Archive for October, 2008
Monday, October 27th, 2008
Kick Off Success!
Twenty five. TWENTY-FIVE WRIMOS! That’s…a whole lot!
Last Saturday was the first ever PinoyWrimos Kick Off Party. Awesome afternoon! I was personally overwhelmed with everyone who arrived — last year we only had around a maximum of 12 people who attended the events. This year we conquered the back of Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf in [...]
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Saturday, October 25th, 2008
The PinoyWrimo Novel Survival Kit 2008
Using the word loot bags seem so…boring, so let’s go for a better term…like The PinoyWrimo Novel Survival Kit 2008. That’s six words!
The idea of the survival kit is from the NaNoWriMo Singapore folks, when I visited their write-in last year. They gave me this small bag with lots of cool stuff inside, and I [...]
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Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
The “Magic” NaNoWriMo Rubber Bands
One important thing that all Wrimos must learn this coming November is to be resourceful. Writing 50,000 words in a month (1,667 words per day) is not an easy feat, so it requires a certain amount of skill, motivation, inspiration, imagination, caffeine, sugar and the ability to put whatever you see or put your hands [...]
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Saturday, October 18th, 2008
Sign up for the Kick-Off!
WHAT: NaNoWriMo Philippines Kick-Off
WHEN: October 25, 2008 (Saturday), 3-5PM
WHERE: Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, Robinson’s Galleria (2nd level, East Wing, right across TGI Friday’s)
SOME ACTIVITIES:
- Registration, Introduction, etc
- Plotting activity
- Adoption activity
- Plot discussion and other NaNoWriMo talks
If you’re going, please do sign up here!
The event is welcome for all regardless if you sign up [...]
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Friday, October 17th, 2008
Giving back to the NaNoWriMo community
I’ve been a Wrimo for almost five years, and I don’t doubt the magic that this event brings me every year. It’s amusing, really, as half the time in the year, I hardly write at all, save for blog entries. But when November comes in, I suddenly turn all writerly — everything around me is [...]
