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NaNo University

NaNo University was a program launched by NaNoWriMo in September 2010 for college and university students and for instructors teaching at that level. Over the years, more and more students have done NaNo for the first time at the university level or have continued doing NaNo in university after participating in high school. The NaNoWriMo team recognized this and created special resources for students giving advice on how to get through the month while juggling school, along with tips on creating a NaNoWriMo club and getting funding for said club. NaNo University also provides advice for instructors such as how to organize the course, writing the syllabus, and handouts. The staff also provided more resources, such as flyers, certificates, and a fact sheet for convincing the higher powers that a NaNoWriMo course needs to exist. 
Beginning in 2010 university students and instructors had their own forums to share their experiences. Instructors teaching NaNoWriMo in K-12 classrooms are encouraged to use the Young Writers Program resources, while students in K-12 classrooms and writers under 13 should participate in YWP; however, writers 13 and over can participate on the main NaNoWriMo site. These forums are moderated by Heather Dudley and a NaNoWriMo intern coordinating the program (Nora Coon in 2010, Paige Knorr in 2011, and Andrea Ellickson in 2012).
In 2013 NaNo University focused on university students before being combined with Come Write In after 2013. The NaNo University forum for students has remained active since then.
=NaNo University: Students forum=
See University for information on the students forum.
=NaNo University: Instructors forum=
This forum was retired after the 2012 NaNo season.
==Forum description==
Teaching a college, university, or community education class on NaNoWriMo? This forum's for you to share advice, lesson plans, strategies, and anything else related to teaching NaNoWriMo to the post-secondary crowd. (2010-2012)
==Moderators==
* Heather Dudley (2010-2012)
* Nora Coon in 2010
* Paige Knorr in 2011
* Andrea Ellickson in 2012
=External Links=
* NaNo University forum
* Main NaNo University Page
* NaNo University: Instructors forum (removed)
Category:NaNoWriMo programs
Category:NaNoWriMo forums
Category:Former NaNoWriMo forums
NaNo for the New and the Insane

NaNo for the New and the Insane is a NaNoWriMo survival guide written by longtime Wrimo Lazette Gifford. It gives tips on planning a NaNo novel, setting writing goals, editing and preparing for publication, and using the NaNoWriMo forums. Gifford's guide differs from No Plot? No Problem! in that Gifford's guide places its emphasis on planning one's writing and setting personal goals as opposed to Chris Baty's whimsical guide to finding inspiration and surviving the month. NaNo for the New and the Insane also contains an interview with Chris Baty. The book was released in 2006 and is available as a free download on Gifford's website and on Smashwords.
Even though NaNo for the New and the Insane was released in 2006, much of the information is still useful for Wrimos new and old.
==See Also==
* No Plot? No Problem!, a NaNoWriMo guide by Chris Baty
* Ready, Set, Novel!, a NaNo staff guide to planning a novel
==External Links==
* The book at Lazette Gifford's website
* The book at Smashwords
Category:NaNoWriMo terms
Category:Writing Books
NaNoism

A NaNoism (also written Nanoism) is an error in a NaNoWriMo novel that is funny or awkward. The term appears to have begun in 2004, as the 2005 thread is referred to as "NaNoisms v2". Before NaNoWriMo 2006 Miri Mirror compiled a book of NaNoisms written by fellow Wrimos entitled I Hate Myself and Want to Die. It is available as a free ebook on Lulu.
This thread has lived in the I Hate Myself and Want to Die forum, later renamed NaNoWriMo Ate My Soul. It is one of the sticky posts at the top of the NaNoWriMo Ate My Soul forum.
Alternately, a NaNoism can refer to a term coined by the NaNoWriMo community that only fellow Wrimos will understand.
A term commonly seen in the NaNoism thread is "permapersimmons" or "permapermissions". The NaNoism is "permapersimmons". During the NaNo 2006 season Miri Mirror announced her intention of compiling more NaNoisms for another collection and stated that Wrimos could give permapermissions for all NaNoisms they post or only for the one in that post. Sure enough, on page four Naurien granted permapersimmons. Although the mundane 'permapermissions' and the the more interesting 'permapersimmons' are still in use to this day, several wackier variants have been introduced, usually only connected by the letter 'p' (for example, permapineapples made an appearance on the 2011 forums).
The Script Frenzy equivalent was a Screnzyism and was introduced from NaNoWriMo. The thread for Screnzyisms was typically a sticky post in the Check-In Station forum.
==See Also==
* I Hate Myself and Want to Die ebook on Lulu
* NaNoisms, 2010 edition
* Screnzyisms, 2010 Edition
Category:NaNoWriMo terms
Category:Script Frenzy terms
Nancy Smith

