Writing a Novel in 30 Days (2015)
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- Опубліковано 1 гру 2024
- I filmed this video every day of November 2015 to document my process of writing a novel in 30 days. If you want to see my videos like this from previous years, check them out below:
2014: • Writing a Novel in 30 ...
2013: • Writing a Book in a Mo...
2012: • The Writing Process - ...
Also, I think the coolest part of this year's video is watching my green hair fade slowly over the course of the month.
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I'm kinda glad kinda sad to see someone else that got sick for like the first week of Nano. And after that I was so low on motivation that I only did ~500 a day which sat me at 10K the morning of the 21st. I managed to hammer out the other 40K words in the last week with less than ten minutes to spare. It still hasn't fully sunk in lol.
This comment is three years old and will more than likely never be seen by you but I salute you for trudging through a massive 40k in a week. That's astonishing!
Two more years and you'll have spent a full year of your life writing books.
1. Galaxy Quest is amazing.
2. Your sunglasses are also amazing.
3. I really want to read the books you've written during nano! I hope you can find a way to share them with us at some point :)
I won nano this year (my 1st attempt) with 51,036 but congrats on winning nano for another year
I was only able to get to about 22,000 words which is the most I've ever written for a novel draft.
love how your sunglasses from day 26 match your hair
Would you be able to make a life after nanowrimo video? I'd love to hear your thoughts/plans on the topic.
I love your NaNo videos! It was because of you that I discovered NaNoWriMo and I participated and won it this year, so thank you Kristina!
you win if you write a novel with 50,000 words (or more) in a month! :D
yes, haha, as long as you reach 50K words you're a winner!
YAAAS Kristina you did it!! I'm so impressed, especially with all the days you missed because of being sick! What a comeback. Well done!
These are some of your favorite videos of mine. I did one myself and it made me so happy to look back on it and see how my moods went up and down. Thank you for always being so inspiring. I wouldn't have done NaNo if it weren't because of you.
ive tried to do NaNo in the past, but with university (at least in Canada), finishing classes in the last week on Nov (or the beginning of dec like this year) all of my papers are due in november. plus work, and coaching gymnastics my life is already busy enough.
congrats on finishing your 10th novel! thats major insane (in a good way obvs)
+Kristina Lang Would Camp Nanowrimo suit your schedule better? It's usually in April/June.
+B. T. Night i wish it did. april is the same as nov/dec, with end of classes and exams. and then i switch to full time at work, but i dont have a set schedule so i could work morning/day one day and night the next, then back to day shift (which is exhausting let me tell you). i also usually go to vidcon, so im enjoying that instead. i live a busy life haha
Kristina Lang Aww...
Well, maybe 50k might be a bit much, but there's no reason you couldn't set a more modest goal and still participate. Even just 5,000 is better than 0. Last year I only made it to 8,000 'cause of hectic real life stuff, but it's still 8,000 more than I would've written otherwise...
And the first time I did a Nanowrimo run, or an equivalent of it, I did it solo in May outside of any "official" one, and still got to 50k, which is still majorly satisfying (lack of winner's certificate PDF aside :P) so you could always just pick a month that suits you.
Just my suggestions on it, if it's something you'd like to do. No reason it has to be November or April or June. No reason it has to be 50,000 words. You could just randomly have a KrtistiNoWriMo and pledge to write 10,000 words in August or something if you want; as long as you're setting some goal and sticking to it, it's well within the NaNo spirit.
I have been looking forward to this all month!! Your nano videos inspired me to participate this year, and I did and won!!!
Always love these! Sorry to hear you were sick for so long, but glad you got through and won anyway!
KRISTINA IS WRITING SO MUCH SO FAST THIS YEAR AND IM DYING
Everyone can do it. Just make your dreams come true. And let fly your imagination and one day you will be an amazing writer.
I love these videos so much! Congrats on finishing. :)
Hi Julianne!!! I love your videos :)
+Draw Disney :D Thanks!
I love seeing your video of this every year. Congrats on winning! Also, eff yeah galaxy quest
I love these videos! Congrats on winning for the TENTH TIME, holy crap... that's amazing :3 I finally managed to get my butt in gear this year, and after five years of trying and failing to get past 5,000 words, I won!
I can't believe you did it considering how long you were sick. You are amazing! Congratulations!
every year I'm so amazed with you!
I am not a writer by any means, but i get so excited for your video every year. Watching someone else stick through a creative challenge is interesting. I hope you can share your work sometime!
These videos are awesome and so inspirational! I started my 30 novel challenge yesterday. Thank you!
