Yesterday was day 1 of the first session of Camp NaNoWriMo 2012. Here’s a brief summary of how the day went for me:
I kicked things off by downloading the 30-day trial of Scrivener for Windows. I had taken part in the beta testing and experienced a very unfortunate saving bug (to the tune of the program not saving anything at all) which was not a very good first impression. This trial version is singing a very different tune. I like the organization a lot. For this particular writing project I’ve been busy since last November, writing detailed character profiles and histories, the history of the world in which the story takes place, descriptions of various creatures that inhabit it, drawing maps of cities and regions etc. All of these are things which must exist in this world but not necessarily be written out in excruciating detail. Scrivener is the perfect software for this as it allows you to do all of the above outside of the actual manuscript. Before I was using three or four different apps and programs, but Scrivener keeps all of this info in one place. I’m not sure yet if this is a convenience worth the program’s $40 price tag, but I guess I’ll see in the coming days.
As for the manuscript itself, I wrote a little over 500 words. It’s a very modest start but I’m not too worried about it yet (for my first NaNo attempt I didn’t begin writing until November 5 and I wrote well under my daily limit until the last week, during which I wrote enough to catch up and finish on November 28th or so). I am hoping to write a little bit more than that from now on.
As for the finer details, my project is tentatively titled The Lament of the Land and it’s a fantasy story. I have a pretty good idea what I want out of it and where I think it’ll go, but I’m looking forward to any surprises it may have to offer me.
I’ve mentioned before that I like to listen to music while I work on first drafts. This project’s playlist consists of Yuki Kajiura’s soundtracks to .hack//SIGN and Tsubasa Chronicle and Joe Hisaishi’s soundtracks to various Studio Ghibli movies (Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away come to mind).
Are you participating in camp right now? How about the next session this August? What are you working on? Let me know your thoughts. If you want to keep up on my camp progress you can find my profile here: http://www.campnanowrimo.org/campers/crackedthesky
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Yes i am participating in June’s Camp NaNo. i’ll think about the august camp later.This will be my first camp experience. I’ve participated twice in classic NaNoWriMo and even managed to pull off a win once.
I’m working on a steampunk novel, my first attempt at the genre. So far I’m doing good and only a little behind on my word count. Better stop blogging and get back to writing
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My novel is fantasy but I’m aiming for a steampunk element to it. It’s my first time with the genre as well, I hope I can pull it off. Hopefully you can as well, good luck to you.
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sounds very cool. Whats your story about? do you have a synopsis of your NaNo book?
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It’s a fantasy story about a guy who can’t remember anything before the last few years of his life, so he basically wanders around adventuring to get by. A stranger gives him a note about a treasure, but instead he finds out that the world is dying and needs someone to help save it.
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