Shoes+Ships+SealingWax Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Anyone planning on participating in, or having their kids participate in, National Novel Writing Month for November?? My DS is in Kindy, so this will be his first time participating. We obviously won't be aiming for anything near 1,000 words, but it will hopefully be a great experience! It would be fun to share experiences, progress, & (eventually) stories! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 We've done it every year since DD was 4. It's one of her favorite projects of the entire year! One more assignment in MCT to go, then we'll close the writing books and switch them out for the NaNoWriMo prep workbook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternallytired Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 This will be our third year (for the older two, at least), and the kids are SO excited. Last year I didn't officially sign us up and we adjusted the "No" a little (started mid-November and went through the early part of Dec--not counting editing/publishing, which we did in January), but I'm still counting it. Actually, in part I didn't sign us up because the kids were so focused on word count that first year that quality went out the window. Last year I told them just to focus on writing a good story without tracking word count, and it went way better. Of course, age may have helped. They looked at their old books once the new ones were done, and they were horrified that they ever thought they were well-written. That first year, I signed up to do the adult version, and it nearly killed me. My entire month of evenings was spent either putting kids to bed, planning the next day's schoolwork, or laboring to hit my wordcount goal. I was so burnt out by the end of the month that it took me the entire spring to recover. Needless to say, I haven't signed up again, though I do try to use November to motivate myself to work on writing projects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJVW Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 We've done it every year since DD was 4. It's one of her favorite projects of the entire year! One more assignment in MCT to go, then we'll close the writing books and switch them out for the NaNoWriMo prep workbook. There's a prep workbook?? Sent from my SM-G935P using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 There's a prep workbook?? https://ywp.nanowrimo.org/pages/writer-resources You can download them there. They’ve been super helpful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJVW Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 https://ywp.nanowrimo.org/pages/writer-resources You can download them there. They’ve been super helpful! Thank you!! Sent from my SM-G935P using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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