How to Participate in NaNoWriMo


	How to Participate in NaNoWriMo

cosmic_kitten1

10-16-2009 12:56 AM

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cosmic_kitten1 says:

This will be my first year doing it. Thought other people would find it useful too.

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It has grown to over 100,000 participants worldwide, of whom more than 15,000 finished in 2007. <SUP class="reference" id="_ref-0"><A title="" href="#_note-0">[1]</A></SUP></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wikihow.com/Participate-in-NaNoWriMo"><H2><SPAN class="editsection1" id="gatEditSection">[<A title="Edit section: Steps" href="http://www.wikihow.com/index.php?title=Participate-in-NaNoWriMo&action=edit&section=1">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN>Steps</SPAN></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wikihow.com/Participate-in-NaNoWriMo"><H2><SPAN class="editsection1" id="gatEditSection">[<A title="Edit section: Tips" href="http://www.wikihow.com/index.php?title=Participate-in-NaNoWriMo&action=edit&section=2">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN>Tips</SPAN></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wikihow.com/Participate-in-NaNoWriMo"><H2><SPAN class="editsection1" id="gatEditSection">[<A title="Edit section: Warnings" href="http://www.wikihow.com/index.php?title=Participate-in-NaNoWriMo&action=edit&section=3">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN>Warnings</SPAN></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wikihow.com/Participate-in-NaNoWriMo"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">The forums are addictive.</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wikihow.com/Participate-in-NaNoWriMo"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">You'll be tempted to edit. DON'T. There's another month- March, to be exact- for editing, called NaNoEdMo. If you hate that last word/paragraph/page/chapter, highlight it and turn it white, then continue. Or cross it out in notebooks, don't erase.</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wikihow.com/Participate-in-NaNoWriMo"><H2><SPAN class="editsection1" id="gatEditSection">[<A title="Edit section: Things You'll Need" href="http://www.wikihow.com/index.php?title=Participate-in-NaNoWriMo&action=edit&section=4">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN>Things You'll Need</SPAN></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wikihow.com/Participate-in-NaNoWriMo"><H2><SPAN class="editsection1" id="gatEditSection">[<A title="Edit section: Related wikiHows" href="http://www.wikihow.com/index.php?title=Participate-in-NaNoWriMo&action=edit&section=5">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN>Related wikiHows</SPAN></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wikihow.com/Participate-in-NaNoWriMo"><H2><SPAN class="editsection1" id="gatEditSection">[<A title="Edit section: Sources and Citations" href="http://www.wikihow.com/index.php?title=Participate-in-NaNoWriMo&action=edit&section=6">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN>Sources and Citations</SPAN></H2></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/D7284ABE-3883-4C0C-B93B-10D2D71A4B14/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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