I would like to congratulate everyone who has signed up to take on this challenge: while the word count for your novella is slightly less that what NaNoWriMo expects, it is no less a considerable task.

Because there seems to be a bit of confusion for those who aren't familiar with NaNoWriMo, I'd like to take this opportunity to make a few things clear before we begin.

At the end of the month, you are expected to have a 30,000 word novella. Everything you write for ZNWM is supposed to be for ONE story. The goal isn't just to write 30,000 words in a bunch of different stories - you are working towards finishing a single, longform piece.

You should write to the best of your ability, as always - but it is recommended that you do not spend time on editing, because the purpose is to FINISH A LONG PIECE OF WRITING. As I've said before, always keep going. Don't get hung up on making it perfect - for now, you just want to get it done.

If you are posting a thread here (and really, Lozzie went to all the trouble to make a board so I encourage people to do so), make sure you have either [Or] (original fiction) or [fF] (zelda fan fiction) in the title, so we know who is gunning for what.

The sign up thread will be closed at midnight tonight (time zone to be determined by Lozzie).

Wherever you are in the world, writing begins October 1st at 12:01 am.

On October 30th (or soon before), I'll post another thread on how to have your story verified/end-of-challenge stuff.


Good luck and good writing, everyone.