Nancy Smith was the community liaison at the Office of Letters and Light from July 2010 to June 2011. She grew up in Idaho and attended college in Seattle, where she earned a B.A. in philosophyOffice of Letters and Light staff page. Retrieved 23 August 2010. http://www.lettersandlight.org/ourteam.php. After working for a nonprofit in Cape Town, South Africa, she returned to the United States and earned a master's degree in media studies in New York City"An interview with Nancy Smith, our new Community Liaison!" NaNoWriMo blog post. 5 August 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2010. http://blog.nanowrimo.org/node/431. Before joining OLL in July 2010, she has worked as a graphic designer and a writer. In addition to working at OLL, she pursued her MFA in writing at the University of San Francisco.
Nancy enjoys baking and makes an excellent peach cobbler, and her superpower of choice is time control. She also enjoys writing self-proclaimed terrible folk songs and working on her novel. 2010 was her first NaNoWriMo, despite knowing about the event for years before.
In June 2011 Nancy left OLL to pursue a full-time creative writing fellowship. Special Projects Manager Sarah Mackey took her place.Lindsey Grant. "Community Liaising, Canadian Style" Posted 22 June 2011. http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/4035662 However, Nancy did stay connected to the OLL community by designing many of the NaNoWriMo 2011 goodies, including the stickers, donor poster, new journal with the Chris Baty quote, mug, keyrings, and many of the t-shirtsNaNoWriMo Brought To You By page. Retrieved 20 December 2011. http://www.nanowrimo.org/donations
==References==
==External Links==
* Nancy Smith's NaNoWriMo profile
* Nancy Smith's Script Frenzy profile
Category:OLL staff
Category:OLL designers
Nano Faces

Nano Faces is a tool developed by Naperville ML NewMexicoKid. It is a customizable wordcount scoreboard that makes use of the Word Count API to generate automatically-updating charts and lists during November.
Nano Faces is primarily used to generate region-specific charts, but any custom group, such as MLs or members of a specific forum can also be made. Charts are strictly opt-in; one can opt into a specific chart by posting in the designated thread for that chart. The Faces tool automatically grabs all people who post in the thread and generates its chart and lists based on that. A scoreboard, as well as the eponymous Faces list (showing basic information on each participant) is also generated. The scoreboard shows each word count as well as dividing the chart based on those who have won, are ahead of pace, are on pace, and are behind pace. 
In 2015, after NaNoWriMo added the lifetime wordcount stat to profiles, Faces gained an additional tab for an additional scoreboard by lifetime counts.
==External Links==
* Official NaNo Faces site
Category:Other websites
Category:Creations inspired by NaNoWriMo
National Novel Editing Month

National Novel Editing Month (or NaNoEdMo) is a monthlong timed artistic challenge in which participants edit for fifty hours in a month. It was founded in April 2003 at nanoedmo.org, where it ran until 2006 . After the founders moved on to pursue non-NaNoEdMo things, a group of Wrimos decided to revive NaNoEdMo before March 2007 and did so at nanoedmo.net. The nanoedmo.net version ran until 2013. After a hiatus in 2014, the event relaunched at nanoedmo.com, where it has run every March since.
During NaNoEdMo, participants may edit more than one work of fiction and may edit a non-NaNoWriMo work. Editing is defined as changing previously written material, which can be anything from correcting grammar to substantial rewriting. Planning and research do not count toward the fifty hours.
==External Links==
* Current NaNoEdMo website
* "What happened to NaNoEdMo?" by Kerryn Angell
Category:Timed artistic challenges
National Novel Finishing Month

National Novel Finishing Month (or NaNoFinMo) was an April 2021 Camp NaNoWriMo program to help Campers finish their novels. 
Wrimos have used Camp NaNoWriMo (or even NaNoWriMo) to finish a novel for most of Camp's existence. According to NaNoWriMo's NaNoFinMo page, 70% of NaNoWriMo writers finish NaNoWriMo in November with more of their stories left to write.
The National Novel Finishing Month provided resources from NaNoWriMo's archives on working through the middle and ending, along with separate Camp NaNoWriMo participant icons.
==External Links==
* National Novel Finishing Month page on NaNoWriMo's website
Category:NaNoWriMo programs
National Novel Writing Day

