A sort of anti-NaNoWriMo

[swan_tower]

Many of you know that my reservations about NaNoWriMo include the pace (1500+ wpd is a pretty brutal rate for people not used to it) and the goal (a 50K novel isn't saleable, at least in my genre).

If you're interested in having a public boot applied to your ass, but you share my reservations, try this on for size: Novel in 90. Short form is 750 words a day for 90 days, for a goal of 67,500 words (which need not be the end point of the novel). It's the brainchild of Elizabeth Bear, and it's growing like rather scary kudzu, but over there you'll find everything from professionals (including her and me) to people who have never written a novel in their lives. She's taken down the bit in the profile that said in large letters "WE WILL MOCK YOU IF YOU FAIL," but the idea is to prod yourself into productivity through public accountability.

I know some of my friends are looking for help in motivating themselves, so if you count yourself among that number, go over there and sign up.

I will mock you if you don't. ^_^

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[dolphin--girl.livejournal.com]

My writing partner and I have something like that -- we meet for dinner and some sort of anime every two weeks, and if we haven't produced at least one chapter, we have to buy the other person dinner. It works pretty well. We also need to finish the novels by May 28, or endure much mockery and food buying.