Comments on: Tuesday questions: NaNoWriMo

By: rannva

rannva — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 04:45:15 +0000

Wine and writing in hotel bars late at night sounds fun! I live in Santa Monica as well. Yeah, Renee’s sounds fun!

By: Deli Korkmaz

Deli Korkmaz — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 01:19:07 +0000

I’m in. I have identified 4 Santa Monicans including you and I. I’m still trying to get my bearings here but have been trying to scout out good places for coffee, wine, margaritas, whatever.

By: Siel

Siel — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:17:25 +0000

You know I wrote a comment here yesterday and today it’s gone! Is wordpress sending my own comments to spam? Sigh –

Okay — would-be wine-novelists in LA (as in me and Jen, so far) — we would need to set some ground rules so wine-writing doesn’t turn into just wining. Maybe like zip it for 40, then chat and get a second glass for 10, something like that –

By: smtwngrl

smtwngrl — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:08:51 +0000

I’m soooo wishing I lived in your area right now! I’ve been needing a motivator to get me to sign up for NaNoWriMo and this would have been just the thing to push me over the edge…*sigh*

I guess I’ll just have to start up my own little “support group” of sorts.

By: Jen

Jen — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:27:51 +0000

I’m taking the plunge this year, finally. Writing with wine instead of coffee might help… If you decide on a regular place/time, let me know.

By: don hosek

don hosek — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:54:00 +0000

Having thought about your proposal a bit, my thinking is that writing is too solitary an endeavor for what you suggest to be productive. That said, if you wanted to start a critique group in the aftermath of NaNoWriMo (I suggest starting in January as reading first-draft prose is a painful endeavor), I’d be up for it.

I’m also realizing that given that I’m entering draft 3 stage on my novel, NaNoWriMo-style plunging in doesn’t make sense for me at this point: I really need to be writing slowly and carefully at this point.

By: Penny Nickel

Penny Nickel — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:21:16 +0000

I’m gonna! But in DC so that doesn’t do you any good…

By: Robert 'Groby' Blum

Robert 'Groby' Blum — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:46:32 +0000

Hey, I’d love to join a wine/writing group, but I’m not sure if I’d go for NaNoWriMo. It’s gruelling, and I have *lots* of other things I need to finish writing. Are you taking in non-novelists, too? ;)

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:28:15 +0000

Although apparently I should follow his advice somewhat later in the day, when I can proofread what I’ve just typed.

No suggestions on location, though–I’m not much of a wine drinker, and my work doesn’t give me quite that long for lunch! That’s the one thing I miss about my freelance days, not that I was writing then, either.

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:24:59 +0000

No many novel ideas, dragging on in partial form for so long. I need to follow Kinsella’s advise.