National Novel Writing Day (abbreviated NaNoWriDay) is a self-organized timed writing challenge in which participants write a novel-length work in twenty-four hours. 
== History ==
The event dates back to at least August 2006, when Wrimo necoon (former OLL intern Nora Coon) mentioned having participated in a WriDay with other Wrimos. Nora participated in a second NaNoWriDay with other Wrimos in January 2007.
== How It Works ==
NaNoWriDay isn't an official challenge; instead, it's something people decide to do on their own. Participants set aside a 24-hour period to write (typically from midnight to midnight), choose a word count goal, and write. Some shoot for 50,000 words; the first challenge was to write 40,000 words. 
For a 50k challenge, caffeine and fast fingers are vital to success. Assuming that no breaks are taken, a minimum of 2,084 words/hour would have to be written (during 2015, when the US had Daylights Savings Time's end on November 1st, this dropped to 2,000 even.) If one sleeps during the challenge, it goes up to 3,125, which requires a consistent speed of over 50wpm for a solid period of 16 hours.
== Similar challenges ==
During 2011, some overachievers attempted a 50k day (similar to 50k Weekend and with many of the same participants) on November 1st. A few succeeded. The challenge continues to be done today, with the usual day being November 1, though some may attempt a different day or month. Challenges for 75k in a day and 100k in a day have also been attempted and won. Day One Ridiculous Goals was inspired by this challenge.
The Twitter hashtag #50kday is used to track successes and commiserations on Twitter. The tag #50kkillmenow is also popular for participating Wrimos to express how they feel about the challenge. Sushimustwrite, cosmam, quixotic_hope, Kateness, Chomskyrabbit, orangekiss, and tiakall (as well as all the members of the Millionaire's Club) are among the Wrimos who have completed the challenge.
== See also ==
* 50k Weekend
* Overachiever
Category:Timed artistic challenges
Nic Buron

Nic Buron is a graphic designer. He designed most of the 2012 NaNoWriMo merchandise, including the NaNoWriMo and YWP posters, the buttons, the stickers, and the shirts. Despite loving all of these items like they were his children, Nic has a special fondness for the stickers.
==External Links==
* Nic Buron's website
* Interview with Nic at the OLL blog
Category:OLL designers
No Plot? No Problem!

No Plot? No Problem! is a book by Chris Baty on writing a novel in a month. Although the original proposal for the book was to be a NaNoWriMo survival guide, the result was a guide that can be used in any month, as shown by Form #30/31/50K and the daily word count goals, which do the calculations assuming a thirty-day monthBaty, Chris. No Plot? No Problem! Chronicle Books: San Francisco, 2004. Baty proposed the idea to a literary agent in 2003, who liked the idea. The publisher wanted a completed draft by December, so Baty wrote No Plot? No Problem! in addition to writing his own November 2003 novelNational Novel Writing Month history. Accessed June 24, 2010.. Baty spent the next November on a book tour promoting the book and meeting Wrimos all over the country.
An expanded 10th anniversary edition was released in September 2014. Signed copies are currently for sale in the NaNoWriMo Store.
==Contents==
The book is divided into two sections. The first section deals with planning for the monthlong noveling adventure, including gathering ideas for the story, deciding how to tell family and friends, finding time to write, and stocking up on writing tools. One part of this process includes writing two Magna Cartas that give the writers ideas of what to include and what not to include in a book. The second section is filled with tips for each week of the writing journey and is designed to be read during that week. Each chapter is devoted to a week of the month and the challenges that week faces. The last chapter concerns post-noveling life and how (and when) to begin the editing process.
==Table of Contents==
I. Introduction
II. Section One: A Round-Trip Ticket to Novel-land: Gearing up for Your Writing Adventure!
1. Secret Weapons, Exuberant Imperfections, and the End of the "One Day" Novelist
2. Time-Finding, News-Breaking, and a Step-by-Step Guide to Transforming Loved Ones into Effective Agents of Guilt and Terror
3. Noveling Nests, Magical Tools, and a Growing Stockpile of Delicious Incentives
4. Cruising for Characters, Panning for Plots, and the First Exciting Glimpses of the Book Within
III. Section Two: Write Here! Write Now! A Frantic, Fantastic Week-by-Week Overview to Bashing out Your Book
5. WEEK ONE: Trumpets Blaring, Angels Singing, and Triumph on the Wind
6. WEEK TWO: Storm Clouds, Plot Flashes, and the Return of Reality
7. WEEK THREE: Clearing Skies, Warmer Weather, and a Jetpack on Your Back
8. WEEK FOUR: Champagne and the Roar of the Crowd
9. I Wrote a Novel, Now What?
Acknowledgments
Index
==References==
==External Links==
* The expanded No Plot? No Problem! in the NaNoWriMo store
* No Plot? No Problem! at Amazon
* No Plot? No Problem! at Powell's
* No Plot? No Problem! at betterworldbooks.com
Category:Writing Books
Novel

