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Bonjour NaNoWriMo Participant!

The 24th of November looms soon, and that would mark the 4/5th mark of the month. Which also means that you should ideally be around 40,000 words for your NaNoWriMo project! For those who are ahead, good for you. For those who are behind, the race ain’t over till the clock strikes 11:59:59 pm.

Looking for more help for your plots? I can’t stress this enough, but try your best to participate in your region’s activities. Word wars and word sprints are very common, and sitting down to finish a bout or fifty will definitely do positive numbers for your word count!

Finding it difficult to write? Shut down all the distractions! Disable your sound notifications of IMs, turn off IRC, minimize Firefox (or Chrome) with your 5000 Kongregat tabs, throw up some music that doesn’t distract you (Stardust soundtrack! :D) and start pounding out those words! Remember, for NaNoWriMo, quantity over quality!

Still finding trouble in getting things going or difficult to shut out your inner editor. Disable your backspace key. That’s right. Go do it. :)

This is also a friendly reminder to keep track of your words and update them the best you can in terms of the word count. Come the 25th of November, you will be required to validate your words. Watch this space, as more information will be given if you need it.

Have fun, get writing, and I’ll ignore the many cups of coffee you have already (or neglected to) drink!

Almost another 6 days have passed since my last shout, and that means, that you, KongNoWriMo Participant should be nearing the 20,000 word mark of your NaNovel!

Writing a novel in this time span is definitely not easy, and something that is of worthy mention. Of course, people never really manage to do anything about it. Advice seems plentiful, and I have handily compiled a set of tips and suggestions in this post here. If you need some suggestions or help, feel free to browse through that post and see how it will help you.

On the writing aspect, some of you may prefer to write longhand on a piece of paper, or type your words out like some Beethoven pounding musical scores on his own keyboard. If you are still looking for a means to reduce the distractions of IMs, Kongregate, Email, Kongregate, Google Docs, ArmorGames, Kongregate, Plants vs Zombies, Bejewelled, Call of Duty, Kongregate, homework or Kongregate, I highly suggest you browse to this post and scroll down to look for a minimalistic writing program. Throw formatting out of the window for once and just spam words! :)

With all the technicalities out of the way, here’s the good bit. 50,000 is definitely the goal set out by OLL for NaNoWriMo, but what if you’re struggling. Short of coming out with fifty million and one sub-plots, you may feel free to set your own goals. If you have a custom target for NaNoWriMo this month, please do inform me, and I can adjust your word counter on the front page of the thread as required for your benefit.

As for those who are taking the plunge into neverwhere 50k word writing, keep at it, have fun, and participate in all the activities that your MLs have prepared for you in the NaNoWriMo forums! Remember to update your NaNoWriMo Word Counts and to encourage others to participate or cheer you on! NaNoWriMo is an international event, and I’m sure, if you look hard enough, you’ll find people as crazy or delirious as you are. If you can’t, then you know it is high time to start a new writing project in your own community!

For those who are interested in statisicfying the entire world, Laxaria has (tried) to start a means of tracking word sprint data for everyone participating in Word Sprints. More information can be found here. It is not mandatory, but if you are interested in participating in NaNo related activities without leaving your own home, Twitter and the #NaNoWriMo IRC Chat, or the deviantArt #NaNoWriMo channel are definitely good places to start. Track your word sprints, and pass them to Laxaria!

With all that said and done, have fun (:D), get writing, and I’ll see you at the 30,000 word milestone!