Thread: NanoWriMo 2009
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Old 10-24-2009, 11:51 PM   #26
dmon65
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Ok, I have a real question.

I have ideas that have been fermenting for years. Slightly more than general ideas, for a few stories, but I'm an IT guy. No formal training in writing. I write, read and fix code in short concise lines for machines to decipher. Not longer form for the relaxation of the others.

I love a good story, Steven Erikson has me completely consumed at the moment, but know the grammar issues would be monumental in anything done by someone (me) with no training.

I figure something that recreates the time-crunch/deadlines I work with might be the way for me to finally put at least one of these ideas down somewhere. Would this even be worth the try for someone with absolutely no formal training, or would this just be an exorcise in frustration and humiliation? Honestly.
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