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Well this changes everything...
I didn't see the Zokutou clause on the NaNoWriMo site this year.
So I assumed I had to start from scratch. Then I found this:
The very point of NaNoWriMo is to prove to yourself that you actually can write 50,000 words in a month, and for that, this rule is essential. However, there is a very good reason that this rule sounds dumb and arbitary: it is. Every NaNoWriMo veteran remembers the feeling of passing that 50,000 mark for the first time, but they also remember how hard it was to reach 51,000.
How many unfinished novels has NaNoWriMo produced? For me, it's three. If you are a winner, it is almost certain there is at least one unfinished novel hidden in your files. The last thing you need to prove is that you can write the start to yet another one. What you really want to know is not that you can start another novel, but that you can actually finish one. This is why we present to you The Zokutou Clause:
The Zokutou Clause
You have to start your novel from scratch, unless you are a previous NaNoWriMo winner. If you have already attained the status of Winner, you do not need to start a new novel, as your main aim is now to finish one. You can now consider yourself a winner if, by midnight on the 30th of November, you have either:
Written 50,000 words on one or more previous works.
Completed your novel's first draft.
So I guess if I get really stuck, I can work on my serial killer now that I know how that's going to end. That book probably only needs another 30K, so I've still got my work cut out for me.
Oh, and I'm still planning to post some snippets of what I'm working on. Probably not a whole chapter or anything, but enough to whet your whistle. ;-]
In better news, K and N and I are going to the IHOP tonight.
So I assumed I had to start from scratch. Then I found this:
The very point of NaNoWriMo is to prove to yourself that you actually can write 50,000 words in a month, and for that, this rule is essential. However, there is a very good reason that this rule sounds dumb and arbitary: it is. Every NaNoWriMo veteran remembers the feeling of passing that 50,000 mark for the first time, but they also remember how hard it was to reach 51,000.
How many unfinished novels has NaNoWriMo produced? For me, it's three. If you are a winner, it is almost certain there is at least one unfinished novel hidden in your files. The last thing you need to prove is that you can write the start to yet another one. What you really want to know is not that you can start another novel, but that you can actually finish one. This is why we present to you The Zokutou Clause:
The Zokutou Clause
You have to start your novel from scratch, unless you are a previous NaNoWriMo winner. If you have already attained the status of Winner, you do not need to start a new novel, as your main aim is now to finish one. You can now consider yourself a winner if, by midnight on the 30th of November, you have either:
Written 50,000 words on one or more previous works.
Completed your novel's first draft.
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2,073 / 50,000 (4.1%) |
So I guess if I get really stuck, I can work on my serial killer now that I know how that's going to end. That book probably only needs another 30K, so I've still got my work cut out for me.
Oh, and I'm still planning to post some snippets of what I'm working on. Probably not a whole chapter or anything, but enough to whet your whistle. ;-]
In better news, K and N and I are going to the IHOP tonight.
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good luck to her!!