I’ve participated many times and always look forward to starting a new project. It’s the reason I have so many WIPs but have also finished multiple novels.
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I have participated every year beginning in 2017. I have completed a trilogy and a few stand-alone novels. The trilogy is being edited and this year I intend to write the prequel for them. I attempted at NaNo camp in July, but life was too chaotic.
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Yes! Can’t wait to start! I’ve completed five novels and started three more. My advice is included in Chris Baty’s revised book, “No Plot, No Problem!” on page 138: “Outline a bit to be sure you know where you’re going and forge on.”
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How do scheduled sprints work? Do I need to find you on the NaNoWriMo site?
I’ve been working on an epic Star Trek themed word crawl 
@Moonflowermolly on Nano, if you want a buddy!
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Well, I have scheduled 100 hours or so of writing time for the month of November on google calendar, and I was planning to invite people to join me during that time. Pretty informal. I am part of another community that does their sprints a bit more formally. Not sure how they do it on Nano. If you want to send me your email I can send you an invite to you. My email is davidbarrywriter@email.com. What is your typical writing schedule?
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Ooops. Sorry. Dang autocorrect!
I’d love to join! My email is kjwmtells@gmail.com. NaNo has groups you can join and some of them do sprints. Often I will just do my own sprints. I set an alarm for 10/20/30 minutes, then turn off my monitor so I can’t see ALL the mistakes I’m making. Hahaha! That shuts my internal editor off, thank goodness!
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I’d love an Escape the NaNo Forest group!!! I have word count tracker from a NaNo writer and it has your probable finish date depending on goal and how many words you want to write. I’d be glad to share it, but not sure where. It is an Excel spreadsheet.
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Excellent. What is your approximate writing schedule? I’ll invite you to times you can reasonably attend. I joined a local NaNo group as well, and it does look like they have their own sprints they’re planning as well.
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I’m on Central Time and am retired, so I don’t have a limit on when I write.
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Yes, I am thinking about it. I have done and won NaNoWriMo every year since 2013 and Camp NaNoWriMo every year since 2014. I plan to keep taking part every year and am planning my Camp NaNoWriMo project.
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I ALWAYS think about it. When I joined in 2018, I actually got some work done. Now? I’ve been participating, but not finishing anything. Note that my latest project is already over 150,000 words going on 3 years, and it’s the 3rd book of a trilogy. I’m a very slow writer. I can probably reach an attainable goal with Nano if I stick to writing short stories. lol
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I love the feeling when the cupboard door flies open! Great way to describe it. I’m planning to prep for NANOWRIMO soon.
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