Oh, man. Some beautiful stuff.

Nova, do you know about Write A Novel in november? What's the damned acronym: I think NANOWRIMO? Quite a few Buffistas did it, I think. Basically, commit to writing 60K words in a month.

Yes, NaNoWriMo. And the limit's actually 50K-- not quite a novel, but more than enough to try and write in a month. It's fun-- I enjoyed it, and I'm definately going to sign up again this November.

Neat! No, never heard about it. If I'm still interested in writing by November (and I should be, I hope.), I'll definitely try it.

I'ma tell my friend Claire about it too. She wants to be a writer, she thinks. I'm trying to convince her to join these boards (loves Buffy, etc., like no other but, say, us), but she's reluctant. Time suck.

Am, the limit's 50K? Much easier.

I couldn't do it.(insert obligatory cheap "stamina" joke here) But I'm still working with the pieces so it wasn't a waste.

A question for everyone, mainly because I am curious:

How many people still use journals or notebooks to write in whether it be fiction or personal journal or whatever else? I am addicted to buying journals, especially when I find a very interesting one on the bargain rack at a store. But with so many people using computers these days, and writing things both here and in livejournal, if people still enjoyed or needed the feeling of putting pen to paper.

Hand up for the pen and paper. It's sitting at my left elbow as we "speak." Personal things are more likely to be done at the keyboard, because I can type without seeing the screen, and sometimes I don't want to see what's appearing until it's done. With fiction, I like watching the letters form. The shapes themselves take on an element of the plot, in an odd way. It took a long time to make the transition to typing fiction as the first draft, and generally it only happens when a scene is easy/quick. When composing, my mind generally travels at the speed of my writing hand.

I thought my Palm Pilot and its keyboard would replace the notebook (and I just use regular school notebooks, I can't write first drafts in fancy journals, the material doesn't seem "worthy" of expensive journals), but the keyboard and the Palm don't keep up with my fingers. I've done some good stuff with the Palm, but the notebook remains my prime first draft tool.

t cont. The drabbles have all been done straight on the computer. I type very quickly, and the keyboard allows me to get it written before I wimp out. If I had a better printer at home, I'd print out everything. For me, a story doesn't seem completely "real" until it's been through the alchemy of print on paper.

I would, but the thing is, a lot of times I can't read what I write afterwards.But when I write an article, I much prefer my notebook to tape.(I'm old-school that way) I've been debating buying something to keep track of my dreams in though(except for ones about cigars and tunnels.)

(except for ones about cigars and tunnels.)

Those are the dreams I save most often, though no one gets to see the ones where Spike shows up and says I'm the only one who can save the day and we run off and have a grand adventure and the alarm goes off at inopportune times. t /run-on sentence