NaNoWriMo 2023 is here!

[Professor Killian Borisyuk]

So, it is the first, maybe the second, of November depending on where you are at. It is National Novel Writing Month!

Who is doing it? Are you writing a book, short stories, or like me - using my own posts? I would have wrote on my series, but I haven't been able to break my block since 2021, so I might have to start over on the second book. So, if I can write 50K words in a month for RPing, in general, I will feel accomplished.

Who else is doing it? Any tips for those that might struggle?

No one saw that I put in the wrong year right...

 

[Amber Chou Wilson]

I kind of decided to try again on a whim a few days ago. I won NaNoWriMo three times but only once just writing a full story. The other two times I switched to a fanfiction or to counting HNZ replies. That also counts, but I really want to try writing a story again this time so I'm going for it but it is a lot harder than I remember it being.

 

[Ainsley Lynch]

I wasn't gonna do it this year - I used to be an ML and it burned me out pretty badly - but three people asked completely separately if I was doing it, so I've relented I've got a novel idea I'm percolating, but it's gonna need much more planning than I could have done in time, so I'm just counting up word count of everything I do this month. Hopefully will encourage me to plug away at my WIPs a bit, and be more active on HNZ Lesson sprint yesterday got me ahead of the game so it's already working...

 

[Archie Renner]

I won't be participating this year, and I haven't participated in the past because I find the idea of nanowrimo overwhelming, and I worry it would burn me out and stuff

But in saying this, I have mad respect for those who do participate and I am here to send a message of support! You can do it!! I hope you have lots of fun

and if anyone wants to share what they are writing with me I am happy to read because I'm curious and a little nosy

 

[Poppy Perkins]

I'll probably be doing what I do every year and keep track of my HNZ word count, which is something I do every month anyways because I'm a dork and I think it's interesting to see the numbers haha.

Last month I got to 23k which is above average for me. But I do have a vague idea that I've been rolling around for a bit so I might try and get some words in that way too. At the same time work is crazy busy so I'm not that optimistic haha.

 

[Professor Killian Borisyuk]

I'll probably be doing what I do every year and keep track of my HNZ word count, which is something I do every month anyways because I'm a dork and I think it's interesting to see the numbers haha.

Could make a pivot table to figure out which month and such have the most productivity and the average.

Why is this such a good idea?

 

[Aine Thompson]

I keep thinking of ideas but not having the energy to have them in enough clarity to commit to writing. One day maybe.

In saying that, I did end up writing a fair bit to procrastinate yesterday (as it is now the 2nd here) on some fanfic stuff but I don't think I'm in the right headspace for writing at all as I think I'm just going to scrap most of it.

 

[Poppy Perkins]

Why is this such a good idea?

Yeah I think it's pretty fun to look back on too. I have a few months with WAY above average word counts and I know exactly what was going on haha.

My highest word count that I've tracked for a month was 40k around the time I sorted Leah because work was slow and I was feeling anxious which is a great combination to get me to hyper focus on HNZ and write a lot

 

[Professor Killian Borisyuk]

I look for any sort of excuse to make a sheet of data. Kadi, thank you for giving me this idea, if you don't mind that is

 

[Cyndi Kingsley]

How is NaNoWriMo going for those of you participating?

 

[Professor Killian Borisyuk]

I had 25 minutes until midnight, and managed to break 50K words