Hello?

A-hoy!

I am online now but sadly, i have moved!

Got myself a job and moved down to London where i have been for the last 8 months. :)

So, two things...

- Anyone wanna take over the ML responsibilities from me? Would be a crying shame to see the regular Border's meets etc die out so soon after they began.

- Good luck all MK Nanoers!

Hi there

I'm not really living in Milton Keynes but it's the nearest to where I actually live although I'm originally from Wales.

Lyn

Hi. Northampton here. Second year for me and should say that I can't wait (which I can't, honestly!) except that I'm only 25K into second (non-NaNoWriMo) novel (which I started in January!) and want to reach the 50K (which may or may not finish the story) by end October so I can then start my NaNo novel on Nov 1st. :)

Between January and Tues 6th Oct I'd done 5,927 and since 6th Oct I've done 19,003 (av e 1900 words a day) so above NaNo average and 500 words ahead of target so quietly confident. I'm on a novel writing course tomorrow (17 Oct) so I'm hoping that will give me an idea for the next one, although I've got a 39 page Word document packed with ideas (a folder with nearly 2000 sentence beginnings!) to plenty of inspiration. :)

So, for anyone doing it for the first time this year (or thinking about it)...do it! It's great and it focusses the mind. If, like me, you usually only do a few words (or none!) a day, it makes you realise that it's quite feasible to do 1,667 words a day. OK, so you lose your social life in the process but if your friends are true friends they'll stand behind you and cheer you all the way.

MB

MB
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Hi Welsh Dragon

Welcome.

I don't live in MK either but there isn't a Northampton forum and these guys seem like a friendly bunch so happy to stay put.

I've rambled a bit in my reply to Dr Magister so I'll keep this short (plus also the more I write here, the less I do to novel 2 :)).

Looking forward to chatting with you all in the forthcoming weeks.

MB

MB
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Hussah! People! Hello all!

Yeah, so no ML. Um... can we arrange meet-ups and stuff without one, or would the organiser automatically become the ML? This is assuming that people actually want to meet up in what some people refer to erroneously as 'real life'.

Anyhow, good to see that there are some MK (and surrounding locale) NaNoers around.

Dr M.

Wielder of the Hammer of Grammar!

Magister Mundi Sum!

www.ag.papermages.co.uk

Hello! In MK and online. I sincerely hope to make a better go of it this year. It is a bit echoey and I can hear the chirping of crickets in here, but I hope things will get swinging any day now.

Je suis devenu le frère des dragons, et le compagnon des hiboux.

Vous êtes un amant animale!

So last year was your first year. Moi aussi. :) I did 52,680 words (according to my computer, the NaNo robots made it 52,695 so I'm not complaining) so just scraped in but finished two days early so I could have done some editing and bumped up the figure although I know there were parts that were waffle so I could have ended up below the 50K!

Anyway, I'm currently writing ave. of 2000 words a day (for novel no. 2) so hopefully I'll have no problem beating last year's figure although I've planned any of the NaNo 2009 novel yet (not even decided on the idea...better get my skates on!).

Hope it goes well for you this year.

MB

MB
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hello!!!

i'm still here :D and looking forward to this year! Urban Fantasy year :D - my thinking cap has been on for a bit now :D

"Once upon a time, they said, technology could banish faeries.
They were wrong." - Phil Brucato, Deleria

Hey guys, I am a NaNaWriMo virgin and actually don't have much hope for sucess but I'll try. But encouragement would be appriciated. Hehe.
Doesn anyone else just want November to start already! Hehe.

Also, to the Waliens - I consider myself Welsh too. Except I've lived in England all my life, but I love my Welsh heritage. :)

x

You're so lucky...I've not even started thinking about what I'm doing (racing to get novel no. 2 done by end October!) :)

MB
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Oh, you'll be fine. If you have a good idea and you think it has 'legs' then go for it! Last year was my first time and it wasn't as painful as I thought. I managed to do 53,000 with a couple of days to spare, although I missed a couple of days mid-month and ended up doing over 6,000 the following Sunday. I wouldn't mind November starting as it'll mean that I've finished novel no. 2 :)

Sadly I'm not aware of any Welsh connections although my dad found out (having spent 8 years doing a family tree) that we're related to the Irish side of ex-US president Jimmy Carter!

MB
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Hi everyone, just touching base. Looking forward to getting going in November - but I hope I'll be able to complete the draft of my current WIP before then!

