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[Caz]

Hell yeah. I will get to 50k this year. I can feel it.

Nano name is 'cazp', feel free to buddy me.

[Doomblade187]

I only made about 35k last year, but this time I have a idea set up somewhat better than last time, so that might help. Hoping I make the 50k.

[lue]

Hey, I just signed up!

I'm "rnddim" for those who wish to add me as a buddy.

EDIT: I think I'm off to a good start. I just opened up five tabs on various interesting threads I spotted in their forums.

[Un67]

Was wondering when someone would post this. Ready to do it again this year.

[kilakan]

May as well, I'll probably start a new writing project anyhow :p

[Aqizzar]

Earlier this year, I wrote about 25,000 words on-and-off over three weeks with minimal planning.  I've been considering taking the week of Thanksgiving off work so I'd have plenty of time, since the biggest hurdle then was weekdays.

The problem is, I have absolutely no idea what I would write.  I've considered using a plot generator to give me a hook and see what happens, but I get the feeling anything I try to write as a contained story on a brand new concept would just be some high-concept narrative that fills a lot of paragraphs but never really goes anywhere.  I've also got a ton of other shit I want to be doing that a month of focus would kill even more than laziness already has.

Also, isn't the definition of a novel 40,000 words?  I seem to remember that being the standard for NaNoWriMo in years past, why is it 50,000 now?

[Willfor]

It's always been 50,000 words, and that's still sort of pushing it as far as novel word counts go. Most published stuff is around 80,000-120,000, with that upper bound being discouraged. Epic fantasy clocks in around 200,000. Now with digital publishing, old word counts are starting to be a little more flexible than they used to be, just because the hard copy logistics are not as much of a thing anymore.

[Aqizzar]

I know how big published stuff used to be, the idea of NaNoWriMo is to meet the minimum definition of a novel in minimum time.  It's just I always remember the minimum definition of a novel being 40k.

I'd say it makes the task sound more daunting, but I suppose 25% more than 40k isn't that big a difference if you can make it to 40k anyway.

[itisnotlogical]

I hope I'll be able to participate this year. I've been incredibly busy this week, and it only looks like it's going to get worse from here on in.

[Darkmere]

Is there a bay12 group to join on the nano site or are we just going to compare notes and grumble about caffeine in this thread?

[Sirus]

I doubt I will be able to get even a hundred words down this year. Will give it a shot nonetheless

[Skyrunner]

* Skyrunner merely flops

[SirAaronIII]

Ah yes, I remember last year I was going to join but suddenly video games wrested my attention away. The year before that I made some terrible thing, but actually succeeded.

Sadly, don't think I'll join this year because I'm busy-busy but PTW anyway.

[Sappho]

Just signed into the site... Apparently my username from a couple years ago is "Kotshka." Feel free to buddy me, guys.

[Darkmere]

Alright, I think I buddy'd up everyone who posted their nano site ID. My ID is Darkmere (gasp!), but I can't find myself on a search. That could be because my account is brand new?

I just spent a couple hours doing a rough character sheet and chronology for ~20 major events in my novel, so I'm enthusiastic, tired, and off to a decent start I think. the notes .doc came out to exactly 1337 words. Tomorrow... world-building!