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Camp and Guts Drive

The Camp and Guts Drive was a fundraising drive by the Office of Letters and Light held in May and June 2011. Its goals were to raise the funds to launch Camp NaNoWriMo and launch a new NaNoWriMo website on Ruby on Rails.
The first 1000 donors who donated at least $50 received a limited edition Camp NaNoWriMo poster designed by Blake Suarez and a "NaNoWriMo Takes Guts" bumper sticker designed by Wendy Bryan.
==See Also==
2012 Summer Fundraising Drive, which featured trading cards for donors
==External Links==
* OLL blog post on the fundraiser
* Interview with Blake Suarez
* Interview with Wendy Bryan
Category:OLL fundraisers
Chanda Briggs

Chanda Briggs was the Community Manager for National Novel Writing Month. She joined the NaNoWriMo staff in April 2019 and had previously participated in NaNoWriMo.
She holds a bachelor's degree in anthropology with a minor in Scandanavian studies from UCLA and was (as of 2019) a graduate student in library science at Syracuse University. She has also worked in cafe management and community management for diverse communities.
Chanda is a farmer's granddaughter and carries on the farming traditions of cultivating, jarring, and pickling. She also enjoys desserts, coffee, science fiction references, and making people laugh.
She left NaNoWriMo for a role in librarianship in fall 2021 after completing her library science degree.
==External Links==
* NaNoWriMo blog post introducing Chanda
Category:OLL staff
Character Cafe

The Character Cafe is a NaNoWriMo forum devoted to discussing all things character-related. It was founded in 2012. It lived in the NaNo Tips and Strategies container category until September 2019, when it became a subforum of Story Development.
Before the creation of the Character Cafe, questions concerning character were frequently posted to the Reference Desk (formerly Character and Plot Realism) or Plot Doctoring.
== Forum Description == 
"Whether you're looking for help developing your characters, can't figure out why your villain is unrelatable, or need to know what job would best suit a fairy looking to pay her way through college, this is your home for all things character related." (2012-2014)
"Whether you can't figure out why your villain is unrelatable, or need to know what job would best suit a fairy looking to pay her way through college, this is your home for all things character." (2015-present)
== Topics and Threads ==
The Character Cafe deals with everything imaginable concerning characters except for naming them (a topic which belongs in Appellation Station,) Adoptables (which belongs in Adoption Society) and Roleplays.
Popular threads include "Critique the Character of the Person Above You," where users post character sketches and others reply with their comments and suggestions below, "Critique the Villain of the Person Above You" where users post sketches of their antagonist and others reply with comments or suggestions, "Dear Character", where authors write letters to their characters to vent about their personalities and role in the novel, "Dear Author" where the character writes letters to the author replying to their "Dear Character" letters, and threads about how their characters score on the Myers-Briggs personality test and Mary Sue litmus test.
== Moderators == 
=== Current Moderators ===
* Heather Dudley (2012-present)
* The global moderators (September 2019-present)
=== Former Moderators ===
* sophia0021 (2012)
* LovelyLici (2012-2014)
* TommehBell (2013-September 2019)
* windwingdark (October 2018-September 2019)
== External Links ==
* Character Cafe
Category: NaNoWriMo forums
ChatNaNo

chatnano is an IRC server almost solely used for NaNoWriMo.
Chatnano can be reached by going to chatnano.net
It's hosted on irc.kydance.net. There is no primary channel, all Municipal Liaisons are encouraged to make individual ones for their region. Registered users automatically join into their home region upon logging in but are free to join other channels.
Chatnano is equipped with Timmy the Word War bot. If allowed into the room by the local Municipal Liaison, Timmy greets everyone, throws pillows, fridges, and sometimes participants. If desired, Timmy can relay messages from certain Twitter accounts, and of course, he can run word wars.
Timmy also keeps a record of velociraptor sightings. Many are running around chatnano, and sometimes they swarm other channels/regions, killing local velociraptors.
==Some channels==
* #nanowrimo
* #nanowordsprints - Timmy relays the Twitter account to this room
* #chatnanoml - ML only chatroom. MLs auto-join if registered.
* #malswarroom
* #2k1hr
A full list of regional rooms can be found here.
== History of chatnano ==
Chatnano began in October 2006 when karalianne, then second-year ML for Canada :: Alberta :: Calgary, began looking for ways to connect with her WriMos online since her co-ML was looking after in-person events. She found information about hosting IRC channels and set up a page for her region on her personal web site. Then she told the other ML's and a few of them asked her to make them channels as well.
In 2007 and 2008, she hand-coded all of the chat pages for everyone who wanted a channel and set up the chatnano.net URL.
In 2009, her fiancé set up a form so that people could register their own channels and everything would be automated. There was still some work to do by hand, but everything was a lot easier after that.
Then Utoxin offered his IRC server, and her fiancé worked with him over the next few years to get things working smoothly.
Category:Other websites
Category:Creations inspired by NaNoWriMo
Cheating

