Sunday, November 03, 2002
Saturday, November 02, 2002
Jessica sent me a sample of her November Novel for NaNoWriMo, titled: Squeeze Monkey. Enjoy!
Squeeze Monkey
By Mona LaVigne
Mia understood that Angelica needed to get out of that house ("Mia, you are a strong young woman. You can be anything you want. Just have faith in you."). Angelica had been facing more than the standard bullshit from their grandmother, ever since she had found Angelica squirming around on the couch in the living room one Saturday night, not with the quarterback on the football team, and not with the editor of the school newspaper, but instead with the manager of the field hockey team. Who’s name happened to be Melissa. Ever since that night, Angelica’s grandmother had been giving the her nearly nightly beatings. Angelica came home from school one day to find a large dildo on her bed and a note next to it that read, "THIS is what you should want. Love, grandma." She and Mia inspected the dildo and laughed at the bumps on it.
Mia (laughing): does it really look like that?
Angelica (laughing): I don’t know! I’ve never seen one!!
They both used it and Angelica put the dildo, unwashed, in their grandmother’s silverware drawer.
Squeeze Monkey
By Mona LaVigne
Mia understood that Angelica needed to get out of that house ("Mia, you are a strong young woman. You can be anything you want. Just have faith in you."). Angelica had been facing more than the standard bullshit from their grandmother, ever since she had found Angelica squirming around on the couch in the living room one Saturday night, not with the quarterback on the football team, and not with the editor of the school newspaper, but instead with the manager of the field hockey team. Who’s name happened to be Melissa. Ever since that night, Angelica’s grandmother had been giving the her nearly nightly beatings. Angelica came home from school one day to find a large dildo on her bed and a note next to it that read, "THIS is what you should want. Love, grandma." She and Mia inspected the dildo and laughed at the bumps on it.
Mia (laughing): does it really look like that?
Angelica (laughing): I don’t know! I’ve never seen one!!
They both used it and Angelica put the dildo, unwashed, in their grandmother’s silverware drawer.
Word Count: 5,006... I wrote three chapters in the last 24 hours. That's 1/10 of the way done in less than a full day. I am surprised and amazed at the rapid speed I am cranking out Jack Tripper Stole My Dog. 10 % done! There are some good lines, but for the most part, it's not coherent, nor very funny, just one big ugly stuttering mess, hopelessly clutching a poodle, who eats better chow than I do. I guess it's like an episode of Anna Nicole Smith's reality show.
Friday, November 01, 2002
NaNoWriMo
What is NaNoWriMo? NaNoWriMo = National Novel Writing Month.
Jessica sent me the link to NaNoWriMo and encouraged me to sign up and particpate. I decided to go ahead and give it a shot, so now I have a new project to work on the next 30 or so days. So far, Jessica and Dave Simanoff have both signed up and are beginning to write their November Novels. I started mine late last night at Midnight.
The working title for my November Novel is: Jack Tripper Stole My Dog.
This is from the NaNoWriMo website:
National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel
writing. Participants begin writing November 1. The goal is to write a
175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30.
Valuing enthusiasm and perseverance over talent and craft, NaNoWriMo is a
novel-writing program for everyone who has thought fleetingly about writing
a novel but has been scared away by the time and effort involved.
Because of the limited writing window, the ONLY thing that matters in
NaNoWriMo is output. It's all about quantity, not quality. The kamikaze
approach forces you to lower your expectations, take risks, and write on the
fly.
Make no mistake: You will be writing a lot of crap. And that's a good thing.
By forcing yourself to write so intensely, you are giving yourself
permission to make mistakes. To forgo the endless tweaking and editing and
just create. To build without tearing down.
As you spend November writing, you can draw comfort from the fact that, all
around the world, other National Novel Writing Month participants are going
through the same joys and sorrows of producing the Great Frantic Novel.
Wrimos meet throughout the month to offer encouragement, commiseration, and
-- when the thing is done -- the kind of raucous celebrations that tend to
frighten animals and small children.
Last year, we had 5000 participants. Over 700 of them crossed the 50k finish
line by the midnight deadline, entering into the annals of NaNoWriMo
superstardom forever. They started the month as auto mechanics, out-of-work
actors, and middle school English teachers. They walked away novelists.
So, to recap:
What: Writing one 50,000-word novel from scratch in a month's time.
Who: You! We can't do this unless we have some other people trying it as
well. Let's write laughably awful yet lengthy prose together.
Why: The reasons are endless! To actively participate in one of our era's
most enchanting art forms! To write without having to obsess over quality.
To be able to make obscure references to passages from your novel at
parties. To be able to mock real novelists who dawdle on and on, taking far
longer than 30 days to produce their work.
When: Writing begins November 1, 2002. To be added to the official list of
winners, the 50,000-word mark must be reached by November 30 at midnight.
Once your novel has been verified by our web-based team of robotic word
counters, the partying begins.
What is NaNoWriMo? NaNoWriMo = National Novel Writing Month.
Jessica sent me the link to NaNoWriMo and encouraged me to sign up and particpate. I decided to go ahead and give it a shot, so now I have a new project to work on the next 30 or so days. So far, Jessica and Dave Simanoff have both signed up and are beginning to write their November Novels. I started mine late last night at Midnight.
The working title for my November Novel is: Jack Tripper Stole My Dog.
This is from the NaNoWriMo website:
National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel
writing. Participants begin writing November 1. The goal is to write a
175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30.
Valuing enthusiasm and perseverance over talent and craft, NaNoWriMo is a
novel-writing program for everyone who has thought fleetingly about writing
a novel but has been scared away by the time and effort involved.
Because of the limited writing window, the ONLY thing that matters in
NaNoWriMo is output. It's all about quantity, not quality. The kamikaze
approach forces you to lower your expectations, take risks, and write on the
fly.
Make no mistake: You will be writing a lot of crap. And that's a good thing.
By forcing yourself to write so intensely, you are giving yourself
permission to make mistakes. To forgo the endless tweaking and editing and
just create. To build without tearing down.
As you spend November writing, you can draw comfort from the fact that, all
around the world, other National Novel Writing Month participants are going
through the same joys and sorrows of producing the Great Frantic Novel.
Wrimos meet throughout the month to offer encouragement, commiseration, and
-- when the thing is done -- the kind of raucous celebrations that tend to
frighten animals and small children.
Last year, we had 5000 participants. Over 700 of them crossed the 50k finish
line by the midnight deadline, entering into the annals of NaNoWriMo
superstardom forever. They started the month as auto mechanics, out-of-work
actors, and middle school English teachers. They walked away novelists.
So, to recap:
What: Writing one 50,000-word novel from scratch in a month's time.
Who: You! We can't do this unless we have some other people trying it as
well. Let's write laughably awful yet lengthy prose together.
Why: The reasons are endless! To actively participate in one of our era's
most enchanting art forms! To write without having to obsess over quality.
To be able to make obscure references to passages from your novel at
parties. To be able to mock real novelists who dawdle on and on, taking far
longer than 30 days to produce their work.
When: Writing begins November 1, 2002. To be added to the official list of
winners, the 50,000-word mark must be reached by November 30 at midnight.
Once your novel has been verified by our web-based team of robotic word
counters, the partying begins.
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