hmm i dont have anything against the people who participate (and i'm not really whining, nor trying to stop this madness, just giving my two cents about the subject you dedicated this entry to..) but have you actually looked around on the nanowrimo website =\ First of all, it's hard enough to write something as an amateur without any time restraints, heck i daresay not even a professional in his right mind would settle for a month to write a novel of sizable proportions. Secondly, as the site states, it's not about the challenge, it's about "outputting crap" and "Quantity instead of quality" , i don't see how that is supposed to be a challenge, as a challenge should encourage you to do something to the best of your abilities. Anyway if it is considered a challenge to write something bad only then, FAST, you're still not a novelist as they are trying to make you believe.
Finally I think this quote from the website alone sums up decently just why i find the project's standing so offensive to the art of writing in general, among the reasons for participation is given this one:
"To be able to mock real novelists who dawdle on and on, taking far longer than 30 days to produce their work."
i mean wtf? i'm not mocking rembrandt either because i recently painted a giant pink octopus for school in half an hour, comparing the two would be just as foolish.
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Re: but do i end up being a novelist if i whine enough =D
Date: 2005-11-02 12:28 am (UTC)Finally I think this quote from the website alone sums up decently just why i find the project's standing so offensive to the art of writing in general, among the reasons for participation is given this one:
"To be able to mock real novelists who dawdle on and on, taking far longer than 30 days to produce their work."
i mean wtf? i'm not mocking rembrandt either because i recently painted a giant pink octopus for school in half an hour, comparing the two would be just as foolish.