Cheating is the gaining of a reward by dishonest means. One can cheat at almost anything involving a reward.
Because NaNoWriMo is an honor-system challenge, the term "cheating" is discouraged within the NaNo community. While some Wrimos may choose to work on their non-novel projects or otherwise bend the challenge's rules, they are referred to as NaNo Rebels instead of cheaters. 
In fact, cheating would serve little purpose, as the real prize for winning is having written your first draft. Okay, the Winner's Certificate and Winner's icons don't hurt. While some sponsors may offer special incentives to winners (such as free physical copies of one's novel or discounts on writing software), most of these rewards serve little purpose to those who did not complete NaNoWriMo.
The most common targets of cheating accusations are NaNo rebels or participants who reach 50k very early in the month, often out of a love for the rules or a belief that NaNo experiences outside of their own are wrong or impossible. That said, these accusations are still unacceptable.
Any cheating accusations on the website should be reported to forum moderator Heather Dudley, as they are not tolerated in the NaNo community. You can report in-person cheating accusations to your ML or to Sarah Mackey.
Just a reminder: Do NOT under any circumstances call anyone a cheater. Doesn't matter what forum, doesn't matter if it's through NaNoMail or at a NaNo event. If you don't believe someone, ignore it. Their accomplishments do not devalue yours in any way.
==The Codes of Conduct on cheating==
The NaNoWriMo Codes of Conduct make very clear that calling out others for cheating is not okay. 
Do ignore cheaters and trolls
Every year, we get dozens of posts accusing others of cheating at NaNoWriMo. Please—don’t worry about cheaters. NaNoWriMo is an honor-system challenge; no one is cheating anyone but themselves if they don’t write the novel they said they wrote.
==The Shoutouts forum on cheating==
The main sticky in the Shoutouts forum emphasizes the no-cheating accusations rule.
It doesn't matter if you believe them or not. This is a self challenge, on your honor. If someone's lying, it doesn't hurt you or diminish your accomplishment in any way. :)
If you can't believe someone's word count... don't worry about it. :)
==External links==
* NaNo Codes of Conduct
* Thread in the Shoutouts forum reminding Wrimos of the "no cheating accusations" rule
* More on cheating at Wikipedia
Category:NaNoWriMo terms
Chris Angotti

Chris Angotti was the Chief Operating Officer at National Novel Writing Month. Before joining NaNoWriMo, he earned a master's degree in English education from Teachers College at Columbia UniversityOffice of Letters and Light staff page. Retrieved 23 August 2010. http://www.lettersandlight.org/ourteam.php and taught middle school and high school English in New York City"An interview with Chris Angotti, our new YWP Director!" NaNoWriMo blog post. 23 July 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2010. http://blog.nanowrimo.org/node/429. He then entered the world of educational nonprofits and joined NaNo as Young Writers Program director in July 2010. Chris had known about NaNoWriMo as far back as 2001 but has never previously participated prior to joining the NaNoWriMo team.
After Lindsey Grant stepped down as NaNoWriMo program director after NaNoWriMo 2012, Chris took over as Director of Programs. He became the Chief Operating Officer in early 2015 until his departure in summer 2021.
When Chris was five, he wanted to be a game show host or an explorer. He also had a short-lived career as a rapper in fourth grade, which may fuel material for a future Script Frenzy. When he moved to Berkeley, he took a road trip that took him across fifteen states.
During Chris's early days at NaNoWriMo, there were two Chrises in the NaNoWriMo office, and the debate over how to differentiate between the two Chrises began. The (confusing) favorite was to call Chris Baty Chris A. because he was there first and to call Chris Angotti Chris B.
==References==
==External Links==
* Chris Angotti's NaNoWriMo profile
* Chris Angotti's Script Frenzy Profile
Category:OLL staff
Chris Baty

