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Daffodil Grimstone · October 21, 2023 – 4:15 PM

NaNoWriMo: Posting Edition

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The time has (almost) arrived.

It's NaNoooooo. Or at least our version.

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! As someone who is married to an author, this is insane, it usually takes 6+ months for him to get a draft done. WILD.

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, 2022 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 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; 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! (2022, 2021 for reference! I have 2019 and 2020 too if you want to see it, just ask!)
Create a new tab with your name and your character's name. (Or right click and hit "duplicate!) Please keep them ordered alphabetically!
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
Coming soon!

2) The NaNoWriMo Stamp
Coming soon!

3) Further prizes will be announced soon and based on Level Achievement!
But will feature things like graphics, AtOs, Immortality Discounts etc.

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 designate which character you're going to be using here. If you sign up after the competition starts, only posts done after your sign up are counted!

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

Questions about NaNo? Ask here or via PM/messenger!

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Daffodil Grimstone · October 21, 2023 – 4:15 PM

I'll be using Alvin Bixby!

*Dorian Rosier* · October 21, 2023 – 4:17 PM

Signing up with Nataliya Vulchanova :)

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Daffodil Grimstone

Beautiful Set by Athena ♡ !

Gus Lissington · October 21, 2023 – 4:51 PM

This may change, but @"Zinnia Potts" is my choice

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*Wren Burroughs* · October 21, 2023 – 6:06 PM

I'll be using Wren here!

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Daffodil Grimstone

Thank you so much, Bee!

Madeleine Backus · October 21, 2023 – 6:33 PM

I might possibly change but right now Merida Greyback is looking like my easiest option....although could be convinced to do Christabel Daphnel

Daffodil Grimstone · October 21, 2023 – 6:36 PM

(October 21, 2023 – 6:33 PM)Madeleine Backus Wrote: I might possibly change but right now Merida Greyback is looking like my easiest option....although could be convinced to do Christabel Daphnel

Just make sure you decide before we begin, otherwise any posts done before you make an official switch will not count. If you want to do some networking first to make good connections, I would do that in the networking forum!

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Henry Berkwood · October 21, 2023 – 6:46 PM

I've never managed it, but let's give it a go. XD Doing this with Harry!

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Set by Bee <3

Violetta DeCroix · October 22, 2023 – 8:03 AM

I shall need more threads in November than October but would love to have a go at this with Violetta DeCroix

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*Elisabeth Champagne* · October 22, 2023 – 12:11 PM

I will be attempting this (hopefully) with Jessamine Parkinson

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Daffodil Grimstone

Beautiful Set by MJ ♡ !

Basil Foxwood · October 23, 2023 – 3:52 PM

OOOOOHH~ My favorite time of year.

This year I'm waffling between Poppy Dashwood and Vincent Iago but will decide before the 1st <3 Also open to suggestions.

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Ozymandias Dempsey · October 23, 2023 – 4:00 PM

He's a repeat from last year but I'll be using Oz unless someone comes to make a strong case for someone else!

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MJ is the light of my life <3

Hugh Bailey · October 23, 2023 – 6:01 PM

I'll either be using Hugh Bailey (I'm leaning toward Hugh) or @"Alfred Plunkett" feel free to message me if you have strong opinions either way.

Also, I love helping people out with Nano, so here's a thread for that ;)

Update: Hugh Bailey will be my tribute.

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