Taking suggestions for an upcoming comic
In an upcoming strip, someone in the cafe is going to ask what NaNoWriMo is, and I’d like to present a series of possible alternate / goofy answers. Make a suggestion in the comments section below and I might include yours! If you want credit, please include your name or nickname.
e.g. What could NaNoWriMo mean?
Sample answer: “Nascent Norwegian Writing Moods”
Sample answer: “A small, hairless mammal.”
Keep length in mind; I need to be able to fit in the top half of a comic panel. Also, please note this is a family-friendly comic, so I’ll nix any replies or nicknames that I feel are inappropriate. Thanks!
General info
Index of all the 2009 NaNoWriMo cartoons so far.
Follow @inkyelbows on Twitter for writing info & cartoons. Feel free to add me as a NaNoWriMo buddy.
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NaNoWriMo is where you spend all day inventing creative ways to procrastinate, and all night writing in a caffeine fuelled frenzy of terror that you will not finish your novel in time.
I’m literally so addicted to your comics right now, it’s not even funny.
Now that I’ve said that, let me throw in my two cents:
When I first told my brother I was doing NaNoWriMo he stared at me and eventually asked if I was talking about some sort of giant worm. When I explained that it was an acronym, he seemed to ponder a little more and came up with something strange that I don’t actually remember.
Wow, I was hoping to be more helpful than that. >_>
Good luck on tomorrow’s cartoon.
-Diff
1. A member of the Three Stooges who uses ironic humor after being subjected to a shrink ray. (nano wry Mo)
2. A phrase used to reject such entertainment by said member of the Three Stooges. (“Nah, no wry Mo.”)
3. Nabob Noble Writer in Missouri.
Your Nanny No Write No More!
Natively Nomadic Writing Motivation
Named Norse Wriggling Mouses
Nary a Nominal Wrinkle Mocked
Nagging Novella Writer’s Mocha
Naming Nothing Written Modally
“Native Nomadic Wringing Models”
“What? You don’t know? It’s the latest NATO approach to terrorism!”
Nasty Noisy Writhing Monster
It’s a relative of the Loch Ness Monster.
fairyhedgehog
an obscure mongolian mongoose cheese
(or any variation on that theme)
How about:
“It’s a creative new way of being masochistic. Everyone’s doing it! Wanna try ? ” :-3
I also have become addicted to you comics. I make myself write atleast 2500 words before reading that day’s comic stip ^^ Great motivation.
My sides are splitting. This is James Joyce does NaNoWriMo. Brilliant again, InkyGirl!
Too funny.
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@Joanie that is a brilliant idea! But then I’d hardly ever get to read her comics daily
Here is one:
The newest reality tv show contest. You’re being taped right now!
or
Mork’s guide to writing more.
(“nanu nanu”)
I like “Nagging Novella Writer’s Mocha” too!
Well, first of all, every time I talk about it to someone who’s never heard of it before, even after I PRONOUNCE it, this is their first reaction:
“Nano Reemo?”
And, I saw it described this way on a Facebook Flair…
“For masochistic nerds.” Which I got a kick out of. ^^
NaNoWriMo, A new type of processed butter food in which is the color of an orange which has been left in a cave for three months, smells as if a couple of cows sat upon it all throughout the previous three months, feels like a purple tyannasaurus rex’s tail, tastes like a mix of elderberries, day-old socks, and chocolate.
-Tarrah
The first time I did NaNoWriMo, I couldn’t remember what it stood for at all. I kept starting “International November Writing Novels… no wait….” I really wanted the No part to be for November.
Once I learned how to spit it out right, I had to deal with the fact that the “National” part refers to its American origins, and that the event is really international now (something I tried to squeeze in subconsciously when I couldn’t remember the long form of the name). So I get a lot of questions like, “Oh, is it sponsored by a Canadian publishing company? It isn’t? Well if it’s American, why are you in it?”
Sigh.
Nan’s Noting Wriggling Mo
Napping Nodding Wrinkled Mops
Name Noble Wrist Models
Nail Noggins, Wring Mollycoddlers
Nag Noodle Writhe Mope
Robot poetry. (Nano Rhyme-o)
“Naiv’ Notions: Wrie Moods” –Jeff Chawser
I got one!
NANOWRIMO- Nah, no write more – a response you give someone who is procrasinating by the claim of writers block while you see ways of upping their word count even more. Also known as Backseat Writing.
What is NaNoWriMo?
LOVE!! NaNoWriMo is love, sometimes tough love. (:
Teehee.
~Toygerzrock
A response to when Mo orders a sandwich (Na, No Rye, Mo)
National November Riding Month (for extra laughs, have the 3rd person be a member of said Riding Month activity)
Native Nobel Riding Monsters
A tiny basket (Nano rim-o)
Wait! Why am I telling you all these good ideas? I should be using them in my webcomic! Oh well, I probably won’t get around to writing more of mine, so I guess you can have them.
Zombies!
NaNoWriMo = A good reason to bang your head on your desk until you bleed.
Nutty Novelists Writing Muck.
Ain’t it the truth?
gosh, these comments are as hilarious as the comics!
nanowrimo is the new hygenic polyester blend. obviously.
Na No Wri Mo
= very, very tiny rhinosauri with colds
= Native Nowegian Limerick competition
= an organizational subculture: Nasty Nobodies Writing Motions
An admittance ticket to an asylum of their choosing, with a bunch of terms and restrictions (you may only be admitted to premier asylums if there are no reservations for celebrities and it is between 4 and 5 on Nov 25-30).
Nanowrimo- a mental disorder only present in November.
Nap None Write More
Which, sadly, is pretty much the case. D:
Love your comics; they make me feel like being a writer allows me admittance to a series of in-jokes XD
Suggestions:
- Stabbing yourself with a pen 50k times in one month.
- National Notorious Writing Moth
- Sodium Nobelium Tungsten Iridium (backwards) Molybdenum (NaNoWRiMo)
- It’s the time of year you swallow almost fatal amounts of caffeine and sugar and wake up on the other side with no memories of the month whatsoever.
Nanowrimo is a good way to get people off your back about playing on the computer all day.
-IAN
I looove Naming Nothing Written Modally <not my idea
I just started reading your comics (today) so now this takes away from my writing… and im barely getting to 20k… more procrastination..
NaNoWriMo = Narcileptic Nodes Written Modestly
This was harder than I thought.
nanowrimo = An excuse to ignore family during thanksgiving.