Archive for September, 2008

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Welcome to PinoyWrimos.com!

And we’re LIVE! Finally, after so many months of delays, the official website of the Philippine National Novel Writing Month community is now open!
If you’re a newbie to the entire NaNoWriMo thing, I suggest you read this or this first to get to know what this entire thing is, and then sign up and join [...]

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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Sanctus

By: xcerpted
NaNoWriMo 2007

“I want, no, need to spend as much time with you as I possibly can,” he repeated, his hold tightening a little, “I’ve been waiting and waiting for a very, very long time to meet you. I was so happy when they told me you had finally been incarnated as a mortal. Because that meant I would finally meet you, when you return and I would be appointed as your guide. I was so extremely excited, and happy. That happiness did not die, even through the years of waiting out your mortal life.

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Sunday, September 28th, 2008

Plot Ninja?

So…what’s this little box on the left that changes its contents every time you refresh and is labeled Plot Ninjas?
Well it’s no joke trying to write a 50,000 word novel within a span of thirty days; at some point during the month, a Wrimo will definitely lose some steam. Don’t worry, it’s perfectly normal, especially [...]

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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

How to Create Characters and Make People Love Them

by Sarah Cada (fuyu)

I’ve heard many writers ending up getting stuck in the middle of writing a story not because they run out of ideas, but because they don’t like their characters anymore. Sometimes it seems like their characters aren’t behaving the way they should, and are therefore ruining the storyline. This is a pretty common problem, I think, and a problem that could have been avoided if the characters had been planned well.

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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Pinoywrimos.com under construction

Yeesh, it’s been a long time since I have used the term “Under Construction” in any of my websites. It feels weird to use it again.
But anyway. If by any chance you end up here even if I managed to hide the blog pretty well from the world…hello! Welcome to the far-from-finished pinoywrimos.com, the official [...]

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