Most of the writing that I do is fanfiction based, so it probably doesn't qualify.  Otherwise, I think it would be cool to do.

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Well that's great! Are there any other rules? What happens after the time is up?

colrehogan wrote:

Well that's great! Are there any other rules? What happens after the time is up?

If you use the link in my first post it's all explained in detail, but you'll quickly find out that they aren't big on rules. The entire point of the organization is to just motivate people to write. Do what you can. Whether you end up writing 1,000 or 100,000 words, it doesn't matter as long as you try - and you write. When the time is up, all you do is tally your word count and submit it - that's it. They don't keep your work. They don't even read it. And what you do with it after is up to you. Continue writing and working on it, start editing, or shelve it for next year.

Of course a big part of the fun is that you'll use a typewriter (I would hope!), which means you'll put one of your machines to very good use for a month. I'm planning on using the same SG1 that I used last year; it's now my official NaNoWriMo machine and its interesting to keep track of how many words it churned out - and find out how long a ribbon will last.


 

Whatever model you have that's reliable, and you enjoy typing with will be perfect. You don't want to be distracted by a machine that has issues, not when you want to focus on writing. I prefer standards because I think they're better typewriters overall, but I wouldn't hesitate to do a NaNoWriMo using a good portable.

This will be my 11th year of nanowrimo!