United States :: Indiana :: Bloomington

Bloomington and surrounding areas

decemberjuliet — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 06:36:31 -0700

Welcome to NaNoWriMo 2008! We've got just over a month to go before we can hit the ground running, or typing as the case may be :) I'm hoping to see some familiar faces around here and some new people as well!
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Bloomington, IN ML
Participant and Winner 2002-2008!

United States :: Indiana :: Bloomington

TGIO party details!

decemberjuliet — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:00:36 -0800

TGIO party! All NaNoWriMo participants are welcome, along with guests.

Saturday December 6th. 3pm-5pm at Rachael's cafe.

300 E 3rd Street,
Bloomington, IN 47401

You are welcome to bring novel excerpts to share if you would like, but this is NOT required. Come and hang out and relish the fact that you don't have to write 1667+ words that day!

Please post here with how many people are coming so I can get a head count :)
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Bloomington, IN ML
Participant and Winner 2002-2008!

United States :: Indiana :: Bloomington

Auto-Summarize Mayhem

ArnoldHood — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 23:07:07 -0800

I discovered this on another region forum and thought it was hilarious. So here, I'm sharing with all of you as well!

Quote:

What is Auto-summarize? A great time waster, really. It give a "summary" of your novel, which is usually not right, but humorous.

On Microsoft Word (I'm not sure if other word processing programs have this, or how to do it on them) go to Tools > Auto-Summarize. Then, select "Create a new document" (bottom left option) and change 25% to something more suitable - 10 sentences, 1%, it doesn't really matter.

Here's what I got with 20 sentences:

Gabriel made himself smile. Richard called on Gabriel regularly, which Gabriel never minded. Gabriel replied, “It’s alright. Gabriel was quite surprised. “Do tell,” Gabriel answered.
Gabriel nodded, “of course. Gabriel asked. Gabriel didn’t care. Mr. Blacketter—Gabriel. “No,” Gabriel persisted. “Thank you, Richard,” Gabriel said. Gabriel said. Gabriel suggested.
Gabriel was horrified. “Oh, Richard,” Gabriel spoke up. Gabriel was not surprised. Gabriel asked.
“Yes,” Gabriel replied.
Gabriel exclaimed. Gabriel was confused.

Hilarious! I'm thoroughly entertained. Play with it! It's great fun!
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United States :: Indiana :: Bloomington

Almost there!

decemberjuliet — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 07:28:37 -0800

You guys have done an incredible job this year! I don't think that Bloomington has ever written this many words in one year before!

I wanted to congratulate everyone who has already finished and cheer on those who are still going :) Only one more day after today and then it's time to get ready for next year! He he he!
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Bloomington, IN ML
Participant and Winner 2002-2008!

United States :: Indiana :: Bloomington

TGIO get together!

decemberjuliet — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:40:02 -0800

We need to start planning a Thank Goodness It's Over get together for the beginning of December when all of the craziness is behind us! I know that's right around finals time for many people, so I was thinking about doing something small. How would some time on Saturday Dec 6th sound? Please post ideas of where we could meet up because I'm at a loss for good, cheap ideas right now :)
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Bloomington, IN ML
Participant and Winner 2002-2008!

United States :: Indiana :: Bloomington

Anybody from Martinsville?

ecrire_pour_vivre — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:49:57 -0800

Hi there!
I decided (on a whim) to see if any of you Bloomington Wrimos out there are from Martinsville... Just out of curiosity or whatever.
So if you're an Artesian (I think I spelled that right; don't get mad if I didn't) post here!
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United States :: Indiana :: Bloomington

Weekend write in!

decemberjuliet — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:35:24 -0800

Anyone up for a write in this weekend? Please post here if you'd be interested :)
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Bloomington, IN ML
Participant and Winner 2002-2008!

United States :: Indiana :: Bloomington

Cover Art?

krazysidhe — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:44:05 -0800

I'm curious and thus I have a question for those of you who are participating in Nano for the first or for a number of times.

When you're working on Nano--or other projects for that matter--do you consider Cover Art? Is it something that you think about at all during the writing/creation processes?

As an artist as well as a Nano participant, this is the first year I really considered the issue of the cover--actually I don't remember noticing that feature in the pasted though it is possible I simply over looked it. I'm good like that.

Lol anyway just curious as to peoples thoughts and or feelings on the matter of Cover Art for your works?

Thanks for your time
Jay
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I walked beside the evening sea
and dreamed a dream that could not be;
the waves that plunged along the shore said only:
"Dreamer; dream no more!"
~~George William Curtis

United States :: Indiana :: Bloomington

NaNo Woe!!

