Nanowrimo?

[WardSmythe]

Anyone else here a Nanowrimo participant/winner?

I've tried three times and finally made it last November.

nanowrimo.org

 

[oncewaslost]

i participated in nanowrimo 2004. unfortunately, i didn't get to participate last year because i had 5 papers that month and i knew i wouldn't be able to pull off 50k and my papers. i'm hoping i'll be able to participate this year.

 

[WardSmythe]

i participated in nanowrimo 2004. unfortunately, i didn't get to participate last year because i had 5 papers that month and i knew i wouldn't be able to pull off 50k and my papers. i'm hoping i'll be able to participate this year.

I'm gearing up to participate again this year. I'm already working on character sketches.

Plus, I hope to take some time this summer to edit last year's project and maybe even seek to get it published. It needs a lot of work though.

 

[oncewaslost]

ah, when i participated i didn't plan anything and ended up with 86k. i think i overcompensated in attempt to make it to 50k. i wrote my back up novel from june to march (i basically just finished it) and now i'm working on what i had planned to write for nanowrimo 2005. i have to come up with another idea for november. i should think about it some but that probably won't happen until october.

 

[Blessed-one]

woh, good on ya, Ward.

I did twice and failed on both accounts. Don't know whether I'm going to do this year's... just don't feel like writing something resembling a novel. I'm into short stories these days.

 

[WardSmythe]

woh, good on ya, Ward.

I did twice and failed on both accounts. Don't know whether I'm going to do this year's... just don't feel like writing something resembling a novel. I'm into short stories these days.

Just make it a loooooonnnnng short story.

 

[Mister Emu]

I found out about it last year, will try it this one...

Does it have to be exactly 50k or is more acceptable if I am writing and don't realize it?

 

[WardSmythe]

I found out about it last year, will try it this one...

Does it have to be exactly 50k or is more acceptable if I am writing and don't realize it?

The goal is to have ~at least~ 50k. The site has a word verifier and you get a special icon on your profile page over there.

I think mine last year was just over 51k