What is NaNoWriMo

neilfriske

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Didn't know where the proper place to ask was, been seeing NaNoWriMo again and again on this site.

What is it?
 

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so its like a fun contest, not a submission contest? cuz i have a 50k story already done.

is there at least a prize?
 

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The prize is the 50,000 words you write. And the opportunity to make faces at anyone who doesn't achieve it. (Except me, if I don't.) :D
 

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so its like a fun contest, not a submission contest? cuz i have a 50k story already done.

is there at least a prize?

There's no point in using a pre-written book because the biggest prize is the manuscript you write during the month. There's a winner's certificate to print out and some stuff from the sponsors if you validate, but no one reads it and it isn't judged by the quality.
 

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so its like a fun contest, not a submission contest? cuz i have a 50k story already done.

is there at least a prize?
The point for NaNoWriMo is you start to write a 50,000 word novel on November 1 (some have started even later and succeeded). You can't just sign up, dump a 50,000 word manuscript you've already written over the last three years into the validator and declare yourself a winner, though many people surely do that. It's to help you learn the discipline necessary to write a first draft, from start to finish, with hard and fast goals in place (50,000 words in 30 days).
 

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Hi neil!

Welcome to AW!

Don't forget to read about AW basics in the Newbie Guide!

Questions about this software can be found in the FAQ's menu in the handy blue bar at the 'top' of this page.

This common acronym list helps identify our mystifying abbreviations.

Before you ask that Newbie question!!
See if Katiemac has the answer here.

Check out: Sara's 10 Basic Writing Tips.

If you're looking for critiques please read the 50 Post rule.

Questions about posting writing to the Share Your Work (SYW) area
and explained here. This link covers the most common problems found in the Share Your Work *Worth reading no matter how long you have been here!*

AW is a community built on the foundations of respecting your fellow writer and helping each other, it's the basic building blocks of how and why AW works.

Welcome to our community! =)

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