You can’t see me, but I’m beaming right now. Now where’s that “Name Your Favorite Dopers” thread? I need to make an addendum…
Aw, geez. :o 
(Seriously, go for it! I’d be rooting for you all the way…)
Ah, but you are not alone, Kythereia! I am also going to join you in this endeavor. I also did last year, and it was quite an intriguing goal. I actually wrote 50,000 words last year – and as soon as I was at about 51,000, I never touched the novel again.
Bah, I think we need a support group here, if I say so myself!
PS: Got any plot ideas yet? I’m thinking of taking a character from my previous novel and spinning her off, but I’m not sure what I want to do with her. I had nearly a dozen major characters and one was by far the most compelling, but I don’t know how to make her the main focus of a story.
lel: starts up the Support Group for Nanowrimo Recoverers 
(You seriously rock!
I want to see yours when it’s done I’ve got a plot–it’s a hybrid fantasy / historical fiction thing–now I just need to flesh it out and add characters…)
I tried it last year and got a few thousand words into it. Sadly, you’re not supposed to continue a story that’s already started.
I’m going to really have to think about whether to try or not.
Man, I pity those judges who are going to have to read all the submissions.
Ouch. I mean, its not like its even *quality * reading. These guys have to go through 50000 words of quantity.
Wow, that’s awesome. I’d be tempted myself, just for the heck of it, but I have at least 1, possibly 3, term papers due in that time, and it’ll be hard enough getting those done.
Yllaria: That sucks… I hope you try this year. 
Keapon: Are you saying that the magnificent masterpiece of stunning beauty and breathtaking craftsmanship I’m about to write is not “quality reading”? gasp!
(I wouldn’t like to be a judge either. No prizes though, they say–just the satisfaction of writing 50,000 words.)
Jayn: Oh… yeah… those. Heh heh. :o (Good luck with your term papers!)
Yllaria: That sucks… I hope you try this year.
Keapon: Are you saying that the magnificent masterpiece of stunning beauty and breathtaking craftsmanship I’m about to write is not “quality reading”? gasp!
(I wouldn’t like to be a judge either. No prizes though, they say–just the satisfaction of writing 50,000 words.)
Jayn: Oh… yeah… those. Heh heh. :o (Good luck with your term papers!)
:smack: Sorry about the double post!
Stuff happens. Here, have a lollipop.
And thanks Kythereia. Though at this rate I’m going to need help just getting the proposal done. It’s due today and I only started about an hour ago :smack: Though I’ll always have my Enterpreneurship teacher’s advice to fall back on–“When you don’t know, BS it.”
Actually, that sounds like good advice for Nanowrimo. Good luck yourself!
Mmm, lollipops.
Hey, I’m doing my Linguistics homework right now… and I have to leave for class! :smack:
Don’t tell Alias that. I think I might finally have badgered her into signing up! Honestly, though, the impression I got last year was that while finishing a novel is not what NaNoWriMo is meant for, it isn’t strictly verboten. And if someone’s been stuck on a story for a long time, I think forcing themselves to get 50,000 words ahead of where they were before can be a really awesome thing. And it’s easier when there’s a whole community of people doing it with you.
In the end, you’re only competing with yourself. So do what you’re gonna. And Alias, don’t you dare drop out on me now!
I think I might just give it a try, although I’m not sure yet. You know, after this is all over, all of the Dope entrants should share and compare manuscripts.