# I am insane **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 5, 2004, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-insane/267750 "2004-10-05T22:55:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-insane/267750/21 "2004-10-07T02:02:21Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > **Nightwatch Trailer** : You can still sign up… I bet a novel by you would be brilliant. You can’t see me, but I’m beaming right now. Now where’s that “Name Your Favorite Dopers” thread? I need to make an addendum… ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-insane/267750/22 "2004-10-07T02:18:10Z")
> [@Nightwatch Trailer](#): > > You can’t see me, but I’m beaming right now. Now where’s that “Name Your Favorite Dopers” thread? I need to make an addendum… Aw, geez. :o 😃 (Seriously, go for it! I’d be rooting for you all the way…) ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-insane/267750/23 "2004-10-07T04:13:21Z")
Ah, but you are not alone, **Kythereia**! I am also going to join you in this endeavor. I also did last year, and it was quite an intriguing goal. I actually wrote 50,000 words last year – and as soon as I was at about 51,000, I never touched the novel again. Bah, I think we need a support group here, if I say so myself! PS: Got any plot ideas yet? I’m thinking of taking a character from my previous novel and spinning her off, but I’m not sure what I want to do with her. I had nearly a dozen major characters and one was by far the most compelling, but I don’t know how to make her the main focus of a story. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-insane/267750/24 "2004-10-07T04:27:13Z")
lel: _starts up the Support Group for Nanowrimo Recoverers_ 😉 😃 (You seriously rock! I want to see yours when it’s done 😉 I’ve got a plot–it’s a hybrid fantasy / historical fiction thing–now I just need to flesh it out and add characters…) ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-insane/267750/25 "2004-10-07T06:07:38Z")
I tried it last year and got a few thousand words into it. Sadly, you’re not supposed to continue a story that’s already started. I’m going to really have to think about whether to try or not. ---
**Author:** ![Keapon\_Laffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@Keapon\_Laffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keapon_Laffin)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-insane/267750/26 "2004-10-07T06:10:04Z")
Man, I pity those judges who are going to have to read all the submissions. Ouch. I mean, its not like its even \*quality \* reading. These guys have to go through 50000 words of _quantity_. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-insane/267750/27 "2004-10-07T11:15:53Z")
Wow, that’s awesome. I’d be tempted myself, just for the heck of it, but I have at least 1, possibly 3, term papers due in that time, and it’ll be hard enough getting those done. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-insane/267750/28 "2004-10-07T13:16:22Z")
**Yllaria** : That sucks… I hope you try this year. 🙂 **Keapon** : Are you saying that the magnificent masterpiece of stunning beauty and breathtaking craftsmanship I’m about to write is not “_quality_ reading”? _gasp!_ (I wouldn’t like to be a judge either. 😉 No prizes though, they say–just the satisfaction of writing 50,000 words.) Jayn: Oh… yeah… those. Heh heh. :o (Good luck with your term papers!) ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-insane/267750/29 "2004-10-07T13:23:42Z")
**Yllaria** : That sucks… I hope you try this year. 🙂 **Keapon** : Are you saying that the magnificent masterpiece of stunning beauty and breathtaking craftsmanship I’m about to write is not “_quality_ reading”? _gasp!_ (I wouldn’t like to be a judge either. 😉 No prizes though, they say–just the satisfaction of writing 50,000 words.) **Jayn** : Oh… yeah… those. Heh heh. :o (Good luck with your term papers!) ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-insane/267750/30 "2004-10-07T13:25:59Z")
:smack: Sorry about the double post! ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-insane/267750/31 "2004-10-07T13:30:41Z")
Stuff happens. Here, have a lollipop. And thanks **Kythereia**. Though at this rate I’m going to need help just getting the proposal done. It’s due today and I only started about an hour ago :smack: Though I’ll always have my Enterpreneurship teacher’s advice to fall back on–“When you don’t know, BS it.” Actually, that sounds like good advice for Nanowrimo. Good luck yourself! ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-insane/267750/32 "2004-10-07T13:50:41Z")
Mmm, lollipops. Hey, I’m doing my Linguistics homework right now… and I have to leave for class! :smack: 😉 ---
**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-insane/267750/33 "2004-10-13T03:13:42Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > I tried it last year and got a few thousand words into it. Sadly, you’re not supposed to continue a story that’s already started. Don’t tell **Alias** that. I think I might finally have badgered her into signing up! Honestly, though, the impression I got last year was that while finishing a novel is not what NaNoWriMo is meant for, it isn’t strictly verboten. And if someone’s been stuck on a story for a long time, I think forcing themselves to get 50,000 words ahead of where they were before can be a really awesome thing. And it’s easier when there’s a whole community of people doing it with you. In the end, you’re only competing with yourself. So do what you’re gonna. And **Alias** , don’t you dare drop out on me now! ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-insane/267750/34 "2004-10-13T19:45:53Z")
I think I might just give it a try, although I’m not sure yet. You know, after this is all over, all of the Dope entrants should share and compare manuscripts. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-insane/267750.md?page=1)