NaNoWriMo 2006 is finally gearing up to go. The NaNo crew re-released the website October 1st for newbie sign-ups and the forums. http://www.nanowrimo.org/
There were several times this past year I had severe NaNo withdrawal, but I’m now glad that we’re finally getting close. It’s not that I can’t write without NaNoWriMo, I just enjoy the insanity of it all. It’s all about the community of like-minded crazies who believe it’s possible to put family and life aside and crank out a rough draft novel of 50,000 words in 30-days. Some will, most won’t – so what – it’s FUN! Ya gotta love it!
Although this is my 6th year participating in NaNoWriMo, I only and finally hit the 50K mark in 2005. Lemme tell ya, it was tough, but more rewarding than I ever expected. It helped me break through self-imposed limitations and made me believe I was capable of more than I previously thought.
I’m in the process of working on some story outlines for ideas I have been toying with. I think I’m going to re-read Chris Baty’s ‘No Plot, No Problem’ – if I can find it – to give me a jump start. I’m in the process of re-building my home office and everything is packed away in bins. Between work and family obligations it’s been slow going, but I am more motivated than ever to get it done before the November 1st kick-off.
I am making the following predictions as to participation and progress for NaNoWriMo 2006:
1,000,000,000 (Billion) words will be written
83,000 People will Participate
14,000 Participants will be Winners (getting to 50,000 words)
Barring any mass media coverage prior to November 1st, I think these numbers will be close. However, if they get a lot of air play, the word-of-mouth factor will increase geometrically and my numbers will be totally blown away.
Posted by WFMeyer 