"There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are." --William Somerset Maugham
A novel is the work of fiction that NaNoWriMo participants aim to write in November. The NaNoWriMo FAQ defines a novel to be "a lengthy work of fiction", leaving open to interpretation whether works such as a collection of short stories would fall under the rules. The current interpretation is that a collection of short stories must be connected in some manner, or the writer is considered a NaNo Rebel. In Instances where it is impossible to make a determination of if it is a 'lengthy work of fiction' or not, the phrase "If you think it's a novel, so do we." is used. This is also used to answer questions about how much fiction must be included.
The novel that Wrimos write in November is to be at least 50,000 words in length. According to No Plot? No Problem!, Chris Baty a novelist grabbed the shortest book on his shelf (Aldous Huxley's Brave New World), did a rough page count, and went with that number. Fifty thousand words has proven to be a tough but doable goal for many Wrimos, with fewer than 20% of Wrimos finishing every year after the first year . A fifty-thousand word novel is a short novel in many genres; however, some Wrimos, known as overachievers, choose a higher word count goal for November. Others finish the novel after November.
Novels generally include:
* Plots (This one is optional for the purposes of NaNoWriMo)
* Characters
* At least one setting, though often more.
* Conflicts
* Themes
==See Also==
* Novel
* List of 50,000 Word Novels
* Wikipedia's article on the novel
Category:Writing terms
Category:NaNoWriMo terms
Novel Draft Aftercare

Novel Draft Aftercare is a NaNoWriMo forum devoted to discussing and getting advice about the post-draft part of the noveling adventure. This can include revising, editing, writing query letters, and publishing.
It was founded in 2007 as part of the December and Beyond forums and was added to the main Resources and Writing Support subforum during the 2014 NaNo season, while continuing to live in December and Beyond during the off-season. In 2015, the forum was moved back to December and Beyond, which was renamed I Wrote a Novel, Now What? and opened year-round. It became a top-level forum in September 2019, as Discourse allows forum categories to be forums themselves. Novel Draft Aftercare contains two subforums: Critiques & Feedback and Predators and Editors.
Since the Novel Draft Aftercare forum is open all year long, Wrimos may use this forum to discuss the post-draft process at any time of year. This is especially useful for Wrimos who are editing or rewriting a project in November or during Camp NaNoWriMo.
==Forum Description==
Revising, Rewriting, Editing, Submitting & Publishing (2007-2014) 
"Because you’re not done yet. Revise, rewrite, proof, edit, submit, and publish! Venture inside to find the tools for the next step in your writing adventure!" (2015-present)
==Popular Topics and Threads==
==Forum Moderators==
===Present Moderators===
* Heather Dudley (2007-present)
* The global moderators (September 2019-present)
===Past Moderators===
* AlleyCat (2007)
* OnceUponaBrokenDream (2007)
* themermaidslair (2010)
* Chomsky-rabbit (2011)
* Dichotomy6958 (Dec 2012-Sep 2013)
* LovelyLici (Dec 2013-before October 2015)
* TommehBell (Oct 2014-before October 2015)
* slay-belle (December 2015-pre-NaNo 2017)
* rhymeswithpi (2015-September 2018)
* aka-click (October 2018-September 2019)
==External Links==
Novel Draft Aftercare forum
Category:NaNoWriMo forums
Noveling music

Noveling music is music that a writer will listen to while they novel. This music usually helps them concentrate, increases their typing speed, and sets the mood for the scene that they are writing. On the Fact Sheet under Author Info, there is an option for NaNoWrimo participants (Wrimos) to fill in their favorite songs, artists, and genres that helps them write.
Musical tastes vary widely from author to author. Some writers prefer music without lyrics due to lack of words outside their novel, but this is nowhere near universal. Others prefer songs with lyrics, especially familiar songs, as the background music can help with focus.
There is an entire forum dedicated to Noveling music called NaNo Soundtracks, where countless WriMos discuss their favorite noveling music, find new favorites, and talk about essentially anything that can connect music with noveling. Some regional forums have threads that talk about favorite novel music.
There is noveling music written specifically about NaNoWriMo called WrimoSongs (NaNoWriMo Songs). However, most of these songs are usually best listened to when you need motivation or just something to laugh at when NaNoWriMo comes to mind. Even then, some Wrimos listen to it while noveling.
Category:Other terms
OLL Event Record

