of ways to show my wife how much I appreciate how she has made all this possible. Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:50:54 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=9#forum_thread_comment_1036273 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=9#forum_thread_comment_1036273 Mina-Merrin -Find a job - for now anything with a paycheck is welcome! -Finish my novel (the 2011 plot, since it ended up being a prequel to the 2010 plot, lol) -SCRENZY - I will make one of my two plot ideas stick this year! -Start talks of the future with the boyfriend (needing more of a commitment to a forever type of situation - at least engaged to be engaged would work with me) -Get my license - NEEDED DESPERATELY - I'm sick of walking everywhere... -Get back to school so far that's about it...I've got a few minor, not so scary things, but these are the biggies... Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:53:03 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=9#forum_thread_comment_1037290 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=9#forum_thread_comment_1037290 MysteriousFlower - Finish the novel I started for NaNo 2011 - Edit said novel -Lose 3 stone by May - Go through fertility treatment - Get pregnant (if possible by the end of 2012) Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:39:29 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=9#forum_thread_comment_1053276 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=9#forum_thread_comment_1053276 littlepieceofheaven 1. Get a JOB! 2. Continue to live on a shoestring budget. 3. Promise to be poor but happy. 4. Start fleshing out potential plots and ideas for this years Nano (first timer here!) 5. Write more, get used to doing it nearly every day. 6. Read more. 7. Lose a bunch of weight. I won't make a specific target because I royally suck at meeting targets. My method of winging it or just diving in and doing it without much attention to details always seems to work better for me, in all aspects of my life :/ 8. Swim more. I find it very cleansing for the body and mind. 9. Read to my daughter more. 10. Promise to be happy about at least one thing every day. 11. Start making the most out of every day (I'm a self confessed couch potato lol) 12. No matter what happens, always just BE MYSELF. Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:08:30 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=9#forum_thread_comment_1082380 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=9#forum_thread_comment_1082380 gadzooks97 1. Completely revise my main novel 2. Write a new novel in a new genre (epic fantasy is what i'm aiming for) 3. Get an average of 90 or above for every subject at school 4. Exercise regularly 5. Read a LOT of books 6. Avoid getting addicted to gaming 7. Get A or above for my 8th Grade Violin Exam 8. Get my L's 9. Get a job 10. Work on drawing with my tablet 11. Learn more Indonesian to the extent where it is NEARLY fluent Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:13:00 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=9#forum_thread_comment_1084188 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=9#forum_thread_comment_1084188 crzsabas 1) Spend less time in Nano forums (done!) 2) Write every day until I am in the habit of completing editable drafts at the rate of several per year. 3) Get completed work onto Smashwords, so they can become extremely cheap on Amazon and I can learn how that type of marketing/sales-feedback loop works, thus getting better and more marketable over time. And that's it! I realized that a lot of what I considered "goals" are just ordinary everyday disciplines (now that I'm better at them) that have to be gotten out of the way efficiently in order to clear the table for the bigger, scarier, funner stuff, like writing. It used to be a goal to be fit, but now I AM fit so it's now moved from the category of big and scary and fun to boring everyday routine...yet to retain the benefits I still have to show up for it! (Full disclosure, I haven't lost significant amount of pounds OR INCHES during my year of fitness focus...but I am much stronger and more energetic. Its amazing that you can stay 30 pounds overweight while training for and completing a half-marathon but there it is. Maybe at some point my muscles will reach "critical mass" and start burning fat faster; in the meantime I'm content that somewhere under my beanbag shape, my abs are stellar! I'm fifty now, but I see myself in the future: "When I am 60, I will wear (a purple bikini) and a red hat..." I had a lot of success in 2011 with learning to be a better administrator. I still have a lot to learn in this area, but I'm no longer afraid of going toe-to-toe with state and federal offices. Those of you who remember last year's medical drama with my mom: I'm in the third round of appeals for her expenses to be reimbursed by Medicare. I have learned of a volunteer organization called SHIP (State Health Insurance Program) so we may be gearing up for round four. But again, I have to make the transition away from focusing on this stuff, to just getting it done and out of my hair like the lice-nest it is. I've crept slowly up the list in the University of Illinois' civil service job application process to position number 10. I've applied to take a second exam that might bump me up the list a teeny bit higher with a better score. I haven't had time to