# Anyone signed up for NaNoWriMo\* this year? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 12, 2007, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-signed-up-for-nanowrimo-this-year/422497 "2007-10-12T18:49:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-signed-up-for-nanowrimo-this-year/422497/1 "2007-10-12T18:49:09Z")
They swear they’ve fixed their servers. I’ve signed up. I have an idea for a novel that I’ll use as an excuse to empty a ton of files and arrange things. Have you signed up? Come on. You know you want to. - [National Novel Writing Month](http://www.nanowrimo.org) ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-signed-up-for-nanowrimo-this-year/422497/2 "2007-10-12T19:01:14Z")
[QUOTE=Yllaria] They swear they’ve fixed their servers. [/QUOTE] Seems to me I’ve heard that one before. Thanks for reminding me though. I didn’t do much last year, and this year could well be the same, but hopefully I can get to a regional meeting or two–I just moved here and haven’t been able to meet anyone yet. Now I remember why I liked dorm life so much. ---
**Author:** ![stucco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@stucco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stucco)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-signed-up-for-nanowrimo-this-year/422497/3 "2007-10-12T20:12:07Z")
I signed up. It’s not like I don’t have 5 gajillion other things to do, but I’ve always wanted to commit to writing something that long. Now I sort of have. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-signed-up-for-nanowrimo-this-year/422497/4 "2007-10-13T00:48:27Z")
Yep - third year running, and for the first time I’m going to be doing non-fandom writing. Whoohoo! Watch me go 50k ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-signed-up-for-nanowrimo-this-year/422497/5 "2007-10-13T01:07:39Z")
Yeah. Seventh year, hopefully seventh win. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-signed-up-for-nanowrimo-this-year/422497/6 "2007-10-13T01:36:24Z")
Second year. Last year I didn’t win. Final Fantasy 12 killed me. This year - I’m gonna do it! Watch me! ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-signed-up-for-nanowrimo-this-year/422497/7 "2007-10-13T02:05:41Z")
Just going in for my fifth year … last year, I managed over 160,000 words, but real life will probably prevent that, this year. Still plan to do it and win, though! ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-signed-up-for-nanowrimo-this-year/422497/8 "2007-10-13T02:12:39Z")
Watched it a bit in the previous years. I’m going to give it a shot this year. Question: can I work on outlining the plot before Nov. 1st, or is it an “everything in the month” sort of thing? ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-signed-up-for-nanowrimo-this-year/422497/9 "2007-10-13T02:21:04Z")
You can outline away, provided you only start the actual _writing_ on November 1st … ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-signed-up-for-nanowrimo-this-year/422497/10 "2007-10-13T03:15:05Z")
I’m torn. I’ve made the attempt three times - 2003, 2005 and 2006 - and made it to 50K the last two years, so I know I enjoy the challenge. But since I’ve worked more or less full time for the past year I’m still not finished with last year’s novel, and it’s pretty good. I honestly think there’s more than a snowball’s chance in hell of getting it published when it’s finished. I’m not sure if I’m going to be willing to put it aside for a month to do something else. Maybe. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-signed-up-for-nanowrimo-this-year/422497/11 "2007-10-13T03:48:41Z")
I am tinkering with some ideas, but the characters are not telling me a story yet. They are still sorting themselves out. Maybe yes, maybe no.