Anyone else doing Camp NaNoWriMo/JulNoWriMo?

[ljwrites]

I was originally going to write my first draft in August as discussed with sarillia, but I had a change of plans when I learned my best friend whom I plan to vacation with can only get vacation time in the last week of August. Besides, July makes a lot of sense for me. It's when everyone else (including my boss) is on vacation, meaning things will be slow at work, and it will leave me August to recover and prepare for next semester. It's not ideal, but no month is going to be ideal.

Is anyone else doing this in July, or thinking of doing so? It would be great to have someone to commiserate/compete with. :)

Update: I've created a private comm, go_nano, for off-site chatter between participants. Ask by comment or PM, and ye shall be invited.

Comments

[ljwrites]

Yeah, the default NaNo-style challenge usually isn't editing-friendly, so starting something new might fit the format better. I think NaNo founder Chris Baty similarly discouraged continuing a WIP on NaNoWriMo. As for the word count on the new work, it's a crapshoot no matter what you do so if it looks like a novella 20,000-30,000 might be reasonable to shoot for, while if it looks novel-length the default 50,000 would suit well enough.

I found a cabin with fellow historical/fantasy writers! I see what you mean about it being basically an IRC chat, though. We're talking about setting up an off-site board, too. Meanwhile, for the folks on this comm I've created a private NaNo community with a generic enough title that we can hand it over to later NaNo participants. I've sent you an invite as co-admin.

[graychalk]

Oh yeah, no... editing is pure nightmare for NaNo. I don't know how others do it. I tried it once and it almost killed me. I had to jump ship midway through and work on a different novel. D: I'm probably going to set it at 25,000 for now. It's a number that I'd still see as a personal accomplishment. Besides, I'd rather aim lower and write more (as opposed to aiming too high and then having to resort to magicking words out of my butt).

Looks like you've found a good group then, yay! :D And thanks for creating a comm for us. I've joined - see you there!