Word of the Day: Scintilla
Kind of weird word, with tiny meanings, but could do big things in your writing. Try it out!
If you use it in a sentence, please post on the Bloomignton-Normal Region, Word of the Day section.
This word idea came from Artwiculate.com
Word Challenge of the Day: Undead
For all you zombie fans!
Please post a sentence or two in which you use this sentence in your NaNoWriMo novel.
Join NaNoWriMo writers for a Write-In on Saturday, Nov. 7 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at Fusion Brew, 712 Kingsley St.Normal. Phone: (309) 454-9300. Here’s a link to Fusion Brew’s website.
Parking is available underneath the building. There are parking spaces specifically for Fusion Brew, or it seems to be okay to park near to the FB’s spaces, too.
Since the ML won’t be there, please bring your own NaNoWriMo signs and introduce yourself to other people.
Fusion Brew is great, but it’s small so please, please, make a purchase to support this cool place.
Have fun! Keep writing!
Word of the Day Writing Challenge
We’ll have regular writing challenges to see if you can incorporate a word into the text of your NaNoWriMo novel. You may also use the photo as inspiration, too. If you can, please post the sentence on the Bloomington-Normal Region site.
The word for today is: Perambulate
Good luck!
Thanks to everyone who came to our first Write-In at the Coffeehouse in Uptown Normal.
Congratulations to the first Write-In winners:
First two people to reach 1000 words during Write-In
BradZB
Snark.Gallant
First two people to incorporate the phrase ‘conventional wisdom.’
SandyR
Barbara
Next two Write-Ins
This Wednesday at Panera in Normal (next to Border’s) on Veteran’s Parkway from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Next Saturday at Fusion Brew on Main St. in Normal from 3:30 to 5 p.m.
Last year, we challenged Bloomington-Normal Wrimo writers to include a scene or a section in their novels about ‘cornfields.’ This year, the challenge is ‘grand prairie’ or ‘great prairie’ and to include a section or scene in your novel about a ‘grand prairie.’
To make this a little different than the shorter Write-in challenges, to get a prize for achieving this challenge you will need to write a sustained section of at least 350 to 500 words that incorporates some aspect of a ‘grand prairie.’
When you have accomplished this goal, you will need to come to a Write-in and show this portion of your novel to the Municipal Liaison. Then, you will receive a prize.
Good luck!
First Write-In
Sunday, Nov. 1 from 3:30 to 5 p.m.
Coffeehouse & Deli in uptown Normal on Beaufort
Prizes! Stickers! Writing challenges!
Look for NaNoWriMo signs on big tables in back.
Buy a cup of coffee…support the places we meet.
For all events in November, go to the Bloomington-Normal region’s Google Calendar
Great pumpkin weather this weekend! We’re up to 114 writers in the Bloomington-Normal region! Fabulous!
Are you creating a timeline? Perhaps doing some character sketches? Doing some planning ahead helps in November.
We went over some of these links at the Info Meeting. Maybe something will inspire you:
At the Info Meeting, I handed out this Novel writing workbook of 26 pages of ideas, worksheets & inspiration. http://www.silveragebooks.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/mag/ns/ns_2007.htm
Thirteen Writing Prompts from McSweeney’s. Maybe a little off the wall, but something to get you going when you get stuck: http://nienkehinton.blogspot.com/2006/10/nanowrimo-tools-tips.html
NaNoWriMo writing tips. http://nienkehinton.blogspot.com/2006/10/nanowrimo-tools-tips.html
At the Info Meeting, we discussed the helpfulness of Excel worksheets that people have created to track their success in NaNoWriMo. here are a few of those.
Denver NaNo writing tips, including Excel worksheets and plot helps. http://dennanos.org/?page_id=69
Ireland’s NaNo resources, including an Excel report card. http://writers.sharp-words.co.uk/resources/nanowrimo-resources
Naperville’s Useful references for writers. http://naperwrimo.org/wiki/index.php?title=Useful_references_for_writers
From the Editor Unleashed Blog: Writing with the Bulls http://editorunleashed.com/2009/10/12/nanowrimo-writing-with-the-bulls/
Auri_Mynonys
bdobyns
bradzb
falineelode
felixemery
feloniousfeline
fidelis
grouchmuffin
Jadeblue
Laury
lord gallant
Mayemmistrees
melenke
MurphyChacho
Pagan451
shadowbinx85
Sweetjami
WVHillbilly59
That’s a 26 percent completion rate for our region!
All together everyone (all 70 of us) write 648,000 words collectively!
