said...Hmmmm... so what's the deal on this? Give me some info. :) I'd love to participate. But why oh why does it have to be in November? Couldn't they have picked September or October... then again, I don't know if there really is an ideal month. There's always SOMETHING going on.
Jilly said...NaNoWriMo is National Novel Writing Month. You're given 30 days to try to write 50,000 words. I've never succeeded myself. The most I've ever done is about 15,000 words--and that was 10,000 on one story and 5,000 on another. Other than an icon indicating that you've successfully written 50,000 words, and the self-satisfaction that comes along with having completed a novel, there are no prizes. There are a surprising number of people who actually DO complete this every year. I'm always surprised. And some people who complete NaNOWriMo go on to publish those novels. (I have no idea how they do that, though.)
said...I have a strange question that you might actually be able to answer, but how does one prevent people from just stealing the novel that you post? I am always paranoid about these sorts of things!
ish said...You don't have to post any of it, Natalia. So there's no preventing required. You just write on your own.
I am also a persistent "non-winner" at Nano, and I've decided against it this year because this year is just a bit too insane, and because past efforts have inflated my list of unfinished novel efforts to 7, and I'd really like to just finish one rather than continue coming up with new ideas.
I would recommend anyone who hasn't done it yet to do so though, just to experience the fun, torture and insanity of it all.
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