#Novella November

[novella-november]

Honestly, that ask really just shows just how easy it would have been for certain companies to respond properly to AI questions -- that is, to say, in a shorter post:

While I can't stop you, not only do I disprove, but I have *explicitly banned AI from this challenge.* If you acknowledge the rules of no plagiarism and no AI, and use AI to generate your 30,000 words regardless, you will at least be forced to admit to *yourself* that even if you didn't consider it as such before, you are, in fact, *cheating*. And, in doing so you are not only defeating the point of the community challenge, but also harming your fellow writers and artists every time you put more info in and get more info out of the Plagiarism Machine. If you decide not only to *cheat* in the challenge, but also then go on to proudly brag about how you used AI to generate your work, or post content like images that are clearly AI generated..... well, that's on you when you find yourself blocked by a few thousand writers and artists at once, isn't it? This community event has no formal submissions, so it is based on the honor system -- and that, of course means that when you choose to break the rules.... you'll feel it when you *break that code of honor.* Maybe you won't notice it at first, but you definitely will when you find yourself suddenly unable to interact with a few hundred accounts from cool authors and writers, who are all happily chatting and exchanging ideas -- all while your posts in the tags receive 0 notes because you don't realize it but everyone's blocked you....

[kiaramagi]

I made a goal card for Novella November! This is my first time making something like this and I thought that this would be able to maybe help people! If people really like this template, then I'll share the ones I make for future months as well! I made it through Canva so I'll share the link for anyone who wants to use it :)

@novella-november

Let me know what you think! I'll make another one at some point for November (probably) and will post it once it's done

[tmblr-university]

Statement on NaNoWriMo

Hello Students,

Allow your president to get sentimental for a moment. I first started NaNoWriMo - I failed. I failed every time, but I loved it. It kept me writing. I learned more about myself each time I tried. I saw communities grow on forums. I knew one day I would succeed if I just kept trying. Then today I learned of the plethora of NaNoWriMo's controversies. From allowing AI use to (allegedly) having predators groom minors.

I am heartbroken at the loss of a yearly staple. AI users miss the most obvious reason writers write, for the love of it. We do not create purely for the purpose of creating, in order to have some item to show off as proof that we "did a thing". We write to tell stories, to foster communities, to inspire, to make people laugh or cry, to realize the fantasies in our heads.

And though NaNoWriMo has torpoed in favor of AI, the spirit of it should not die.

@novella-november is starting a writing challenge: write 30K in a month

I will also be looking to see if there's a tag for those looking to do the traditional challenge of 50K words.

Tmblr University will be supporting writing challenges in November by reblogging or posting writing tips and prompts. (As best as a 1 person attending actual school can do)

I wish everyone a successful prepping during September.

[riversroleplayingblog]

Okay so that novella november thing is going quite well, 1059 words today, just gotta remember to do it tomorrow.

I realized a bit too late its not fucking november. It's september. Doesn't really matter, time isn't real and i dont care.

[walks-the-ages]

since Nanrowrimo has decided to shoot itself in the foot, here's my proposal:

Novella November.

Write a 30,000 word Novella first draft over the course of November, around 1k words per day.

No AI Allowed.

Write your own actual story with your own words.

If you physically cannot type or write by hand, use Text to Speech.

If text to speech isn't reliable, dictate to a friend, or "write" your story by having it be entirely spoken-word. Use alternative media. Can't write? do illustrations to tell your story. Make a video series.

"Being Disabled" is not an excuse to use generative AI to plagiarize other people's work and claim it as your own, especially in a contest *meant to inspire people to start writing consistently.* Especially when in this case, it's not even actually disabled people using the AI, but AI-Bros and people out to make a profit from their sponsors by allowing AI in their writing contests because they care more about the money than they apparently do *actually getting people writing*

[uniball-air-fan]

In light of NaNoWriMo's fuckery, I've decided to add a yearly schedule of challenges I'm going to try to do.

January will be "New Year New Novel". This is essentially the same challenge as NaNoWriMo (50,000 words in a month) but y'know. In January. The choice of month was inspired by @transcyberism.

April will be National/Global Poetry Writing Month (NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo), who were inspired by NaNo but are otherwise unaffiliated.

June will be the Summer of Edits. Anything I've previously written is fair game for me to revise, re-write and proof-read.

September will be Short Story September, where I also aim to write 50,000 words, but in the form of short stories. This will help me deal with my backlog of ideas and give me things to work on for Summer of Edits the following year.

