All of us on the Admin Team feel that this is a particularly
auspicious time to start a new term because, seeing as it’s definitely past
midnight as I’m writing this, November has officially begun and that means it’s
once again National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)!
Now, you could go off and try to write a 50,000 word novel.
Or instead you could chill with us on the Author Café and attempt RMI’s very own
NaNoWriMo challenge. Take on this endeavor and watch your characterization
skills develop and your posts lengthen and become more detailed. Side effects
might include having your character(s) talking to you incessantly as you try to
sleep and generally commenting on your daily life. But it’s totally worth it.
So, what’s this challenge I’m going on about? Read on, daring one!
So, what’s this challenge I’m going on about? Read on, daring one!
— To
be eligible, Authors must save their posts in a word processing document that
will count their words, and this document must be e-mailed to us (theheads at
rmimagic dotcom) at the end of the month to confirm your word count.
— For
each student character you have at RMI, you must write 7,500 words this month
to meet our challenge. If you have more than 5 characters, you still only have
to write 37,500 words; we'll take pity on you.
— All
posts are eligible for consideration, but please don't spam one board with a
gajillion posts just to meet word count. Threads are your friends!
— By
the same token, ORMIs will count towards your word count...but don't be lame
and have all of your words come from ORMIs.
— BUT
- caveat - posts done for non-student characters (for example, a younger
sibling or parent) will only count for HALF words.
— Only
posts from November 1st to November 30th count.
There you have it! Let the posting begin!
-Robin
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