NaperWriMo Wiki

NaperWriMo = NaNoWriMo + Illinois::Naperville

Welcome to the MediaWiki instance supporting the Illinois::Naperville region (representing the Chicago Western Suburbs) of the National Novel Writing Month contest that is held every November. Feel free to look around and help edit pages on this wiki. See these instructions on MediaWiki markup and these help instructions. Important disclaimer: Although this is the official website for the Illinois::Naperville region of NaNoWriMo, this website is managed by the West Suburban Writers, not NaNoWriMo.

What is NaNoWriMo?

See the official explanation and our local [Frequently_asked_questions|Frequently Asked Questions] list/press release. In brief, NaNoWriMo is the National Novel Writing Month contest that is intended to help people write and complete their own 50,000+ word novel in the 30 days of November each year. What is the prize? A sense of completion and a handsome PDF file certificate. Lulu.com each of the past several years has, as a promotional event, given each NaNoWriMo winner a paperback copy of their completed book. NaNoWriMo works because of the enthusiasm, energy and supportive spirit of the participants, which is expressed in the NaNoWriMo forums and in live regional events like the ones hosted by Illinois::Naperville.

NaNoWriMo How-to Guides and Lists

• How do I participate?
• How to ensure you have set your Home region on NaNoWriMo
• a NaNoWriMo website wishlist
• Pomegranate's Guide for Hosting Write-Ins

Things Useful To Writers

These are links to online references useful to writers.

Local lists

• useful references for writers
• Book Recommendations
• plot emergency twists
• Thoughts on a better noveling tool (based on Papel)

Other lists, sites and articles

• writer's resources (alden.nu)
• Truck Poetry's NaNo Tools
• NaNoWriMo helpful resources from National Novel Finishing Month
• NaNo Tools
• Behind The Name random name generator recommended by [.Ka.Destiny.]
• Kathy's NaNo Rewards - motivational aids for NaNoWriMo

Illinois::Naperville Events and Resources

• Schedule of Events for 2007 - NEW
• A link to our forum on the nanowrimo site
• a page where we can introduce ourselves
• frequently asked questions list (including our 2007 Press Release)
• Interesting article about Chicago, Naperville and the whole suburbia thing. Also see the Naperville article and the Aurora article.

2006

• See details about the word war with Quebec::Montreal in 2006 (total wordcount)
• See our 2006 frappr map
• 2006 graph and statistics

2005

• graphs from the 2005 NaNoWriMo plus statistics
• See our 2005 frappr map (shows the location of our members in 2005)

Regional Jabber Chatroom

Introduced in 2006

• information about the Jabber chat room(s) -- this is a great resource for quick, online word wars and support in November, especially for those who are unable to make it to the Sunday write-ins.

Related Links

• Illinois::Chicago forum
• EdmoWriMo - Alberta::Edmonton regional website

Other

• If you're just starting out, you're welcome to go to the scratch pad to try out editing functions.