Your Friendly Neighborhood Script Frenzy-Hero

Hillary, Script Frenzy ML for New Jersey here. OLL asked me to stop by and talk a little about why my area is so much cooler than… er… I mean, to talk about some of the things we’ve been doing here in the Garden State to keep the Screnzy magic alive throughout the whole month.

Script Frenzy is such a newer event than NaNoWriMo, and many areas (mine included), are really spread out, making it harder for MLs and participants both to feel like they have that same connection with their region, even if local events are less, well, local. I thought I’d share a few things we’ve been doing here in NJ to make our spread out community feel a little more closely knit.[[MORE]]

Online write-ins and region vs. region word wars. 

We’ve got a simple Java chat room and, while it’s open informally 24/7, we have scheduled online write-ins every Monday and Wednesday night. But, to keep it fresh, we decided to challenge our neighboring regions for some Wednesday Word Wars of the Week.

We invited Philly, NYC and Pennsylvania into our arena of battle and took them each on word-o a word-o over the last three weeks. The chance to beat our tri-state rivals really gave everyone that extra push to write more pages than ever before!

Our final online write-in of the year will be Monday (4/20) where will be writing from 8:30 PM EST until Screnzy ends at midnight and anyone is welcome to join us for this final word burst no matter what region you’re in.

We have amazing library partners .

Guys, libraries are awesome. The pictures in this post are from the Morris County Library’s yearly Script Frenzy display (they do a great NaNoWriMo one as well) and our newest partner, the Rockaway Library, not only donated an awesome private room for our kick-off party and weekly write-ins this year but also brought us cookies! Did I mention this room has a really random awesome fake fireplace? Because it does.

While a library event may not be local enough for everyone to attend, finding partners all over your region to host events or to just put up posters or displays is a great way to spread the sphere of welcome a little farther around the area.

(Remember: Anyone can set up library partnerships, not just MLs. Check out this page for more info.)

What cool stuff has been happening in your regions throughout the month to make everyone feel welcome to the Screnzy?