@sergio_101

There used to be a thing called National Novel Writing Month, which was a non-profit which ran an event every November encouraging people to write a novel in a month. 50,000 words, one month. This is not _that_ difficult to achieve, mind you; it's 1650 words a day, roughly. I, personally, can write that many words in 20 minutes or so, but that's a pure function of my writing speed and has nothing to do with the work of "actually thinking about what story you want to tell".

Last year, the organization that ran NaNoWriMo, which had been doing so for over two decades, self-destructed in a few months. It was a sad thing, truly. It was a real force for good in the world, in my opinion. The volunteers and rank and file that made it special did not deserve to be put into the line of fire when their leadership decided to go on a full-on AI bootlicking rampage, complete with comparing AI skepticism to _ableism_.

So now, some folks who really liked the spirit of NanoWriMo have started using the tag #WritingMonth as a stand-in for the old event. One such individual, the inimitable @amin, decided to be the change they wanted to see, and made https://writingmonth.org, which has a dedicated core team of contributors (myself included) expanding and extending the site to try to bottle some of the lightning that NaNoWriMo tapped into for all those years.

The task is simple: Pick a goal, a number of words, chapters, blog posts, scenes in a play, _whatever_ that you want to write in a month, and then _do it_.

Here's my progress: https://writingmonth.org/~b4ux1t3/

:) Feel free to add me as a buddy if you sign up.

@sergio_101

There used to be a thing called National Novel Writing Month, which was a non-profit which ran an event every November encouraging people to write a novel in a month. 50,000 words, one month. This is not _that_ difficult to achieve, mind you; it's 1650 words a day, roughly. I, personally, can write that many words in 20 minutes or so, but that's a pure function of my writing speed and has nothing to do with the work of "actually thinking about what story you want to tell".

Last year, the organization that ran NaNoWriMo, which had been doing so for over two decades, self-destructed in a few months. It was a sad thing, truly. It was a real force for good in the world, in my opinion. The volunteers and rank and file that made it special did not deserve to be put into the line of fire when their leadership decided to go on a full-on AI bootlicking rampage, complete with comparing AI skepticism to _ableism_.

So now, some folks who really liked the spirit of NanoWriMo have started using the tag #WritingMonth as a stand-in for the old event. One such individual, the inimitable @amin, decided to be the change they wanted to see, and made https://writingmonth.org, which has a dedicated core team of contributors (myself included) expanding and extending the site to try to bottle some of the lightning that NaNoWriMo tapped into for all those years.

The task is simple: Pick a goal, a number of words, chapters, blog posts, scenes in a play, _whatever_ that you want to write in a month, and then _do it_.

Here's my progress: https://writingmonth.org/~b4ux1t3/

:) Feel free to add me as a buddy if you sign up.

@b4ux1t3

I kinda need to know what #writingmonth is now.

One annoying thing about getting older is:

When I was younger, and I put something down because something came up, I picked up the thing I put down a few hours later, or at worst the next day.

But as you get older, the things that "pop up" are simultaneously more complex and more tiring.

So I put down #WritingMonth on the 6th because "Ugh, tired." I said I'd pick it back up once I'd put out a few fires (one of which I was trying to actively ignore until after Writing Month for the very reason of Writing Month. This was, as they say "a mistake").

Got a lot of the extraneous stuff taken care of, took a rest for a moment, caught my breath. . .

Chat, this was ten days ago.

Big shoutout to @libreoffice - I'm writing and revising my #WritingMonth project on two different machines from completely different eras - 2010 and 2025 - using completely different versions of LibreOffice (7 vs 25) and everything works *flawlessly* between the two.
No one way conversions, no having to choose legacy formats, nothing.

ODT was, and is, still the best standards-based complex document format.

Big shoutout to @libreoffice - I'm writing and revising my #WritingMonth project on two different machines from completely different eras - 2010 and 2025 - using completely different versions of LibreOffice (7 vs 25) and everything works *flawlessly* between the two.
No one way conversions, no having to choose legacy formats, nothing.

ODT was, and is, still the best standards-based complex document format.

#ScribesAndMakers 1 What creative project(s) do you hope to work on this month?

