United States :: Ohio :: Columbus

The general Write-IN Kickoff info (Incase google Maps isn't working)

Chaoticpi — Tue, 7 Oct 2008 10:28:17 -0700

Kickoff:
When? October 26, 2008 2-5pm
Where?
The Panera at Henderson and High (Clintonville)
4519 N High Street
Columbus, OH 43214

Why?
Free stuff! Well, that and the chance to meet the other people who you'll be meeting in front of the computer off and on again for the next November so it'll be a great time to meet and greet each other. There will be games, goodies and information that should getting together easier, like table tents, and banners and flags and flares (well, not the flares insomuch).

The Official Write-Ins!
When? November 2nd, 9th, 16th 23rd and 30th
Where: Panera at Bethel
875 Bethel Road
Columbus, OH 43214

Why?
Write-ins are known for having great record breaking moments in people's novels. They're especially wonderful come week two when things start to get down and uptight. Not only are you writing in writer-friendly environments but you are also out of your normal comfort setting. I don't know why this works, but it does. I have an idea this year of trying out word-wars with others. Where you try to match another's word count with yours within a set time period. The person with the most words within that time, wins.

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So many words, so precious little time.
ML Columbus, Ohio

United States :: Ohio :: Columbus

Please Consider Donating!

riotpoof881 — Tue, 2 Dec 2008 18:22:17 -0800

Hi everyone,

Not sure if you've read the latest "Breaking News," but NaNoWriMo has still not met their goal of getting donations from 10% of participants. I think that is kind of sad since over 100,000 people have signed up. I know we are in a global recession and money is tight and jobs are being lost and homes are being foreclosed on and some of us are in college, but NaNoWriMo is the greatest event ever, and it needs our support. Think about how dark and dreary November would really be if you weren't completing a goal you've always dreamed of, while having this awesome site and all the encouragement that goes along with it.

This was my 5th year, and I've donated every year (I just really like to see that halo above my name, and sometimes I get stickers, which are fun). Any amount makes a difference.

There are 779 people affiliated with Columbus, and we've only raised $565. If everyone gave $10, that would be $7,790! If everyone gave just $5, that would be $3,895. Even if everyone just gave $1, that would be more than we have now.

I know I'm not your ML, and I know I don't know everyone's personal financial situations, but I just wanted to say something because this event is so important to me, and to thousands of others, and I really want to see it going another 10 years.

Thanks for thinking about donating!

-Annie
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United States :: Ohio :: Columbus

TGIO

Chaoticpi — Tue, 2 Dec 2008 20:20:51 -0800

Okay, I have to admit, I've been in kind of a slump. Seems that after NaNo my brain has been in this weird shifty place between reality and well, this.

I was figuring the 6th would be a good day as any for the TGIO. I have no idea where. I thought at the library, but alas, I owe them money so that was a no-go. I thought about Kafe Kerouac but the parking there is non-existent and is heavily mired in construction right now. I thought about victorians but I had no idea. Then I thought henderson panera?

Oh I don't know. Which is why I'm just giving up and asking you. Columbus, where do you think we should have the TGIO? And what day? I'm thinking next week's good as any. (SOme regions are doing TGIO's all the way up to the 12th but that seems like, so impossibly far away.)
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So many words, so precious little time.
ML Columbus, Ohio

United States :: Ohio :: Columbus

End of NaNo Questionaire (fill out at your leisure)...

Chaoticpi — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:24:30 -0800

What do you think about this year that could be improved for next year?

What do you think about this year that worked?

What didn't work this year?

What do you think about the forums?

How many years have you done NaNo?

What is your aproximate age range?
13-18
19-26
27-35
36-40
41-50
50-60
(Decline to answer)

What part of columbus would you describe yourself? (i.e Clintonville, Westerville, old towne, west side (hilltop) hilliard, reynoldsburg etc.)

What did you think of The Write-ins?

What did you think of the place we held the write ins?

What were the positives of the place we had picked out?

What were the subtractions?

How do you think we could help with the subtractions?

What were the positives of the Google Calendar?

What needs fixed with the google calendar?

What did you like about either the TGIO or Kickoff party?
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So many words, so precious little time.
ML Columbus, Ohio

United States :: Ohio :: Columbus

Who's Hit 50K?

Kitten Kisses — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:16:52 -0800

So far I only know of me and SouvenirBag making our 50k. She's over 100k, actually...

My story's not even close to being even halfway done though, so for me, NaNo's not even close to being over. I'll keep on trucking until I finish this thing!

For those that are still working diligently toward your 50k... Keep on it! I know you can do it. Wonderful novels will be born from these 30 days of stre--I mean, joy.

