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SO Sorry!

authoressninja — Sat, 1 Mar 2008 19:48:54 -0800

Sorry sa mga hindi ko na-replyan! Yung mga nag pm sakin! Sorry!
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Did anyone get their NaNoWriMo novels published?

Musical Simplicity — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:44:45 -0800

~oh noez newbie~

Uhmm, I'm just asking if anyone in the Philippines has had their novels published, and if it's already selling in the shelves. I haven't done NaNo yet (will do 2008), and I'm wondering what I'll do with it if I finish it.

So, yeah, has your novel been published already, or is it going to be published? Oh, and what's the name of the publisher?
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Spill your Plot

tinamats — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:47:54 -0700

Hey hey hey, it's approximately two weeks before the madness starts, so let's get our creative juices flowing, shall we? So come on and share our plots to everyone -- basic stuff lang. If it's still unclear, then write it here, so we can help you out too. =)

Okay here goes. I'm supposed to do an Ibong Adarna remix novel (as in remake of the Pinoy classic story) but I got too lazy and I feel intimidated with the entire thing. So I went simpler. My novel's working title is Red Meets Blue.

*copies the plot post from another thread*

Marianne has gone through too many bad faith/religious experiences that she decided to quit it altogether and just believe in nothing but herself. She led a life that she wanted, living on her partying, boys and her occasional singing gigs that she get. David is the "regular" good guy - goes to church, volunteers for the orphanage, and is even the guitarist and manager of one of the upcoming local Christian rock band. The two meet in a blind date set up by David's best friend but they totally clashed. However, the David's band's female vocalist had to leave for a family thing, which leaves their band incomplete, which totally stresses David out since they were scheduled to perform at their first major gig as a front act of a foreign artist. David must find a new vocalist before the deadline, and guess who comes his way? Marianne, of course.

Now the goal here is to make the two of them REALLY annoyed at each other, but still curious at how the other people can act the way they do. Eventually, they kind of fall in love, but not without other people butting in (like David's "fling", Marianne's other guys, etc).

It's a cross between religious, chicklit/ladlit (kind of) and romance. But I don't want it to be too mushy for romance that's why I veered away from it. :D

I'm still working on this one, obviously, and I find joy in finding plot ideas in every day events. :D

Share share share! =)
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What to do after this year's NaNoWriMo?

xrecent — Sat, 8 Dec 2007 05:51:14 -0800

Good day people, my name is JV Marion Opeda or more commonly known as xrecent(crescent) here at NaNoWriMo.

The TGIO (thank God it's over) party had just ended today and there are several projects already on the works. It's nice to see some new faces (as if im not a new one as well...) and I truly hope that writting be of great value to each and every single one of us.

Although there are many who got to the 50,000 word mark, there are seveal others who seem to have a hard time getting there. Apart from the offical pinoy WriMo's, I had the oportunity to meet a couple of individuals who wish to make a novel of their own. Sadly though they lack either motivation or time, as they tell me...i think these are not the cases that really hinders them but rather the lack of experience to do what they want.

Tina already opened up a year-round project and the information about this will be told at a later date and I'll have Tina explain everything.

For now, I wish to help invite every single pinoy WriMo to join this project and more so for thouse who did not make it all the way to the mark. Look at this as an excersise for the next big one...next year.

Until then, get ready, get inspired and get those imaginative minds up and running.

We have a whole year to prepare for the next one guys....let's make the most out of it.
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TGIO

tinamats — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:20:15 -0800

Sorry this topic is late. :D I've been swamped with work since Monday, and today's the only day I got a breather. :) Anyway, let's talk about our TGIO meet up, shall we?

DETAILS:

Date:
December 8
- some people told me they can't make it on December 8 (Julie! Maria! T__T), so let's open up this date again. Any suggestions? December 1 or December 15, but please don't make it December 1 because it's going to be hard to prepare stuff for you guys. :D And I have a Christmas party that night. :D Hee.

Time:
Lunch time/after lunch.
- If it's lunchtime, we'd all be doing KKB. Or at least, contribute for the food we'd be eating. I'd treat you all...but I don't have the same salary as my boss. :P Haha. The "formal" event thing is probably going to be from two to three hours, and the rest of the time will be for bonding :) Let's not make it at night because it's hard to go home since it's almost Christmas (and there's lots of Christmas parties around).

