Doing NaNoWriMo A Terrible Idea. At least, given everything else I have on my plate this year, me trying to to it this year makes it clear that I am not only crazy, I am also insane.

The thing is, though, I had this idea to try using NaNoWriMo to write a fiction piece to support Shambles. Fiction tie-ins for game franchises are nothing new. If any of you ever played MTG you probably bought one of those fat packs with a special d20 to use as a life counter, boosters or a starter deck, and a novel you never read. Paranoia had some books and comics, and there are countless other examples. But those are all from the big guys. What about us little people? Why don’t we try it? Do we try it? Did you try it? Did it work?

My only previous successful NaNoWriMo entry was a love story about two pixels in an Atari 2600. It was, to say the least, unreadable, though I know two people who read it. (No you can’t have links). And I know doing NaNoWriMo doesn’t make you a writer anymore than going camping makes you a tent. But, I’m curious to give it a try and see if something comes out.

Have any of you tried writing long fiction pieces in support of your games? I don’t mean stories about your characters, I mean stories set in the world defined by a game you created. If so, how did they come out? If not, why not?