Hey fellow Roughwriters,
I just took a quick look at our numbers (counting only the 78 writers with Saskatchewan as their home region). We have 28 validated winners this year and over 1.9 million words written.
Whether you completed your 50,000 words or not, thanks for contributing.
Hope to see everyone back for Nanowrimo 2008.
James
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Saskatchewan's International Ambassador
Script Frenzy 2007 Velocitized | Script Frenzy 2008 The Malevolent Planet Hypothesis
120,092 / 50,000
Dec 1, 2007 - 11 00
Hey all,
One more year down and 11 months till the next nano... As with James... Well done!
50,143 / 50,000
Dec 1, 2007 - 19 35
Wow 28 of us have the pretty purple bar. That is great
Congratulations to every who even opened a word document even if you only wrote a word or two. You wrote more than those who didn't sign up or try at all.
There is always next year. I hope to see you all here again next year.
53,344 / 50,000
Dec 1, 2007 - 22 44
Thought I'd lend my congratulations to all the Saskatchewan writers who participated in this year's Nano, as well. This was my first year paticipating in the program and it was a dream. Thanks for providing the community I've been looking for as a writer for the past 20 years. You're collective effort motivated me to produce more fiction than I have ever attempted to produce and helped me finish the rough draft of a novel I have wanted to write since I was a teenager.
Wish I could participate in the TGIOP, but I live on the far east end of the province. Nevertheless, I look forward to participating next year and have already began promoting Nano to local schools and other writers I know.
It's been amazing. All the best.
53,129 / 50,000
Dec 2, 2007 - 08 28
Yup, this was a great month and it's so much fun to share with other people. I want to take a minute to promote Script Frenzy too. I took part in the first one in June and although I tried to get other people interested, it was no go. So, I did it alone and it was big fun. It's only 20,000 words. I wrote a stage play called Dinner with the Girls.
Some people I talked to were hung up on formatting but it was no big deal.
So, if you want a related challenge, I highly recommend Script Frenzy. I will be doing it again so you'll know at least one other person in Saskatchewan.
Till then, happy editing or whatever.
Miss Dora
50,213 / 50,000
Dec 5, 2007 - 10 05
Hello, Everybody,
As the dust settles (or shall I say as the snow piles up) after our writing adventure, I have to say that it's been a joyful experience to go through nanowrimo for the second time. My first year, last year, was far more stressful, and a lot of what I was writing was filler because I thought it would be so hard to get to 50,000 words.
This year, I knew from experience that if you make an effort to get a few words down every day, you will succeed. And when you've missed days, it's good to know that you can easily catch up if you have a day or two relatively free of distractions. This increased confidence made me more thoughtful and deliberate about what I was writing. So I think this year's effort was much better, and that makes me excited for next year.
Another difference between the two years was that last year, because I was not as confident, I was relying on ideas that I had picked up from books, and my main characters were reading and picking up ideas from books. (I'm really into books myself! Surprise, surprise.) This year I extended myself to be more original, to see myself as a source of ideas. Being more genuine made this year's effort better.
I congratulate everybody who participated. I hope you are increasingly able to see yourself as a writer, or as a creative person, or as someone who will try anything at least once. These are expansive and wonderful ways to view ourselves.
All the best, Julie