Place:
None yet. Somewhere central?
- On December 8, Dean has an event at Fully Booked in BHS. I'll try to talk to the Read or Die people if we can get a location, but if it's going to be lunchtime, we need food. Food that a lot of people can share and is kind of cheap. :D Yellowcab Megamall anyone? :)

Volunteers to help organize this are welcome. :D

If you're feeling generous and you want to donate any prize that we can have up for raffle on that day, then please tell me as well. You could donate anything related to writing...like a blank journal, writing books, Powerbooks/National Bookstore/Fully Booked/whatever bookstore GCs, Starbucks/CBTL/Seattle's Best GCs (hey we write there :D), potato chips, chocolates, stickers, pins, or whatever. :D Anything to motivate writers. :D

Shout out? :D Let me know what you think so I can send out the invites. :)
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Project: Pinoy NaNoWrimo 2007 anthology

planet_telex — Sat, 1 Dec 2007 23:15:19 -0800

Hey, guys!

A week or two ago, some of you brought up the idea of making a Pinoy NaNoWriMo 2007 anthology, which would feature short excerpts from the Philippine NaNo novels written for November 2007.

I have volunteered to be in charge of compiling and making copies of this anthology, so I would like to ask those who are interested (hopefully, all of you) to please e-mail me 1000-3000 word excerpts of your novels at this address: jc.cruz.2008@gmail.com

I would prefer that the excerpts be emailed as MS Word attachments, although you may also just send them in the body of the email. Please include the following information:

Name of Author (first name/nickname, middle initial, surname)
Age
Occupation
Title of Novel
Genre
Plot Synopsis (about 100-400 words)
Dedications (optional)

Please submit your excerpts on or before December 6, 2007.

A copy of the anthology will be sent to the family of our former ML, Erwin, who passed away last year, and one will also be sent to Philippine author and former NaNo-er Dean Alfar. If you are interested in having a copy, please let us know as soon as possible, either by replying through this thread or notifying me or our current ML Tina via NaNo PM or e-mail. We'll be charging P250 per order, which should cover the cost of Xeroxing and book binding (hardbound). You may pay for your copy at the TGIO party on December 8 (I might not be there, but Tina will be available to receive payments).

If you have any questions, suggestions or other concerns, please reply to this thread. (Suggestions for the title of the anthology are also welcome!)

Thank you!

- Julie
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Your last two paragraphs

planet_telex — Tue, 4 Dec 2007 07:26:37 -0800

Got this idea from another thread.

For those who finished their novels (although if you haven't, feel free to participate too), what are the last two paragraphs of your novel?

Mine:
I’ll be taking a break from blogging for now. I don’t know if this is a temporary hiatus or a final goodbye, but if I fail to update as soon as you might want me to, just imagine that I’m happily married to the man I love, Luke (and the sex would most likely be amazing!). I’ve changed my name from “Sabrina Wainwright” to “Sabrina Black-DeWitt,” to honor both my husband and my father. In a few months, I’ll be starting out at the college of my dreams, Juilliard, and I’ll probably get a job a few months after that to support myself and my husband, maybe as a bartender, at Carter’s or somewhere else.

It would be kind of silly of you to look for a Broadway play or musical starring Sabrina Black-DeWitt, seeing as that isn’t my real name anyway, but when you find one with me in it, I’m sure that you’ll know it’s me.
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ScriptFrenzy

xcerpted — Sun, 2 Dec 2007 18:25:02 -0800

Feel free to whack! me at the TGIO if I should haven't made this thread here, Tina--oh, and I agree with what you mailed us. I'm all out of whack now that NaNo is over.x_X

So~is anyone doing ScriptFrenzy? It's in June (right?), start of the sch**lyear, haha. I've checked the site and I still don't get it really and I've never written a screen/stageplay before (toooooooooons of sch**l/cosplay-skit-scripts, yes, but not actual plays) but I might~. Theatre's a (rarely-practiced as I've only ever been in one production) passion of mine after all.^^

-Kage
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I did it!

