NaNoWriMo is the National Novel Writing Month - a month long writing competition where you aim to finish a novel… in a month. Lol.

The idea is to write 50,000 words from Nov 1st to Nov 30th, between 1600-1700 words a day. There isn’t any prize (other than feeling a sense of accomplishment) and you don’t need to register or anything (though you can register at the official website if you want to get tips, community support etc).

I haven't done one before and had frankly forgotten about it till I saw someone on TikTok mention it. At which point I though, hey, I should mention it on the best (and only) leftist shitposting site.

Currently, my plan is to write a bunch of short stories all set in the same magical/fantasy world (a feudal society transitioning to capitalism) that I’ve been brewing up for a while but never made concrete. Then I plan to polish them up and send them to various writing contests/competitions. Big plans, I know.

But yeah, that’s what I’m gonna be doing. If anyone else is interested, then maybe we can have a daily check in to keep each other on track.

  • Snackuleata [any]
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    2 years ago

    I did it in high school once. I of course slacked off on it until the last week so I was cranking out 5k words a day. Needless to say, the story wasn't very good.

      • Snackuleata [any]
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        2 years ago

        The experience was fine. I was more concerned with getting wordcount over any story elements so it was a lot of writing what immediately came to mind to keep things moving with only a vague narrative outline. In retrospect it was pretty fun. I was a STEMlord at the time however so instead of recognizing any talent or ideas in my story that could be improved on I took the fact I could rush it out as proof that English and literary analysis was phoney baloney nonsense and promptly forgot what I'd written. I've since gotten better.

        • LiberalSocialist [any,they/them]
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          2 years ago

          I was a STEMlord at the time however so instead of recognizing any talent or ideas in my story that could be improved on I took the fact I could rush it out as proof that English and literary analysis was phoney baloney nonsense and promptly forgot what I’d written.

          Nah lol we’ve all been through that phase. I think.