NaNoWriMo: Day 1 – The dangers of overediting

by Inkygirl on November 1, 2009

in Comics for writers, NaNoWriMo

NaNoWriMo - Day 1

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Any suggestions for names for these characters? They need to be pretty short, maximum 4 or 5 characters each.

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Joana November 1, 2009 at 12:02 pm

Ah, compulsive editors. They know not what they’re getting themselves into.

Betherann November 1, 2009 at 12:36 pm

Quint and Lucy :)

Love the comics!

anna November 1, 2009 at 12:36 pm

Sara and Philip?

Irk November 1, 2009 at 12:38 pm

Short names? But Scarlett Diana Joy Onassis and Buck Lee Patrick oDannon fit the wordcount-expanding spirit of NaNoWriMo so perfectly!

I vote for Day and Lou.

Tara Lazar November 1, 2009 at 12:39 pm

She’s Fleta and he’s Slash.

Fleta means “swift” and we know what slash means.

Stef November 1, 2009 at 12:40 pm

Oh, goodness. This comic is me. hah I have been fighting my internal editor all day long, and I’m doing an ok job of it thus far. I’m at 1900 words now and hope to get to 3500 by the end of the day. Hopefully the editor in me won’t get in the way! :)

TaunaLen November 1, 2009 at 12:43 pm

Nan and Mo?

Danisidhe November 1, 2009 at 12:51 pm

For some reason “Cynthia” comes to mind for your Miss Priss but I’m not sure what poor “?” should be called. Something plain but with masculine promise, perhaps, like “Johnny” or “Max”.

Holloway McCandless November 1, 2009 at 12:52 pm

Moxie and Ed(it)

Carrie November 1, 2009 at 12:55 pm

Alex and Zoe

Donna Earnhardt November 1, 2009 at 1:02 pm

Love this! I am fighting the revision monster right now. Looking forward to more “nano” strips! :)

hugs,
Donna

p.s. great tweets, btw!

Tara Lazar November 1, 2009 at 1:16 pm

Forget my suggestion. Go with Moxie and Ed.

Sarah November 1, 2009 at 2:16 pm

Ted and Sally (don’t know why)

Brittany November 1, 2009 at 2:27 pm

Ella and Jack.

Alicia November 1, 2009 at 3:02 pm

I’m finally embracing the spirit of NaNo, and I wrote my first 1674 words without thinking or editing (except for spelling, I admit), and I’m sure that my writing is terrible but has a few good lines in there. If I can keep this up for 29 more days, I’ll be happy.

I liked TaunaLen’s idea of Nan and Mo.

juliesaito November 1, 2009 at 3:40 pm

That’s what I had to fight all day long XD. Usually I keep editing stuff to an inch of its life. Today when I started I had a mildy ‘first-day crisis’ around word 150, then I say ‘who cares?’ and started churning out wobbly prose. By the end of the day I’m at 3550 and even though I re-read the last part I didn’t even edit typos. Sloppy is good (for November).

I’d say Nana and Mo (for Maurice) for the two characters ^^.

Cynthia Schuerr November 1, 2009 at 4:11 pm

I was thinking of Trixy & Biff (I dunno, shrug shoulders), but I agree with Alicia. I really like TaunaLen’s, Nan & Mo.

Kate November 1, 2009 at 6:25 pm

Wanda and Nano?

Tough to beat Moxie and Ed

Julie November 1, 2009 at 9:08 pm

Woo-hoo, Debbie! 2048 words. You’re on target! :)

Betina November 2, 2009 at 8:06 am

Nano and Wrimo :)

Simone November 2, 2009 at 11:11 am

I like Sara and Philip! What about Jeremy and Lila? or Dexter for the boy. I don’t know, i kinda like them nameless.

Mackenzie November 2, 2009 at 12:07 pm

Casey and Joey? I like them. They fit your cute stick figure NaNoers.

Betina November 2, 2009 at 4:32 pm

wait a minute.. Didn’t you call him Hugo once? Or was that another guy?

JohnO November 3, 2009 at 3:54 pm

The girl’s head looks like a comma (with the little ponytail) and the boy’s head looks like a period.

Comie (long o) and Peri?

Lindsey November 3, 2009 at 8:13 pm

Very funny. The Dangers of Overediting hits home though. We’ve all been there at one time or another in our writing!

Brittany November 7, 2009 at 2:42 pm

I love it. :) Your characters are so cute!

Annelisa November 9, 2009 at 2:04 pm

Wow that sounds like me XD

Alex November 9, 2009 at 2:34 pm

Hey, Debbie – love the comics. Thanks for the smile.

And in answer to your question, Min and Mo came to mind. :)

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