Keiko Ri — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 01:44:55 -0800

OMG! I did it. I really did. I finished the 50k words. ... though I am not completely satisfied with it yet, I did it! I just want to say that without you guys support, I would probably have quit WEeks ago, but I know some people are looking forward to reading about marikit, and so I did.

I'll be posting up my novel online soon.

<3 i cant wait to print and bind this.

such a great feeling of accomplishment. THanks guys
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2 days before deadline?

Umi-chii — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 02:46:10 -0800

OMG. I seriously don't know what made me do it. I mean, I'm so new to this entire thing, I have a lot of pressure coming from school then all of a sudden, I joined Nanowrimo, on the 2nd day before the end of the month. Lol.

Any advice ye guys give to a newbie around? I'm still pretty much real new in this place...
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Behind and thinking of quitting

A. Straea — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 05:41:42 -0800

I'm only at 34k. I know it's quite near now, and still roughly a week to go, but exams are next week and I've got several academic competitions to prepare for. I don't think I can make it. I should be at 40k now as I type this.

I'm thinking of quitting, but it's hard! Now that I've crossed the 25k mark it's hard to just throw it all away...

Perhaps I'll still keep writing, but there's no guarantee I'll be the proud owner of a 50k novel just yet.
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Types of Fiction

Yami Neko Tenshi — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:37:58 -0800

So I've heard about the vignette, the novella, the short story, and so on. But what in the world is a 'state of consciousness' fiction? And how does one go about writing it?
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Write or Die with Dean Alfar!

Sushi Evenlir — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 05:25:17 -0800

I'd like to thank everyone who joined us. Haha. Had a blast, guys!
I think this thread is a good chance to put up notes... like I had any notes. :b
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...Any Austen-o-Philes?

Yami Neko Tenshi — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:50:04 -0700

It feels as if I'm being really presumptuous, putting up a topic myself. But I wanted to ask if there are any hard-core Jane Austen addicts here in the PH thread. So...are there any?

XOXO,
Mad-For-A-Darcy N.C. Stormeye
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"Truth is...the flutter of butterfly's wings that causes a storm on the other side of the world..." - N.C. Stormeye
Daughter of The Yellow Dragon - 2005 (Won, but was crap.)
Mistakes: First Year - 2006 (366 Words...Eugh)
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Mga halimaw kayo.

icqgirl — Fri, 2 Nov 2007 04:07:14 -0700

Baguhan pa lamang ako sa larangang Nanowrimo. Kita sa inyong mga profiles na naka-tatlo hanggang apat na libo na kayo. Paano n'yo ito nagagawa? :O Naka-isang libo at pitong daang salita pa lang ako at pangalawang araw pa lang ito.

Natutuwa din ako na ang dami palang kapwa-Pinoy na mga Wrimo. Mabuhay sa atin!

<< novel is in English
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Getting to 50k

purploony — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 07:49:54 -0800

I don't mean to whine, as I'm sure the objective solution to this is just to keep writing, but I just want to say I've broken 15K words and it seems so difficult to get to 50K. I'm not experiencing the "rush" I used to experience, when words would just flow. Frankly, I still don't know what's going to happen next, and I can usually write a thousand words a day if I'm lucky, but after that it's like my characters and myself are both exhausted.

I plan to keep on going even if I know I won't make it to 50K, though, but still, I feel like whining at this moment :P Sorry hahaha dito ko linabas ang whine.

I hope everyone else makes it to 50K though! Para at least I will just be a voyeur to your success :)
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Ang saya saya... mag-NANOWRIMO

peterahon — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:35:23 -0800

my first posting...

Well today, I was able to accomplish a bit beyond the day’s quota. I feel good about it. I have 15,697 words as a balance since my output is only 7,641 of the desired 23,338. I never been these numerically conscious since I am suppose to play with words but with Nanowrimo I have to compute, add and subtract.

I am not sure where my words are going and added up to since I am here in Korea now but I made both countries (Korea and Philippines as my regions). I just discovered the widget for my word count to put in my blog as well.

Also found that in the word count score board
Philippines is ranked 102 with a total of 955,460 words and some 35 dollars donation
Korea where I am now is at number 225 with total words of 337,268 and zero donation.

Oh by the way, anyone into erotic fiction here?

