Friday, November 30, 2012

Write A Novel With Cupid!!! (#WanWc)

NEW UPDATE on applying: I have chosen my two YA writers from my #PitchWars folder. Now I'm looking for a MG writer, an adult writer, and one more YA writer. And I need a guy! Which means we might get up to six. And then we'll need a new name. That's okay! BE ON TWITTER @ NOON ON DEC. 1ST! Doing a little CLC quiz to find the rest of my team! Be there!!!! 

Since I did so terrible with NaNo (I still blame the month of November, no matter how pitiful that sounds), I decided I needed to find a new time to get my next WIP going and finished. And fairly quickly. Cause that's how I like to work, anyway. I figured I'd do better if this was something public, with participants, just like NaNo.

So, good news! You guys can (and should) do it with me! But there is a little added bonus for a few writers. Five to be exact. 

While all can participate and give updates on their progress, I'm choosing 5 writers that we'll focus on for updates/progress/cheerleading. Of course this will be done on the blog and the Twitter hashtag #WanWc. It'll be like a little Cupid writing team--Cupid and the Ferocious Five. (That's not too cheesy right? Oh well, cheesy is okay.)

The first draft will be written during December and January (I chose two months since we have the holidays). Then we'll work together to build a strict schedule for our revising/editing/polishing. We're not just writing a first draft here. We're gonna work together until those babies are shiny!

So how do you become one of the Ferocious Five? 

Well, I'd love to choose 2 or 3 from my Cupid PitchWars Inbox. But not all, because I want more than just YA genres. I'd love to have a MG author, an Adult author, and it would be cool to have at least one male author. 

BUT I haven't yet decided how I will choose my Ferocious Five. Ugh! Stay posted.

Update: If you submitted to me for pitch wars, email me or tweet me TODAY (30th) and let me know you are interested in one of the WanWc slots! I will choose those slots TONIGHT! 

Should you apply for the Ferocious Five? 

First, you must be an un-agented writer. 

But also keep in mind:

How quickly do you like to write a novel? If you like to punch it out in two weeks, you might not be best for this schedule. Or if you like to take a couple years to get one done, you might want to reconsider taking part. But if the two months for first draft, and then a few months for revising sounds like it's your kind of speed, please apply! 

Also, this MUST be a brand NEW wip! You must be starting a first draft at 0 words! Now, if you're like me, you have your sorry little NaNo project sitting there with several thousand words, but nowhere near 50K. This is not for those projects. Like me, you'll have to work on those separately. Also, if you just finished your NaNo first draft and you'd rather spend your time revising that wip, you may want to reconsider applying. But maybe you didn't get a chance to do/finish NaNo and would love another chance to start fresh now. Please apply!

All MG, YA, and adult genres are invited to apply!

Questions below! But remember, I haven't announced how to apply yet. :)


34 comments:

  1. I have a wip in my head dying to come out. This sounds so fun. Oh, and I'm one of your pitch wars peeps! :)

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  2. Me too! When in December do you plan for this to start?

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    1. As soon as the Ferocious Five are chosen! Sooooon!

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  3. So will you wait to decide deets until pitch wars is done? Are you pulling all your YA from your pitch wars in box? I'm in a perfect spot for this program :) so very interested but I'm YA so not sure if I'll qualify based on answers above.

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  4. I love this. I have two ideas that I've been dying to get out, but decided to focus Nanowrimo on editing another ms. Maybe a little ferocious five could help me decide which one to run with. ;)

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  5. I would totally do this. Can I pretty please be your adult writer? *blinks and gives Bambi eyes*

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    1. Make sure you follow all my tweets so you know when/how to apply for my Adult spot!

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  6. This sounds awesome! Can the WIP be a sequel?

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  7. Aww. This sounded awesome until I got to the no-pitiful-NaNo-starts part. Bummer. I guess I'll have to cheer on the rest of you and write vicariously. :)

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  8. Will this be a collection of short stories? Or working together to create one story?

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  9. I hope you have some room in your F5 for a YA that's just a glimmer in my eye right now. I'd love the motivation to work fast. I've done a two month draft before, it's just those crazy revisions, that I can't seem to stop swimming in.

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  10. What about Nano ideas that never went anywhere because it was all November's fault? I have a sketched out idea and some notes, is that too far?

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  11. I'd love to be one of the 5! I have a new idea that's just bursting to get out (even though I haven't finished my NaNo book yet, but it can wait). I'm in your Pitch-Wars in box....

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  12. I would love to get involved. I've decided my chapter book idea really needs to be a middle grade novel. So, I'm back at square one. Does that count?

    Thanks
    Anna

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    1. If you are writing it from scratch. Revising type rewriting wouldn't really count.

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  13. This sounds like so much fun. But I can't this time. I got my NaNo project to work on and don't need to start another.

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  14. Sounds fun! I'd like to try this!

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  15. I'm definitely applying as soon as you tell me how :)I write Adult and NA.

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  16. This sounds super cool! But alas, I'm in the "hefty Nano word count" category. I'll definitely be cheering you guys on from the sidelines!

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  17. Thanks for the comments and kind words everyone!

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  18. So awesome! Do you have a start date? (I have something I really want to finish up before I start my next project.) Will be keeping an eye out for information on how to enter for a chance to be in the group!

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  19. MG writer here! Can't wait for more details!

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  20. I'd LOVE to do this with you. I have 2 more YA novels trying to bubble out of my mind, and I'm anxious to start writing them. But I promised myself and my family that I would take things a little bit easier in December after my crazy November. I'm hoping to make it into Pitch Wars (I'm in your folder...), and although I hit 50,000 for NaNoWriMo, I still have more of the story to write before the draft is fully finished.

    I'd apply to do it with you anyway, because I like to have a few mss going at any given time, but I now have 2 MG, 1 YA (other than the one I submitted to you for Pitch Wars) and 3 PB mss in various stages of revisions, so I should probably finish up a few of these before starting another one! :)

    If you do this again, though, I'm definitely going to jump on the chance!! This is such a fun idea!

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  21. Can't wait for more details - I've been wanting to write another MG!

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  22. I hope you guys have all checked out the new update in red above! Picking the rest of the team at noon EST today!

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  23. Phooey, was out w/migraine. :-( Sounds like you had a blast ! Good luck to everyone, I'm looking forward to seeing progress updates. :-)

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  24. I would love to do this! I write MG, Ya and adult. :) Not sure what my next one will be though.

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