pursue other jobs than that, but I have been given a tiny merit raise and extra hours at my part-time job at the Y, and I now qualify for retirement benefits. Not that any of that helps us pay for cost increases NOW, and we are slowly creeping back into debt. We are basically exploiting the utility companies for low-cost, short-term loans by not paying our bills on time. Nevertheless, we are generous with the money we do have, and I made my first platelet donation in several years last month! Now that my health is so improved, I feel confident that my vital juices can once again help sick people to recover. Audiobooks have changed my life and mental health over the last year, to an astonishing degree! I have learned that a lot of my stress and anxiety, and insomnia, result in part from being too smart and having too active a mind for most of the daily demands I MUST--no room to negotiate--MEET. Having constant audiobooks streaming through the unoccupied parts of my brain, even while I'm "asleep", has helped me enormously. I never have insomnia with a book in my ear. I can listen to the same one several times, so I don't miss anything if I sleep through it. If I'm using a book to sleep to, I have to choose my subject carefully. No crime drama. But the Bible, the Tao Te Ching, cozy mysteries if I like the reader and know the ending...I have slept really well for three or four months since I discovered this trick. I just have to remember to turn it off and take the buds off when I am TALKING to people. But I'm rarely bored, and rarely anxious, and super productive. One of the reasons I used to quit tasks early was intense boredom, but I didn't realize that. I thought I was being lazy. BTW, I get all these downloads legally and for free from MyMediaMall, with my library card. I will post updates, but rarely. I miss all the BFS regulars. :-) I wish you all well, and all you new folks, too! Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:44:03 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=9#forum_thread_comment_1087691 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=9#forum_thread_comment_1087691 Mae 13  Finish Yule gifts before Halloween  Make creative, personal, and collaborative videos on my personal channel  Conquer a fear  Read a novel with my own two eyes  Make art  Edit my NaNo novel  Get my free proof copes  Keep a diary  Participate in NaNoWriMo  Volunteer somewhere  Raise money for charity (300+)  Finish the wall of painting in the hallway  Write short stories and poetry  Plan ahead for my NaNo novel (part by part plot arc, character sheets, location pages)  Find a name for my 2011 NaNo  Not cut my hair  Read an excellent book  Continue teaching  Exercise  Make an Etsy shop  Get too bed at a better time  Follow-up on fiddle playing  Learn to play harmonica  Learn to play concertina  Take my vitamins every day  Be the best friend I can to the people I love Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:15:50 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=9#forum_thread_comment_1088735 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=9#forum_thread_comment_1088735 Bubblechaser I want to... 1. Write in my journal every day 2. Take a horseback riding class 3. Go to a National Park 4. Lose 20 pounds 5. Ride a carousel 6. Run another half-marathon 7. Dress up for the Hunger Games movie premiere :) Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:11:11 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=9#forum_thread_comment_1095402 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=9#forum_thread_comment_1095402 TheLoveMutt 1) NaNoWriMo 2012 =] 2) Be a Co-ML for the abovementioned NaNo 3) Screnzy! 4) Lengthen and revise this year's NaNo 5) Apply to grad schools 6) (Attend one of said grad schools) 7) Finish creating a fantasy world I began planning out over the summer. (and maybe use for 2012 Nano!) 8) Write more often. I'd love to get up to writing daily, but if I'm being honest, I need baby steps. xD I'd like to actually have a chance to succeed at all of these. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:45:20 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=9#forum_thread_comment_1104173 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=9#forum_thread_comment_1104173 missmoppet 1) Fix up our living room (ie; new front door, replace all trim, paint ceiling beam, put in beadboard and chairrail). 2) Rewrite my first and third Nano and make them ready for publication 3) Send at least one of those novels out to an agent or publishing house 4) Pay off all major debts 5) Take a bellydance class 6) Write another NaNo in November Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:54:40 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=9#forum_thread_comment_1105101 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=9#forum_thread_comment_1105101 Evylyn Rose This will definitely be an up and down year, but I'm counting on it being good overall. :) 1~Finish editing and prepping Nano novel for publishing [target release date: sometime in February] 2~Find assistance to ensure mortgage is paid during transition [preferably before I absolutely must have it] 3~Put together a lease agreement and find a roommate [Probably about mid-Feb with move-in in March or maybe a little later] 4~Get tutoring service rolling to gain experience and improve the local community [throughout the year] 5~Write no less than two