OK, I know some people here are seasoned veterans, but I never tried NaNoWriMo myself.
I'm considering it this year, although I'm not sure whether I'll have the time.
Anyone else is thinking of joining?

I haven't thought about nanowrimo in a few years. I've just been too busy with other things to really do it. I only ever hit the word count once. It's really fun especially when you throw grammar out the window. My stories were always a big mess, sometimes the plot made no sense, but it was a fun little challenge just writing a story as it came to mind instead of making sure everything made sense.

Maybe I should join again for this year.

I suppose it does not matter much whether you reach the 50k words or not. Or does it?
To me it sounds like A LOT. That's averaging almost 1700 words a day, and I hardly find the time to READ that much xD
But if I can be content with doing my best, I suppose I could join on my own terms.


I'm checking the website FAQ and there are so many options, that even getting started there seems complicated!

huh weird. I don't think I've looked at their FAQ since I first joined. The only time I hit 50K, they just had you copy/paste your story to check the word count lol. But I always tried to do it every year back then. I should login to see what years I did it. I think 2019 was the last year I joined.

I've done Nano since '10 and believe I failed one year to make the mark. This year I'm dealing with depression and may not compete. :}

When feeling good I can easily write between 80-120k a month.

@lunar:
Yeah, life has that bad habit of getting in the middle of the fun stuff you want to do
I know I can't get to 50k so I set a 10k challenge, which is maybe possible? Not sure, seems like it's still a lot for me, but I suppose I can try.

@Dream-Baby:
Really? 80k a month?
How much daily time do you usually spend writing?
And btw have you got anything published? That would be so awesome!


Actually preparing to NaNoWriMo had a curious effect on me: it got me reading xD
I even bought one bundle of books about writing. I'm currently reading a books which is a collection of quotes about writing, and that's exactly the kind of book I needed right now. Extremely short pieces which make you smile.


And... I do have a theme and I do have a reader.
I decided to write an story about my gerbils for my son

November!
So, time to get started

Anyone else is trying this year?

I'm not doing well at all, last 10 days have been awful at work and I hardly had any time at all - not to spend with my family, not to read, and even less to write v_v
It sucks.