NormalNaNo A tumblr blog for the Bloomington-Normal NaNoWriMo Regional Forum

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!

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!