articles a week for HubPages [starting after release of Nano novel] 6~Start a new book (non-fiction this time) [as soon as inspiration hits] 7~Work on compiling poetry for publishing a collection [while waiting on #6] 8~Put together small classes/workshops for local group [February-Marchish timeframe... maybe] 9~Exercise regularly [more often than last year an acceptable goal XD] 10~Win Nanowrimo 2012 in November 11~Redo front and backyard landscaping to annoy local code enforcers (actually, I just want trees, a firepit, and garden, but they have some very OCD idea of what landscaping consists of despite so many other options being within the codes) [during summer months] 12~Take time to be creative (aside from writing :P) [any chance I get] 13~Spend more time doing things away from home with the dogs [anytime the weather permits] I could put in all kinds of other goals that involve making money and the like, but I'm fairly certain financial needs will be met so long as I remain true to myself and have faith. I felt less financially secure when I had a steady paycheck making considerably more money and had no time for my animals, dreams, spirituality, and friends. This list here should take care of all the real needs. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:09:40 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=9#forum_thread_comment_1105420 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=9#forum_thread_comment_1105420 All-I-need Okay, so I`m a little late, but who cares? Here we go: Writing: - finish my writing room (a mix of office and living room, complete with corkboard wall for plotting) - write AT LEAST 500 words each day (I made a table in WordExcel to enter daily wordcounts and so far I`ve stuck to it) - translate my best friend`s fanfiction from German into English. It has to be finished by Christmas. - start working on my crime novels, my trilogy and a historical. - do NaNoWriMo 2012 and possibly also CampNaNoWriMo Life: - convince my best male friend that he`s madly in love with me. Oh boy. - spend more time outside this summer - go inline skating more often - spend more time with my friends and family - volunteer at local animal shelter - start learning how to play the piano - read more books - meet Irish author Derek Landy again and remind him of how I hit him over the head with a (clean) toilet brush at a book fair (that was hilarious!) - get summer job or part-time job (basically: EARN MONEY) - start planning a trip to London (and New York, which is why I need the money) - find perfect couch for my writing room. School: - get better at Spanish. That might be possible if I developed an interest in the language. Chances: 0% - try to understand German, British and American politics - keep my A in Translation Englisch-&gt;German and vice versa. - do not hit idiot classmates over the head with a heavy object (like a dictionary). So far, I`ve been restraining myself, but I might crack soon. Looks like this list is longer than I first thought it would be. Oops...? I guess I´ve got my work cut out for me. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:50:13 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=9#forum_thread_comment_1119711 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=9#forum_thread_comment_1119711 AltarGirl - Finish editing first novel. -Begin sequel in July (due to personal commitments, I do NaJuWriMo) -Have "Maggie's Story" about our rescue dog, printed for our four grandchildren -Print out our granddaughter's fantasy story and present a copy to each grandchild (This is my first post!!!) Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:03:18 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=9#forum_thread_comment_1125047 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=9#forum_thread_comment_1125047 WiresInABox 1. Learn enough German to feel comfortable with it 2. Play more Harp 3. Get a job 4. Stop listening to people who think they can decide over my life and my body 5. Finish editing my NaNo-novel, plan the sequel 6. Draw comics 7. Don't be afraid to show people what I have made 8. Stop reading comments to news articles online, I always end up losing faith in humanity 9. Be more physical active 10. Meet Emil Jensen at least once, he is my idol and happy pill Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:04:16 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=9#forum_thread_comment_1127288 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=9#forum_thread_comment_1127288 croyante My big, fun, scary goals... 1. Revise this year's NaNo novel. 2. Submit said novel by the end of the year. 3. Write my steampunk novel (the one I started during Camp NaNoWriMo last year, but didn't finish) 4. Build my author website/blog. 5. Travel to at least one place I've never visited before. I have some less big &amp; scary goals, too. But these are the big ones. I can't wait to see what the year brings! Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:12:40 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1132682 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1132682 LeilaTheRainbowNinja Wow. So many. 1) Give up on 'Stay With Me' and work out a new plot for it. Seriously, the 14k I wrote in November sucked so bad. 2) RP more with LozzT-In-Time, my sister and Ashleigh. Possibly their friend Jade. POSSIBLY. 