I was looking forward to watching your NaNo video! I remember watching your progress on your profile and rooting for you when you were behind. This was my 3rd year doing it (1st year filming it like you), and it feels so amazing to accomplish something as huge as NaNo!
Great Job Kristina. still got it! Expect me next year because I'm going strong next November. Couldn't keep up with my word count seeing as I was writing by hand. Next year for sure.
Congratulations!!! This was the first year I've won, your videos have really inspired me.
This year was my first year doing NaNoWriMo and it was introduced to me by your vlog from last year. I attempted to vlog it, just for myself, but that went terribly so I ended up writing brief summaries of each writing day in a notebook. CONGRATS ON WINNING!!!
Congratulations! I'm so proud of you! You know you have lots of fans who would love to give you money for your stories on Kindle!
I started late due to being unable to write the first half of November, so I appreciate this video as it is helping me to try and reach my goal before my own deadline!:)
Yaay!! I was so exited for this video!
I feel you, I started bad, but unlike you (who had a real reason for not writing) I was just procastinating. This NaNo my aim was to give a 50k bust to my novel wordcount (which is currently 130,000 out of 160,000). Anyways, I also rushed at the end of the month. The feeling is a mixture of adrenaline and stress. It's great to be a winner! Congrats!
So great to see how your month went - also, I loved seeing Joe for once :) He needs to make more videos!!!
Finished my first year (6th year doing it) last year. Started planning already for 2016 as I want to make sure I can do it this year again. I like th idea of doing a video like this charting my journey.
You and Joe are so adorable together!!!!
I'm so excited that you won your tenth year! I've done NaNo SO many times and I won this year too so *awkward high five offer*
Congrats Kristina, what a crazy way to end it!
I wasn't going to do nanowrimo this year since I'm technically working more than full time, but then I didn't really have internet access (ew) for November so I had plenty of time to write!
Love these videos each year! Also, you met my sister's good friend (MacKensie) at The Night of Writing Dangerously :D Thought that was really neat!
I was waiting for this! I love your NaNo vlog compilations!
I'm glad you were able to make it! I participated in NaNo for the first time this year, and though the story itself is nowhere near finished, I reached 50k on the night of the 28th.
I started NaNo off so well this year, and then I cracked my arm about midway through November! I was super disappointed to not get to write in time, but I'm DEFINITELY coming for next year.
WHERE DOES SHE WRITE HER NOVELS?
I've been waiting for this omg.
I love your clips at the ocean. It's so pretty. I can only imagine how cold it is in November. I was in Oregon in August a few years ago and we went to the coast. I had this brilliant idea to pose for a pic in the water and it was freezing!!
10 years of this? That's crazy. A few years ago I decided I would try. I only got a few days in before quitting. Then I said I was gonna do it the next year but never did. So congrats to you and everyone who won this year!
I dont do Nanowrimo but I love seeing people talking about their progresses! esspecially you! congratulations on your 10th year of doing this!!!! And Galaxy Quest is brilliant!
First way to go on winning!!! It was way fun to see clips after following on Twitter all month :)
Congrats on hitting 50,000 words!! That's awesome :3
I am sad i didnt finish this year but i fell really far behind. Between work and school... and i had to put my dog down. This was not a writing month this year. But i wanna do more to work on other current projects. I love Nano so hopefully i can get it back next year
Well done! I love this video, gonna go back and watch your other ones too. I just like watching your word count climb :)
Congrats! You are an inspiration to me. Got to win for the third year in a row.
Fantastic!! I hope we get to read it at some point...
what an inspiration! thanks for sharing these videos
Great video. I am also planning to blog everyday about my experience.
Woo! You did it again! I love these videos. I did Nanowrimo for the first time this year on suggestion by a friend and it was really fun. I made it to 65500 words about but I still haven't finished yet and I've scrapped my climax so I have no idea what's going on!
Congrats! I hope to one day be able to write during Nano. I just cant find the time.
Yay! I'm so happy for you!
this was so satisfying to watch :'D can't wait to read your new york times best selling novels someday!
I won on day 29 too :) i hit 50k, freaked out (first time winning nano or even getting past like 5k) then told my family then sat down and wrote until i hit 51k and i havent actually touched the novel since and its nowhere near finished
i had to stop at 30000 words bc exams were incoming.
i willl try again next year with better preperation !
I highly recomment it, even if you have no idea what you are gonne write about. It's so much fun!
I wonder if anyone has ever completed Nanowrimo with exactly 50,000 words.
