Okay, so we've all had a chance to get a few hours of sleep...
Nanowrimo isn't the only timed creative uncontest out there. Someone else sent me along this list and I thought it might be a good place to start a 'gee whiz, now what do I do with all this free tome' thread.
Feel free to post other writer's groups you belong to, or creativity related websites you think other folks might find helpful.
Other Online/Timed Writing Events
• Book in a Week
o 1 week - First week each month - Write a novel.
o http://www.book-in-a-week.com
● National Novel Finishing Month (NaNoFiMo) in December.
o Write 30,000 new words and reach The End.
o http://www.nanofimo.org/
● January Novel Writing Month (JanNoWriMo)
o Write a 50,000 word novel.
o http://www.livejournal.com/community/janowrimo/
● National Novel Editing Month (NaNoEdMo) in March.
o Commit to 50 hours of novel editing.
o http://www.nanoedmo.net/
• April Fool's
o 1 month – April - Write 500 - 200,000 words.
o http://www.feath.com/afmain.htm
● Script Frenzy in April.
o Write a 100 page script; can be done with a partner.
o http://www.scriptfrenzy.org/
• Run by the Office of Letters and Light, the same people who run NaNoWriMo.
● July Novel Writing Month (JulNoWriMo)
o Write 50,000 words for a new or unfinished manuscript.
o http://julnowrimo.thewrigro.com/
• Naplwrimo (National Playwriting Month)
o Month – November Write a play
o http://www.naplwrimo.org/
• NoBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month)
o 1 Month – November - Update a blog daily.
o http://www.fussy.org/nablopomo.html
● National Novel Publishing Year (NaNoPubYe)
o Step-by-step publishing support.
o http://www.nanopubye.org/
● National Novel Writing Year (NaNoWriYe)
o Pursue a word-count goal for all of 2008.
o http://www.pro-board.com/index.php?proboard=nanowriye2008
• Mad Challenge
o 1 month - One every month - Write a novel, or a writing challenge.
o http://groups.yahoo.com/group/madchallenge/
Not Quite Noveling, But…
• 24-hour Comic Contest
o 1 Day - October 7, 2006 - Draw a 24-page comic.
o http://24hourcomics.com/
• 48-hour Film Project
o 2 Days - Varies (tours) - Create a short film.
o http://www.48hourfilm.com/
• February Album Writing Month
o 1 Month – February - Write 14 original songs.
o http://www.fawm.org/
• National Solo Album Month
o 1 Month – November - write and record a solo album.
http://www.lacunae.com/nasoalmo/
• NaNoMangO
o 1 Month - November, and June - Draw 30 pages of comics.
o http://www.livejournal.com/community/nanomango
• NaNoGiveMo (National Novelists Give More)
o 1 Month - One every month - Click donation site links and donate money.
o http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NaNoGiveMo
Info courtesy of the JaNoWriMo site, source located at http://ymakadomain.com/janno/links.shtml
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I've also been an on again - off again member of the writer's group Forward Motion, located at
http://www.fmwriters.com
For those looking for a more formal writing group, the Manitoba Writers' Guild has some great resources:
http://www.mbwriter.mb.ca
What are some of other people's suggestions (I have LOTS more, but I'll space them out a bit...)?
=Bets=
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Some of us are fragile
Some of us have snapped
Some of us are watching
Some of us are trapped
Some of us are wounded
Some of us have strayed
Some of us are striving
Some of us have not been paid...
Martyn Joseph - "Some Of Us" (Deep Blue, 2005)