Lyn

Hi Dan,
Shame you won't be ML-ing for us this year - I thought you did a fantastic job last time.
Great to hear about the job - hope you won't be too busy to Nano.

Lou

Four wheels good - two wheels better

Why thank you! If you and/or the good dr would like to take over the Ml duties, i would heartily reccommend you both! It's not really any trouble at all, so why don't you both ahve a look at this page here...

http://www.nanowrimo.org/node/1003232

Also, i hope i'm not too busy either... work until 6 every day and don't get back home til nearly 7, severely less time than when i was pretending to apply for jobs this time last year!

hello! really unfortunate that the first year i decide to make a good go of it i end up being at university! Anywho I'm at term time I am based in canterbury, but Leighton is my home town lol! shame i won;t really be about in november, but you guys seem lovely so i will happily be a member here if thats ok, besides it doesn;t look like there is a group for canterbury which is slightly depressing!! XD good luck everyone x

~I shall pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now...
Let me not defer or neglect it for I shall not pass this way again.~

Hey there, I'm a second time NaNo'er! But again, I have moved on, to northampton! Theres no group for there as previously mentioned, so I thought I'd leave good old MK as my home group.

Hopefully we can organise some things either in MK or Northampton (for those of us who are Northampton based!)

Oh yeah, im a first year at Uni now, so I have more time than I did when I was at college ;)

Sarah

we are from a town about 30 minutes away

lizzie and freya x

2ordinarygirls

Hiya

I'm a second-time nanoer, writing while in sixth form so a little bit of a struggle to keep the work and books balanced (especially as the books are so much more fun to do...)

Managed to complete last year, though I wrote 26,000 words in the first three weeks and 24,000 in the last five days (is that a little bit insane or what?!)

I'm half an hour or so away from MK, and couldn't find anywhere else closer so here I am.

Good luck everyone!

Argh its started! How's everyone doing? I started off really well yesterday, but I'm running out of steam already! Help Milton Keynes peeps! xx

For when words embody your mind and soul.

Hello All

Im amazed that our little city has its own bit here!! Thats great, in some strange way i don't feel as lonely doing this now!

I would be interested in a meet up if there will be one, this is my first Nano expirence.

Good Luck Mk ers!!!

hey everybody.
first year person here!
from between northampton & mk :)
wishing you all good luck!

lets see how well i can do this, with the assignments given to me too!

It's my second time too. Stronger / longer story this year (did write another in between which helped) and loving every second!

MB
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Hey, go girl! I live in Northampton so welcome. This is my second time and it's even more fun than last year.

MB
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http://twitter.com/sentencestarts

3,686 in your very first two days. Well done you! Keep up the good work and you'll fly through the 50K.

I didn't make the meets last year but intend to this time and it'll be great to meet other writers. I belong to two writing groups but this will be something special.

MB
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You're well over the 2 day target so that's fantastic!

Are you running out of physical steam or story steam? If it's the latter, have you plotted your story enough? I didn't last year and I struggled in points (and the first draft had too many incidents of making cups of tea where I'd have been better off putting detail) but this year I planned all 31 (which later became 32) chapters and if I keep going at the same rate per chapter I'll have a 160K+ word book! I don't think you can really have too much detail - think of the 5 senses. Most of the time we write about what our characters are seeing and saying (hearing) but what about taste and touch? Can we envisage the environment/room that they're in. Whilst we won't have time to go overboard (and probably not be able to go back at many stages, if at all, and edit), if you're struggling for content, think deeper. If you think you might run out of story too early (which hopefully you won't be doing on day 3) throw an/other conflict(s)/dilemma(s) in the mix. I went on a one-day novel course mid-October and learnt that a novel usually has a main dilemma mid-way(ish) but then another one later on, e.g. they lose the gold, need to find the gold, they find the gold but then the owner of the gold (or pirates or whatever) want it back. Just an idea. :)

If it's physical steam then I'm not sure how to help other than suggest an early night and lie in tomorrow (if you can) and then tunnel vision.

MB
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Hello, everyone, I don't live too far from MK - in beds.
How is everyone getting on?

Hi everyone. I don't know if this has been mentioned elsewhere, but if you haven't come across it before, this is a really brilliant way to kill our procarastination. Just go to this link

http://writeordie.drwicked.com/

'Write or Die" Practically guaranteed to keep you writing, or at least up your wordcount!

Lyn