An OLL Event Record is the term used to refer to a participant's total record of wins and losses across all OLL events they have participated in.
Example:
User A Won NaNoWriMo 2009, Lost Script Frenzy 2010, Won NaNoWriMo 2010, Won Script Frenzy 2011, Lost NaNoWriMo 2011, and Won NaNoWriMo 2012.
User A's OLL Event Record: 4-2
Off-season

The NaNoWriMo off-season consists of the times of year when there are no NaNoWriMo events happening or coming up the following month.
During the off-season, the NaNoWriMo HQ staff plan for the next event and evaluate how the previous event went. Participants may edit their previously written novels or start planning for the next NaNoWriMo event.
The off-season is marked by lower activity and fewer visits on the NaNoWriMo forums, sometimes with days passing between new posts. As well, the NaNoWriMo social media sites are less active.
The exact months of the NaNoWriMo off-season varies, but are frequently considered to be December through February (despite the Now What? Months), May, and August-September, the months between NaNoWriMo events. November-only Wrimos may consider the off-season to be the months of December through September.
Category:NaNoWriMo terms
Official Stuff

Official Stuff is the container category for two NaNoWriMo forums: 
*30 Covers, 30 Days
*Special Offers and Greetings from NaNo Sponsors
It holds forums that concern events and programs related to Nano that are run directly through OLL. It has previously held forums such as "Announcements from Headquarters" and The Great NaNoWriMo Book Drive. During the 2012 summer fundraising drive a forum category called "Want to swap trading cards?" was added to this section. It remained through the 2012 site relaunch until its removal in 2013.
When NaNoVideo had a forum, it appeared in this section. This forum was removed in 2014 due to being a popular spam target and NaNoVideo's retirement.
== External Links ==
Official Stuff
Category:Lists
Category:NaNoWriMo forums
Official Stuff (forum)

:Not to be confused with the former Official Stuff container category.
The Official Stuff forum is a NaNoWriMo forum where NaNoWriMo staff post announcements about NaNoWriMo events and the forums. It was created in September 2019 and contains three subforums: 30 Covers, 30 Days, Come Write In, and Covid Concerns.
Several versions of this forum have existed in the past, all with different names: Important Things We Need to Tell You, (Late) Breaking News, and Announcements from Headquarters (in that order).
All Wrimos receive notifications when new topics are created in the Official Stuff forum (not the subforums) by default. These notifications can be disabled in your forum settings.
==Forum Description==
Announcements and important messages from NaNoWriMo. (September 2019-present)
==Topics and Threads==
Assorted announcements from NaNoWriMo staff
==Moderators==
===Present===
* The global moderators (September 2019-present)
* Since only NaNoWriMo staff can create topics here, it's assumed that NaNoWriMo staff also watch this forum
===Past===
See the above list of global moderators for any past moderators
==External Links==
Official Stuff forum
Category:NaNoWriMo forums
Other Genres

Other Genres was the catch-all genre forum for discussing novels that didn't fit elsewhere. The forum was added in 2003 for the novels that didn't fit in the other genre forums created that year. It was replaced with the Genres forum in 2019 when the new Discourse software supported subforums. Then each genre gained a subforum within the Genres forum, with the top-level Genres forum becoming the new Other Genres.
== Forum Description == 
"For those who answered "none of the above." If you can’t find your niche elsewhere, have we got the forum for you!" (2015-September 2019)
"For those who answered "none of the above." (2003-2014)
=== Topics and Threads ===
* Examples include: surrealism, metafiction, epistolary fiction, and genre mashups/interstitial fiction.
=== Moderators === 
==== Current Moderators ====
none, as this is a former forum
==== Former Moderators ====
* Heather Dudley (2003-September 2019)
* Sammy (2005-2009)
* Cacrocks1
* Aleeneh (???-2015-2016)
* aka-click (2017-September 2019)
== External Links ==
* NaNoWriMo forum for Other Genres
Category:Former NaNoWriMo forums