Oooooh! I've been waiting for this thread since August!

This year I'm actually going to do real planning, possibly an outline, have my facts ready.

'twill be my second year doing it, and perhaps I might actually write a full-length novel instead of just two or three short stories. I'm very psyched for it this year as I really want to pull through, defeat writer's block, and challenge myself in writing a novel. Hurrah for NaNo! *throws hat in the air*

This will be my fourth year of NaNoWriMo, and this year i intend to do a bunch of shorter stories instead of one big novel. I have a few ideas jotted down, but now that it's October i suppose i ought to be doing some more work on it.

My first year, my goal was simply to get 50,000 words. The second year, i tried to finish the story i started, but that didn't work out. Last year, i finished one of the two stories i worked on, but i hated the premise, so ... This year, i want to start focusing on writing stuff that maybe i might publish some day. Not that i think that anything i happen to finish this month will be worth publishing, but i want to start thinking that way.

My profile on the NaNoWriMo site is here.

I started half way through November last year and got a miserable maybe 1000 words.

This year, I'm going to try it and amazingly, I was driving around today and thinking about John Grisham and my own circumstances right now and got an amazing idea for a novel! So I now what I'm going to write about it!

YAY!!

Hurrah!! *cheers for NaNo '10!*

Last year was my first year doing NaNo, and I had such a fantastic time with word wars, staying up late, and cheering all the other NWebbers on through this crazy, wonderful month! I did reach 50K, which was a lovely feeling, but I didn't finish my novel, mostly due to a lack of any coherent planning or plot.

So this year, I am plotting ahead of time and hopefully, having a finished novel on November 31. And I'm getting really excited about my story idea this year, so I can't wait to jump in!

This is going to be one fun November...

Oh, and for anyone who'd like to be buddies (and isn't already), I'm silver_fire on the NaNo site.

And I'm JulieSu on there.

NaNoWriMo is almost here! I'm so excited, althought I have a LOT of planning and ploting to do before November 1st. As Gymfan said it's a lot of work, but it's also a lot of fun! So, I encourage everybody to try it!

Can't wait for it to start!

I've gone ahead and started a thread for NWebbers on the NaNo site; you can see it here: http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/3702615 It would be great if everyone who plans to participate could post there, so I can easily "buddy" everyone!

I would love to do Nano this year, but there is absolutely no way I can fit it into my schedule. This year is my senior graduation year and the instructor for the computer science equivalent of a senior project declared us to be insane or stupid to attempt to work or take any other classes during his class. I'm taking three other classes so that alone has me busy to where I don't have time to start another project. Besides any writing project I do attempt during the rest of this semester is (IMO right now) far more important than NaNO: getting publishing. I expect to be hearing from Lighthouse any time with an editor, confirmation of contract (which I sent in at the beginning of the week) and be on the way to seeing my book in print.

That being said, all you others attempting the insane I have three words of advice: GO FOR IT!!!!! I have succeeded in doing the challenge (50k+ in 30 days), even if it wasn't officially with Nano, so I know what it is like. It is doable, even during school. Have a great time, get those creative juices flowing, and PRAY against any form of Writer's Block or Writer's Burn-out. It's going to be a blast as you isolate yourselves from the rest of the world and write, write, write.

hmmm, I might try this.....I got an idea for a story from a dream I had lol

I'll be doing NaNo this year. However, for various reasons, I won't be talking about what I'm writing anywhere on public forums. Those interested can PM me and if I feel comfortable telling you about it, I will.

I think my first exposure to NaNo was from its fans here on NarniaWeb, but last year was the first time I actually participated. I went in with a definite plot in mind, but didn't get to 50k in November (though it was over 72k when finally finished). With Thanksgiving visits to relatives and preparations for Christmas, November just isn't quite the best month for me to try this. [/excuse]

But I'm going to give it another shot this year - even if I don't 'win' I enjoy the experience and it gives me another month to explore and expand the universe of my Ditto Story characters a little more. Just lately my muse slapped me with another plot idea for this year; I'm planning on running with it even though it doesn't grab me like last year's did.

And I'd echo the advice of others here: go for it, even if you're uncertain about plots or characters or even whether you'll be able to finish. NaNo isn't about a finely-polished work - at least not at first - but more about the writing itself. The editing and polishing can come later.

I've been waiting for this thread since August!

Haha, same here! I checked last year's thread to see when I should expect this year's...

I'm planning on participating this year again. I'm not super happy about last year's results... But oh well. This year I aim to do better. I don't have a really clear idea yet. Just a few different, vague ideas. But it's better then having NONE. Who knows, we'll see how it goes. A LOT has happened in MY life during the past year... So I think the past year will affect my writing greatly. We'll see how it goes.

This will be my third year doing NaNoWriMo.

Each year, I've done a little bit better job preparing than the year before, but unless I try a re-write from scratch of last years novel (which I am considering) I don't have a plan for this year yet.

Ideas, yes, but no plan. So if anyone has ideas on how to plan plans, that'd be cool.

I'm so excited for NaNo this year! I've currently got a FULL gr 12 courseload so I have no idea how I'm going to manage, but I'm going to try all the same. This will be my third year.

The last two years I somehow won, though the first year I was planning a surprise birthday party for my mom and last year I turned 16 and was planning my birthday party. My birthday's on the last day on the month so that's always a bit hard. Last year I was really busy all month and managed to get to November 30th with 10,000 words left... and then went shopping with some friends for my birthday and only validated my novel with two minutes to spare. That was fuuun. And both years I started out with NO idea what I was doing. November 1st came up and I just started writing and both years whatever came out somehow developed into a story. My first was about a prince, tea, crazy monkeys, street urchins, aliens and time travelling, and my second novel was about a princess, ninjas, assassins, pirates, and slaves. This year I want ninjas, assassins, and street urchins.

I think I'm Nioniel on the NaNo site.