The Kick-Off... And The Sorting Hat...

This year... in the Edmonton Region Group of NaNoWriMo Participants - aka Edmowrimos - had our first NaNo Event of 2008! The Kick-Off Party was a mad gathering of food (amazing bread-crumb-covered Mac and Cheese whomever made that), Wrimos new and old, MLs and new ideas! Due to our amazingness, the Edmowrimo Group has judged that we are going to compete against ourselves instead of bludger the competition.

Thus, the House System was born! Well, not really... The House System was established in England long ago, but it was recently popularized by the Harry Potter Series. While it might seem a bit nerdy, it's used in pretty much every kind of organization - sports teams, if you think about it. Any kind of competition and community, really.

Well, in the Kick-Off, we were to draw a coloured lanyard from a hat in order to be sorted. There were four different colours - one for each house.

Red : Exclaimation Mark House / HOUSE! / Exclamador

Blue : Parentheses House / (HOUSE) / Parentheclaw

Green : Question Mark House / HOUSE? / Questyrin

And...

Yellow : Ellipsis House / HOUSE... / Ellipsipuff

I have no idea why, but I've wanted to be in HOUSE... since the concept was introduced. So, I was, of course, naturally ecstatic to find myself holding a yellow lanyard after dipping my hand into the hat. Now, after the Edmowrimos were sorted, the festivities began!

Food, food, food and some drinks accompanied some new friends and soon I was having a heck of a lot of fun!

Unfortunately, I couldn't stay for the entire night - I had to attend the Rocky Horror Picture Show!!! It was amazing. 

NaNoNovel 2008 "End to End" Progress :

Same as the 26 October Post...

The Beginnings...

 NaNoWriMo... a kind of journey which can't be taken lightly... And also cannot be thought of with a heavy heart. This is my second year attempting this feat, and far from my last.

The Common Question is always "What is this NaNoWriMo of which you so often speak?"  to which I would have to reply "'Tis a wonderous month-long journey to find your inner writer and perpetual inner-child."

While that may not be the most conventional answer, it's definitely one which I find true. There are hundreds of other ways I'll answer that question, but I'll provide only one more. The Offical Goal of NaNoWriMo:

WRITE 50,000 WORDS OF FICITION IN ONE MONTH

Crazy, isn't it? That might be so, but it's definitely worth it in my opinion. My mother is considering doing NaNo this year for the first time, but she's quite stuck in the stage of "I'm tempted". Translated, that would mean something close to "I'm thinking not". Her fears are mostly stuck on not having enough time to complete 50-thousand, but I told her that the number was just a guideline. Then, the whole splat about how the entire point of NaNo is not to write fifty-thousand words of fiction period, it's supposed to be  about actually making the commitment to yourself to sit down and frickin' write.

I'm still unsure of what'll happen, but I'm hoping that she'll come out. However, she'll most 

likely miss out on the majority of the events, which will be kinda sad, but ah well. I have one 

other ray of hope on the Lone Wrimo Horizon - a friend in Grade 11. She's registered for the site, 

but her internet is down and I'm unsure of her commitment level.

Now... That concludes the section on what's going one around NaNo... Now for the actual

NaNo Progress Report... Here goes...

NaNoNovel 2008 "End to End" :

Basic Outline : 100% - Complete

In-Depth Plot : 60% - Paragraph Form Complete, Working on Settings and Characters

Character Background : 99% And Stuck - Completed to the amount which is necessary

Details of Circumstances Within the Story : 0% - Not Even Started...

All-in-All : Lookin' Forward to it!