This is why I'm insane...

[melayneseahawk]

[Poll #1640408]

Comments

[theemdash]

STOP LEAVING WRONG ANSWERS FOR YOURSELF.

Also, you don't have to do 50K. You can make a smaller goal, or just do what you do.

[melayneseahawk.livejournal.com]

I really want to try for 50k, especially since I wouldn't be trying for a novel. Hmm. Would it be cheating to count the essay I should be writing?

[theemdash]

Pfft. Make your own Nano. It's like a Choose Your Own Adventure only more better.

[wiccanslyr.livejournal.com]

That's what I'm doing, sorta, with all the seasonal exchanges that I've signed up for!

Also... WILLY!!!!

[theemdash]

That's what I did my first Nano. I'm slowly evolving and may eventually write a novel, but at least now I'm planning 2 semi-vaguely-related short stories!

[best-ken-ever.livejournal.com]

And I mean "bitch" in the nicest way possible. And by that, I mean "Can't you count your schoolwork during the month of November toward the 50K goal?" (:

[melayneseahawk.livejournal.com]

Well, the essay I should be writing is about Jungian theory, so that counts as fiction, right? :P

[best-ken-ever.livejournal.com]

I don't see why it even has to be limited to fiction! I think any 50,000 words you write, whether for academia or employment or pleasure should count. Frankly, I would be surprised if I do not write 50,000 words of non-personal-communication in November, though it'd be incredibly hard to add up word counts of work emails and memos and spreadsheets and code and and and...