3) Finish my second year at college and decide on what degree I want to take at Uni 4) Do some songwriting, or maybe record for LozzT-In-Time. Or with her. Either way... 5) Read more books. Like, seriously. 6) Get the purple dye out of my hair. I hate it when I accidentally buy permanent hair dye instead of semi-permanent. And then... 7) ... dye it my natural red again. Okay, maybe a little more 'Hayley Williams' than my original hair colour, but still. Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:06:49 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1156625 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1156625 Sealight Lol, there are so many! I hope this helps me actually finish this. 1) Actually finish my Nano from this year. 2) Learn to play the guitar, at least to the point where I know more chords than I do now. 3) Choreograph a dance to the ten songs on my list. 4) Get up the courage to find an advisor and declare my major. 5) Also read more books. I have a stack yet to read! Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:37:25 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1156722 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1156722 becca Z Ok, let's seeeeeee 1) Read, read and read some more! 2) Start to Write my amazing story idea! 3) Finish at least my first draft of amazing story by the day the world is supposed to end (my family doesn't think that I can do it! I shall prove them wrong) 4)Go to France 5) Get a job 6) Not die when the world is supposed to end 7) Get a writing buddy 8) Learn how to spell! And...that is it for now, such an amazing list! Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:33:47 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1177556 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1177556 KaelynAngelfoot 1. Revise and edit 2011 novel 2. Learn Java 3. Learn electronics 4. Learn Arduino and Android programming 5. Successfully complete 2012 NaNo. 6. Complete at least one cross-stitch project 7. Sew, sew, sew! Garb for Dagorhir. Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:45:55 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1177787 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1177787 9thcloud 1. Finish nano11's novel. 2. Become moderately skillful at shading. 3. Dye hair absurd colors. Yes. 4. Got job/save money. 5. Successfully reach 50,000 words for Camp. 6. Successfully reach 50,0000 words for November. 7. Not go crazy. 8. Dress up as zombie for day after when we're suppose to die. Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:21:04 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1177906 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1177906 Amy Geliebter - Actually finish a novel this year - Win MarNoWriMo - Win Script Frenzy - Win Camp NaNo - Win NaNoWriMo '12 - Take my photography to another level - Go to school in the fall and not have a mental breakdown Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:49:56 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1179823 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1179823 Garneth_Riparian 1. Make it through spring term alive. This includes finals. 2. June Camp Nanowrimo! I have no idea what I'm writing yet! 8D 3. Get a summer job. 4. Finish painting my bedroom. 5. Get in the habit of working out. 6. Leave for studying abroad in France! 7. Nanowrimo '12 - rebelling! Creative nonfiction ftw! 8. Survive the end of the world and fly away in the TARDIS. Sat, 03 Mar 2012 02:44:15 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1186192 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1186192 LastSon 1. Write for at least thirty minutes a day (I have already failed at this) 2. ??? 3. PROFIT! Sun, 11 Mar 2012 17:17:57 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1205476 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1205476 Red-Eye 1. Finish re-writing NaNo '10 2. Read and edit NaNo '11 3. Win NaNo '12 4. Do what my teacher told me and go to the psychologist - at least phone her this week. :/ 5. ... improve my language skills in English, I think? :D Tue, 13 Mar 2012 02:59:24 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1208974 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1208974 Grant Faulkner Okay, this is, um, scary--which is the point, of course. Dipping toe into water... -Finish first draft of screenplay with my super fantastic writing partner, Laura Albert (hey, I can do that during Script Frenzy!!) -Finish collection of 100 100-word stories and pitch to publishing big shots (or small shots, if need be) -Use willpower more effectively to keep the front lawn from dying. Same for car repairs. -Reach out to "prominent" authors to publish on www.100wordstory.org so that we can pitch a collection to publishing big shots (agent told me we need the "prominent" ones to publish the other ones...definition of "prominent"?) -Practice alchemy in preparation for next recession--and for all OLL fundraising drives, of course! -Somehow find a way to create a "writing retreat" to revise a novel that's been shackled to me for eight years and needs to be pitched somewhere, perhaps in the garbage -Practice the guitar so that I'm not wasting money paying my guitar teacher to watch me practice each week -Treat customer service people like royalty -More prank phone calls...(kidding) -Restrain list making and live for the moment. Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:36:16 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1210440 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1210440 DaveRockwell 1. Loose 70+ lbs (I'm 10 lbs in) 2. Edit and try to publish my 2011 NaNoWriMo (working on it all month) 3. Successfully Pitch my NaNoWriMo Novel (I'm blogging my process for #2 and#3 here: http://rockwellwritebetter.blogspot.com/ 4. More to come Good luck to folks and Cheers, Dave Mon, 02 Apr 2012 07:00:27 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1255603 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1255603 jadedanddark -Finish and revise (at least once) the novel begun in March...it's a long one, this might take the rest of the year, easily -Do something somewhat dangerous that I've never done before, like ice fishing or getting onto the roof to watch the stars -Make a significant dent in my "books I have not yet read" case. It's not a shelf, it is a whole case, and it is getting out of hand. -Get married...a lot of my wedding will be DIY, so there's another year-long project Explore all the hiking trails in the nature park near my house. There are half a dozen of them, and they are quite steeply uphill, and any two of them are about four miles long. My aim is to not feel like dying by the time I get to the top. -Keep my writing group alive, and hopefully add at least one more member Whooo...this is going to be hard. Fun, but hard. Sat, 07 Apr 2012 12:24:33 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1270549 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1270549 Hunger Ludinivalis -Write and finish my first complete good novel in Camp NaNoWriMo (let's see if this goes well) -Write and finish a fanfic -Learn Korean -Learn some combination of flute, guitar, trombone, saxophone, and viola over the summer -Finish the school year with a 3.9 or higher -Lose weight -Keep up on my blog Should be accomplishable. Sat, 07 Apr 2012 15:42:03 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1271173 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1271173 tereseh -Finish a halfway story -Learn to play the violin (might sidestep this, as I want an electrical one, and they're not good on my wallet) -Become a mum (by the looks of it in August :) ) -Paint at least 2 paintings and try to sell them -Finish assembling and painting a troop in my woodelf army (warhammer ftw! :) ) Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:14:02 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1275877 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1275877 RebeccaMolloy My list for the rest of this year (in no particular order): - Win Screnzy and complete the script to the end rather than just leaving it half-done. - Complete my current creative writing course. - Work on my Old English course every day and finish it. - Work through my Irish for Beginners and/or Welsh for Beginners books, but I must only do one at a time so I can concentrate on it properly, not have several on the go at the same time and get into a muddle like I normally do. - Write at least 500 words per day outside of SF and NaNos - Take part in and hopefully win both sessions of Camp NaNo 2012 as well as regular NaNo in November. - Start my Open University degree in October. I'm really nervous about this as I've been out of education for several years now and I'm hoping I don't mess it all up. - Read all of the books on the "to-read" shelf of my bookcase by the end of the year. - Learn to cook properly. I've never really learnt much in the way of cooking skills and at 27, that's a bit embarrassing. - Try and find a job. - Try and find a boyfriend. That would be nice, but I'm not going to hold my breath... Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:32:33 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1299275 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1299275 42n8 Me #1 - I MUST finish my first ever novel of any kind, my 2011 nano. - clean my closets - write at least 2 hours every day. (Editing only counts 50%) - find a renter for the house that's siphoning away at my life's savings - keep my sanity. (This could be hardest goal of all) Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:20:14 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1306013 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1306013 phenomanomanomable 1. See if there is anything to salvage from NaNo '11 2. Actually finish NaNo this year! 3. Sort through my overflowing wardrobe without mercy 4. Write my EPQ 5. Fundraise the insurmountable £3500 for my World Challenge expedition 6. Try to read at least 10 books from my master list 7. Try not to fail my A-levels Oooh this year does not look too fun. Sun, 29 Apr 2012 03:59:21 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1327906 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1327906 luizamm It's not even May and I've already done most things in my BFS list for this year, yipeeee! I'm swimming and I'm strong and I've cleaned up my wardrobe and have sorted out my relationship with my mom. So I think a bigger, funnier, scarier list is in order. 1. FINISH MY PSYCHOTHERAPY. This one seems pretty close now. I want that time and money for other things. I wanna be alright. I wanna go home. 2. KISS THIS ONE GUY Who is adorkable. 3. FINISH MY NOVEL FROM 2011 It's so close! 