The unofficial lemmy community for the “National Novel Writing Month” challenge, often shortened to NaNoWriMo. This forum is not officially affiliated with the 501©(3) nonprofit organization of the same name, it is a simply fan community dedicated to discussion of those participating in said nonprofit organizations yearly challenge. This is a community dedicated to sharing discussion, criticism and pep talks related to NaNoWriMo. Learn more about NaNoWriMo from their website here. [https://nanowrimo.org/] Feel free to check out their resources hub as well. [https://nanowrimo.org/nano-resource-hub] If you are able, consider donating to them as well and maybe participating in their community as well. They are a really cool organization! — #### Community Rules: - Please follow literature.cafe’s instance wide rules. - This is not a contest with an official prize, the prize is the satisfaction of having made a finished novel. If you are cheating, you are only cheating yourself. Remember that. - Please, no AI. This is not the community for that. - Please only give criticism when specifically requested — ##### NaNoWriMo Challenge Rules (from their website truncated via wikipedia, thank you wikipedia editors!) > - Writing starts at 12:00: a.m. on November 1 and ends >11:59:59 p.m. on November 30, local time. > - No one is allowed to start early and the challenge finishes >exactly 30 days from that start point. > - Novels must reach a minimum of 50,000 words before the >end of November in order to win. These words can either be >a complete novel of 50,000 words or the first 50,000 words >of a novel to be completed later. >- Planning and extensive notes are permitted, but no >material written before the November 1 start date can go into >the body of the novel. >- Participants’ novels can be on any theme, genre of fiction, >and language. Everything from fanfiction, which uses >trademarked characters, to novels in poem format, and >metafiction is allowed; according to the website’s FAQ, “If >you believe you’re writing a novel, we believe you’re writing a >novel too.” >“Rebelling” is allowed, as NaNoWriMo is considered a “self-challenge”; rebels are allowed to validate and thus receive any prizes from sponsors.