Chris Baty is the founder of National Novel Writing Month and was the first executive director of the Office of Letters and Light. He is the only known person to have won NaNoWriMo every year since its inception. The nature of NaNoWriMo's events have been heavily influenced by his upbeat sense of humor and optimism in the world of novel-writing.
Baty is also the author of No Plot? No Problem!, which was released in 2004 and updated in 2014. His freelance writing work has appeared in publications such as Lonely Planet, SF Weekly, and East Bay Express. An alumnus of UC Berkeley and the University of Chicago, he continues to live in the San Francisco Bay Area.
When Chris Angotti arrived at OLL in July 2010, the debate over how to differentiate between the two Chrises began. The confusing favorite was to call Chris Baty Chris A. because he was there first and to call Chris Angotti Chris B.
In July 2011 Chris announced in an email to participants that he would be stepping down as OLL's executive director in January 2012 to pursue writing full-time. Board of Directors Grant Faulkner took Chris's place.
Chris Baty wrote a pep talk for NaNoWriMo 2012.
==External Links==
* Chris Baty's NaNoWriMo profile
* Chris Baty's Script Frenzy profile
* Chris Baty's OLL Blog Profile
* Chris Baty's website
Category:OLL staff
Christian Teens Together

The Christian Teens Together is a fairly popular thread on the Teen Forums. They frequently discuss questions in which they answer as their characters and write 'Epic' posts. They are rather tight-knit compared to some other threads and think of themselves as a family. They also write prayer requests and pray for each other and events. Unlike many threads on NaNoWriMo, on Christian Teens Together, everyone knows everyone. The thread remains popular even during the "off" season.
There are usually about 40 off-season people on there, and the numbers swell during events.
The first mention of a Christian teens thread was in 2007. It was started by gatorgurl15. This was the precursor to the modern CTT: http://web.archive.org/web/20071223132611/http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/forum/179?page=1
 
MirandaBookScene created the thread in 2015: (http://web.archive.org/web/20151116160845/http://nanowrimo.org/forums/age-group-teens
singingflame created it in 2014: http://web.archive.org/web/20141118052149/http://nanowrimo.org/forums/age-group-teens
ErinKenobi289 created it in 2013: http://web.archive.org/web/20140122183733/http://nanowrimo.org/forums/age-group-teens/threads/119256
ScribblerKate created the first recorded thread in 2012: http://web.archive.org/web/20121108031841/http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-teens?page=2
 
In 2011, there was a thread called Christian Teens Unite started by ZMZ: http://web.archive.org/web/20111106182914/http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-teens?page=4
Current iterations of the thread are auto-closed at 10,000 posts. At the time of this update, it is the most active thread on the site.
Chyina Powell

Chyina Powell is the Donation Weekend Manager at National Novel Writing Month. She joined the NaNoWriMo staff in 2021 and has participated in NaNoWriMo since 2014.
She previously interned at NaNoWriMo in fall 2020. She enjoys dystopic fiction, Korean dramas, and the Portuguese language. She is a self-identified plantser.
==External Links==
* March 2019 guest post by Chyina on the NaNoWriMo blog
* Farewell post from Chyina on the NaNoWriMo blog, December 2020
Category:OLL staff
Classifieds