Anyone into i-google? If you have gmail account then sign up for it and be sure to have mapmyworddictionary apps – it is like a mind map of words or thesaurus. Of course wiktionary (i like it better compared to the online Mirriam-Webster), wikipedia and google search are such big help for me to expound and pad my draft hehhee…

Fighting! so the Korean expression goes, to cheer us up to 50 K.

Write, write… write and write some more…

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Novel Blog Links and Friendster?

Keiko Ri — Sun, 4 Nov 2007 06:59:34 -0800

I reached 10K. Yay.

My problem is that I get to engrossed with Marikit that I am forgetting about the rest of the characters. AND I DO NEED A TITLE. SUGGESTIONS PLEASE.

If anyone wants to read it, my blog is at: http://marikit_novels.livejournal.com comment all you want.

Oh do you guys have friendster: you can add me:
friendster.com/o0marikit0o

Thanks. GOOD LUCK EVERYONE. HAPPY NANOWRIMOING!
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How do I start writing?

mmmykha — Thu, 8 Nov 2007 22:06:21 -0800

Uhm this is stupid. I'm new to this thing and would really like to get started but sadly i can't seem to figure out how to begin.. and i dont mean i have writer's block.. I mean how do i start writing? where do i go? which button should i click? as in the technical aspects haha sorry newbie here :D
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PinoyWrimo Chat

tinamats — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 00:14:55 -0700

Hi everyone, I'm bugging you again at the forums. Harhar. That's my duty. ;) But anyway, November is just around the corner! Are you guys ready? I don't know if I am, but I know that there's still this program that's been waiting to be debugged that I should finish before November starts, but I am itching to finish my character profiles. So I'm multitasking. And it's not fun. Because my characters demand my full attention. Bah.

Anyway, I'm pretty sure a lot of you guys might be staying up late to write your novels, and this might be a distraction, but I figured this could also be helpful. I'm going to hold a nightly online Pinoy Wrimo conference at Yahoo! just so we can talk and ask help and encouragement for all our novel writing nights. We could also hold word wars, dares and some quick breaks in between. Since I'm going to be on night shift at work, I figured I'm gonna need you guys to help me wake up too. ;)

So if it's okay with you guys, I'd like to ask for you Yahoo! messenger handles. I assume we all have Y!M here? :) If you don't...well, let's find a way. But anyway, my yahoo id is writer_dawn, so feel free to add me (but please do mention that you're from NaNoWriMo and who you are at the boards just so I can keep track (and because I'm OC about my friends list :D).

Chats would start by November 1, around 8pm onwards. Game? :)
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Writers Write and Lunch on Nov 10

tinamats — Tue, 6 Nov 2007 06:19:26 -0800

FINALLY, I'm free from the work I have to do. Well for now. Anyway, people were asking for the headcount on Saturday, and the plans so here we go. All taken from last night's conference.

(BTW, for details about this event, click here: http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/1034542)

The event starts at 2:00pm, but people are planning to meet up for lunch before that. Here are the details of the lunch meet-up:

WHAT: PinoyWrimo pre-convention lunch
WHEN: November 10, 1pm
WHERE: Yoshinoya, right beside Powerbooks, Megamall

I already asked Julie (planet_telex) to be in charge of the lunch, just in case I don't make it since I'll be coming from night shift. Look for someone who has a NaNo poster (which I will post in this thread later, when I finish making it). :D

The convention starts at 2:00pm at Powerbooks, so I guess we should be there early to get good places. I'll be there already, so to the guys who are not in the conference or just happened to pass by in this thread, just look for the NaNo poster. :)

So now for the headcount. Please let us know through this thread if you're going or not, so we can have a headcount, that way we know who to expect. Then we'll raid a coffee shop or something after the event to write, write, write (or talk, talk, talk, whichever ;)).

