Nanowrimo - National Novel Writing Month
I participate when I can and November is when writers from all over the world try to write 50,000 words in a month. There are so many fun things about nanowrimo, including all of the other writers that you can chat with in the forums.
In particular, I love how you can track your word count and find out how many words left, how long it should take you approximately, and other things.
My current project is under wraps, but I'll tell you how far along it is: 39,500 words. Of course, this work isn't meant to be a novel, it's a novella, or that was the original goal. For the most part it is finished. I just need to edit and clean up the sentences, making sure that there aren't any major changes that need to be made. It's another exciting world that is new and a mix of the ancient mediterranean with medieval times, fantasy, adventure...I'm very excited about this project.
Another fun feature of Nanowrimo:
You can also award yourself badges for different things like, pantser, planner and plantser.
"Pantsers" write by the seat of their pants in the sense that they write extemporaneously (that's a fun word).
"Planners" are obviously the ones who like to have multiple sheets of paper and drawings, documents with little details and background that spans three years.
"Plantsers" do a bit of both.
Which one are you?
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