national novel writing month

Are you doing Nanowrimo '09?

I am. I wrote 1,104 words on day one and haven't added a word since day one, although I've done research. How are other Mylot Nanwrimo participants doing? I hope better than me. Post word counts...

NaNoWriMo '08 is just a few weeks away

This will be my third year of trying to get a 50,000 word novel written in one month. For the first time, I have a good plot and feel that I have a real chance to make it through. Are there any other...

Is anyone participating in NanoWriMo this year?

NanoWriMo is an abbreviation for National Novel Writing Month, and the chosen month is November. You have the whole month of November to churn out a novel with 50000 words in it. Has anyone...

The National Novel Writing Month Starts November 1

Once again I'm getting ready to set my fingers on the keyboard tapping away at the challenge to create a novel in 30 days (50,0000 minimum constitutes a novel) I've almost finished the polishing...

It is almost National Novel Writing Month

Hey everyone, it is almost November which is National Novel Writing Month. For those unfamiliar with the http://www.nanowrimo.org/ the idea is to attempt to hack out an entire novel (50,000...

NaNoWriMo RE: Word Count Discrepency

RE: Word Count DiscrepencyI haven't tried using the validator yet - so far I've just been typing in the manual count at the top of the page. However, last year, there was a HUGE - major big,...

I think my NaNoWriMo Novel Died:( Starting Over

I started out with a really good plot. I had it outlined and everything! I knew what was going to happen and when, and where, and why, and to whom. . . and than I started writing . . . I can say this...

I hit 65,000 words!!!! (NaNoWriMo)

I'm here. I can't believe it! I actually reached 65k!!! Well, after last night, yeah, I really can't believe it.Last night I was at 52k, and was complaining on one of the other threads about how my...

100 Writing Promts for NaNoWriMo

Well, what started out as one big novel, than became a series of 4 children's chapter books, and now seems to be evolving into a series of short horror stories inspired by one sentence prompts. Here...

Tons of detail: love it or hate it? (A NaNoWriMo Post)

Tons of detail: love it or hate it?I used to like stories with a lot of flowery purple prose (ie details bleeding out my ears), when I was a teenager I used to read loads of giant 200 - 300 page...