National Novel Writing (and editing!) year

ProsperitySue · Nov 30, 2006

I just found a live journal site that has writing goals each month -- 360,000 words in a year (Yikes!). I'm going to check it out further.

Following is their write-up posted on
http://community.livejournal.com/nano_year/profile

National Novel Writing (and editing!) year
For when one quick novel a year isn't enough
http://www.livejournal.com/allpics.bml?user=nano_year
Name: National Novel Writing Year
About: Welcome to the NaNoWriYe livejournal community! We are a group of NaNoWriMo participants whose mad addiction to writing can't be sated by a mere 30 days of intense, high-velocity scribbling.

Hence this community.

The first NaNoWriYe will launch on the first of January, 2007. We'll start our quotas low, at a mere 20K words to be written during that first month. Every month after, we raise the bar by 5,000 words. And finally, every third month is either month for breaking and recharging, or for editing.
See the Rules and FAQ for more information.

Also! Want to come chat with some other WriYe's? There's usually someone in the AIM chatroom: nanochat. If you need an invite, please IM one of the mods: Jami ("Jamileigh17") or Arii ("Mistress Ariaste")

The Goal Chart

January: 20,000 words
Febuary: 25k
March: Editing! (AKA NaNoEdMo)
April 35k
May: 40k
June: Edit
July: 50k
August: 55k
September: Edit
October: 65k
November: 70k (Totally optional.)
December: Edit!

Total Yearly Goal: 360,000 words.

ChaosTitan · Nov 30, 2006

Geez, that's three and a half novels in a year. I mean, I'm all for self-torture, but that's....wow....

ProsperitySue · Nov 30, 2006

I know -- 360,000 words!!

But they start out easy, only 20,000 in January so it kind of slips up on you. :e2BIC:

TheIT · Nov 30, 2006

Yikes.

Too much of a good thing for me. NaNo is fun, but part of the fun is that it's once a year. I'd rather continue at my own pace on my other projects. Might not get as many words written, but I think I'll end up with better quality out of the gate.

ProsperitySue · Nov 30, 2006

The pace is good. January starts out at only 20,000 words and I like that every third month is set aside for editing. November was my first novel completed so I appreciate the motivation and structure this will provide. I found NaNoWriMo really motivating and like joining in on a group effort.

I'm going to check it out further, but right now my feeling is that I will join.

TheIT · Nov 30, 2006

It's good to try different approaches to figure out what works best for you. NaNoWriMo showed me that last year. Before last year's NaNo, I was outlining and revising the same story to death. After, I learned I could just take my characters and write. I worked on a different novel attempt for the rest of the year until October, and that effort taught me I could progress along the storyline by myself. I love the camaraderie of NaNoWriMo, but I don't think I could sustain that word count pace for several months in a row without burning myself out.

If it works for you, go for it. Let us know how you fare, and good luck!

:Sun:

maddythemad · Dec 1, 2006

Hey, that's totally awesome! On a different thread, I was just posting how we should reopen NaNo in Feburary since nothing ever happens in that month (loosely speaking, of course.)

maddythemad · Dec 1, 2006

I agree that every month might be difficult, but I think I could handle twice a year.

san_remo_ave · Dec 1, 2006

I like the idea! This was my first Nano --didn't win --but learned a ton about how I can be more productive and I really enjoyed the commeraderie. I've book marked it and may join in too --we'll see as the month progresses! Thanks for sharing!

ProsperitySue · Dec 1, 2006

I like the idea of having every third month devoted to editing. That would be a welcome break.

ProsperitySue · Dec 2, 2006

Chris Baty has a page up now on I wrote a novel. Now what? Here are some more options he offers:

National Novel Finishing Month in December for those who are writing a novel longer than 50k.

January Novel Writing Month - 50k or less

National Novel Publishing Year

and there is the live journal site I mentioned in the first post
National Novel Writing (and editing!) year

Something for everyone.

Sage · Dec 2, 2006

Is there some reason I can't get onto the NaNoPubYe site no matter whether I try from here or from NaNoWriMo?

ProsperitySue · Dec 3, 2006

Hi Sage,

I just tried and I think they are having server problems -- hopefully just temporary. I tried each link before I created the post so I know it worked one time. If they keep having problems I would contact the NaNo staff so they could post an update on the NaNoWriMo site.

May you find the perfect publisher for your work!

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