Starting now November rules for nanowrimo officially kick in. Read this post or the community info for a list of them!

Welcome to the National Novel Writer's Month community here on Livejournal! Created back in 2001, and under management of writingvixen, this is the longest running NaNo community on LJ!


ALL NEW MEMBERS: There are two things you need to do before posting:


1. Read the Community Rules.

2. Take a few minutes to read through previous posts. You may find the answer to your question already!


Community Rules


#1... NO TALKING ABOUT THE NANO WEBSITE. There are countless other communities out there to discuss the website, as well as a twitter if you cannot access the site. http://twitter.com/nanowrimo

#2... INTRODUCTIONS ARE DONE IN THE DAILY INTRO POSTS. - This rule goes on until November 5th, when at that time the vast majority should have introduced themselves. This also means that posts that go on for length about yourself and your project should be contained to your own journal once these posts end on the 5th. Introduction posts will begin next week. (Starting daily on October 21st)

#3... RESPECT - Especially the mods and our rules. ;) But also respect each other. In a community this size, there are going to be differences of opinions. That is inevitable. You can disagree, but do so with respect and kindness. Rudeness will NOT be tolerated and may get you banned.

#4... NO SPAM - If you want to post to the community, it needs to be a contribution, or a question. Icons, things to help people along, something you found online that has been helping keep you motivated. Posting about your project with nothing more than self promotion will be seen as spam and deleted, with a comment to use the pimping thread for that.

#5... POSTING OF INDIVIDUAL WORD COUNTS IS NOT PERMITTED As with the handy dandy Intro posts, there will be Daily Word Count threads. You can reply there with your meters, your text counts, your frustrations with your falling behind and only have 35 words written on November 16th, etc.
EXCEPTION TO RULE #5 - When you DO hit your 50K, you are allowed to post your victory in your own individual post. Why, you ask? Because I believe that everyone deserves their 15 minutes of glory, and you've had to put up with consolidated posts for 2 months, so SOMETHING has to be for individual shining.

#6... EXCERPTS POSTS - If you'd like to post an excerpt for your story please do it in one of our Daily Excerpt Posts. The only exception to this is the Plot Help thread.

#7... ADVERTISING - Advertising other writing communities or NaNo AIM rooms or anything outside this community either needs to be in the pimping thread OR approved by the mods.

#8... KEEP CONVERSATION TO PG-13 - In the spirit of camaraderie, we ask that all conversations (including the comments) keep at the PG-13 level. We do have minors who use this community and to maintain their allowance in our community, we need to comply to this rule.

And as always, the rules are subject to change due to the needs of the community and the mod.

So what are you waiting for? Come on in and get writing already!

Mar 4 11pm-2am
Mar 5 12-3pm
Mar 6 12-3pm; 8-11pm
Mar 7 12-3pm; 11pm-2am
Mar 8 12-3pm
Mar 9 none scheduled

http://www.chatzy.com/writingsprints

Sun Feb 17 8pm-1am (Adventure Sprints)
Mon Feb 18 4-7pm; 11pm-2am
Tues Feb 19 12-3pm
Wed Feb 20 12-3pm; 8pm-2am
Thurs Feb 21 12-3pm; 4-7pm; 8-11pm
Fri Feb 22 12-3pm
Sat Feb 23 none scheduled

All sprints held in chatzy!

http://chatzy.com/writingsprints

Sun Feb 10 none scheduled
Mon Feb 11 11pm-2am
Tues Feb 12 12-3pm; 11pm-2am
Wed Feb 13 12-3pm; 11pm-2am
Thurs Feb 14 12-3pm; 8pm-2am
Fri Feb 15 12-3pm; Sleepover Party 7pm-5am
Sat Feb 16 8pm-11pm

All sprints held in chatzy.

http://www.chatzy.com/writingsprints

Sunday Feb 3 12-3pm; 8pm-11pm
Mon Feb 4 8-11am; 4-7pm; 8pm-2am
Tues Feb 5 12-3pm; 11pm-2am
Wed Feb 6 12-3pm; 8pm-2am
Thurs Feb 7 12-3pm; 4-7pm
Fri Feb 8 11pm-2am
Sat Feb 9 4-7pm

All sprints held in chatzy!

http://www.chatzy.com/writingsprints

If you aren't already following allyear_sprints I highly recommend it! :)

Jan 27 none scheduled
Jan 28 4-7pm; 8pm-2am
Jan 29 12-3pm; 8pm-2am
Jan 30 8pm-2am
Jan 31 8pm-2am
Feb 1st 8-11am; 12-3pm; 8pm-2am
Feb 2nd 8-11pm

All sprints will be held over on chatzy. :)

http://www.chatzy.com/writingsprints

Reminder: If you're interested in joining up for 1/2 NaNo during February, go sign up and watch this!

Join us:






Sign up Today.

Day Sprints (4-7pm) is in session now with me (brides_koneko/Emmy)!

I will also be hosting Evening Sprints 8-11pm.

Come write!
http://chatzy.com/writingsprints

Jan 20 11pm-2am
Jan 21 4-7pm; 8pm-2am
Jan 22 8-11am; 12-3pm; 8-11pm
Jan 23 12-3pm; 4-7pm; 8pm-2am
Jan 24 4-7pm; 8pm-2am
Jan 25 12-3pm; 8pm-2am
Jan 26 8pm-2am

All sprints will be held over on chatzy. :)

http://www.chatzy.com/writingsprints

Sorry, been neglecting my word count posts on here...I did write but I just now got it all typed up.

The word counts for the 11th and 12th are iffy. I didn't mark clear spots in my handwritten manuscript as to where one day started and stopped on those days (usually I make a little mark between words or something so that I know). So I went by where I thought the changes were, usually indicated by a change in writing utensil (though not always). For the 13th through today the word counts are more definite because I was able to remember pretty well which writing was from what day.

Friday (1/11/13)'s Word Count: 534
Total Word Count: 7,103

Saturday (1/12/13)'s Word Count: 133
Total Word Count: 7,236

Sunday (1/13/13)'s Word Count: 456
Total Word Count: 7,692

Monday (1/14/13)'s Word Count: 566
Total Word Count: 8,258

Tuesday (1/15/13)'s Word Count: 38
Total Word Count: 8,296

Today (Wednesday 1/16) I didn't get anything written, even though I had the time. I tried to, but I just wasn't feeling it.

I'm 3,706 words behind where I should have been by today (Wednesday). With that plus the daily goal for tomorrow, I need to write 4,599 words to catch up. Hopefully I can make up for lost time tomorrow.