Hi all,
I decided it could be fun if I involved my children in this crazy endeavour. My oldest two boys (age 7 and 9-going-on-10) are home-schooled. Of course, 50,000 words would be way too much of an ask for them, so what I'm proposing they do is to have them aim to achieve writing a 3,000 word story during the month. While I managed to sell the idea to my oldest boy in a matter of a minute (he wants to aim for 5,000 words so it is exactly 10% of what Daddy is trying to do, but I'm not convinced that is a realistic target for him and I want him to succeed) I haven't yet convinced the next youngest, but will keep trying.
Basically, I will do the following:
- Set the official target at 3,000 words - average of 100 per day
- Will use the rest of this month to help them plan the story
- Planning will use a simplified version of the "Snowflake Method" linked elsewhere in these forums
I'd be interested in thoughts/ideas/suggestions from other NaNo participants, and I'd be especially interested if there are any other parents out there with kids who might be interested in doing something similar.
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oct. 7, 2008 - 12 40
(Replying to myself, yeah, I know...)
Just discovered on the main NaNo site the kids program, which allows kids to sign up and set own word-goals, etc. I should explore the NaNo site more carefully next time ;) Anyway - it sounds perfect according to what I wanted to do with my children, so I'll sign them up to that.
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oct. 7, 2008 - 12 49
Good on you for encouraging them. :) I have fond memories of my own parents encouraging me to write creatively - not that NaNo was around back then! - and being able to share the project with you will make it more fun for them than if you just kept vanishing to work on your wordcount alone.
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oct. 7, 2008 - 16 45
Haha, go the homeschoolers! My family homeschools as well, though I've finished now, and I'm trying to convince my 9 and 11 year old siblings to do it. Unfortunatly things are a little busy right now, and I don't think they will be able to, but maybe next year :)
I read somewhere last year they were getting together resources specifically for homeschoolers on the YWP, since it's so much more common in america. I don't know where they got to on it though, but there's plenty of resources on the website itself I'm told.
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