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is where the January Novel Writing Month project will take place in 2006. The rules are very similar to NaNoWriMo. The exception to the normal NaNoWriMo rules is that, if you participated in NaNoWriMo in November, you can add 50K words to your November novel. Why? Because the purpose of starting a new novel is so that you can have a fresh start. If you did that in November and just need to finish your fresh-start novel, this is a good way to do it. Also, it’s what I’ll be doing, so I made it a rule. ;P
We’ll have a thread in the community to post any auto-generated word counter graphics so everyone can see their progress as they go.
There will be T-shirts and swag available for purchase, probably from CafePress or a similar website, but this is not a commercial undertaking. Just a fun free-for-all.
At the end of the project, if you win, your prize is personal enrichment. This is a prize that’s otherwise elusive in many of our daily lives, so embrace it. Enjoy it. Honor it.
ankhet wrote:
Yay! Now I can finish my NaNo novel! Life got in the way (in the form of, oh, needing more than 4 hours of sleep each night) this month. =(
But hey, when I finish, I’ll have 65,000 words, not 50,000!
Posted on 28-Nov-05 at 10:02 am | Permalink
halfawake wrote:
Tempting, so very tempting. Although I imagine I’ll just be collapsing and reading all day, plus sleeping as much as possbile in January.
But this goes into my memories anyway for future reference. Because after college, January probably would be a better month than November any way, but we’ll see.
Posted on 28-Nov-05 at 3:27 pm | Permalink