The Classifieds forum (formerly Marketing, Self-promotion, and Stuff for Sale until September 2019) resides in the Outside the Box forum. It has seen posts for Alphasmarts for sale, editing services, blog promoting, handmade crafts, published novels, and more.
Each active forum participant may post one promotional thread in this forum. Members are not allowed to post self-promotional posts outside of this forum, though a promotional link in their signature was accepted when signatures existed. Promotional posts made elsewhere may be moved to this forum, or deleted. Members who join only to post a self-promotional thread, or whose first post is in this forum, will have the post removed and be warned; spambots are banned outright. Items do not have to be for sale; promoting personal websites and blogs or free material is also permitted. Typically, the posts are promoting the items of the user; sites not affiliated with the poster that are being recommended for writing usefulness are posted in Helpful Resources instead.
The forum contains a sticky post for Offers from Non Participants, which can be submitted to NaNoWriMo through the Forums contact form. Offers and promotions from companies and organizations that sponsor NaNoWriMo are posted and discussed in a separate Sponsor Offers forum.
== Forum Description == 
"Spread the word about your just-released book, sell off your old Alphasmart, or read about special Wrimo-only deals being offered by otherwise-reputable companies." (2005-2006)
"Our own little swap meet where everyone gets a stall to spread the word about your just-released book, sell off your old Alphasmart, or read about special Wrimo-only deals being offered by otherwise-reputable companies." (2007)
"Our own little swap meet where NaNoWriMo participants get a stall to spread the word about their just-released book, sell off their old Alphasmart, or sing the praises of their writing blog." (2008-2012)
Our own little swap meet where NaNoWriMo participants get a stall to spread the word about their just-released book, sell off their old Alphasmart, share their not-for-profit projects, or sing the praises of their writing blog. (2013-2014) 
"Our own little swap meet where NaNoWriMo participants get a stall to spread the word about their just-released book, sell off their old laptop, share their not-for-profit projects, or sing the praises of their writing blog." (2015-present)
== Moderators == 
=== Current Moderators ===
* Heather Dudley (2008-present)
* The global moderators (September 2019-present)
=== Former Moderators ===
* Cybele May (2004-2007)
* Loriba (2007-2012)
* jamey85 (2014)
* elyndra (2015-September 2019) (joined the global moderators)
== External Links ==
* Classifieds Forum
Category: NaNoWriMo forums
Classy

Classy (formerly StayClassy) is a fundraising site that National Novel Writing Month uses. Participants can create accounts and become fundraisers for NaNoWriMo and Camp NaNoWriMo. When you do so, you can set goals, recruit donors and raise the required money to keep NaNoWriMo and its sister events up and running! If you become a Classy fundraiser, you will be able to put your account's URL on your NaNoWriMo profile so that visitors to your profile will know how to donate through you. You will also receive a halo once your Classy page reaches $10 or more, as well as the donor goodies for the total amount raised.
Night of Writing Dangerously fundraising also happens through the Classy website.
In 2013, NaNoWriMo set a goal to raise $25,000 through sponsorships. They exceeded the goal by 17%, raising $29,191.
Classy also organizes the Classy awards for social impact and progress. NaNoWriMo won a Classy award in 2010 for "Most Innovative Use of Social Media". , earning a cash reward and in kind consulting and social media strategy work. 
==External Links==
* Classy official website
* NaNoWriMo's charity page on the Classy website
* NaNoWriMo's Get Sponsored page
Category:Other terms
Cliff Brooks

Cliff Brooks is a horror-writing Wrimo who dies in Wrimos' novels. The tradition began in Nano's early years in the South Bay region.
His Daily Q&A feature in November 2004 explains how the tradition began.
Q: Cliff Brooks, Bay Area NaNoWriMo writers have a tradition of killing off a character named “Cliff Brooks” in their novels. How did this trend get started? And aren’t you just a little bit freaked out that so many writers are out to get you?
A: I write horror, you see. And sometimes, it gets me in trouble.
Last year (has it been a year already?), I was sitting in a café cocooned by my South Bay writing brethren, plunking away on my keyboard when Phil, the youngest and most homework-encumbered member of our group, leaned over and read the page I was working on. He read the scene out loud for everyone’s edification, then burst out in peals of unrestrained laughter.
It wasn’t supposed to be a humorous scene.
So I did what any red-blooded, word-count-desperate NaNoWriMer would do: I killed Phil off in my novel in a deliciously gratifying drawn-out manner.
The next time our little group met, Phil had come up with a hilarious way of offing me in his book. And if memory serves me well (which, by the way, it never has before), his mother challenged everyone with the onerous task of killing me off in their novels. Despite their misgivings about killing such a saintly guy (they’ll see, I wouldn’t even hurt a fly), most acquiesced. The idea gained legs on the NaNo forum and even people who had never met me came up with creative, morbid, and oft times decadent means of making me puke out my guts.
Does it freak me out? I write horror, you see. And sometimes it gets me in trouble.
Let the killing begin!
Category:NaNoWriMo terms
Codes of Conduct

