{"id":229,"date":"2009-10-22T20:26:43","date_gmt":"2009-10-22T20:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/zombielapdance\/2009\/10\/22\/no-more-nanowrimo\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:24:02","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:24:02","slug":"no-more-nanowrimo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/zombielapdance\/2009\/10\/22\/no-more-nanowrimo\/","title":{"rendered":"No more NanoWriMo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If I can, I would like to give some props to Patrice Sarath and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patricesarath.com\/gordath-wood\/writing-a-novel-dont-do-nanowrimo\/#comments\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">firestorm of controversy<\/a> she started by criticizing NanoWriMO, or nananomori, or nananananananmo, or whatever. If I can summarize her point: &quot;NanoWriMo ain&#8217;t that hot.&quot; This has caused a lot of people to write counter-comments to the effect: &quot;Yes it is.&quot; Or alternately: &quot;It is pretty much.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Personally I&#8217;m suspicious of anything that encourages ordinary people to create art (see my previous entry about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/weblog_entry.php?e=2125\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">mumblecore<\/a>). Ordinary civilians should just sit around, working day-to-day jobs, and then using that money to purchase entertainment and art at inflated prices. I&#8217;m particularly suspicious of anything that encourages people to make art and employs structures and techniques that resemble in turn a self-help cult, a 12-step program, and a pyramid scheme. <\/p>\n<p>My own contribution to NanoWriMO is to copy the word NanowriMO 50,000 times throughout the month of November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If I can, I would like to give some props to Patrice Sarath and the firestorm of controversy she started by criticizing NanoWriMO, or nananomori, or nananananananmo, or whatever. 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