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Elsie Kirke · October 26, 2020 – 1:01 AM

NaNoWriMo: Posting Edition

THAT'S RIGHT WITCHES!

It is time. (Does that sound familiar? Yes, I reused it for a SECOND time!)

Not sure what NaNo is? NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. It is an online challenge for writers to write 50,000 words in order to get the first rough draft of their novel done - and the biggest challenge is getting it done all while in the month of November!

Seeing as how we aren't writing novels here, the rules are a little different:

The Name of the Game

The goal is to write 10,000 words within the month of November. This will run November 1st to November 30th, 2020 NOT AC to AC.
- BUT WAIT BEE, THERE ARE LEVELS? Yes, yes there are. Introducing NaNo Levels, set your own goal, see how far you get! We'll be having levels/prizes (which are still being determined because I wanted to get sign ups going!) for 2.5k, 5k, 7.5k 10k (traditional Charming NaNo) and 12.5k+.
You have to pick one character to complete the challenge with.
Every IC post that you want to count toward your total word count needs to be posted IN THE SPREADSHEET BELOW; but each post still needs the total number of words noted at the bottom. All IC forums count, this means journals/letters etc, but not the AU forum!

How to Play

YOU will be keeping track of your post total via this handy dandy spreadsheet! (last year's for reference!)
Create a new tab with your name and your character's name. (Or right click and hit "duplicate!)
Copy and paste the entire coding into your own tab. (You can skip if you duplicate!)
Post the link to the post in the first column.
Put the actual post (without any html/bbcoding) in the "post" column, the last column will total it up and then the total from that column will go into the word total!

BUT WHAT DO YOU GET IF YOU DO THIS HUGE THING?
These lovely prizes!

1) The November Challenge stamp

Code:
<img src="https://cdn.nickpic.host/images/IVxddf.png" title="Completed November's Challenge" />

2) The NaNoWriMo Stamp
Coming soon!

3) Further prizes will be announced soon and based on Level Achievement!

Please note: If your posts are obviously long just for the word count and not resembling in any way a quality post, it will not be counted.

WANT TO PLAY?
Sign up here! Don't forget to tell me which character you're going to be using.

Word counting begins at 12am EST on November 1st!

Questions about NaNo? Post them as a reply here! Questions about the spreadsheet? ASK OLIVE, I HAVE NO IDEA!

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MJ always makes her so pretty

Elsie Kirke · October 26, 2020 – 1:02 AM

I failed once. I will not fail again.

Sloane Bixby will be the tribute again, it's time for redemption.

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MJ always makes her so pretty

*Cameron Gillenwater* · October 26, 2020 – 1:14 AM

After four years of playing him, it’s Cameron Gillenwater’s time to shine >D

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Elsie Kirke

*Acacia Darlington* · October 26, 2020 – 1:32 AM

Coming on over with Ace Lukeson once again.

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Elsie Kirke

Magic by Elaine!

Trystan Selwyn · October 26, 2020 – 10:31 AM

Well shit. I'll still be neck deep in a first novel draft, but at this point hey what's another 10k ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I think this year I'll also be taking my personal rule of using a different character every year to new extremes, and using a character so new I haven't even posted him yet. There is absolutely no way this could go wrong xD So Trystan Selwyn, it's your time. Maybe. Hopefully. If I don't die.

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*Chrysanta Ruskin {Ocean}* · October 26, 2020 – 11:38 AM

I feel like I kill my muse everytime I sign up for this. Yikes. Anyway. I'll use @'avril nott'/Avril Lukeson

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Elsie Kirke

MJ made the pretties

Marie-Louise Prewett · October 26, 2020 – 2:38 PM

Signing up with @"Marie-Louise Skovgaard" and ....... 12.5k goal.

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Elsie Kirke

Ambrosia Selwyn · October 26, 2020 – 2:44 PM

It would be remiss of me not to use Ambrosia Selwyn and take advantage of MJ. Let's get this marriage in tatters!

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Ambrosia's got 99 problems but this hot af set from MJ ain't 1 of them

*Edison Moony* · October 26, 2020 – 8:09 PM

I am likely to fail if November goes as terribly as October did, buuut my tribute is Ned.

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Pretties by Bee <3 <3

*Alice Dawson* · October 26, 2020 – 9:24 PM

Gryffingroup assemble! Signing up with Alice Dawson.

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Anne Moony · October 27, 2020 – 8:56 AM

This looked like a bad idea when I thought all posts would count XD. Why not add gasoline to the dumpster fire? I am torn between two babies Screw it, I pick Anne Moony.

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Elsie Kirke