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  1. Alison
    Oct 12 2011 @ 5:51 pm

    I’m doing NaNo! Join! It’s a daunting task, but hey, if you don’t finish, no harm no foul. It’s still fun to do, and it’ll get you back in that writing groove.

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  2. Liz Alexander
    Oct 13 2011 @ 9:24 am

    Hey Trey! I’ve attempted NaNo at least twice. I always get overwhelmed by the amount they want to write too, so I’m taking a more realistic approach this time around.

    I’m going to use it as a chance to be as creative as possible, but I won’t beat myself up if I don’t end up with 50,000 words. Like you, I have a MASSIVE fantasy world that’s continually evolving in my head, and it’s ridiculously difficult to sort it out at this point. But, I’ve decided that I still want to try. I don’t think I’d be able to die happy if I didn’t at least attempt to do one novel for these characters that have grown to mean so much. So, I’m going to attempt ONE novel (or a collection of short stories) and see where that goes.

    No idea yet if any of them will make an appearance in NaNo, but we’ll see what happens. (I made a Google doc just for quick story ideas I have. It’s amazing the different random things that pop into my brain. lol!)

    Good luck!!

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  3. Brandon Gonzalez
    Oct 13 2011 @ 6:44 pm

    Oh Trey, even the story of how you used to write stories is vivid and filled with passion. I really feel like this is something you should pursue as a long term goal and this NaNo event sounds like the ideal opportunity to flex the thought muscles you say have quieted. I just reread your Doven Staul hook and I still feel like I’m about to embark on the adventure myself. Its okay to have a little ego sometimes, although as an artist I know it can be hard to judge yourself positively when you notice every little thing that you might have done wrong. What I find that helps is to sleep on it. I never would have finished any of those drawings on my Facebook if I had gone with my initial opinions of my own works. Letting myself sleep on it allowed me to better appreciate my own accomplishment and I would be more forgiving of the mistakes that gave my art character.

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