NaNoWriMo Age Check

[zelthian.livejournal.com]

I got curious and decided to post this. Feel free not to participate, but hey, what's a little fun anyway? It should be interesting to see the range of ages participating in this madness.

[Poll #569693]

Comments

[mrs-picasso.livejournal.com]

I don't mind answering, except that since I just turned 35 I am now in the "35-45" decade on your poll!

[zelthian.livejournal.com]

It happens to most of use eventually... :)

[mrs-picasso.livejournal.com]

I noticed that you listed "brewing mead" as you interest. My friend's fiance ironkite also brews mead and sometimes writes about his results.

[zelthian.livejournal.com]

I have some left over from a batch I did over a year ago. I'm in an apartment now and haven't been able to brew since. I'm trying to find someone who will let me borrow some space in their basement. :)

[arisha.livejournal.com]

Did my first NaNoWriMo when I was fifteen, and am now eighteen for my fourth, wahoo. :)

[zelthian.livejournal.com]

Egads! I remember being 15, and I can tell you I would never have done anything like this then. Then again, I was a much different person when I was 18.

I was going to ask how many times you won, but then I read your profile. Congrats on winning last year! I hope I can make it through on my first year. That would be awesome!

[harri-cady.livejournal.com]

I think LJ in general is mostly 18-30.

[zelthian.livejournal.com]

I thought of that just as I was posting it. It's not an accurate NaNoWriMo poll by any means, but it's interesting to see who's on LJ anyway, and that the population of this community matches the LJ population in general.

[harri-cady.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, it is interesting. Thanks for posting it :)

[luscious-purple.livejournal.com]

Of the two main characters I'm planning for my NaNoWriMo, one is about 30 and the other is about 60. And I'm about halfway in between those extremes. :-) So I may be popping in here to ask about the younger crowd. :-)

[zelthian.livejournal.com]

I was wondering if anyone was going to suggest using this community to gather material...

[madeline.livejournal.com]

Hmm, there are two options for the mid-decade years so I'm debating which range I should pick...

[zelthian.livejournal.com]

ACK! I should have made this more particular. Just choose the one you WANT to be in, out of the two possibilities. :)

[spotsofcolour.livejournal.com]

When it begins I'll be 17. When it ends I'll be 18. Argh!

[zelthian.livejournal.com]

Happy early birthday!

I thought of situations like this when I created the poll. That's why I put the "when it begins" provision in there. :)

[spotsofcolour.livejournal.com]

Heehee! Thankyou! It'll be on...the 25th.

I've got my friend's 18th birthday party on the 5th as well...I probably won't get much done that day.

[mochajoy13.livejournal.com]

Fifteen right now. Won last year (my first) at fourteen.

Hurrah for all!

(And who are the other high-schoolers in there?)

[agbirdie.livejournal.com]

I'm a high-schooler! (suddenly I feel special) I won my first at fourteen as well.

[keolah.livejournal.com]

I'm over the hill.. I turned 25 this year ;)

[azurelunatic]

So did I. And my writing group, most of whom are older than I am, are all doing it too, so don't feel too alone...

[thesnark.livejournal.com]

I will be switching demographics and ages during NaNoWriMo, actually. When it begins, I'll be 18-25. By the end I'll be 25-35 (and probably feeling over 65).

[(Anonymous)]

I'm fifteen, and this year'll be my third doing NaNo. ^-^

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[bohemian-folly.livejournal.com]

Bah. That was me. Forgot that I wasn't logged in. lol

[kvaennimue.livejournal.com]

hey, I'm new here. I'm 18-25 OR 25-35.

Um best to do a poll 18-25, 26-35 etc. I'm too easily confused by choices like this. Do I throw in with early 20s or late? (at 25 I'm finding that to be a daily problem actually)

[zelthian.livejournal.com]

Throw in with whichever crowd you wish. I caught the overlap well after the poll had already been release or I would have fixed it. :)