Newbie help!

[Nikki]

Hey everyone! I am very proud that my very first year of ever trying NanoWriMo I have more than 52,000 words. I am a little bit confused on how the validating process works and what happens after you validate. I would like to go ahead and validate my work, but it is not completely finished. I did not think that it had to be completely finished to win, but could someone please tell me how this works so I don't miss out on "winning." Also, once you validate, is there a time limit you get to edit and such?

Any thoughts would be much appreciated!

[Marlene]

I´m new to this too, so I can just tell you what I figured out so far.
I think it doesn´t matter if it´s finished or not. All that matters is the word count. And I don´t think there is a time limit for edition either. I mean, it´s your book. Many people doing NaNo start their book and go to 60k or something and finish their novel later. Editing takes alot of time - one guy I met in a forum said, he was still editing his NaNo-novel from 2009!

I hope I could help you at least a little bit.
And I´ve got a question too (well, newbie too) xD
Can you validate your novel only once or can you do it again when you have a writing attack on the last day and tipe 10k or something like that?

[S.R.]

This was my first year at this thing too. Hopped on it by accident. What a month it has been. Altho I didn't finish, I wouldn't trade the experience for the world. April for the screenplay anyone?

I don't even know HOW to write a screenplay!

[Stephanie]

They have a part of the Script Frenzy site devoted to instructions on how to write sceenplays. No need to worry. I tried it this past year, I got like 30 pages in by day three or four but I never finished, it just wasn't for me. I've been kicking around the idea of trying again next year but we'll see, it depends if I'm going to be studying for SATs or not.....

[Caity]

I'll be doing Screnzy. I think I know what I'm going to write for my screenplay, which is unusual. I usually figure out things like characters, plot, setting, etc. about halfway through the month...

Whatever.

If you (or anybody else who is new) want help, I've got experience writing screenplays.

Oh, and I'm new to the winning side of things, but not the event itself. Welcome to proper newbies, though!

[S.R.]

Caity wrote: "I'll be doing Screnzy. I think I know what I'm going to write for my screenplay, which is unusual. I usually figure out things like characters, plot, setting, etc. about halfway through the month....."

What's Screnzy, Precious? What's Screnzy... And I'd love to get some pointers on screenplay writing. Tell me, Precious, is it the same process when writing for TV as it is for movies?

[Maggie]

Script Frenzy. Like NaNoWriMo, except with a script instead of a novel.

[S.R.]

Magdalena (Maggie) wrote: "Script Frenzy. Like NaNoWriMo, except with a script instead of a novel."

Thank you, Precious. Not like tricksy Hobittses...