ArnoldHood — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:49:32 -0800

Am I the only one who feels this absolute hatred for everything I've just written? [That is to ask: does anyone out there feel absolute hatred for what THEY'VE written, not what I'VE written, of course. . .] I'm almost at the 25k mark and I have this urge to just highlight everything and hit the delete key. [I promise, I won't do it. I just really want to.]

I'm not trying to be dramatic, but is anyone else feeling this sort of intense feeling of "what the hell am I writing?" or "I should just give up now and focus on school projects?" Is this a regular NaNo sort of thing to happen? This is my first year trying it, which might be a factor.

Someone out there, please talk to me!
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United States :: Indiana :: Bloomington

QotD: We can talk all night

kumarei — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:37:44 -0800

I've often noticed that around good friends, conversations tend to move in huge circular arcs. Topics are touched upon, and filled in later with more detail.

But inevitably, the conversation tends to come back to the same few topics, over and over again. Whether you talk about food, TV shows, philosophies, politics, or something completely different, there's that space that you can always come back to.

So, the question for the day:

When your character is talking with their best friend, what one or two things always come up? What are the characters' opinions on them?
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United States :: Indiana :: Bloomington

Nov 15th - Barnes & Noble write in!

decemberjuliet — Sun, 9 Nov 2008 05:27:49 -0800

Well, Barnes & Noble seems to be working pretty well for us, so I'm gonna be there again next Saturday morning. It opens at 9am so I'll be there then until maybe 1 or 2pm-ish. Anyone one is welcome! Bring your laptop (and a spare power strip in case we need another one) or pen and paper and come hang out! We're usually at the wooden tables on the side of the store opposite from the café. Hope to see you guys there!
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Bloomington, IN ML
Participant and Winner 2002-2008!

United States :: Indiana :: Bloomington

Question of the day: Hats

kumarei — Sun, 9 Nov 2008 22:37:21 -0800

A bit of background info: I am bad at characterization. I am awful at it. If there were an international award for bad characterization, I wouldn't even get it, because I'd be too busy at the award ceremony for the universal one.

And it struck me, while having a conversation with a friend, that asking random, arbitrary, and sometimes silly questions can help quite a bit in really getting to know a character.

So I decided to post one of those questions, in the hopes that others would follow suit, and come up with their own questions that I could answer. Without further ado, here it is:

What kind of hat would your character(s) wear? If they wouldn't wear a hat, why not?
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United States :: Indiana :: Bloomington

Mondays :Nov 3 & Nov 10th - Bears Pre Comedy Show Write in

jneaveil — Mon, 3 Nov 2008 06:20:14 -0800

Hello Nanowriters,

I'll be writing at Bears on 3rd St. from 6pm until the comedy show tonight and next Monday, and anyone is welcome to join me. This will incorporate my two favorite things, writing and comedy, because after the write in I will go to the show. You're welcome to email if you want more info or just want to drop some writing love! writejanice@gmail.com

Janice
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--Janice
"When they try to run you out of town, get out front and pretend it's a parade." George Wolf

United States :: Indiana :: Bloomington

Vincennes?

Wizard — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:54:43 -0800

I'm just curious if any NaNoWriMo writers on here are from Vincennes or the surrounding areas. I'm at the university right now, and if there is anyone interested we could organize a write in.

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United States :: Indiana :: Bloomington

Local Twitterers?

MzHartz — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:58:28 -0700

Do we have any local Nano Twitterers?

If so, please add me: http://www.twitter.com/mzhartz

I'll be posting my word count, along with other Nano frustrations and my typical every day ramblings. This might also be a good way to keep everyone informed on meetups, like exactly where in Starbucks we end up on the 1st.
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United States :: Indiana :: Bloomington

Nov 8th - Barnes & Noble

decemberjuliet — Sun, 2 Nov 2008 03:23:38 -0800

We had a good showing for the meeting here on the 1st, and B&N seems to be a good place to work too :) I'm gonna try to be there again on this upcoming Saturday the 8th from about 9am-12pm or so if anyone wants to come. The wooden tables on the side opposite of the café is where we ended up yesterday. Laptops welcome, also people just wanting to hang out and talk about Nano are welcome too!
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Bloomington, IN ML
Participant and Winner 2002-2008!

United States :: Indiana :: Bloomington

Nov 1st - Barnes & Noble

decemberjuliet — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 07:46:34 -0700

What time should we meet for a few hours of writing? Morning or afternoon?
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Bloomington, IN ML
Participant and Winner 2002-2008!