And finally, November is when I'll be taking part in Novella November and attempt to write a 30,000 word novella. I've never really tried to do it before, so it'll be a fun little exercise.

If any of y'all want to join me in these, let me know!

[snarkelf]

Novella November has me SO hyped!! The idea I'm playing with right now might turn into a novel (w series potential), though 😭

BUT the urge to write fanfic is very strong as well...

[naturepointstheway]

Was randomly thinking about how there are fics from back when yonder, where people did bodyswap fics of '98 Misto and 2019 Misto (or of multiple Mistos getting swapped around, with the aforementioned two the most common). Then I thought of Zurich Misto, who I've seen a few point out is the closest we get to 2019 Mistoffelees (but way more magically adept.) So who would have it worse/better if '19 Misto and Zurich Misto somehow swapped places (magic going awry with a loud ping, I imagine.) Bonus challenge points for Zurich Misto being entirely mute. (Also just for fun, going to think about Valentin's mute Misto from the original Vienna run too).

Zurich Misto in 2019's Cats:

RIP relationship with Rum Tum Tugger, and seeing that 2019!Tugger doesn't seem to care much for him would absolutely break his heart. Look, the Zurich production said Tuggoffelees rights and I'm here for it. So oof, ouch. Yeah this one would hurt. Ouch, ouch, oof ow that was a ventricle ouch there goes my other ventricle. Oof oh that's fine, the aorta isn't that important, anyway.

However, MUNKUSTRAP. Munkustrap would take him under his wing no questions asked. Zurich Misto is getting all the chin lifts from Munk. I feel like Robbie Fairchild's Munk would not care that he is mute at all, and would cherish him either way. He is not gonna want to go back.

2019 Misto in Zurich Cats (1992):

Oh no, I think this is gonna hurt even worse with Munkustrap, as this version of Munk isn't as sympathetic toward Misto (until the very end when he uses his magic to bring back Old Deut), but oh boy. This Munk would get even more annoyed with him when he can't even use his magic.

However, we do have a Tugger here who is absolutely besotted with him, and oh Lordy. He'd just die from all the love thrown at him by Tugger, especially when he DANCES WITH HIM ARM IN ARM during Growltiger, like, behold:

I promised the original Vienna run's Valentin's Misto next, so here goes:

Valentin's mute Misto in 2019:

Okay, Valentin's Misto is mute but he is confidence AF. His Misto would have a confidence/ego dance off with Jacob Brent's '98 Misto and I'd bring the popcorn along to see those two Mistos meet, perhaps in some rift in spacetime (hey, cryptid OBC Misto? Some help here?) He is nothing if not completely confident in his abilities and is NOT afraid to show it! Robbie's Munkustrap would have a legit boner the whole film, seeing Valentin's Misto showing off and just being all round glorious.

Tugger though - it'd be disappointing to see that he doesn't seem to give much of a care for Mistoffelees, but I feel he'd still be confident either way, especially as in his case, he has a Munkustrap who likes him back in his original version as well, so he would not likely be as hurt as Zurich Misto's would be about Tugger's attitude towards him.

That being said, Valentin's Mistoffelees doesn't strike me as needing a lot of encouragement/coaxing to really get him going. He's not afraid to piss off Munkustrap during Pekes and Pollicles either, and he'll be laughing about it the whole way.

[forcebookish]

me @ me

[wingstobetorn]

Im gonna write 1000 words today

[novella-november]

So uh, how are you planning to enforce the "no AI" rule? What do you plan to do if a participant is accused of using unacceptable software?

There's no submissions and no enforcement.

If someone is posting the in #Novella November & #NovellaNovember tags:

clearly-AI generated content (such as AI-generated book covers)

bragging about using AI

Talking about how they used x AI program to make X part of the book

etc

Then I can guarantee you they're going to simply be blocked by a few thousand writers en masse.

Probably they will get at least a few people trying to talk to them about the harm that AI does, and better alternatives that don't mass-steal from a few million unconsenting people--

alternatives like:

finding someone to partner with to discuss your ideas for brainstorming instead of asking an AI chatbot

.

Joining a "secret gift" group where everyone digitally "pulls a name out of a hat" or is randomly selected to make a cover for someone else's book idea

.

commissioning an actual artist for a cover

.

youtube tutorials on how to use GIMP as a free Photoshop alternative to make your own cover, with links to sites such as Pexels that have free stockphotos for anyone to use

.

