Camp JulyNoWriMo!

Ramshackle said:

That's the plan.

I'm going to edit the initial post for those who say they're interested in joining a cabin. List it all up and such as suggested. Then around the 28th, a couple of days before it all kicks off, we can pop out some invites.

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Done!

Not wanting to make assumptions, I've only listed people that have said yes they want to join a cabin. Let me know if you've already posted and want to be included!

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Glad to hear it's done! Don't forget to put me on that list, for sure!

I'm doing Camp NaNoWriMo in July, with the double jeopardy of running a once a week Camp NaNoWriMo workshop at my library.

Thankfully, I do have a fairly cogent (I hope? I think?) idea for a fantasy novel, and I'll hopefully make 50k with it. I also more or less have the sessions planned, with Important Topics in Writing™ coupled with prompts and freewrite time. Now to see what kind of a group I get....

Is it July yet? Got a story idea this big and a cast of characters leaning over my shoulder, just rearing to go.

I'd like to be added to the cabin list, please

Me too maybe? I think I'm going to try my hand at it next month. I usually don't have a lot of success, but I keep trying.

I have never done one of these, and I have a newbie question. I just started a WIP that I'm very excited about. I start my new job in August, so I am very motivated to finish the WIP by the end of July. I expect WIP to be 80k total. To participate in camp, can you start a longer work before hand? Or would I be cheating? I expect that I'll need to write at least 50k in July, but it won't be from the beginning.

Ramshackle said:

Done!

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Thank you very much

JulianneQJohnson said:

I have never done one of these, and I have a newbie question. I just started a WIP that I'm very excited about. I start my new job in August, so I am very motivated to finish the WIP by the end of July. I expect WIP to be 80k total. To participate in camp, can you start a longer work before hand? Or would I be cheating? I expect that I'll need to write at least 50k in July, but it won't be from the beginning.

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The recommendation is for a new project, but a pre-existing one works, too (FAQ). You just only count the words written in July when updating your word count

bdwilson said:

The recommendation is for a new project, but a pre-existing one works, too (FAQ). You just only count the words written in July when updating your word count

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That's awesome! I'm happy to only count words written in July. Thanks for the link to the FAQ. Put my name on the AW cabin list please. This is going to be fun!

JulianneQJohnson said:

That's awesome! I'm happy to only count words written in July. Thanks for the link to the FAQ. Put my name on the AW cabin list please. This is going to be fun!

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Yay! It really is a lot of fun!

Argh! I have a bunch of really awesome ideas for this camp, but I don't know which one I want to change my project to. I was going to do some short stories, but that was my personal challenge for this month. I want some variety, something meatier to work on.

Lillith- taking a walk or a drive and letting my mind wander through the plot bunnies is what often helps me. You have some time to think about it.

I'm doing Camp July too. I've been working pretty hard on prep work for it. Can you go ahead and add me in for the cabins too? My user name on NaNo is exactly the same as here.

xXVampyrePrincessXx said:

AW cabins sound fun. I'm in. My NaNo username is the same as my username here.

~Amber~

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My username is the same as well. I think I sent it to you, but my brain is like a steel sieve.

I've never really participated with other people doing nano. How do the cabins work?

sassandgroove said:

I've never really participated with other people doing nano. How do the cabins work?

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They're basically a little private area (web page) where everyone in the cabin can post messages and see each others' progress. No one not in the cabin can access the page. I think the maximum number of people who can be in a cabin now is 11.

They used to be randomized so you couldn't control who you ended up in a cabin with, but they changed that this year so people can create private cabins and send invites by username, which I assume is how the AW cabin(s) will be filled.

I'm a little confused as to what setting I should be on to receive an invite. FAQ says to deselect the option that's all "I don't want invites," but it doesn't say what you should check to get invites to a private cabin. You can't deselect "no invites" without selecting something else, so I ended up checking "campers with similar word count goal." It's pretty straight forward about how to create a private cabin, but less so about how to join one. I hope I don't muck it up!

Ramshackle, I've never done that before. I think I'd like to give it a try. My username at Nano is sassandgroove, oddly enough. I'll register later today. THanks to you and Lillith for doing this.

ETA ok I registered.

I signed up for camp but I'm probably to late to join the cabin!?

My username is Julie G.

So you can join a cabin until the very last day?

What do I have to chose for my cabin settings because the next round of cabin assignments will happen in about 4 hours.

I haven't done any cabin settings, either. Not sure what to put there.