4. SWIM ACROSS THE OLYMPIC POOL IN A SINGLE BREATH I still got a looooooong way to go for that one. 5. DO GREAT WHEN I PRESENT MY RESEARCH THIS OCTOBER + PUBLISH A CYENTIFIC ARTICLE 6. GET A TATTOO. Sun, 29 Apr 2012 14:19:45 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1328531 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1328531 RainbowConnection Well, I hadn't really planned on participating in TYODBFCTT, but I suppose I've already done some big scary things this year.... -Got my very first job - and as of today, quit my very first job because it sucked! :D And this fall, I'm going to college. It will be my first time at any kind of school... so yeah, pretty scary. But awesome. Fri, 11 May 2012 08:40:43 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1361107 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1361107 Caroline11278 -Start blogging -Get something accepted on MuggleNet fanfiction (I have three poems so far, but I want to get at least a single-chapter story). -Post at least one thing on Figment -Finish growing my hair out for Locks of Love (six inches to go) -Do more volunteer work -Write more -Design another website (prefferbly one that gets more than six hits- four of which being mine) -Make more friends Fri, 11 May 2012 09:13:41 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1361156 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1361156 Naffy -Take A Level exams -Pass aforementioned A Level exams -Get into University -Change course at university -Write more and finish at least one story to the end! -Read more of both non-fictional and fictional books Sun, 13 May 2012 06:01:41 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1365551 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1365551 Buffy871 1. Write, edit, and submit a novel. 2. Keep up with my blog better this year. 3. Lose 20 more pounds. 4. A certain private goal that I've been working on for 3 years now with little progress, but I'm not giving up on. 5. Begin learning how to play guitar. 6. Begin learning Spanish. 7. Get a second or other job. Mon, 14 May 2012 07:37:05 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1367738 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1367738 Mrf18 -Finish, edit and revise my Nanowrimo -^But first outline it. -Start working on plays -Not throw-up at my singing recital -Sign up for singing lessons -Write my other Nanowrimo -^Out line it first -And improve my skills *wipes forehead* I've got a lot of work to do Thu, 17 May 2012 18:44:41 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1377472 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1377472 Tune_ 1.] Write more often; Slowly break away from Fanfiction stories while you're at it. 2.] Win Camp next month; Win NaNo this November. 3.] Self-publish two novels by 2015. 4.] Lose twenty-five//thirty pounds by the end of the year; Live a generally healthier lifestyle; Stop complaining about mom's WeightWatchers idea because we desperately need to get down to 120. 5.] No straightening hair until it gets healthier. 6.] GET A GYM MEMBERSHIP. 7.] Apply for a job as a Starbucks barista; Get the job; Don't suck at the job. Sat, 19 May 2012 16:00:52 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1382416 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1382416 xbohemianjewelx - Officially get my Pharmacy Technician certification - Get a literary agent - Win NaNoWriMo this year - Find a cave somewhere and spelunk the hell out of it - Stop writing forum comments when I've been drinking Sat, 19 May 2012 17:25:43 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1382610 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=11#forum_thread_comment_1382610 cityscapes101 - Complete, edit, and revise my NaNo novel from this year. - Complete, edit, and revise another novel I have been working on this year. - Get a job. I really want to save enough money to get a car. - Find a college major/career past high school. - Find the courage to do Script Frenzy this April! Sun, 04 Dec 2011 11:23:17 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_931888 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_931888 Mary Chase Anselme 1. DATE SOMEBODY. Get experienced in the ways of love. 2. Get a job I like (preferably at the Renaissance Faire). 3. Find a haircut that's different from what I have now, but still comfortably 'me'. 4. Write a novel of at least 75,000 words. 5. Finish the screenplay I've been writing with my best friend and find a way to produce it. 6. Become a better gender-passer. Embrace my inherent masculinity. 7. Re-affirm my faith. 8. Pick up ballet again. (Also tap.) 9. Knit a sweater that I'm not embarrassed to wear. 10. Write and produce a play at my university. Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:44:38 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_974689 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_974689 black umbral 1. Paint a mural on my kitchen wall 2. Complete NaNoWriMo 2012 3. Make a piece of clothing (not including a halloween costume) Sat, 31 Dec 2011 18:17:24 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1015664 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1015664 opheliac Just a suggestion regarding the nature of goals: Unless you are considering self- or indie-publishing, which it doesn't sound like you are, <em>selling</em> stories isn't something you can control (and even with indie publishing, you can only control the publishing part, not the selling part). You can only control how many stories you write and how quickly you send them out again once they come back. For a more realistic goal, I suggest something along the lines of "write x-number of stories this year/each month/etc., and never keep a story that's ready to go out for more than a week". I had selling a story as a goal this year ... I've gotten a lot more rejection slips. Now this coming year, my goal is all about writing and getting it out there. Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:30:45 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_937103 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_937103 Tania Scott Can I just say 'awww' at this :-) Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:03:15 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_901736 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_901736 Kayla Rain awwhh! Goood luck!!! Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:36:42 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_917405 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_917405 cityscapes101 Awwww! So sweet. Good luck with everything! Sun, 04 Dec 2011 11:23:50 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_931891 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_931891 SpaceXDebris [quote=flopart] -Propose to my girlfriend (shhh!) [/quote] =) Nice. Good luck! Sat, 10 Dec 2011 09:36:10 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_958788 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_958788 Mina-Merrin Good luck - hope everything goes well! Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:48:33 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1037273 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1037273 nanomarsbar Well, number 1's done! ...minimum wage sucks. So much. Sat, 10 Dec 2011 03:22:48 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_958469 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_958469 maiden Awesome!!! Especially #3. If you haven't read it already, I'd recommend 'The Ode Less Travelled' by Stephen Fry for #2, particularly helpful for being "less pretentious". ;) Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:52:56 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_905849 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_905849 maiden Congratulations! Masters theses are so short compared to Nano. At least, mine was. :P Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:56:28 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_905905 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_905905 flopart After doing NaNo, a master's thesis doesn't scare me anymore. Oddly enough, neither does marriage? I guess learning to commit and focus really spreads into all areas of life. Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:00:54 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_915582 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_915582 extra4u A fortunate coincidence! One thing on my BFS list is going to be testing for my 2nd kyu in Aikido. Good luck getting back into Aikido. Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:03:20 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_921344 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_921344 maiden #7 - Hear hear! Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:00:46 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_905975 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_905975 SunKat A fantastic list here! and looking at #10 I had to have a wonder over to your deviant art page and found this: http://aliceunrequited.deviantart.com/art/Uprooted-into-Sunlight-158324417 A beautiful ballpoint pen faerie, I didn't realise ballpoint pen could look so beautiful, with gorgoeus line shading, you definitely should do more of these - you have talent! Well Done! :) Wed, 23 May 2012 10:18:34 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1392600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1392600 last.defense Thanks for the link! Sat, 03 Dec 2011 20:29:42 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_929934 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_929934 cchapman84 Ugh. How did I forget? I'm also planning on producing a feature film next November (which means NaNo will probably be out for me in 2012. Thu, 01 Dec 2011 07:44:37 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_914343 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_914343 Mattius Watsonnius You definitely want to visit Australia, it's a much cooler country :P (well, not ACTUALLY cooler in terms of temperature, but, you get my drift). Sat, 03 Dec 2011 02:10:43 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_926898 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_926898 Mattius Watsonnius Yeah I want to visit Melbourne again, I only went down there for the first time earlier this year, and fell in love with the place. Much prefer it to Sydney, I hate to admit. Would also love to go to Scotland! Sat, 03 Dec 2011 02:11:56 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_926899 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=2#forum_thread_comment_926899 Mattius Watsonnius Hehehe yes I can agree, that Stephen Fry book is great! It's also very funny, but it's good for just breaking poetry down so well. I wish I had discovered that book years ago, before I did poetry in uni (or high school, for that matter). Sat, 03 Dec 2011 02:04:46 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_926891 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_926891 Erica in the novel I can second that! I have also found that writing fiction is not much different from writing a thesis. You have a plan, you research stuff, and you revise, revise, revise. As soon as I realized that, NaNo was much less scary, and, somehow, easier. Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:39:49 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1036255 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1036255 akizakura All awesome, especially number 3! Good luck with the prom dress. ...and for some reason, when I read number 8, I misread it like you meant buying the company that makes the product and thought "whoa, that is ambitious." LOL Sat, 03 Dec 2011 23:57:45 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=3#forum_thread_comment_930691 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=3#forum_thread_comment_930691 onlyobsess Even as a person who never wants to write a thesis, and is far from getting married, this makes me go "awwwww." Because the concept of NaNo changing how you look at life is one I'd never thought of. It's fantastic. Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:13:02 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_920050 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_920050 zaapiel This year on your birthday, I wish you Life, the Universe, and Everything! Have an amazing year! Your list of goals is marvelous! Fri, 02 Dec 2011 06:05:59 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=5#forum_thread_comment_921839 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=5#forum_thread_comment_921839 thatollie True, I meant to put submit stories. Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:04:42 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_957742 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_957742 Kaserl ....Quick question. Is there any particular reason why you want to learn to scream? Sat, 17 Dec 2011 18:46:08 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_980744 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_980744 Buffy871 That is a hardcore list. Good luck. :) Mon, 14 May 2012 07:33:35 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1367734 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1367734 TrueLoveWaits116 My boyfriends starting a band, And when needed, I'm a vocalist, but I thought.. If I could scream. Heck, It'd help them alot. :) Fri, 23 Dec 2011 22:35:48 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_997351 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_997351 sprites Almost forgot: 11. Win NaNo 2012. That's a given though right? Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:31:20 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_985651 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_985651 sciencebird BFS 2012 (I like!) 1. Be more relaxed 2. Do more yoga and exercise 3. Be able to do 25 push-ups again. 4. Write without judgement. 5. Lose 20 pounds 6. Act on inspiration Wed, 21 Dec 2011 02:39:04 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_990274 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_990274 RavenMad Good for you! I always wanted to join a metal band, but couldn't take the vocal lessons so I wouldn't shred my throat. Good luck! Sun, 25 Dec 2011 16:39:43 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_1000222 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_1000222 sushimustwrite [quote=Yasaibatake]10) beat Assassin’s Creed! I have a bad habit of starting video games and then leaving them halfway through, and my dad bought me the brand new game in the series (#4) for Christmas. I haven't even beat the first one yet! [/quote] I am the exact same way about leaving video games halfway through. I've been playing The Longest Journey since... 2008? 2009? Whatever the case, it's far too long. I've also been playing Pokemon Diamond for almost a year, almost as long as I've known one of my good friends. It's probably about time to finish one of those, especially since I have Portal waiting... Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:16:01 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_1007482 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=8#forum_thread_comment_1007482 missmoppet I forgot to add 7) Ride a horse I've always wanted to. I'm terrified of most animals but this year I'm gonna do it. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:57:06 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=9#forum_thread_comment_1105104 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=9#forum_thread_comment_1105104 KaelynAngelfoot Last year the World was supposed to end twice and it failed both times. I think your chances of survival are pretty good. :) Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:47:16 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1177792 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1177792 Erica in the novel Ice fishing!! Lots of fun and not all that dangerous...well, not if the ice is good. Check with a local. Do what I do, go with a bunch of people, then if the ice cracks, you won't die alone. Good luck with all of these! Sun, 08 Apr 2012 11:14:23 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1273317 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/45656?page=10#forum_thread_comment_1273317