I am a Wrimo!!! Whoo hoo! Just signed up! Here is their welcome....
Dear pablo0069,
Well, you did it. You've gone and pledged your November to the pursuit of the month-long novel. Whether this is your first or ninth NaNoWriMo, we know you're going to have a great time, and we're thrilled to have you writing with us.
On November 1, we'll unlock the novel-excerpt and word-count area of your author profile, so you can post your escalating word-count, view your personal stats, and offer an excerpt of your work-in-progress to friends and fans.
Before you head off to begin training those typing fingers, we wanted to offer a few bits of advice. You'll find many great tips in the forums, and we'll be sending pep talks directly to your inbox during November. But for now, here's a quick overview of the three-and-a-half things we wish we had known for our first NaNoWriMo.
1) It's okay to not know what you're doing. Really. You've read a lot of novels, so you're completely up to the challenge of writing one. If you feel more comfortable outlining your story ahead of time, do so. But it's also fine to just wing it. Write every day, and a book-worthy story will appear, even if you're not sure what that story might be right now.
2) Do not edit as you go. Editing is for December. Think of November as an experiment in pure output. Even if it's hard at first, leave ugly prose and poorly written passages on the page to be cleaned up later. Your inner editor will be very grumpy about this, but your inner editor is a nitpicky jerk who foolishly believes that it is possible to write a brilliant first draft if you write it slowly enough. It isn't. Every book you've ever loved started out as a beautifully flawed first draft. In November, embrace imperfection and see where it takes you.
3) Tell everyone you know that you're writing a novel in November. This will pay big dividends in Week Two, when the only thing keeping you from quitting is the fear of looking pathetic in front of all the people who've had to hear about your novel for the past month. Seriously. Email them now about your awesome new book. The looming specter of personal humiliation is a very reliable muse.
3.5) There will be times you'll want to quit during November. This is okay. Everyone who wins NaNoWriMo wanted to quit at some point in November. Stick it out. See it through. Week Two can be hard. Week Three is much better. Week Four will make you want to yodel.
And we're talking the good kind of yodeling here.
With great well wishes on the noveling month ahead,
The NaNoWriMo Team
ON THE MATTER OF THE PIC PAGES: I have a lot of pictures that only my FRIENDS can see. Soo if you aren't one of them then don't be surprised at the small number of pics. If I shot you or your friend and I said I would post it on My Space then you might want to friend me 'cause I don't know who is out there but it might be someone you don't want to see your pics...
Now, back to ME! You need to say something....grab your f'in' nutz and say it to ME. I'm mature enough to talk through anything
I am very physical and I love nature.
I like to stay active and am an explorer.
Hispanic (half, the good half! : )
German, the other good half)
Black Hair (not long at the mo)
Brown Eyes that 50% say are my best feature and the rest say it's my smile.
I have a laugh that everyone can hear for miles and they say makes them feel good.
I am also a huggaholic and anyone that has ever had one of my hugs never forgets it and they usually come back for more!
I work at Ren Fests and jewelry/rock shows just for fun and I go to anything that has art in it!
I am an artist and it consumes me.
One of my goals is to be a teacher, ...which either means I am a glutton for punishment, a fool or a heroic good hearted soul bent on making the world a better place in the best way I can!
(probably the fool thing)
