Yay!
Wait… after the date was announced?
Yes, at the moment I am only ONE WORD wiser than you as to what we’ll be writing about at the end of October.
If you want to know why I swear it’s the last time each time… Ladies and Gentleman I give you this:
For someone without an amygdala there’s a lot of anxiety to appease. Now could be a good time to learn mindful meditation or take up yoga: the anxiety isn’t likely to reduce much between now and publication. See my reply to your post in your thread to The-Honourable-Mr-PigFender*.
[size=85]*This is an official NIAD thread, and I know where the chapter briefs are coming from - I even have a medal for my forum heroics (with reference to this post).[/size]
That should help Jaysen*.
[size=85]Note the great care I’ve taken not to be censored*[/size]
[size=70]**This is an in-joke for the minus 2. “Pffrrrrrt” to the rest of you (and staying on topic be d*mned)[/size]
Why should things change now?*
[size=85]* This applies to every statement so far.[/size]
[size=70] Which leads me to ask, “Why should things change now?”*[/size]
Those co-conspirators of yours should be ashamed of themselves!
I’m trying to crack the code… My guess so far is that it’s sort of an indication of NiaD previous experience.
- ^ means 3 NiaDs so far
- " means 2 NiaDs so far
- ’ means 1 NiaD so far
Interesting indeed. It might even have a sort of “choose your adventure” structure.
Have you considering to allow people write two different chapters? (I don’t mean two versions of the same chapter, but two whole chapters).
that must leave
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- fresh meat
I’m definitely up for it. Did I see somewhere that you would like to see an example of writing of people who haven’t participated before? Happy to do so.
Roger
Yes please! I’ve sent you a forum message with details.
Please count me in. Hello to everyone 
~ Elle
Hey!
I’d love to be counted in for this year! Had a great time last year!
Thanks!
waldo
Roger, Elle, WELCOME!
FleetAdmiralO, WELCOME BACK! Not bad. 21 participants and we’ve only been live a couple of days.
For those keeping score, I now have the two paragraph version of the plot, and the POOEE questions!
OMG!, are we going to paraphrase one of the great Edgar Allan POE’s works this year? :mrgreen:
Sign me up!
–Simon
No worries! Given this year’s format, pigfender ( 
) can give you the very same chapter as Bywater.
Question: Given the new “multiple versions of a segment possible” procedure – which sounds excellent to me – I wonder if perhaps you could add one more option for the volunteers? Besides being able to opt into/out of gore, could we ask to be assigned to a segment with multiple writers?
The reason I ask is that at present my schedule for that time period is kind of iffy. Under the old rules I simply wouldn’t sign up this go round because of the real possibility of not being able to write that day.
But if I could know that either way there wouldn’t be a hole because someone else would also be writing that segment…?
I think I’m going to deny that one. If the project doesn’t have that horrid gut churning fear of letting everyone down… well then it doesn’t have the same drive to complete, the same pressure to inspire creativity, or the joy of submission.
In other words, if you drop out, you’ll still leave a hole.
I’d also reiterate that early sign-up makes my life much easier!
One thing I WOULD consider, is if a participant was inviting a bunch of people from their writing group along, then I’d be happy to arrange it so that they were all different chapters and in the same version of the book.
So yes… this year you can encourage your writing pals to join instead of keeping it a secret from them in the fear that they’d steal your place.
I’m in. Where do I sign? … She reaches for the quill, dips it in the blood of the morning’s sacrifice and writes … “I Montrée Whiles … yada, yada, yada.”
Works out well my upcoming request for time off coincides with this auspicious day. It’s not unequal in importance to Unification Day (aka: Brown-Coat Day). I’ve set every device in my apartment to sound the claxon on this day of all days … .
See you all there!