Comments on: Top Ten Reasons Your NaNoWriMo Novel Sucks http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/11/17/top-ten-reasons-your-nanowrimo-novel-sucks/ The Fundamentals of Our Publishing are Wrong Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:47:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tall Can http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/11/17/top-ten-reasons-your-nanowrimo-novel-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-17999 Tall Can Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:52:33 +0000 http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/11/17/top-ten-reasons-your-nanowrimo-novel-sucks/#comment-17999 I didn't think about writing fiction until November 3, when I discovered NaNoWriMo. That's worse, right? I didn’t think about writing fiction until November 3, when I discovered NaNoWriMo. That’s worse, right?

]]> By: 360Arcadians.net - Forums • View topic - NaNoWriMo: I swear one year I'll finish... http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/11/17/top-ten-reasons-your-nanowrimo-novel-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-14003 360Arcadians.net - Forums • View topic - NaNoWriMo: I swear one year I'll finish... Sun, 02 Nov 2008 14:38:09 +0000 http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/11/17/top-ten-reasons-your-nanowrimo-novel-sucks/#comment-14003 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007 ... vel-sucks/but anyway, if i participated in this now i'd be mega cheat moding because i already have ideas in mind for a short story, one which i don't particularly feel like wriiting _________________QUIZNOS REVOLUTION [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> Kramer auto Pingback[...] http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007 … vel-sucks/but anyway, if i participated in this now i’d be mega cheat moding because i already have ideas in mind for a short story, one which i don’t particularly feel like wriiting _________________QUIZNOS REVOLUTION [...]

]]> By: Miss Snark II: First Blood http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/11/17/top-ten-reasons-your-nanowrimo-novel-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-4806 Miss Snark II: First Blood Wed, 21 May 2008 02:24:17 +0000 http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/11/17/top-ten-reasons-your-nanowrimo-novel-sucks/#comment-4806 55. Michael Bay decides to make a movie out of it. Which would be great news for any aspiring novelist, except for the presence of Michael Bay coming within a mile of the printed word. 56. Word count = intelligence. All the best novels had unnecessary padding. 57. It's about Man's struggle for freedom and identity in the early 20th century. Also it involves a lot of shoe-sex and bad puns. 58. You wrote "All work and no play make Jack a dull boy." a bunch of times when you stayed at the Overlook Hotel. 59. It's a novelization of "Bad Boys 2" written with 16th century orthography. 60. It's a whole lot of commas and periods. 61. It's "the" used 50,000 times. Like avant-garde and shit. 55. Michael Bay decides to make a movie out of it. Which would be great news for any aspiring novelist, except for the presence of Michael Bay coming within a mile of the printed word.

56. Word count = intelligence. All the best novels had unnecessary padding.

57. It’s about Man’s struggle for freedom and identity in the early 20th century. Also it involves a lot of shoe-sex and bad puns.

58. You wrote “All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.” a bunch of times when you stayed at the Overlook Hotel.

59. It’s a novelization of “Bad Boys 2″ written with 16th century orthography.

60. It’s a whole lot of commas and periods.

61. It’s “the” used 50,000 times. Like avant-garde and shit.

]]> By: Miss Snark ain't got Shit on me! http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/11/17/top-ten-reasons-your-nanowrimo-novel-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-3580 Miss Snark ain't got Shit on me! Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:51:01 +0000 http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/11/17/top-ten-reasons-your-nanowrimo-novel-sucks/#comment-3580 54. The voices inside your head told you to do it. 54. The voices inside your head told you to do it.

]]> By: Miss Snark ain't got Shit on me! http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/11/17/top-ten-reasons-your-nanowrimo-novel-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-3579 Miss Snark ain't got Shit on me! Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:36:26 +0000 http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/11/17/top-ten-reasons-your-nanowrimo-novel-sucks/#comment-3579 53. You think that your ability to type what you call sentences makes you a writer. 53. You think that your ability to type what you call sentences makes you a writer.

]]> By: Miss Snark ain't got Shit on me! http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/11/17/top-ten-reasons-your-nanowrimo-novel-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-3578 Miss Snark ain't got Shit on me! Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:27:29 +0000 http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/11/17/top-ten-reasons-your-nanowrimo-novel-sucks/#comment-3578 52. You strung together 50,000 words of cliches, raunchy sex scenes, and so many fucking metaphors that it makes Miss Snark's head explode when you submit it to her in December. 52. You strung together 50,000 words of cliches, raunchy sex scenes, and so many fucking metaphors that it makes Miss Snark’s head explode when you submit it to her in December.

]]> By: Miss Snark ain't got Shit on me! http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/11/17/top-ten-reasons-your-nanowrimo-novel-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-3577 Miss Snark ain't got Shit on me! Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:22:30 +0000 http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/11/17/top-ten-reasons-your-nanowrimo-novel-sucks/#comment-3577 Reason 51. If it wasn't for NaNoWriMo you never would have given novel writing a second thought. Reason 51. If it wasn’t for NaNoWriMo you never would have given novel writing a second thought.

]]> By: Miss Snark ain't got Shit on me! http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/11/17/top-ten-reasons-your-nanowrimo-novel-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-3576 Miss Snark ain't got Shit on me! Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:20:27 +0000 http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/11/17/top-ten-reasons-your-nanowrimo-novel-sucks/#comment-3576 50. You visit 101reasonstostopwriting.com everyday, yet you still ignore Sean's message and participate in NaNoWriMo. 50. You visit 101reasonstostopwriting.com everyday, yet you still ignore Sean’s message and participate in NaNoWriMo.

]]> By: Miss.Snark http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/11/17/top-ten-reasons-your-nanowrimo-novel-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-3408 Miss.Snark Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:49:20 +0000 http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/11/17/top-ten-reasons-your-nanowrimo-novel-sucks/#comment-3408 Excellent, I can now cut and paste this into my form rejection letters for next December. Many thanks! Excellent, I can now cut and paste this into my form rejection letters for next December.
Many thanks!

]]> By: dsk: http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/ http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/11/17/top-ten-reasons-your-nanowrimo-novel-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-2246 dsk: http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/ Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:16:01 +0000 http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/11/17/top-ten-reasons-your-nanowrimo-novel-sucks/#comment-2246 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] Wonderful! We never needed more reasons to hate them, but that really helps.Did you see this one?http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/11/17/top-ten-reasons-your-nanowrimo-novel-sucks/(Reply to [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> Kramer auto Pingback[...] Wonderful! We never needed more reasons to hate them, but that really helps.Did you see this one?http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/11/17/top-ten-reasons-your-nanowrimo-novel-sucks/(Reply to [...]

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