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Camp NaNoWriMo is over. This was my first year participating in the Camp, though I did do NaNoWriMo in November 2013. I managed to knock out 90,000 words that year and ended up with a manuscript — I kid you not! — called Glencara’s Bane, which is still sitting here waiting to be edited!
Christina over at The Rolling Writer (who is an utterly awesome writer with three books under her belt — The Desolate Empire series — and another one nearly ready to go) gave me a nudge in the direction of camp. Gotta admit it was kind of a fun experience. I got to be in a “cabin” with 12 other campers (including buddies Christina and Colleen). They were all lovely people and dedicated writers.
Since it was my first time and didn’t know quite what to expect, I played it safe and set my goal at 7500 words. I finished camp at 10,004, all from the Seeker journey.
I really encourage anyone who likes to write to participate in these two events. It’s amazing, sometimes, what a little structure can do! And thanks, Christina, for the invite. I want to do it again next year!!!
Impromptu Promptlings 
I’ve never heard of Camp NaNoWriMo. I’ll have to check it out!
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Here you go. Check it out! http://campnanowrimo.org/
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The sun is setting, the crickets are chirping, and Camp NaNoWriMo’s Creativity Garden is a riot of blooms and fruit. This July, 30,898 writers tended to a project, watering their stories with regular inspiration and hard work. It’s our biggest session of Camp NaNoWriMo yet… and we’re so sorry that it’s over.
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Congratulations Calen. I hope you are very proud of yourself, you should be 🙂
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Ah gee, thanks hon. It wasn’t much of a stretch, though. I was already into the story. Have a total of 18,000 words at the moment.
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You’ve done wonders, more than I could ever imagine.
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Nice work Calen, congratulations! I experienced my first NaNoWriMo camp last month but unfortunately I did not have the same experience as you. My Cabin Mates were great, but we all faded early in the month. I’m nevertheless undeterred. I saw camp NaNoWriMo as putting my toes in the water; this coming November I’ll dive in. Doing the camp gave me a real insight into how challenging a month of serious writing can be (and I already write every day). I’m eager to see if I can last the distance in November.
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When I was working on Glencara’s Bane, I had my outline for the whole book done before the first of the month. It was pretty detailed. It helped me sail through most of that book. It was a first draft so I wasn’t editing as I went — though I’m wondering now if that was a mistake as I seem to have lost my steam, too much to start the editing process. Was more than a little surprise when I ended up with enough words that I’d have to cut some. It was kind of exciting, though. I guess there are other ways folks work toward November 1st getting ready. I may try to edit it this year. But I have some research to do. I got some of the historical stuff wrong. I suck at researching on a computer!
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I planned my novel over a year ago, but I stalled after the first chapter. I hope to write the rest of it in November, although my ideas for it have changed a little. I’m going to go with the general plan I developed ages ago and wing it with the new ideas. I used to dislike editing too, but lately I’ve come to enjoy it. I used to sew most of my clothes; editing is like putting in the zip, finishing off the hems, sewing on the buttons, etc. It means you can wear that beautiful something you’ve made. I also find if I leave something for a while I realise a lot of the writing is good. I suspect your novel is better than you think it is, and deserves to be worked on, Calensariel. You may even enjoy the editing! Cheers, Janet
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My biggest stumbling block with the manuscript? I can’t get the main character right. I LOVE all my other characters. They just seem to have a life of their own. But Claire just totally eludes me. I love the story. It’s a gypsyesque mystery. Just don’t seem to be able to strike the right balance in her personality. The other thing is I suck at research. You seem to do well with that judging from your list of reference on your last post. I was impressed! 😀
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Somehow I missed that you were doing Camp NaNoWriMo this month, but I should have been able to guess. Congratulations on getting all that writing done! I’ve done 3 NaNoWriMos and 2 camps in the past, but I need NaNoEdMo at this point, so I’m taking a break.
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That’s great! Camp is a lot of fun and I like being able to set your own word count goals. I sat this one out, but am looking to gear up for November’s full Nanowrimo.
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Hey Laure! How’re ya? Haven’t been in touch in ages. Everything going ok with you and Mr. Hood? 😀
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Woo. Can’t wait to read 🙂
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Hey Karthi! Haven’t been to your place for awhile. When I lost half my follows, I couldn’t remember the name of your blog! And here you are! It’s good to hear from you. How are you?
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Hey. I’m great. You good? I haven’t posted in a while 🙂 what is happening to your follows?
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WP did some updates and for some reason of 72 blogs I (and several other people) was following about a third of them went bye bye. And though I knew their first names, I didn’t know the name of some of their blogs. When I went back in a followed you again today I remembered your new header! Snazzy! Yep, I’m ornery as ever! 😀
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