Could You Write A Novel In A Month?

[AB Editor]

Dear All,

A friend of mine pointed me to this: http://www.nanowrimo.org

///National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing November 1. The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30.///

And it looks rather good fun. Would any AnswerBankers be willing to join up and try and write a novel in a month? Let me know and we can have a sticky thread for discussion during November.

All the best,

Spare Ed

[sophie_1003]

ABed- we are required to include about the equivalent of 1 reference per 100 words for our assignments at uni, luckily we actually get to do or own research for our dissertations so only about 3/4 of it will be 'fictional'! As for writing 50,000 words in a month I don't think I could do it!

[AB Editor]

I've never heard of a 1:100 ratio for reference, although I suppose it does sound about right. What are you studying?

I was following on from Ankou's comments about his being entirely fiction.

For the record mine was a well researched and well crafted piece of nonsense.

Spare.

[AB Editor]

Thinking about writing non-fiction? Need a sub-title?

http://subtitle-o-matic.com/

[ethandron]

i once wrote a childrens story for a competition, didn't get anywhere though. don't they reckon everyone's got a book in them? after reading 'angelas ashes' i reckon it's true, must be the most badly written book i've ever read and if that can become a best seller then anyone can.

[sandyRoe]

Angela's Ashes? Pah! McCourt had it easy. He didn't know what poverty was...

[carolegif]

I'll get my Creative Writing Group on it straightaway! Let's see what they come up with.

[ethandron]

sandy, the subject matter is almost immaterial, it's the way it was written i found so appaling, very unprofessional and with basic language skills.

[mike-jay]

seems like a good idea, any cash involved

[AB Editor]

No cash! Except your own...and that's outgoing rather than incoming.

carolegif - it'd be great if you could get your creative friends on board, I'm sure they'd love it.

All the best,

Spare

[sophie_1003]

Early Years Education; we haven't officially been told that ratio but they told us in the first year that we would need around 12-15 references and had essays between 1200 and 1500 words then in the second year it went up to around 20-25 references and had essays between 2000 and 2500 words so it works out to about that; some of my refernces are there just for the sake of it to be honest!

[boxtops]

It's all very well knocking out a document on something factual like work - I can do a couple of thousand words at work very easily once I get going - but making a credible work of fiction would be a completely different matter!

[AB Editor]

Hi Boxtops, you could always take the lead of some of the stranger posters on here. I am certain you can't all be real.

Sophie, very strange you took it like that! I never thought of thinking out a ratio...

So how many people have we got will give this a go?

China
Sandy
Carolegif
Mike-jay
Mosaic
woofgang
and Steve.5 - although he's already finished his....

[Duckers]

Does look like fun. I'm trying to do that with my online novel http://mucklefugga.blogspot.com/ but I think it will take longer than a month...

[vivandorron]

Steve.5 has finished before I've started;
And this has made me feel downhearted.

So I'll give the Ed's novel idea a miss;
And send to the Gnome my love with a kiss.!

Ron.

[ttfn]

Ed - are you in the right job - you don't believe we are real and some of us are strange? Your friend pointed you to this - are you a sundial arm or just the gnomon duty today? geddit? ;o)
I wouldn't dare enter this project, bearly abul to stirng tow wrods togetter withhout typso <sihgs>