NaNoWriMo SLUMPerparty!

by swiftdust on November 16th, 2011 at 7:03 pm
Posted In: NaNoWriMo 2011

This weekend (Saturday 11/19 to Sunday 11/20) is the SLUMPerparty!

The SLUMPerparty was created in 2009 as a way to fight off the nefarious Week 3 Slump that occurs a little after the halfway point every year.

It happens to a lot of wrimos: maybe you haven’t quite made it to 25,000 yet and feel you’re just too far behind to finish, this year. Or maybe you’ve gotten past 25k but, with no end in sight, your progress feels too turtle-like and you wish you’d maybe written that OTHER story instead …

Don’t despair! We are here to help get you through the slump!

At 7pm on Saturday Nov, 19th at Writer House (508 Dale Ave.) wrimos will gather. And write.

All night.

Some people sleep a little (so if you want to be comfy, please bring a sleeping bag/blanket/pillow!), some not at all, but everybody gets some major writing done!

The next morning we’ll leave for the Tavern at 10 for celebratory pancakes.

If you’d like to write but want to retreat back to your own bed – please do!
If you want to skip the party but still want to meet us for pancakes on Sunday morning – please do!

We’ll probably do a pizza order around 7:30pm, so if you’d like to partake please bring two bucks. As far as snacks (aka Writer Fuel) go, we have lots of sweets left over from the potluck that you can partake of free of charge – and we’re well stocked in the coffee (and half & half) and cocoa departments, now, too.

Good luck, writers!

Your MLs,

Sophia (swiftdust – sophia.volpi@gmail.com) and
Louise (loulabellum – loulabellum@gmail.com)

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Halfway Potluck November 15

by cvillewrimo on November 10th, 2011 at 5:39 pm
Posted In: NaNoWriMo 2011

From Louise:

I hope your wordcounts are steadily increasing, remember quantity quantity quantity! It seems like we only just started but amazingly enough we’re almost halfway. We’ll be celebrating with the Halfway Party next Tuesday, 15th November 7-10pm at WriterHouse. Sophia and I thought that it would be fun to make this event a potluck so please bring something to share with your fellow Wrimos! I started a thread on the forum to get an idea of what we’ll have, give as little or as much info as you’d like, it’s okay to write “savoury” or “sweet” then Sophia and I can balance out any potential sugar overloads. There will also be a return of the ever popular Write-Your-Wordcount-On-A-Cupcake this year!

There may be some literary themed games a-happening at the event and as always, writing!

Congratulations to all the letters appearing on the Novelling Chart! If anyone is feeling behind, don’t worry, there’s still 3 weeks to go. Including the Epic Slumperparty where your wordcount will explode, in a good way. I guarantee it.

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2011 Kickoff!

by swiftdust on November 2nd, 2011 at 10:28 pm
Posted In: NaNoWriMo 2011

The kickoff was a lot of fun – thanks to the approximately thirty wrimos who came out to eat pizza and get that daily wordcount in!

Our next official event is a write-in TOMORROW (Thursday, November 3rd) from 7pm-9pm at Writer House. See you there, or if we don’t, good luck, fellow Cville wrimos!

– Sophia (nanowrimo.org: swiftdust, email: sophia dot volpi at gmail dot com!)

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2011 Here We Come!

by cvillewrimo on October 5th, 2011 at 4:46 pm
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November events for the 2011 NaNoWriMo are posted on the calendar. Just click on the Calendar tab above or see the list of events to the right. Sign up for the email list (on the left) for late-breaking news and announcements, follow us on Twitter, and “like” us on Facebook. Have we forgotten anything?

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This Saturday: Fantasy Writing Seminar and Literary Salon

by WriterHouse on January 12th, 2011 at 11:43 am
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Author Warren Rochelle will be here on Saturday, January 15, to teach a writing seminar, followed by a book discussion.

Seminar, Saturday, January 15, 9am-4pm–  “The Hero and the Quest: Tolkien, Lewis, and Beyond”
Cost: $75 Members | $85 Non-Members | Register Here
What makes a fantasy fantastic? What’s the difference between high and low fantasy, between urban and sword-and-sorcery? What do Tolkien and Lewis have to say and why does it matter now? This one-day seminar examines the core elements and metaphors of fantasy, such the Hero and the Quest, the Villain, Good vs. Evil, magic, Other Worlds, and how familiarity with these helps a writer find his or her own story. The seminar includes discussion, in-class writing, and a short workshop using the in-class work.

Literary Salon, Saturday, January 15, 7pm–”Writing Fantasy, Writing Self: Incorporating the Autobiographical into the Fantastic” Free and open to the public. Elves, dragons, and wizards. Witches and wardrobes and talking lions. At first glance these commonplace elements of fantasy seem to have little or no connection to the world in which the fantasy writer and the fantasy reader live. How does one handle the intersections of the fantastic and the real? Warren Rochelle, the author of The Wild Boy, Harvest of Changelings, and most recently, The Called, the sequel to Harvest, speaks about incorporating the personal and the mundane into his fantasy.turday to teach a writing seminar, followed by a book discussion.

WriterHouse, 508 Dale Ave, 434-296-1922, www.writerhouse.org.

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