Anyone camping in April?

Yes!

Username is the same here. Goal is 35k, but I may up it. Ideally I'd like to finish my WIP draft. It's in the early chapters, so I may up my goal to as much as 50k - depending on my progress by the end of this month.

I'm camping! I'm not sure about my goal yet. I may be finishing one project and starting another depending on how much I get done this month.

My username is the same as here, minus the space. I've got a cabin already, but feel free to plug my name in and see if you can get in on it, if you don't mind a bunch of twentysomethings from Florida.

I am doing it as well, also to use that extra kick that Nano seems to provide. I am trying to finish up a WIP and am at the tail end, so I am going for 30k. This is a complicated story, so it'll be slow going, so I don't anticipate finishing early or adding some more word count later in the month.

I am tjosban over there. I have a goal of 25k on Dark Horse, but I am debating working on my other WIP as we get closer to the start.

*raises hand* Me! I'm amaliegreen over there, too. This is my first time doing Camp NaNo, and I haven't been assigned to a cabin yet. I'm interested to see how this works. I've set a 50k goal, even though I start a new job April 1, because I'm obviously crazy.

Best of luck to all of y'all!

I'm thinking about it! I'm not sure if I want to shoot for the full 50k or not, but I'm GingerGunlock at NaNoWriMo as well.

I'm in - same name as here. I'm going for 30k and trying to finish my current WIP, although looking at my progress this month I think I'll need a lot more than 30k before I can write 'the end'.

I'm considering it, but I'm not entirely sure yet.

I'm in! Just have to decide which of my two ShinyNewIdeas I want to use. Decisions, decisions...

woohoo got cabin assignments

I signed up last night, under this same screen name- my first NaNo. I have an idea for a novel, and always wondered when I would take time to write it, but now I am thinking I might wait until November for that. Because, when I signed up, I noticed nonfiction is an option this time (April), when usually this is limited to novels. I have some nonfiction I really need to write but have not, so I am trying to decide if I should use April to force me to get it done instead. I imagine I would then be in a cabin mostly alone with my non-novel self, but I will be cheering you all on anyway

I'm in. I've got three stories I want to work on, though only one is brand new.

I'm in. I didn't request any specific genre or cabin mates, so I am getting a bunch of surprises. My goal is 50k or better. I am really hoping it is as much fun as it looks, and will do my best to be active with everyone there, when I am not writing/working. Good luck to everyone! And yeah, same screen name there.

I always opt out of cabins, I'm just a hermit like that (even while camping!)

Currently, my goal is 50k, though I'm permitting myself to adjust down as needed. I'm far less strict with myself for the camps than I am for November.

Although I have a current WIP, i am seriously considering shelving it for the month and starting on another story that has been banging at the creative door, to see if I can't give fantasy a go. I don't think it's too much of a stretch to go from zombie apocalyptic stuff to swords and sorcery, as I am a big fan of both genres.
I'm torn between the two...

I switched cabins, and I got placed into one where everyone is so much older than me, but it's nice because I feel more of a connection with them. Plus, the majority of them are in the same genre as mine. I feel at home now.

Sage said:

how did you switch?

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If you go into cabin settings, you can 'opt out' and then select your cabin settings again so you can be put into a new one on the next round of assignments.

Okay I got my cabin assignment. All new people to me, and we seem to be grouped by age, but I may be wrong. This is my first time at NaNo. I set a low word count (10,000- I didn't realize it when I set it but it was their lowest allowed) but I also stuck with nonfiction. I really need to put BIC so this will help me do it.

And, I am hoping to do a suspense novel idea of mine in November, so it is cool to see many in my cabin doing mystery/suspense. I have always been a detailed planner, and dreaming up the characters in my mind and adding and changing the concept could keep me from ever trying to get a first draft done (nothing written on it, just a novel I have been wanting to write for years). So, I am hoping to learn the process as I watch all you novel writers doing NaNo for the high word counts, to see if it is really for me. If nothing else, I need a goal and one of those ticker factory counters when I start it!
For now, I am excited to finally do a NaNo- they added nonfiction for us for April, wahoo!