PicoWriMo

[altariel]

November doth loom in a quite alarming fashion, so remember remember that picowrimo is there to help the long winter evenings fly by.

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[vilakins.livejournal.com]

But it's spring (or meant to be).

[altariel.livejournal.com]

D'oh! *slaps forehead*

[altariel.livejournal.com]

That's my hope for NaNo this year: that I can write freely and not get stuck in a constant loop of revision.

[aervir.livejournal.com]

At the moment, I'm even afraid of trying to go for as little as 5,000 words. Dangerous distraction, and all that.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

500 words is the other target. Or why don't you do what someone else is doing, and use picowrimo to get college work done?

[aervir.livejournal.com]

Or why don't you do what someone else is doing, and use picowrimo to get college work done?

Neat idea! Unfortunately, I'm not in the writing stage yet. Hmmm, maybe I should try to churn out some fanfiction instead, distraction or not.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Okay, but what about those *points at herself* who would have more than enough to do but not enough time?

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Well, I have no time at all, so I'm going to try NaNo! ;-D

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

You're really suicidal, you know that? :))

I'd dearly love to sign up to picowrimo, but my muse is such a capricious being. When she knows I have to write a certain amount within a certain timeframe, she promptly decides that it's time for a break. *sighs*

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Oh yes! 7 lectures and 10 hours of teaching to prep and then do, a concert to practice for - of course I should be doing NaNoWriMo!

Wretched muses. 500 words is a perfectly good target for picowrimo too, you know, so how about five drabbles?

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I can try, I guess... *looks doubtful*
I still don't really get the concept, though - am I expected to write that number of words in November? And is there a certain fandom required?

[altariel.livejournal.com]

The idea is to pick a word target (500 or 5000, most people are doing 5000), and then to write that amount of words during November. No fandom required, doesn't even have to be a fandom, and people are doing various things: writing bits of ongoing projects, or finishing up several old stories, or writing something completely new.