Thread: What's Your Word Count?

1667 words/day is not that tall of an order. I edit.
You can do it, Sam.
30,411 now! Yay for me!

well done, moderan!

I'm aiming for 15k by midnight tonight

Thanks, lilac...I'm not gonna stop at 50,000 if the thing isn't done-the whole idea is to finish the piece, I think. I've seen people on the boards with 100,000+ listed. 10,000 words a day! It makes me wonder about the quality of the prose. And about sandbagging. Call me a cynic if you want but that's a big old horse pill to swallow.
It would be totally cool if Sam would join us on this adventure...but if not, I think we all understand that it takes commitment above and beyond the call of duty.

Moderan, you sound like an army recruitment officer!

Okay, I'm in. So what do I do? Just write it on my own computer, or do I join some sort of community? Apologies if that's a stupid question. I'm new to this whole thing.

Go to: NaNoWriMo and sign up officially. If you don't, you can't win officially and collect your prizes.

Then go here to find out about it.

And if you have more questions, go here.

Remember, you need to start a novel from scratch. You can't use something you're already working on.

Oh, and don't forget to find us here.

Both, actually...the community is at National Novel Writing Month, and you can get information there on how to post, et cetera.
Our WF Forum is at WF@NaNo.
I'm sure that I or anyone else here who is involved will be more than happy to answer if you have additional questions. Welcome to the madness!

edit:LOL! My connection went wonky and Valeca beat me to the punch!

Originally Posted by valeca

Go to: NaNoWriMo and sign up officially. If you don't, you can't win officially and collect your prizes.

Then go here to find out about it.

And if you have more questions, go here.

Remember, you need to start a novel from scratch. You can't use something you're already working on.

Oh, and don't forget to find us here.

Whoa, slow down, Val! Prizes? Nobody said anything about prizes! What prizes?

Edit: Excuse my childish excitement.

Nothing too grand. Mostly bragging rights and some icons and a certificate, but this year the people who cross the finish line on time get:

Originally Posted by NaNoWriMo

As a 2008 winner of NaNoWriMo, you will be eligible to receive a free proof copy of your trade paperback book. Details will be posted here and on the "I Wrote a Novel, Now What?" page on December 1.

Okay, signed up. Looks good. Now I just have to figure out what in God's name I'm going to write about.

prizes

You keep missing the ball there, Moderan. LOL. Val already beat you to it.

So, would I be right in saying that a lot of the stuff I'm going to write won't be my best? I have to write 2.5K a day for twenty days. Doesn't leave an awful lot of time for editing!

The contest is about getting the words out and not necessarily about the quality of the prose. *chuckles* I'm doing other stuff than posting...Valeca's quick anyway
Like I said above somewhere, I'm editing but I have time on my hands.

Editing is for December, January, and March. November is strictly writing. Yes, you'll write terrible things you wish you'd never put on a page. But you'll be amazed to find out just how many jewels pop out when you aren't try so hard to make everything perfect the first time.

Have fun and enjoy it.

Welcome aboard, Sam! Knew we'd win you over in the end.

Yay, Sam's signed up!