Hello budding wrimos!
KICKOFF PARTY!
8:30pm, October 31st at Foreign Restaurant in Itaewon.
Meet at 8:15pm outside Coldstone/Quiznos (Exit three and do a 180) for guidance if you don't know where FR is =)
Otherwise, if you miss us there or are going to be late, take exit 3 from Itaewon Station. Walk straight til you get to the lights. Cross the road and turn right. Walk up the hill. Foreign Restaurant is on your left (impossible to miss, it's huge).
Dinner and introductions notwithstanding, there will be the provision of goody bags containing surprises and motivational goodies to keep you going for the first part of the month =) The dinner is a buffet of (mostly) Indian food, with a few other bits and pieces thrown in (french fries, for example).
Please RSVP so I can confirm our booking by Wednesday.
It is Halloween Night so those with party plans can depart after... the rest can join us for
NIGHT OF 5000 WORDS!
11:30ish til 6am, kindergoth's place in Hae Bang Chon (ten minutes' walk from Itaewon).
Post-Kick-Off, we will trundle our way down Itaewon's main strip, stopping somewhere for either alcoholic or caffeinated beverages and to watch the costumed madness for a bit. It is HBC fest that weekend too, so those attending that and then wishing to partake in NO5000W are welcome to join us at that point. Hit up my corner store (they are the greatest grey market of imported goods in the 'chon) for supplies though I will have some at 'home base' as well.
MIDNIGHT WE START WRITIN'! Six hours to hit 5000 words!
Word warring aplenty and challenges by the hour rewarded by lucky-dip prizes... plus the satisfaction of knocking out nearly a tenth of your word count in the first night!
Things to bring: laptops and power cables (don't worry about powerboards, I have stacks plus seven outlets in the kitchen alone). Cameras. The usual sleepover necessities (though how much sleeping will actually be done is anyone's guess!). Your sense of humour and a will to write.
GET YOUR WRITE ON! This year is going to be awesome. RSVP below!
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13,054 / 50,000
Oct 24, 2009 - 17 42
Clodagh and I will be there, as long as this stupid cold has more or less gone away by then - right now I'm sick in bed :(
I'll let you know for sure later in the week, but we definitely want to be there! :)
40,323 / 50,000
Oct 25, 2009 - 16 01
I RSVP'd on Facebook, but I made halloween plans earlier this year (friend's birthday as well) and the 'bu is a bit too far removed from Seoul to make both feasible.
Sorry!
16,109 / 50,000
Oct 25, 2009 - 20 51
Being Halloween, will you be costumed?
36,480 / 50,000
Oct 25, 2009 - 22 45
I will be dressed as a Municipal Liaison getting ready to write 5000 words.
----------Seoul Writers
Korea NaNo Group on Facebook
76,168 / 50,000
Oct 26, 2009 - 02 20
I'll come dressed as a pink sparkly pirate ML if someone else promises to dress up too!
16,109 / 50,000
Oct 26, 2009 - 03 52
Sweet, I'm coming with a witch/wizard hat and a wand
76,168 / 50,000
Oct 26, 2009 - 04 34
If you like facepaint I can crack mine open during a writing break and we can have a play with it during night of 5000 words =) anything to distract!
40,010 / 50,000
Oct 27, 2009 - 20 31
I'd kinda like to come, but I don't think it will work. I have to work till 6 and it would take me at least two hours to get there, probably more like three on a Saturday night. Then I would end up having to get home that night again, because, and I don't mind admitting this, sleep is more important to me than writing, and I would never be able to stay up more than a couple of hours while the rest of you wrote and chatted, and I would probably lose my mind before morning.
I don't work well surrounded by noise or other people, and I really don't work well on not enough sleep!
You guys have fun though. Anyone wanna send me the aforementioned goodies anyway?
----------There's always someone left to fight.
21,620 / 50,000
Oct 28, 2009 - 15 25
Can I still get in on the fun??? I just checked the site this morning. =(
I'm in for both events, if possible. This is totally what I need to get started.
----------"Nothing happens unless first a dream." --Carl Sandburg
76,168 / 50,000
Oct 28, 2009 - 15 37
LastLivingPoet, you're totally welcome to join us! Make sure you introduce yourself on the 'Introductions' thread too =) Welcome to the boards!
12,073 / 50,000
Oct 29, 2009 - 04 31
I also have not checked the boards until recently. May I still attend?
36,480 / 50,000
Oct 29, 2009 - 04 40
Anyone can attend, you don't need permission! :)
----------Seoul Writers
Korea NaNo Group on Facebook
52,994 / 50,000
Oct 30, 2009 - 17 44
I'm coming! I'm coming! Really I am!
But I'm not staying for the Night of 5000 words. I'm already borderline sick, don't need to make it worse.
See you outside of quizno's in a while.
21,620 / 50,000
Oct 30, 2009 - 22 37
Right, so it's around 3:30 on Halloween and I'm getting ready to head out for this kick-off party. I'm super excited and then it start to rain. Just as I'm about to send a message that I'm not going to come out because of the rain, it occurs to me:
It was a dark and stormy night.
So now I *have* to come out!! It's too funny not to. Can't wait to meet everyone!
~LLP
----------"Nothing happens unless first a dream." --Carl Sandburg
76,168 / 50,000
Oct 31, 2009 - 13 12
Hola people!
Just wanted to write a quick note for everyone to wake up to in about six hours. Thank you SO much to everyone who came to the kickoff party and night of five thousand words. I hope everyone enjoyed it! So much success in such a short time bodes well for all of us. See you all next weekend =)
52,994 / 50,000
Oct 31, 2009 - 19 40
I had a great time at the dinner last night.
Thanks so much for the care package. I can always use another place to write and more chocolate.
Have a great time writing this week!