The Codes of Conduct are a series of guides to help Wrimos understand the culture of the NaNoWriMo website and what's expected of its members as a member of the community. Following the Codes of Conduct is one of the best ways to ensure a positive NaNo community experience for everyone.
The Codes of Conduct state that Wrimos may write about whatever they wish and post an excerpt in their profiles. However, they may not post their explicit fiction to the NaNo website, as that is against the Terms and Conditions. Wrimos who wish to share their explicit writing may post a link to an external site on their profiles.
Violators of the Codes of Conduct receive warnings. They may be banned if they ignore the warning and continue the violating behavior.
While the bullet points in this article are the previous bolded guidelines in the actual Codes of Conduct with some additions and updates, reading this page's short version is not a substitute for reading the full version, which is linked at the end of this article. You'll even earn a badge for reading the forum version if you haven't already.
==Basic NaNoWriMo Forum Codes of Conduct==
* Do engage with others in good faith
* Do add content and trigger warnings when applicable
* Do read stickies and the site FAQs before posting in a forum.
* Do observe the forum subjects
* Do give your post a great subject line
* Do play nice! 
* Do read & respond
* Do ignore cheaters and trolls
* Do be aware of All-Ages forums
* Do link back when you can
* Do help us in our battle with spam and scams
* Don't engage in hate speech or bullying
* Don't post explicit or graphic content directly on the NaNoWriMo site. You may link to it elsewhere.
* Don't post anything that violates copyright
* Don't use nudity, profanity, or violent imagery in user pictures
* Don't use our site for commercial purposes
* Don't promote harmful conspiracies or misinformation
==External Links==
* NaNo Codes of Conduct (posted on the main site)
* NaNo Codes of Conduct (forums version)
Category:NaNoWriMo website
Coffee Crawl

Well, you love coffee don't you? I'm sorry but it's time to go to school! Gulp your coffee down and while you're at it sprint to 200 words
You finally make it to school before the first bell and realise you're dehydrated again. You have time to walk to the canteen and back. Write 500 words at your own pace
You sprint to 100 words realising it took you ages to drink your coffee. Get to your form room quick!
Your friend sits next to you and notices a coffee stain on your blouse. She rolls her eyes and offers to mop it up. Write for the duration of the next song while you wait for her to finish.
You go to first lesson and are told to write an essay on whatever you want. Write 1000 words at your own paces as your write about your coffee obsession.
Your next lesson is maths and you get bored, drawing coffees on your exercise book. When you finally hear what your teacher says you roll a die and times it by 100, write that many words
At break they are selling more coffees. There are so many different types of coffee. Pick a random three digit number from 100-999 on a random generator and write that many words
Suddenly the bell goes and you HAVE to finish your coffee. Complete a fifty headed hydra while you gulp the whole mug down without breathing.
Next lesson is science and all you want to do is drink more coffee. Write 500 words at your own pace while you wait for the endless minutes to pass.
Period four is music and you love this but not as much as your coffee. Sprint to 250 words as you enjoy the lesson and it goes really quickly.
Finally lunch! More coffee but you need food too. Write 100 words in five minutes as you painfully wait.
There's a food fight when you get your food. You hold onto your precious coffee. Word war for 10 minutes as you try to keep hold of your coffee whilst throwing food.
It's the last lesson and you've got English! Maybe you should write about coffee? Try to write 500 words in 10 minutes. If you succeed, you're given coffee one, if you lose you're given coffee two
Now it's home time. If you're coffee one write 200 words at your own pace. If you're coffee two sprint to 500 words
Finally home. Put your feet up and drink coffee. Write 50 words to finish.