I'm planning a #WritingMonth stint with a 30K word goal, which should leave volume 3 of the Elderkin Chronicles complete enough to be handed to my beta reader.

It would be nice to work on some non-literary projects as well. I have some counted cross stitch ones that are barely started.

I also need to decide on and produce the key image for the volume 3 cover at some point.

@kristenhg Some of us are using #WritingMonth and https://writingmonth.org/

@kristenhg Some of us are using #WritingMonth and https://writingmonth.org/

Haven't mentioned it as much yet this year, but if you're doing #WritingMonth, feel free to send me a buddy invite!

https://writingmonth.org/~amin/

I love writing along with friends. That's what makes November my favorite month.

Haven't mentioned it as much yet this year, but if you're doing #WritingMonth, feel free to send me a buddy invite!

https://writingmonth.org/~amin/

I love writing along with friends. That's what makes November my favorite month.

#ScribesAndMakers 1 What creative project(s) do you hope to work on this month?

I'm planning a #WritingMonth stint with a 30K word goal, which should leave volume 3 of the Elderkin Chronicles complete enough to be handed to my beta reader.

It would be nice to work on some non-literary projects as well. I have some counted cross stitch ones that are barely started.

I also need to decide on and produce the key image for the volume 3 cover at some point.

Three days until November!

If you were planning on doing #NaNoWriMo or have in the past, you may have just recently found out that the organization officially closed down earlier this year.

With amazingly good timing, I actually launched my own alternative site a year ago, #WritingMonth:

https://writingmonth.org

Writing Month allows you to set your own goal with various types and tracking method and work in any month while placing a strong emphasis on community and writing with your buddies. Feature development is a little slow as I'm currently finishing up my senior year of uni (🤞) but y'all's community support has been fantastic and I know things will only get better from here.

If you'd like to write a bit with us this November—with whatever goal you find feasible—I'd encourage you to give it a try! Feel free to send me a buddy request: https://writingmonth.org/~amin/

(Boosts are very welcome.)

I made a tier for regular annual donations, whether that's $12 per year ($1 for each Writing Month) or a figure of your choosing:

https://opencollective.com/writing-month/contribute/regular-supporter-94969/checkout?interval=year&amount=12

If you have that $1/mo in your budget, it would certainly be a huge help, as I'm planning to be working freelance after I graduate in a couple of months!

#WritingMonth

I made a tier for regular annual donations, whether that's $12 per year ($1 for each Writing Month) or a figure of your choosing:

https://opencollective.com/writing-month/contribute/regular-supporter-94969/checkout?interval=year&amount=12

If you have that $1/mo in your budget, it would certainly be a huge help, as I'm planning to be working freelance after I graduate in a couple of months!

#WritingMonth

Thanks to @b4ux1t3 (with a little follow-up tweaking from yours truly), goal progress for currently-active goals is now visible on your #WritingMonth profile!

Goals from private projects will only appear to your buddies and yourself. Secret projects will not appear at all.

If you run across any bugs cropping up from this, let me know and I'll fix it as soon as I can.

My planned next task is to make show a preview of upcoming projects on profile pages and the buddy summary, though that may take a bit of work. Hopefully I'll get that in tonight or tomorrow so you can see what your buddies are planning for this November.

Three days until November!

If you were planning on doing #NaNoWriMo or have in the past, you may have just recently found out that the organization officially closed down earlier this year.

With amazingly good timing, I actually launched my own alternative site a year ago, #WritingMonth:

https://writingmonth.org

Writing Month allows you to set your own goal with various types and tracking method and work in any month while placing a strong emphasis on community and writing with your buddies. Feature development is a little slow as I'm currently finishing up my senior year of uni (🤞) but y'all's community support has been fantastic and I know things will only get better from here.

If you'd like to write a bit with us this November—with whatever goal you find feasible—I'd encourage you to give it a try! Feel free to send me a buddy request: https://writingmonth.org/~amin/

(Boosts are very welcome.)

Preparing my novel ideas for #WritingMonth this year.

Still going to use https://writingmonth.org/ , unless there's a newer, better one out.

I've been challenged to write something other than a far future sci-fi space fantasy this time... so I'm planning something very different.