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[kittieonmyfoot.livejournal.com]

So I'm off to an amazing start (unlike previous years where it took me half the day to reach my 1667 words). I hope everyone else is doing well too! I'm so pumped and have good feelings about this year! (and almost missed taking my pill because of noveling! What a story to tell the next generation :P)

The reason for this post: what other months feature the kind of writing contest like NaNo? I know there is April Fools writing contest, and something about Script Frenzy I heard? Is there a kind of comprehensive list I can find? They seem to be scattered all over the net.

Thanks and good luck on all your writing!

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[pernwebgoddess.livejournal.com]

Script Frenzy (http://www.scriptfrenzy.org) is the other Office of Letters and Light challenge, from April 1-30.

I don't know about a comprehensive list, though. :)

[kittieonmyfoot.livejournal.com]

Thanks :D

[kashicat.livejournal.com]

One of the earliest such writing challenges I ever tried was the Three-Day Novel Contest (http://www.3daynovel.com/). You think the NaNo is tough, man, try doing that! Heh.

Still, I got seven chapters done, the one time I did it. And did eventually finish the novel, and am trying to get it published. So you never know where these things will lead.

[kittieonmyfoot.livejournal.com]

holy damn 3 days? Thanks for the link!

[kashicat.livejournal.com]

NaNo writers joke about not sleeping or eating, but the three-day novel people really don't! (I hardly did.)

I saw a documentary made in Canada a couple of years ago, where our Book Television channel challenged several entrants to bed down on cots in a major book store, and try to do the 3-day novel. They had computers set up on a big square of tables, and could nap and write mostly on their own timetable. There were scheduled breaks where they were given mental challenges and other things, but other than that, it was all up to them.

On the program, you could watch them growing more haggard and wild as the three days progressed. It was fascinating. I missed the final installment, so I don't know who among them actually finished. But it was amazing, how much they got done.

[lilacfield.livejournal.com]

Here (http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node%252F1072935) is what NaNo has to say.

[kittieonmyfoot.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link!
I've had trouble displaying the site all day so I couldn't check it out.

[kashicat.livejournal.com]

I have loathed the official NaNo site for years. Ugh. Took me almost an hour just to get my word total posted there today.

[kittieonmyfoot.livejournal.com]

Same here, I thought I was going to miss it lol. My computer craps out quite easily which doesn't help.

[beckyblack]

December has NaNoFiMo, Fi meaning Finishing, with a 30k word count target. You can finish your NaNo from December, whether you got to 50 or not, or work on another unfinished story. (It's ideal for all those people who are disappointed to find out you have to start fresh for NaNoWriMo!)

I did FiMo last year to finish my NaNo novel, which was a bit epic.

[kashicat.livejournal.com]

It's not exactly what you asked for, but there's also NaNoEdMo (http://www.nanoedmo.net/xoops2/), in which, through the month of March, you spend 50 hours editing your NaNo from the previous year.

[xxkessiex.livejournal.com]

Southern Cross Novel Challenge (aka SoCNoC) over at kiwiwriters.org is basically Nanowrimo in June. It's still 50,000 words, but the site sets less rules. Basically, you can continue a novel you were already working on, or write 5 short stories, or whatever you want, as long as you write 50,000 words in one month.

[kittieonmyfoot.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[lucidscreamer.livejournal.com]

Here's (http://community.livejournal.com/lucid_nanos/647.html) a list of all the "similar to NaNo" writing challenges I've found.

[kittieonmyfoot.livejournal.com]

Thanks!