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I saw a dream you were flying in the sky
Without a fear...
Never touched the ground,
But never came to my side;
I tried so hard to reach out for your hand;
The ruthless wind kept your soul away...

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Heads Up: December is NaNoFiMo!

Chaoticpi — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:32:26 -0800

Just a heads up. December is National Novel Finishing Month. :) I don't know if I'll be finished in december or beforehand. I do however know I'm going to hit 50K or die.
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So many words, so precious little time.
ML Columbus, Ohio

United States :: Ohio :: Columbus

Write Now Newsletter - central Ohio writing events newsletter

willwrite4chocolate — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:05:17 -0700

You'll all want to continue pursuing your writing interests long after November is through, right? So forgive me it this is too spammish, but I wanted you to know about the FREE (yes, I did say FREE although I accept the periodic donation) monthly email newsletter of central Ohio writing events called Write Now Newsletter. You can check it out at Write Now Newsletter. It comes out the 3rd of each month. To subscribe, you can go to the newsletter and click the "Sign Up" link in the right hand column.

- Nita (aka willwrite4chocolate) Sweeney

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It's never too late to donate. Get your halo Here.
2004: Memorial
2008: The Dream

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OSU Wrimos?

duckyluver234 — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:36:07 -0700

Anybody else out there from OSU? I'd love to meet up with some people for write ins or just to hang out, especially since Bethel is a bit hard to get to if you don't have a car (which I don't). :)
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Any Kenyon writers out there?

Uzuri — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:39:46 -0800

Just out of curiosity more than anything else, since I don't do write ins, but I'm curious as to how many of us there are. I'm not a student, I'm an employee, but still...
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United States :: Ohio :: Columbus

Venting a little Frustration....

Chaoticpi — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:29:01 -0800

I hate the way I have to do NaNo every year. *sigh* I have to essentially write 100K words because I hand write them and type them out and it's TIME CONSUMING where if I stored it on a junk drive I could just snap it in wherever and go! And every weekend I go up to Microcenter and look at the acers, the model of laptop I want and dream.

Oh yes, I dream of a NaNo where I wouldn't have to transcribe as much as I do now (although I'd still do a little due to work and the portability of a pen and paper compared to a laptop or a computer) but it wouldn't be AS MUCH. All that free time could be spent writing instead!
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So many words, so precious little time.
ML Columbus, Ohio

United States :: Ohio :: Columbus

Marysville (Typewriter-Friendly) WRITE-INS Scheduled!

DuffyMoon — Thu, 6 Nov 2008 11:05:43 -0800

I have reserved a room at Marysville Public Library for the following dates for write-ins:

Thursday, 11/13/08 from 5:30 to 8:00

and

Tuesday, 11/25/08 from 5:30 to 8:00

Both of these will be in the lower level of the ilbrary, in the smaller conference room that's located inside the Audio/Video department.

Hope to see someone (anyone!) there.

(chaoticpi: if you know how to add these to the calendar, can I please ask you to do so? Thanks!)
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United States :: Ohio :: Columbus

The election threw me off

JennieMR — Thu, 6 Nov 2008 04:00:47 -0800

For two days, I could barely concentrate on writing, because I kept reading/watching news and discussing everything with friends. So now I'm only at 4519 words, I'm behind on housework, and I've got two little ones to take care of. With all of this going on, it is hard to stay focused. Any suggestions? Or is anyone else having this problem?

Jen
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United States :: Ohio :: Columbus

Sooo disappointed...but not giving up!

Diamond Cartel — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:14:25 -0800

I started off great the first weekend of this challenge! I had over 1500 words which was okay with me. Then this little thing called "Life" got in the way...and now I'm SEVERELY behind! LOL! But I'm NOT giving up! I still have 10 days (including today) to complete this challenge and I WILL succeed! The way I calculated it (keep in mind I'm at 4646 as of this point) I need to type roughly 4535 words a day MINIMUM to still complete with 50,000 words by November 30th! So that's what I'm going to do. I can type 1500-2000 in about an hour so that's about 3-4 hours worth of typing a day. Break that up into sessions (so I don't get frustrated or overwhelmed) and I just might make it! It's going to be hard....but I didn't start this challenge just to wimp out! I'm on my way now.....wish me well! I'll do the same for all of you!

Diamond Cartel
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Expressively yours,
D.C.

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Um...where is East Side Write-in on Tuesday 11/25?

zenfrodo — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:21:23 -0800

The calendar says the Panera at Mill Run, but Mill Run is West Side, by Hilliard.

