tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655653784122131754.post3490280306423236489..comments2024-03-26T16:00:23.608-04:00Comments on The Typewriter Revolution blog: NaNoWriMo reflectionsRichard Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16232053429935587826noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655653784122131754.post-13950540815179710402014-06-25T16:37:05.338-04:002014-06-25T16:37:05.338-04:00I first heard of NaNo back in collegel. Some frien...I first heard of NaNo back in collegel. Some friends I met through AOL who had gotten into Live Journal were talking about this new movement where you write everyday for a month and create your own novel. A group of them were doing it and we all loved writing. I did not participate for whatever reasons and now over a decade later, I cant imagine dedicating the time to such an endeavor. I wondered if the magic that you described would happen and im glad to read here that it did for you. Maybe one day for me.michaelianyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02473989420991038113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655653784122131754.post-86322418387332289772010-12-10T17:48:00.039-05:002010-12-10T17:48:00.039-05:00I also got the "characters doing things I did...I also got the "characters doing things I didn't expect" feeling from the three times I participated in Nanowrimo. It is unusually fulfilling to finish a draft of something, I agree. <br /><br />Personally I think that Nano gets a little silly, though, when people do it year after year and never revise the drafts they have. That's one of the reasons I stopped.Strikethruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07797111328778577303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655653784122131754.post-9787309045882121652010-12-10T10:09:42.149-05:002010-12-10T10:09:42.149-05:00Congratulations on finishing. It sounds like you ...Congratulations on finishing. It sounds like you are pleased with what you've done, which is great. I love typewriters for the very same reasons you mentioned in #2. As for getting into the story and becoming immersed, that is quite an adventure. I have yet to participate in NaNo but I did manage to write one novel a little while back. After finally getting into the story I almost forgot that I was writing fiction because it became so real to me. It's pretty fun, huh?<br /><br />The New York Trilogy is great. As a side note, Paul Auster is one of the few novelists for whom I've read nearly everything he's written. I want to read everything else by him. (To date Don DeLillo is the only novelist for whom I've read everything he's published.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com