Choosing a lower, more manageable daily word count goal if 1k or 500 is too out of line with your work schedule/ability to write on your own instead of resorting to AI generation to try to make up the difference out of anxiety

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finding alternative medias to 'write' with, such as using an app on your phone or the in-built accessibility features on Windows that let you use your voice to type, so if you can't physically type or write with your hands or other limbs, you can instead dictate your novel outloud, which would also work if you are often away from home or can't actively use your phone but *can* record your voice passively as you work with your hands on another task :)

so...... yeah.

Literally the only things that would happen if someone tries to use AI in the #Novella November and #NovellaNovember tags would be the writing community collectively:

attempting some outreach; education is key to realizing the harm being done, after all! Maybe the person just doesn't know any better, and felt like that was their only option to reach their goal.

blocking the person, and if they're actively malicious in their AI use (such as fully knowing how much it harms writers/artists, how much of it is based on plagarism, or actively going out of their way to steal other people's work) people will probably start warning others about them as well so they can be blocked in advance, the same as other people who are harmful to communities.

This is a community initiative, spearheaded by this blog purely because I came up with the idea first and want to make sure that, at least to start out and as long as I can manage it, the community is the key part of being supporting and caring of each other, because billion dollar tech companies and those who are swayed by their money sure as heck aren't going to stand with us.

If someone is ""accused of using unacceptable software"" ..... they're just gonna get blocked if they're posting AI generated content, like everyone else who posts AI generated content get blocked by the community at large as they're encountered.

I'll repeat again: this is a community initiative, not an organization. There's no submissions people are sending anywhere to "confirm" word counts; --

Only:

people posting their celebrations and woes in the tag,

posting their frustrations and questions,

receiving answers and advice from the community,

sharing art and snippets, making covers, making decorative goal cards,

No AI is allowed in Novella November -- if people are posting or bragging about using AI generated content, they're simply going to be announcing themselves to thousands of writers (plus everyone who follows those writers) that they're a good person to block and never interact with 🤷

[realcourtjester]

Really funny to me how this version of Thistle somehow ended up coparenting a talking walking mushroom with Puckpatti Chils (the daughter of the man he sicked his dragons on)

Real fucked up fic material right here

[riversroleplayingblog]

It's still going really well, but alas, summer vacation is over, so i need to actually go to school. This means I'll lower the amount to 500 words a day. Wich is still loads better than what it was a couple of days ago, so that's good.

[self-proclaimed-hag]

CalmWriMo

This November I will be taking part in the CalmWriMo by @winterandwords. If you want to know information on it you can check out their post here.

Goals:

Finish draft 1 of Project Octopus [20,000 to 25,000 words]

Go to the gym more regularly [2-3 times per week]

Read for 30 mins before bed.

I am hoping the writing goal will be more attainable than usual as I have taken most Fridays off from work in November, which means I can go to the library on those days, and treat it like the 9-5 of my dreams.

As for my self care goals, I have been going to the gym once a week at least, so bumping this up should be doable, especially with how much time I have off of work this month. For reading, I already head to bed a bit before I go to sleep but I end up spending this time on my phone, so I am going to consciously try to read rather than spend that time on my phone.

I will be including my CalmWriMo goals with my weekly Project Octopus updates going forward.

I wish everyone participating in CalmWriMo and NaNoWriMo the best of luck and I am looking forward to seeing all the updates throughout this month, and all the finished creative projects at the end of it.

[indecentpause]

November Breaks by tumblr user winterandwords

Y’AAAAALLLLL please immediately right now go to @winterandwords and read her novella November Breaks. It’s in the pinned post and it’s free.

This kind of story was my bread and butter as a reader for a long time, and then for some reason I stopped reading it so much, and then I read this and said to myself, Pause, why did you stop reading so many stories about fucked up guys doing fucked up stuff? You love this shit!

November Breaks follows the story of two men, Brett and Noah, before and after they meet, and the changes they impact on each other. It’s incredible and violent and hopeless and sad and beautiful. It went places I didn’t expect exactly when I didn’t expect them to. They are the worst and best things to happen to each other. They are the best things to happen to me in a while.

Criminals do crime behind closed doors and in the open.

Anyway if you are 18+, and like fucked up guys doing fucked up things, and reading about people’s lives falling apart and coming back together (do their lives ever come back together? it’s hard to say), please read November Breaks.

Also less important but it was really nice to read about characters my age!!! I’m not that old but I’m not twenty anymore either lol