Current mood:	Candy-Coated
Entry tags:	nanowrimo

Ladies and gentlemen, I bring you ... the first NaNoWriMo wank of the year!

If you've been to the boards since October, you'll know they've been slow, and that the search function has had to be disabled on and off several times to deal with the load. if you've been around for previous Octobers, you know this is pretty much par for the course whenever that year's boards go up and registration opens -- the site gets flooded, things slow down, the NaNo techies whack things with sticks until things settle down to normality somewhere in the first week of November, usually.

This year, however, this is all causing a smattering of wankery:

"I'm taking my toys and going home!"
"Me too!"
"Me three!"

Small, but tasty. Like aa petit four, in a way.

me, i just wish my t-shirt, mug and merit badges would get here already. woe.

(Read comments) - (Post a new comment)

	bubosquared 2007-10-31 02:09 pm UTC (link)
	I find that the peer pressure helps me, but I can definitely see how it can be counterproductive for others, yeah. But the idea that it's not worth it if you can't brag on the forums ... the hell? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bangoskank 2007-10-31 05:23 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah I agree having a group of people to commisserate with was helpful. I'm doing something similar this year except with drawings instead of writing, so I am faking it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	napalmnacey 2007-10-31 10:29 pm UTC (link)
	I tried doing it with a comic. I failed. I guess I should try again this year. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	brennalarose 2007-10-31 06:59 pm UTC (link)
	Your Hufflepuff Icon rocks! Is it Gankable? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bubosquared 2007-11-01 10:38 am UTC (link)
	Sure! Just credit to iconfluence on LJ -- she has a bunch more up over here. I love this one because I'm a Ravenpuff and I knit. (In fact, my NaNovel this year is about magical knitting. Why? BECAUSE I CAN! MUAHAHAHA!) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	brennalarose 2007-11-01 08:22 pm UTC (link)
	I totally want to read that whether or not you finish it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bubosquared 2007-11-02 11:19 am UTC (link)
	My writing journal is , and I will be posting there, if you're interested. :) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	brennalarose 2007-11-02 01:56 pm UTC (link)
	Thanks! (Reply to this)(Parent)

squib
2007-11-01 02:01 am UTC (link)

IMO, it's not a "bragging" thing, it's a "community" thing. The community, online and off (and mostly online, because my local community seems to only have write-ins in the morning when I'm asleep), is why I NaNo. If it was just "write a bunch of words in a month", I'd pick a month with less shit going on. The nutty feel of a bunch of sleep-deprived, over-caffienated people all doing this experience at the same time, questioning each other, procrastinating together, racing and word-warring together, and crying together, that's why I do NaNo. No forums, no NaNo. For me, at least.

(Reply to this)(Parent)

(Read comments) -