NaNoWriMo's thuggish little brother...

[dalekboy]

Well, I've gone and joined NanoWriMo. No I didn't forget to capitalise the second 'n', 'cause this ain't about writing a novel in a month, this is about writing a new piece of flash fiction every day for the whole of November.

Given my mental state, I doubt I'll get far. But if I get more than two done, I'll be happy.

Never written flash fiction before - this should be interesting...

Comments

[martinlivings.livejournal.com]

Nice one. I'll be watching. :)

[dalekboy.livejournal.com]

Great, no pressure with a Pro watching me... :P

[martinlivings.livejournal.com]

Nope, no pressure...

(gets out notepad and pen)

;)

[meljane.livejournal.com]

Yay Flash fiction for a month :)

[gutter-monkey.livejournal.com]

Sorry but I don't know if I could read 30 stories about the Flash. I'm not that big a fan of DC superheroes.

[dalekboy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, don't say "Yay" until you've read it :)

[dalekboy.livejournal.com]

I'm not writing about the Flash, I'm writing about men exposing themselves.

[possbert.livejournal.com]

The 'fiction' part obviously referring to how well endowed they think they are.

[dalekboy.livejournal.com]

Shhh... no spoilers for the readers!

[possbert.livejournal.com]

Damn! Sorry!!

[morganjaffit.livejournal.com]

I think this is a good idea, but I'm a bit sad the bloke organising it has chosen to abscond with the nanowrimo name. There's no legal reason he ought not, but I think the moral perspective is pretty clear - changing the capitalisation is hardly enough to indicate the seperation.

*shrug*

but that's my perspective.

[dalekboy.livejournal.com]

I actually think it's a fair perspective. I'm a little uncomfy with it as well, but I also know from the journal that he threw this together fairly quickly, so may not have thought through other options.

My thought is to let it go for now, simply because I don't have the mental energy to think about it. It's not a big group, he's fairly clear on the site that it's not related, and stuff can be changed for next year. Or if someone decides to do something about it now, I'm just as down with that.

But whether it stays, becomes NaFFWriMo (actually, I rather like the sound of that), Nano_WriMo, or some other iteration, for a change I'm not going to worry about it. Which sounds more gruff than it's intended, but I'm struggling tonight :)

[morganjaffit.livejournal.com]

Nah, doesn't sound gruff. Main reason I was posting was because I liked the sound of it, then decided I didn't really want to do it unless the name changed, and then decided I didn't really want to be buggered fighting that fight - so, same camp really!

[dalekboy.livejournal.com]

lol