I thought about it! But isn't the thought that counts?

Besides trying to rehabilitate my new right knee, I didn't write very much in November probably on 10,000 words in eight short pieces. But I edited so much of my memoirs trying to finalize all the 188 pieces to put them into book form.

Besides writing, editing I read four mystery books. Phew . . . . .

This December I will print the memoirs out, I will collate them before Christmas.

                     Denver

No shame in having bigger priorities.  1,667 words/day asks quite a lot.  And what if you miss a day?  That's a lot of shit on paper (screen?) you have to wade through later.

As I mentioned before, it's just an exercise in freeing your mind to unleash creativity.  You're not actually writing a novel.  There are less masochistic ways to tap into your creative mind!

Nice X-mas background to the group page, Rich!

I got to busy and quit right in the first day.  But hey, I got 508 words down.

I'm ashamed.

I just fell too far behind by mid-month.

Until I can get some respite services my time is just too prioritized in a heliocentric way: My son is at the center of my universe - everything revolves around him.

So.....the finish line's a gettin' close!

Callouses thick on the fingertips?  :)

Hope you've enjoyed it!  As I mentioned before, let us know how it went.

I have a friend who is doing that this month.  Maybe one month I will attempt it when I have a little more time.  I'm currently trying to get caught up on school work since I've recently been sick, and finals are coming up quick.

I bet you can get something by the end of the month, Rich!

I wonder if it's still do-able with a 4-day handicap?

I've been tempted to do this each year for the past 6 or 7, but never even dipped my toe in, to afraid of commitment.

Step 4 in the How NaNoWriMo Works directs one to "Eat lots of chocolate...." and right after Halloween, that's a given, so I got that part covered (chocolate covered? Now where did I stash those Goobers & Raisinettes?)\

[EDIT 9:20am, 11/4/2010: By gum, I'm gunna die tryin'. I signed up - 4 days late! But I have character sketches and a vague outline in my head already. Perhaps that will help.  @Sveta: Solidarity, Sister!]

Meh, if I find the time to get 5000 words written down now.

ccmambretti  -  it's not a contest.  you can upload your very rough novel if you want, but you don't have to.

As of 3 years ago, less than 10 people out of 100,000+ participants had received an offer from a publisher.  This is to be expected given that the point of the exercise is to release creativity, not directly write a novel.

That said, Sveta, I hope you're #10.  :)

I doubt that I am doing this now...just don't have the time.

I'm going to be a spoil sport, but the last time I wrote anything online with a deadline, I won the contest. Then the agent "I won" started telling me how to change the story. It took me a year to realize the changes had nothing to do with what I intended to write. Now I'm rewriting the online story for the second time. Yes, it's possible to write work of stunning genius in a month--but only if you do nothing else, including sleep, and only if you're a new Shakespeare.

Sure, I will do that.  We still have that contest that I started also.

And, yeah, it does help with ideas.  And I do need them...

Good luck.  I hope you have fun with it.  :)

Hmm.  Having said that, I attended a talk & spoke with the organizer, Chris Baty, 3 years ago about it.  It's more a device to free up your creativity and come up with ideas for a novel.  With 1,667 words/day, you don't have time to "think."  You just write whatever vomits out of your brain.

Let us know how it goes!  Maybe in December?  ;)