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Who's Planning to Join NaNoWriMo?

Friday, September 07, 2018
Hi there. What's up? It's been a while since I've last been here. How are you all doing? Anyway, do you know what NaNoWriMo is? Is anyone planning to join NaNoWriMo? What do you think of NaNoWriMo?

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What is NaNoWriMo?

NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. This is a writing project (that takes place on the month of November), which challenges participants to write at least 50,000 words of their novel or story.

You're supposed to write at least 1,667 words or thereabouts each day until the end of November. There are other rules, but the basic gist is that, by the end of the month, you should have been able to write 50k words of your novel.

NaNoWriMo site

There's a website that's specifically for this project. You can join to chat with others who are also participating on this challenge, get motivation and encouragement to write and achieve your goals, etc. But do you really need to join the NaNoWriMo site to write your novel?

Will you join?

Anyway, I was thinking of taking on this challenge, but I won't be joining the site in question. Why? It's because I don't really have all the time to read all the site's rules, terms, FAQs, TOS, etc (I always read these stuff before joining a site). Besides, it's not really necessary to join said website now, is it?

Your own personal NaNoWriMo

So I decided to just do my own personal NaNoWriMo with my own rules. Basically, I plan to / am hoping to be able to write at least 2,000 words of my novel each day for the entire month of November.

What about you? What's your plan? Are you interested in NaNoWriMo? Will you take part in this writing challenge? Are you planning to join the site or will you have your own personal NaNoWriMo?

Feel free to share your thoughts and let your voice be heard by leaving a comment below or answering the poll.


*Notes:
- This was originally published on Persona Paper on October 31, 2014, 4:09 AM.
- Image with added text was modified by Freya Yuki using Canva based on the image by kirimatsu (CC:BY) from deviantArt

Here are some of the comments from this article, back when it used to be posted elsewhere:

Feisty56 wrote on October 31, 2014, 9:41 AM:
I'm going to be a cheerleader for anyone and everyone who is taking up the NaNoWriMo challenge. My hat is off to those who are up for this and will be participating.

Roselyn wrote on October 31, 2014, 10:16 AM:
I will just be one of the audience and reader of their novels. Good luck to all participants. I don't have the talent to participate in that contest.

tinamarie wrote on October 31, 2014, 1:42 PM:
Wow, what a challenge and good luck to those that are able to pull it off.