Oh yeah, I'm giving stickers to those who come on Friday. =D

So far this is the headcount I have (using NaNo names so we don't get confused :D):

(UPDATED 11/08, 12noon)
- tinamats
- planet_telex
- Sparkplug
- stormberry
- fuyu
- zodiac13serpent (tentative, right?)
- suddenlyisee
- Ravenmarked (are you going?)
- xrecent
- xcerpted
- writeonjo (tentative)
- dycee29
- icqgirl
- Sushi Evenlir
- selecetial (tentative)
- chalkman (lunch only)
- authoressninja (tentative)
- ghibli (lunch only)

If i missed anyone, please tell me. :D Haha. To those who want to come, please say so here so we can add you to the list. :) Contact numbers will be given to the concerned people by Friday.:)
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(Copy-Paste) Promoting the Gawad Likhaan

icqgirl — Thu, 8 Nov 2007 03:01:27 -0800

Promoting The UP Gawad Likhaan 2008: Write Or Die In Powerbooks

The UP Institute of Creative Writing and Read Or Die in cooperation
with Powerbooks present the first series of Write Or Die: Writers
Write lecture-workshops. The workshops will be held every weekend
from November 2007 to February 2008 in different Powerbooks branches
and will be moderated by some of the best writers in the country.
The purpose of the workshops is to promote the UP Gawad Centennial
Likhaan 2008, a special literary prize sponsored by the University
of the Philippines as it celebrates its centennial year in 2008.

We would especially like to encourage people who are not
professional or academe-based writers to attend the workshops and
submit their works for consideration to the Gawad Likhaan. Teachers
are welcome to bring their students to the talks. No reservations
are needed.

The workshops will have four areas: Fiction (November 2007-December
2007), Non-Fiction (January 2008), and Poetry (February 2008).

The schedule for the Fiction workshops is as follows:

Dean Alfar
November 10, 2007
Powerbooks Megamall
2PM - 4PM

Jun Cruz Reyes
November 17, 2007
Powerbooks Trinoma
2PM - 4PM

Amelia Lapena Bonifacio
November 24, 2007
Powerbooks Trinoma
2PM - 4PM

Charlson Ong
December 1, 2007
Powerbooks Trinoma
2PM - 4PM

Admission is FREE and open to the public.

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Nakuha ko sa e-group. Gusto n'yong pumunta? Yung sa unang araw pa, tamang tama nasa Megamall ang meet-up nun sa Sabado. Attend tayo! :)

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Second Plot Thoughts?

Yami Neko Tenshi — Sun, 4 Nov 2007 18:36:44 -0800

HELLLLLLP!!!

I was going to push forward with my intended plot, 'Memoirs of My Past Life', until I watched the Anne Hathaway movie, 'Becoming Jane', and suddenly got hit with another plot, this time a romance thing taking place in a teen artist's colony somewhere in the English countryside with a romance somewhat like the movie (art imitating art) but I'm hesitant to let go of Memoirs since it's my first concept.

HELP! What should I do??
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"Truth is...the flutter of butterfly's wings that causes a storm on the other side of the world..." - N.C. Stormeye
Daughter of The Yellow Dragon - 2005 (Won, but was crap.)
Mistakes: First Year - 2006 (366 Words...Eugh)
Memoirs of My Past Life - 200

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Novel setting?

planet_telex — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 08:16:54 -0700

Where do your stories take place? Are most of them in the Philippines?

Mine is set in Greenwich Village, NYC. Still gonna have to do more research on that, though. LOL.
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Curious about your writing quirks

cnuguid — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 08:18:58 -0700

Hello! I just got tinamats email. I've been participating in NaNo for a couple years now. Emphasis on "participating" but I always never finish. :P

Anyway, I hope I could finish this year. Still no plot. But it will come to me soon. (Very soon, I hope!) In the meantime, I was wondering what everyone's writing habits are.

To start off, I realized a couple months ago that I think better when I use pen and paper than with keyboard and monitor. Which might be a slight problem for me when I start. (How the heck am I going to count the words?) Have my younger sister transcribe it for me perhaps? Aside from that, I usually find a nice place to hang out in. Preferably a place that has coffee. "The Clubhouse" at Mormon Drive, Quezon City is one of the places I frequent on Saturday nights (when I can). The ambiance is great. The Starbucks branch there isn't as noisy as the other branches I've been too and there are LOTS of sofa chairs. Another place I would frequent (specially since I live in Marikina) is the Riverbank Mall area. I either hang out at the picnic area (complete with a portable light and other such stuff) or at the Cordillera Coffee shop. Finally, fountain pens and a Mead Cambridge pre-punched writing tablet.

So there. Those are my writing quirks and what-nots. What about everyone else's? :)
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