Category Archives: NaNoWriMo

November is National Novel Writing Month

Hit the ground writing!

Relax, sit back, enjoy. Think about the type of writing that first excited you. Think that you’re writing that fiction. You’re writing at your most creative, most powerful. In the most successful and imaginative and lyrical way you can. Out there is a public that is urging you to finish your novel so it can […]

September 28, 2013 – 10:21 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo, NaperWriMo | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Preparatory workshops coming up in September and October!

Have you ever wanted to write your own novel? Maybe you’ve heard of National Novel Writing Month (aka NaNoWriMo), the free, annual challenge that takes place every November, where writers and would-be novelists strive to start, write and complete their 50,000+ word novel in just 30 days. Last year over three hundred and forty thousand […]

August 25, 2013 – 10:59 am | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo, NaperWriMo | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Final region stats plus what you should consider doing now

Congratulations First, congratulations to all those in our region who won. KatherineWriting (201228), The Peddler of Dreams (125713) and WritingStudent (122222) finished with the top three wordcounts in our region’s wordcount graph. The other winners from our region’s wordcount graph: KatherineWriting, The Peddler of Dreams, WritingStudent, writertodd07, mongrelvw, TRRDEDEAN, Larry72367, waking521, Asreena, sepiahistory, David L […]

December 3, 2012 – 12:32 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo, NaperWriMo | Tagged | Comments (0)

A successful write-in at the Nichols Library

We had a nice write-in at the Nichols Library, our last of 2012. Ten people won nanobots.

November 18, 2012 – 8:27 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo, NaperWriMo | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Photos from the November 11th Write-in at the 95th Street Library

Our turnout was a bit light (compared to the Nichols Library write-ins); we only had thirteen people present. But people did quite a bit of writing and several nanobots were awarded! Be sure to follow our participants wordcount adventures on our regional graph.

November 11, 2012 – 9:05 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo, NaperWriMo | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Progressive Write-in a big success

We had our very first Progressive Write-in in Naperville region history! It was great fun, organized by Katherine (KatherineWriting) to go from Caribou to Target to the Hilton Garden Inn Naperville/Warrenville to the Atlanta Bread Company to Rock Bottom Brewery to end up at Caribou. Many participants joined in throughout the day. Many thanks to […]

November 10, 2012 – 8:28 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo, NaperWriMo | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Very productive write-in at Nichols Library in Naperville, 4 November!

Averaging over 3100 words per person across the three hours, the 26+ participants of the write-in at centrally-located Nichols Library to be productive and fun. Several nanobots and many limited-edition nanobot cards were awarded in NaNoBot word wars and Box of Doom contests. Sarah (WritingStudent) wrote over 7000 words to lead the group. Here are […]

November 5, 2012 – 12:07 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo, NaperWriMo | Tagged , | Comments (0)