Loved this!! I can't wait to join back in again next year :)
I looked forward to this video so much!! :) It's always cool to see the process, and I actually attempted it this year and got 50,000 :D
Congrats Kristina!
This year, I hit par on day 1 and then got sick and I'm still sick so I'm watching this to make me feel better about being so behind. I've been sleeping so much omg.
You're one of the most committed writers and I also always think of your song when I update my count.
I made it too, actually I kept on par the whole time and I still feel like writing.
I suggest fan fiction, it is a blast to write because you have a source material that kind of keeps you on a course.
That being said, my plot does not follow the fiction that I wrote my fan fiction about very well.
I finished on the 28 as well, but kept writing, I'm at almost 52,000 now...and that's because of editing believe or not...lol
Yay, I look forwards to these each year lolzor
hitting the like button even before watching it!
CONGRATS! I wanted to NaNo so hard this year, but my anxiety got the best of me. BUT ONE DAY I WILL WIN!!!
+Kristina Horner I subscribed because of your hufflepuff video, and then came to realize you and I live in WA! Congrats on your novel and I'm looking forward to watching more of your videos! :)
Ugh, I feel you--I also got sick during NaNo. And then I had to spend five hours in a four-seat plane, which was NOT cool. Barely wrote on the way there, but I did manage to get a decent amount done on the way back. Hit 50k, but the book's not done, so I hereby vow to finish it, which, ahem, may not have happened in previous years...
Congrats on 10 years!! I had a rough month too, I was between 5,000 and 15,000 words behind ALL month. I wrote almost 7,000 words on the last day to finish on time. Weirdly enough seeing your word count was similar to mine during the month kept me going because I knew beyond a doubt that you'd win (you're the NaNoWriMo queen tbh) and if you could finish when behind I could too, y'know?
These are my favorite videos! This was my second year and second win!!!! Congrats and now to sweatpants....
I participated in NaNoWriMo for the first time this year, and your videos inspired me to start! I didn't hit 50,000 words but it was one hell of an experience, and hopefully next year I can try and win. Great job on your novel!
Well done Kristina!
Congrats Lady.
You should do some sort of a 'how to' for the software that you use like scriviner
I like such videos so much, they are inspiring))
This year was difficult for me as well! I had several none writing days, then my computer battery died almost crashing my computer... I had to wring out all my handwritten words to pull through this year.
I picked up my last year nano project which was a bit hard and I only ended just passing my mod point to the novel... Which now has about 100k words (minus whatever the notes equals) which is crazy... That's high fantasy for you I guess. I really want this story to be finished at some point!
You are so pretty. Your hair especially, reminds me of a peacock, and my favorite animal is a peacock.
This was my second year completing! Not as smooth as last year, but also not as planned as last year.
Yay, well done! I love your NaNoWrimo videos :)
Sorry that you got so sick but YAY WINNING NANOWRIMO!!! also hair and make-up on night to writing dangerously was ON. POINT. and flawless.
will you please make editing videos as well. I finished and one Nano but I have no clue what to do next
Congrats!!! :) I also wound up writing more than 6K on my second to last day, which was my personal best on any day (third year doing this, and this year I got the opportunity to ML which was super fun!).
Well Done on winning this year :D
I love you .
Thanks for the inspiration.
I paint but being in a job I started to write and you are osum.
I would paint you tomorrow you are beautiful
I can clearly say this November is one I'll always remember as the worst point in my life. next year, maybe even next month I'll be doing some crazy writing.
Congratulations! I was checking my subscriptions every day for this video and I just realized today that I wasn't subscribed XD Just fixed that :)
when are you going to put one of these books into print? I want to read your work!
I love this video so much
I did it this year!
I won Nanowrimo this year, and it felt so weird getting home from my day job on December 1 and not stressing out because I needed 2,500 words or something... I legitimately don't know what I used to do with my time.
Pacific Beach is one of my favorite places! ❤️😁
This was me last year haha! And then I decided not to do nano this year and I'm actually quite glad with that decision. Congrats to all participants for doing this cool thing :-
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Do you ever go back and re-read what you write? What do you think of the one you wrote 10 years ago?
Um, hi do you have wattpad?
That happiness on the 29th Day I am gonna get there too one day..😍
When you are writing a book in 30 days.. My question is. What would your advise be? This is my first time writing for a whole month this up coming November. Basically I'm planning ahead of time.But what would you say I should do to get myself started and psyched out for it?
Are you ever going to try and get your novels published? I'd love to read them!
congratulations!
I wanna do this now.
Definitely a challenge I would like to try even if November is already passed.