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carrie221 · 31st October 2006, 02:52 AM

Maybe 100 pages in a word processor... that is just a guess out of thin air

Azure · 31st October 2006, 09:08 AM

Well I'm taking anther shot again this year, even if I fail miserably it's a good incentive to get stuff written!

Marky Lazer · 31st October 2006, 10:15 AM

Well, I'm going to fail, that's sure as hell, but I try to write around 5 or six chapters this month...

polymorphikos · 31st October 2006, 01:32 PM

It has begun!

carrie221 · 31st October 2006, 05:17 PM

Not in the US yet... we still have a day to go

Patrick Mahon · 31st October 2006, 07:30 PM

Well it's 7:30pm here in the UK, on 31 October, so I'm just gearing up over the next four and a half hours :-))

When the clock hits one minute past midnight, I'm starting. Failed dismally last year, so I'm determined to get off to a good start, at the very least, this year.

Good luck to everyone who has a go - let me know how you get on!

carrie221 · 1st November 2006, 08:00 AM

Okay it has begun for people in the US...

Good Luck to everyone! (Just curious what are people's names on there?)

polymorphikos · 1st November 2006, 01:02 PM

It is two minutes into the 2nd here and my name is inseutculnaime.

Marky Lazer · 1st November 2006, 02:41 PM

I was so original to name myself Marky Lazer...

Sketti · 2nd November 2006, 03:23 AM

chanters

I love NaNo

I already have some 3000 or so words >.< I've done pretty good today

Culhwch · 2nd November 2006, 05:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Jesabelle

Ah yes. Well, I suppose if you were talking 10 pt Arial, would you dare to hazard a guess?

Forty thousand words at 12 pt Arial, one-and-a-half spaced, is roughly one hundred pages, if that helps.

carrie221 · 2nd November 2006, 05:29 AM

I will be insane by the end of the month...

Azure · 3rd November 2006, 11:47 AM

Right now I'm right on schedule at 5,542 words (10% woo) I'm trying to write 2,500 words a day so that hopefully I'll have a leeway if I feel rubbish at the end of the month. The story I'm writing is a young adult one, it's about a character I've had in my head for some time and have tried to write before. This time I'm starting it much earlier than I did in the past and it seems to be working, she's currently eight though I need to check just how many months I've flitted away I think she's going to be nine soon, which I think is the right pace I want end it in her mid-teens I think.

WriterDoug · 3rd November 2006, 08:09 PM

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Well its 50,000 words... I am not sure how many pages as it all depends on type and size of font

It would be approximately 220-240 pages in MS Word, if you use a standard format for publishers, i.e. double-spaced and a monotype font.

HoopyFrood · 3rd November 2006, 08:17 PM

Wow, people, I applaude you! I would have loved to have done this, but having just started University, I don't think it's quite the right time! I hope it goes well for everyone!

31st October 2006, 02:52 AM	#16 (permalink)
carrie221 Darkness is my friend :) Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Indiana Posts: 711	Re: National Novel Writing Month 2006 Maybe 100 pages in a word processor... that is just a guess out of thin air

31st October 2006, 09:08 AM	#17 (permalink)
Azure I should be writing Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Greater London Posts: 83	Re: National Novel Writing Month 2006 Well I'm taking anther shot again this year, even if I fail miserably it's a good incentive to get stuff written!

31st October 2006, 10:15 AM	#18 (permalink)
Marky Lazer Plastic Paddy Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Netherlands Posts: 2,683	Re: National Novel Writing Month 2006 Well, I'm going to fail, that's sure as hell, but I try to write around 5 or six chapters this month...

31st October 2006, 01:32 PM	#19 (permalink)
polymorphikos Scrofulous Fig-Merchant Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,126	Re: National Novel Writing Month 2006 It has begun!

31st October 2006, 05:17 PM	#20 (permalink)
carrie221 Darkness is my friend :) Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Indiana Posts: 711	Re: National Novel Writing Month 2006 Not in the US yet... we still have a day to go

31st October 2006, 07:30 PM	#21 (permalink)
Patrick Mahon Would-be author Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Buckinghamshire Posts: 255	Re: National Novel Writing Month 2006 Well it's 7:30pm here in the UK, on 31 October, so I'm just gearing up over the next four and a half hours :-)) When the clock hits one minute past midnight, I'm starting. Failed dismally last year, so I'm determined to get off to a good start, at the very least, this year. Good luck to everyone who has a go - let me know how you get on!

1st November 2006, 08:00 AM	#22 (permalink)
carrie221 Darkness is my friend :) Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Indiana Posts: 711	Re: National Novel Writing Month 2006 Okay it has begun for people in the US... Good Luck to everyone! (Just curious what are people's names on there?)

1st November 2006, 01:02 PM	#23 (permalink)
polymorphikos Scrofulous Fig-Merchant Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,126	Re: National Novel Writing Month 2006 It is two minutes into the 2nd here and my name is inseutculnaime.

1st November 2006, 02:41 PM	#24 (permalink)
Marky Lazer Plastic Paddy Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Netherlands Posts: 2,683	Re: National Novel Writing Month 2006 I was so original to name myself Marky Lazer...

2nd November 2006, 03:23 AM	#25 (permalink)
Sketti Favorite Food of 4-yo's Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 83	Re: National Novel Writing Month 2006 chanters I love NaNo I already have some 3000 or so words >.< I've done pretty good today

2nd November 2006, 05:29 AM	#27 (permalink)
carrie221 Darkness is my friend :) Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Indiana Posts: 711	Re: National Novel Writing Month 2006 I will be insane by the end of the month...

3rd November 2006, 11:47 AM	#28 (permalink)
Azure I should be writing Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Greater London Posts: 83	Re: National Novel Writing Month 2006 Right now I'm right on schedule at 5,542 words (10% woo) I'm trying to write 2,500 words a day so that hopefully I'll have a leeway if I feel rubbish at the end of the month. The story I'm writing is a young adult one, it's about a character I've had in my head for some time and have tried to write before. This time I'm starting it much earlier than I did in the past and it seems to be working, she's currently eight though I need to check just how many months I've flitted away I think she's going to be nine soon, which I think is the right pace I want end it in her mid-teens I think.

3rd November 2006, 08:17 PM	#30 (permalink)
HoopyFrood Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 2,550	Re: National Novel Writing Month 2006 Wow, people, I applaude you! I would have loved to have done this, but having just started University, I don't think it's quite the right time! I hope it goes well for everyone!

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