Do you mean the Panera at Easton?
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So I'm at the Panera write in... Where is everyone??

noveler62 — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:22:05 -0800

Ok, so it's ... 2:20 and I'm here at Panera on Bethel 875.... I'm in the corner... I don't see any other novelers? There's two guys w/ a laptop and one woman, but none of them apear to be typing.... I don't know I've never done this before, and I'm wondering if I'm at the right place, or what happens? Any help would be appriciated! thanks!!!
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Grandview/UA NaNos

yantubos — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:41:42 -0800

Hi all,

Is anyone scheduling or looking to put together a write-in on the west side, say around Grandview or Upper Arlington? There should be a ton of places we could hook up and get some writing done.
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2008: Under a Western Moon (won)

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East side Write-ins (and Posts of I'll be here)

Chaoticpi — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:58:12 -0700

I noticed a topic was started in the welcome thread that a few people on the east side wanted to hang out. So I gave you your own official thread.

I also thought I'd leave this also as a general announcement for people who wanted to post things of "I'll be writing over here today, if you want to hang out" kind of thing.
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So many words, so precious little time.
ML Columbus, Ohio

United States :: Ohio :: Columbus

D'oh! I misspoke

richuncleskeleton — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:39:33 -0800

It looks like I put my foot in my mouth at the Nano meet-up today. I said that, last I checked the stats, Columbus, Ohio was beating L.A. in terms of word count. I made the foolish mistake of thinking that the numbers at the left side of that graph (words in millions) were connected to a real number (our bar showed us higher). They're not! Upon examining the ACTUAL word count bar, Columbus is in the high 2 millions, and L.A. is over 9 million. Oops! Well... um, now I guess we have a new goal to shoot for? *looks down guiltily*
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United States :: Ohio :: Columbus

What's your genre?

UptownGirl — Thu, 9 Oct 2008 19:06:20 -0700

What genre are you planning to write this year?
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...Jacquie...
2006: FAIL
2007: did not participate
2008: tbd...

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Touching Base.

Chaoticpi — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 05:57:42 -0800

How's it going? Are the words flowing from your fingertips faster than you can write them? Are you struggling with every word as you put it to paper?

I'm currently writing this to procrastinate, myself. I spent most of my pre-writing sessions saying "oh, I'll figure out what caused the apocalypse and decimated the planet when I come to it". And I have. I was getting some string cheese from the fridge (it's fun to write and eat with, I don't know why.) When I remembered what my friend said at work the other day when I was trying to get him to help me out. "Why can't it be a sickness that causes the war?" Which made no sense, but a war that causes the diseases. That would work perfectly.

We can do it, Central, Ohio. I know we can.

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So many words, so precious little time.
ML Columbus, Ohio

United States :: Ohio :: Columbus

Extra Incentive to come out Today...

Chaoticpi — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 08:39:59 -0800

I happened to be looking through my folders when I finally found the stickers from Last Year. :D

My favorite one included:

"_____" can't talk, noveling. :D

And
I (Typewriter) Nov

and
My word count's better than your word count!

There's only a limited availablility! I also have a TON MORE of this year's stickers. (Since there's only one design... :(:()

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So many words, so precious little time.
ML Columbus, Ohio

United States :: Ohio :: Columbus

Lets talk kickoff party Marion!

Aurora Maxwell — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:40:17 -0700

I know a lot of us have complicated schedules, but I'd like to do something small and informal. What would everyone think of a small get together on the 1st or 2nd sometime in the evening at the OK cafe? Get back to me and let me know what works best for you...

Aurora
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Hopeless NaNoWriMo Junkie
2005: The Road To Nowhere (winner)
2006: Finding Heaven (winner)
2007: Sins Of Eden (winner)
2008: The Path Of Shadows

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German Village, anyone?

zerohitwonder — Fri, 7 Nov 2008 11:25:52 -0800

I live in German Village, and I was wondering if there were any others (or downtowners, brewery district, etc.) I'm a super busy person and though have intended to make it to a write-in, haven't found it possible yet. If anyone would want to meet up in one of the GV coffee shops, I'd be game. Looks like everyone lives pretty far out of the city, tho.
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Anyone in the SUNBURY area?

JetMoor7 — Thu, 6 Nov 2008 04:42:15 -0800

I would like to do daytime write ins at the Village Coffee Shop if anyone is interested. I'm already there about once a week.
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Write on!
JM

United States :: Ohio :: Columbus

Day-Time Write-ins Anyone? Esp. NW area.

willwrite4chocolate — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:16:44 -0700

Anyone available for day-time write-ins? I live on the NW side and especially like the Mill Run Panera since they retrofitted most of the booths with electric outlets. But I'm open to other locations. I just like to go where I can get a relatively healthy lunch.

- Nita
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It's never too late to donate. Get your halo Here.
2004: Memorial
2008: The Dream