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NaNoWriMo

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A community for National Novel Writing Month.

(https://nanowrimo.org/)

Fancy having a go at writing a novel in a month? Or just enjoy pointless literary endeavours?

Well this is a place for you.

Start on the 1st of November, and let it rip.

Rules :-

Be nice to each other, and try to keep it safe for work. And if you can't keep it safe for work, tag it as such :)

Also, if the community could be kept a politics free zone, that would be nice.

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Greetings and Salutations.

On the 1st of November, people all around the world take part in National Novel Writing Month -- an annual contest/competition/endeavour to write a 50,000+ word story/novel/tale during the month of November.

There are no real rules to this, and despite the term "contest/competition" there is not really a prize at the end, other than you get the satisfaction of having completed your goal. Or (as is sometimes the case) the annoyance of having not completed your goal but made some progress towards it.

I am somewhat of a veteran of this, having first taken part in 2006, and written a tale every year since then except for last year. And the one thing I have learned is that -- like most things in life -- it is far more fun when doing it with other people than doing it alone.

Not writing together, but writing with friends. Sharing excerpts, ideas, suggestions. If you get stuck you can ask for help, if you are suffering from writers block you can have a rant or just spend five minutes reading something else or talking to other people.

So I thought a community might be fun. Or helpful. Or at the very least slightly distracting.

Basic rules :-

Be polite. If you don't like someone's idea be constructive, not rude.

Keep your comments safe for work. If you are writing NSFW stories, then try to write about them in SFW ways, or (if that isn't possible) tag them as NSFW.

Aside from that, just have fun.

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[–] GabrielBell12fi 1 points 2 months ago

Oh -- one more thing that's occurred to me.

(I live in the UK, so that's why it took so long for me to realise this).

I realise that during November, something quite massive is going to occur in the USA.

If it is at all possible, I would prefer any discussions, debates, disagreements, arguments and other related........ fights (couldn't think of a better term) be kept out of this community.

If it could be kept as a politics free zone (except for political stories, of course) that would be nice.