I will be hosting the write-ins at Nichols Library in downtown Naperville (except for the one November 13th that Brian will host). These are 1:30-4:30 pm every Sunday in November. Come downstairs to the Community Room.

What to bring

Bring your laptop (or pen and notebook) and novel-in-progress. Optionally bring an extension cord, snacks for yourself or to share, your own drinks (note: there are some vending machines).

What to expect

We will have Huzzah balls (take one when you enter, set yourself an objective to achieve during the write-in and then, whenever you achieve it, toss the huzzah ball into the center space, shout "Huzzah" and be rewarded by the applause of those around you! Try it--it's quite cathartic :-) ), word wars, and the box of doom: see naperwrimo.org/writeins for more information. Add yourself to the appropriate worksheet in our google spreadsheet at naperwrimo.org/wordcount. Prizes for word wars will be some of these items:

Parking

Parking at Nichols can sometimes be challenging--the lot is big but people often park there to go to the downtown area; some spaces are marked for one hour; others for three. I often park at the Alfred Ruben Center to the west of Nichols (note that entrance to Alfred Rubin is around the block from Mill Street):

I've also heard some people are parking one block south at the Naperville Municipal Center (where we hold the kick-off, All Day Write-In and TGIO).

I'm going today...my friend Susan is going...Tim hosts....Who else is going this afternoon?? <3 debating on bringing treats

I'll be there!

We had a great turnout for this write-in with 20 people total. Not everyone is on the wordcount spreadsheet, but for those who were, people averaged over 3000 words written during the write-in.

Many people won prizes (little rocket ships or the Serenity from Firefly; a few of the NaperWriMo buttons or some of the space stones).

Thanks to Jenette and Molly for helping with the setup (originally the room wasn't set up in a U). Next Sunday, Brian will be hosting (and will have prizes to award). If someone wants to make some huzzah balls to bring, that could be helpful.

Photosfrom the event, including some animated ones where we were trying to keep warm (the thermostat was set too low, but the library knows and they will fix it for next week).

I won't be in attendance today as...you know...adulting means that chores don't do themselves...but I will hang out in the chat room and i can participate in a few word wars....make this write in long distance, yo!

Susan (Coffee_Mate) is going...so she can text me when the word war will start in case i'm not at my computer. I need to get at least a LITTLE writing in...even if it's only for 1 or 2 word wars...

Wordwar prizes for today (2016-11-20):

We had our final write-in at Nichols today. Good writing progress: