#NaNoWriMo Day 28

[nexttothelamp]

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[renee-writer]

NANO day 28

1469 words

176% done

[waterloggedsoliloquy]

mutual 1: sorry the update for my webcomic this week is a bit late! i really had to rush it so it prolly looks really sloppy lol [some of the most sophisticated comic art ive ever seen]

mutual 2: call me uterine lining the way astarions cervix got me bleeding profusely

mutual 3: do you think nanowrimo will give me a posthumous pity publishing deal if i mention it in my suicide note

mutual 4: okay fine i finally started revolutionary girl utena

mutual 5: does columbo know the service he did for butch lesbians. for all of us

mutual 6: wish you were here [blurry picture set of conifer woods in early autumn evening, taken as if frantically running down a winding trail]

mutual 4: im pretty hardy i dont need the trigger list but thanks for looking out for me guys

mutual 7: good morning lovelies another day the wizard tried to best me and another day i successfully locked him in the spare bathroom lol hope u like drinking shampoo fucker

mutual 8: here is a zip of every yuri manga scan i have and here is a backup in case i get dcma'd. the himejoshi lifestyle will never die

mutual 9: i wish i could go back in time to the shinzo abe assassination and ask to hold the doohickey

mutual 10: here's my essay on how wanting to be loved is the same as wanting to be eaten. three paragraphs in you'll find out that this is 100% tied to an obscure beauty and the beast manga i've been reading lately and how much i want to fuck the beast

mutual 4: oh thats why there was the trigger list.

mutual 11: YOU CAN'T LOCK ME IN THIS BATHROOM FOREVER

mutual 12: why do i have to defend my thesis to people i dont even respect. im not dickriding you just give me the degree

mutual 13: its just me and this scab ive picked into my scalp against the world

mutual 14: my little dragon got glazed and is ready to go into the kiln! everyone wish him good luck!

mutual 3: nvm i am a beautiful genius. perhaps the most beautiful genius of all

mutual 15: i think we should give david lynch rpgmaker and whatever happens happens

mutual 16: kpeyboaatrds brpokem gpuys

mutual 17: also heres my work in progress glossary of mixtec words! i still have a long way to go but i love being able to preserve my roots even in this small way

mutual 4: i just finished the black rose arc. question: what

mutual 18: i need emet-selch to be my wife

mutual 19: i need glados to be my husband

mutual 20: visited the ocean today!!! <3 beach pics!!! there is a darkness growing within me

mutual 21: the forms for my legal name change came in. pls vote in this poll of what my middle name should be: Dill Pickle (Dickle for short), Optimus Prime, Tumblr User Gorgonicteratologist, Smeve

mutual 22: just finished my 100th book of the year! this weeks read was the uses of enchantment by the psychologist bruno bettelheim,

mutual 23: reeses penis butter cups lol

mutual 4: i need to hunt akio for sport

mutual 24: oouugghhrgh. hot. dog.

mutual 25: your favorite character or fictional other would want you to brush your teeth and wash your face so you're well rested and wake up feeling refreshed! make them proud!

mutual 26: being a delivery driver isnt the worst job ive ever had but i do keep wondering what itd be like to drive off into the wild blue yonder one day and not come back

mutual 27: weird dog? [phone picture of critically endangered stork]

mutual 28: i think the two phone line polls in front of my house are having a lovers tryst. no way to prove it tho

mutual 4: WHAT

mutual 29: while you bitches are balduring your gates or finalling those fantasies im doing what a REAL gamer does. playing a b tier rpg that came out in 2004 for the 18th time

mutual 30: ^ real. hamtaro ham ham heartbreak is a masterpiece of interactive art. im not even going to call it a video game at this point

mutual 4: THAT'S HOW IT ENDS?! ANTHY?

mutual 31: can you help me pick which drawing looks better: 34% overlay or 36% soft light?

mutual 32: new video essay out. its called disability in video game narratives: final fantasy 14's most reliable fault. i churned the script out over an all-nighter and my mic crapped out halfway through but by god i did it

mutual 33: my new zine bundle is out! if you buy it you also get a discount on all my game jam games! i really cant wait for you to play them!

mutual 4: yall should watch revolutionary girl utena

[noellelefey]

NaNoWriMo Alternatives

Considering NaNoWriMo has imploded, I took the liberty of compiling a bunch of alternatives. While I haven't personally vetted these, just thought they might be worth looking into.

#ZapWhamPow https://bookishchallenge.forumotion.com/

Heart Breathings Rough Draft Challenge https://youtu.be/o1TMKLzbYvU?si=RCyMdecCVxoBN4aN

Rough Draft Month When?: Nov 1st (30 days) https://www.instagram.com/roughdraftmonth/

4theWords Write Fest When?: October 28 - December 10, 2024 https://4thewords.com/writefest

Pathfinders Writing Collective Challenge When?: Starts Nov 1st - you can choose for how long https://www.instagram.com/p/C_nyqGzOu39/?img_index=1

Camp Sword When?: Oct 1st https://x.com/ss_scribbles/status/1836720548677574893?s=46&t=DBdn4Gw7LFosy7AtbwvoAA

First Draft Fall When?: Oct - planning, Nov - writing, Dec - wrapping up https://weeknightwriters.com/2024/09/12/announcing-firstdraftfall/

Winter Writing Challenge When?: Nov 1st - Jan 1st https://www.tumblr.com/lavendershowcase/760999178527703040/the-queer-winter-writing-challenge?source=share

Novel Gauntlet Challenge When?: Nov 1st (30 days) https://bsky.app/profile/novelgauntlet.bsky.social

Rogue’s Amazing Word Rush When?: Oct 1st - Nov 30th https://roguewriters.net

last updated: oct 27, 2024

[androidcharles]

More info under the read more, since it gets a bit long!

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Since I haven't seen any Stickmintober prompts (or if there are any I'm stupid and haven't really looked for them), so I decided to create a prompt list for myself (mostly because a while back I told someone I'd consider hosting this).

Anyway, as a small bonus, since I know it's difficult writing a small story for 31 whole days in a row (writing like that should be saved for NaNoWriMo), I thought I'd throw in a bonus writing prompt list as well! Feel free to get creative with the prompts or if you want, use the prompts from the top list.

I will be tracking the tag #stickmintober2023 for those who participate but you can also @ me if you want to see your pieces as well. I understand this is a bit short notice, I am angry w/ myself as well for taking this long to announce something like this (HELL there's prob a better prompt list on Twitter that peeps are prob preparing for that I'm not aware of) but either way, I hope you guys enjoy this little prompt list nonetheless.

That being said, this isn't a competition! Don't burn yourself out trying to chug out equivalents of the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper everyday, just try to keep it simple, esp if it's your first time! And as always, have fun with it too!

Thanks in advance for participating!

Prompts for Screenreaders:

First Image: Stickmintober 2023 Prompt List! Day 1: Breaking the Bank Day 2: Henry Stickmin Day 3: Police Force Day 4: Escaping the Prison Day 5: Rupert Price Day 6: Dave Panpa Day 7: Stealing the Diamond Day 8: CCC Day 9: West Mesa Day 10: Charles Calvin Day 11: Infiltrating the Airship Day 12: Reginald Copperbottom/RHM Day 13: General Galeforce Day 14: Favorite Past Toppat Leader Day 15: Toppat or Government? Day 16: Ellie Rose Day 17: Fleeing the Complex Day 18: Dmitri Petrov/Grigori Olyat Day 19: Dance Day 20: Glitch Day 21: Sven Svennson Day 22: Completing the Mission Day 23: Favorite Ending Day 24: Underrated Ending Day 25: AU (favorite or your own) Day 26: OC (favorite or your own) Day 27: Silly Day 28: Angst Day 29: Favorite BG character Day 30: Costume Day 31: Halloween

2nd Image: Stickmintober 2023 Writing Edition!

Week 1 (Oct 1st-7th) Write about Henry Stickmin. Whether it's a headcanon interpretation of his past or about his life before or after certain events in canon.

Week 2 (Oct 8th-Oct 14th) Write about Toppat life. Either from the point of view of a character, minor or main or before or after certain events in canon.

Week 3 (Oct 15th-21st) Write about your interpretation of the events after an ending from Completing the Mission. Whether it's an ending you don't think about much or your favorite

Week 4 (Oct 22nd-28th) Write about the hypothetical past of a Toppat Leader of your choice. Special challenge: No Terrence or Reginald ;)

Week 5 (Oct 29th-Nov 4th) Two this time! Write a Halloween-y themed story or just a write something involving your favorite ship, rarepair or otherwise.

[milkhoney531]

Disabled, neurodivergent, queer, or other? If you like to write, you'll like it here!

I know a lot if people are boycotting or skipping NaNoWriMo, so this month I'm organizing an event in my discord I'm calling December Drafts. If you'd like to join, just click the link above!

December Drafts

December 1-7: Prompts A Plenty

New writing prompts every day

December 8-14: Dashing Through the Snow

Writing sprints

December 15-21: Seven Short Stories

New genre to write a one shot or short story every day

December 22-28: Holiday Specials

Write a story or more based on any holiday you like, winter holidays encouraged but not exclusive to

December 29-31: Festive Days

Rest, write for a project, focus on a WIP, music in the chats, movie nights encouraged, celebrate

[cyberstudious]

thursday, july 6th, 2023 | 28/100 days of productivity

today's productivity:

finished section 6.2

planned out the steps for a project at work

wrote 1k for camp nanowrimo!

today's self-care:

did yoga after work

met my goal for drinking water

played botw for a bit (trying to finally finish the game so I can get totk lol)

[builder051]

Whumpmas in July 2024 day 1: Introduction

Here’s (almost) what I look like. Cred to Fotor for the filter.

Hey, all!

I’m Laur. He/him. I’ve always loved sickfics, both reading them and creating my own. I started off writing for OCs and several different fandoms, but eventually I’ve settled into working within the MCU. I have have ~ 10 different ‘verses ranging canon to AU, and many are focused on different individual characters.

Believe it or not, this is my 8th WIJ (or maybe I pre-date the event? I can’t remember.) Anyway, I’ve been posting fics here since 2017.

At the time I created this account, I training as a professional athlete and dabbling in bodybuilding (hence the name of this blog—the numbers are a random add-on to make the account unique.) I would cross train and swim for an hour every afternoon, then set up the laptop and pour my heart and soul into stories to post on Tumblr. I finally found my writing niche, and I’ve made some best friends for life in the whump/sickfic/emeto community.

My big claim to fame is my completion of the 2018 NaNoWriMo (My total word count was just over 90,000.) I filled the prompt for all 30 days of Novemetober, and I completed the draft of a novel with only 28 days of work. The book has since been published and is available on Amazon. (DM me if you want more info or a link to purchase.)

I used to be able to turn out fics and prompt fills every day, but in 2019 I had some huge health challenges that have slowed me down considerably. The deets aren’t so important, but here are some highlights: the onset of a mental illness, major organ failure, 10+ surgeries with general anesthesia, and three brain injoruous incidents. Now I mostly get around in a power wheelchair. Big change from a few years back.

These days, I have a lot of trouble concentrating, and I have a busy schedule, so my fic and art posts are now few and far between. I still love challenge events like WIJ. I know I won’t be able to answer the question/prompt for every day, but I do have ideas that I’m excited to share.

[yujo-nishimura]

The Escape - Part 28

Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6 - Part 7 - Part 8 - Part 9 - Part 10 - Part 11 - Part 12 - Part 13 - Part 14 - Part 15 - Part 16 - Part 17 - Part 18 - Part 19 - Part 20 - Part 21 - Part 22 - Part 23 - Part 24 - Part 25 - Part 26 - Part 27

I am still not done with this story. All was written during Nanowrimo and is therefore not edited. I feel like Upton Sinclair just writing writing and writing non-stop. Not all of this is good, but I hope you all can find it a bit entertaining. ;)

The next morning when you wake up you find yourself still laying in Buggys bed, to cover your naked body you are comfortably tucked into his sheet, feeling warm and well rested. Buggy himself is not in the cabin, he probably had to get up earlier and didn't want to wake you up. You stretch and look outside the window, it looks like a beautiful morning, you can hear the seagulls over the open sea, the sun is lightening up your face and your arms resting on his pillow. How would you have loved to wake up next to him, but then you probably wouldn't have let him go for the rest of the day, being totally infatuated with him, wanting to be with him the whole time. Why did you had to fall for the captain? The time you both were able to spend together was probably limited to nights like last night. 

You sigh, do not want to get up, but also do not want to make the crew suspicious. 

You push the sheets away, grabbing your clothes from the floor and dress to leave the cabin. Buggy had no intentions to fold your clothes, but you wanted to show him that you cared and you made his bed, putting the pillow and the blanket into order. 

As you now carefully open the door, peek out before leaving the cabin. You sincerely hope that no one would see you coming alone from Buggys room. 

“Y/n!”, you hear a cheerful glee behind you, knowing immediately it was Mohji. 

“Dammit!”, you whisper to yourself before turning around and trying to smile at him as good as you can in this embarrassing moment for you. 

“Mohji, good morning!”

“Good morning. Are you searching for the Captain? He is not in his cabin!”

Relieved about this cluelessness you nod: “I realized that. Can you let me know where I can find him?” 

“He went down to the kitchen, since he missed breakfast this morning I assumed he just got something for himself…” 

“Thanks, Mohji!”, you quickly want to escape this slightly embarrassing moment before he can ask any more questions. 

“Wait up, Y/n. You got something there…!” He stops you before you can walk towards the hatch, trying to enter the ship's belly. You are shocked and surprised as he carefully lifts his hand, asking “May I?”, and without waiting for your answer, gently rubbing over your cheek two times. 

He then draws his hand back, you can see red clown makeup on his fingers. “Looked like you smeared something on your face…!”, he cuckles innocently and you are not sure if he realized what this was or not. 

Without saying another word you turn around on your heel, making it quickly to the hatch, holding your face, in surprise and embarrassment. You quickly needed to find a mirror and check if there was not more proof of you and Buggy being intimate last night. “Damn clown.”, you utter to yourself as you climb down the hatch, reaching the hall leading to the kitchen, the bathroom and your own little room. To the bathroom first! you decide and quickly walk towards it without hesitation. Before you reach the little enclosed space the door to the kitchen swings open and Buggy steps out, all dressed with hat and coat, even his make up seems to be freshened up. He is holding a tray with food and immediately stops as he sees you. 

“I was just on the way to you to bring you some late breakfast. You slept so long you missed it…” “So did you, no?”, you smile at him playfully as you inspect the tray. “Can you bring it to my room? I was just about to go to the bathroom..”, you add and he willingly nods. As you enter the bathroom you realize that you had just asked your captain for a favor and he had followed your command without hesitation. Had the tables finally turned after last night? 

As you come back to your room Buggy is not there, but he has left you the breakfast as promised. While you eat you wonder how you got yourself into this situation and how you were able to be so honest with him last night. Even the former Snowland pirates which you stayed with for several months did not know about your past and you always managed to escape eventual marine attacks to hide your identity from the marines and your former fellow crew members. Having a bounty on your head makes you always distrust people. Most of them were just friendly to you to later inform the marines to pick you up and imprison you. You look out of the small window in your cabin while holding on to the piece of bread you were chewing on. Back in the days when the whole incident happened and the whole village was going after you, calling you a murderer and anarchist Luffy was the only one who had believed your innocence and who had stuck with you the whole time. This is why you had always hoped to meet Luffy again one day and join his pirate crew. He was the only one who would have defended your innocence and pride until the end. 

But now this person was Buggy, Luffy's very opponent and a notorious pirate who was actually not someone who cared much about protecting anybody besides himself and his treasures. You had never thought when you left your village that you would one day end up here, not only as his crew mate but also as Buggys lover. 

You sigh as you finish up the breakfast and decide to bring it back by yourself to the kitchen. You felt more safe and protected here than you ever felt before in your life, so maybe you should just get used to the thought of being with the Buggy pirates now. 

As you open the door your gaze sticks again with the beautiful dress which has not been worn once yet. “Your time will come!”, you silently whisper, more to yourself than to the piece of fabric at your door. As you leave your room you immediately realize something is off. The silence in the hallway is suspicious. There are no sounds from pots and pans in the kitchen, there are not the usual sounds coming from the ships deck. You suddenly feel a movement behind you, like a shadow. As you try to quickly turn around you feel a sharp pain on your head, seeming to go through your very bones and you moan in pain before you feel the world falling into darkness in front of you. 

[cassiesart]

my year in review

Spotify Wrapped is out, and I honestly don't know how much more I'll get done this year (I'm going to be busy IRL), so I suppose it's not too early for this!

i've found that doing the twelve-months-of-art meme chart thing doesn't accurately summarize my year anymore, because when I have an active project going that's all I do, and then there are no illustrations to show for those months, so the chart gives a disappointing impression that I just didn't do anything. so here's a list, instead:

Original work

Started and completed a 28-page chapter of a new(ish) webcomic For 2024: Chapter 2... hooray

Completed a sketchbook full of artwork with a scanned digital version This includes a completed Smaugust challenge For 2024: finishing another sketchbook, at some point, I hope; and probably at least one monthly art challenge

A rough NaNoWriMo draft of 50,000 words. Unfortunately, the story is not done (and I think maybe the whole first half of the draft needs to be cut, too), but I met my personal goal of actually using the pretty notebooks that were just sitting on my bookshelf all year, blank and unloved. For 2024: I have no idea if anything in this draft will see the light of day or if I will need to start over entirely. But it was good practice.

Going forward I would like to try out doing more video content, like process videos. I started dabbling with that this year but then took a long break from it because I had a technical issue that required hardware replacement and the re-setting of all my software.

Personal

I sent a goal to read 100 books this year, as of posting this I'm up to 103.

I finally played Beholder 2 instead of just looking at it sitting in my Steam library

[skylarkblue]

it's t-minus 28 days until nanowrimo and i am trying to do this whole preptober thing but all i'm finding is that preptober is designed for people who have no idea what they want to write, and actually my problem is that i have too many ideas of what i want to write

[inherhouseshewaitsdreaming]

Preptober 2023 - Snowflake Edition

Here in the Office we're going to be doing Preptober using the Snowflake method.

What is Preptober? During the month of October, people planning to do NaNoWriMo prepare for the month, getting their story and their lives ready to complete the challenge. The programme is actually 6 weeks long, so this room is going to be a little longer than a month.

What is NaNoWriMo? During the month of November, writers around the world attempt to write 50,000 words of a novel in one month - known as National Novel Writing Month.

What is the Snowflake Method? This is a fiction writing method where you follow 10 steps to get your novel ready to write. The steps all involve gradually expanding and branching your story (sort of like a snowflake). It is the brainchild of Randy Ingermanson.

I strongly recommend buying Ingermanson's book How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method and reading along with it. Its a very engaging read. At first the unusual style in which it was written put me off a little, but after a while I realised I was actually hooked on the story he was telling too (following the journey of the book's protagonist quite closely, which I am guessing was the point). I often struggle to read 'examples' in fiction writing books and the way this book is written overcame that completely.

For this room, I will use the material Ingerman provides for free on his website. I will not add anything from the book, but I will suggest chapters to read if you are also reading.

How will this work? Throughout the 6 weeks of Preptober, I will post prompts to complete two things:

The steps of the Snowflake Method, spaced out according to their length.

The steps of the Preptober course outline from the NaNoWriMo website.

We’ll use the Snowflake Method to cover the first few weeks of Preptober. Because you move around between things like plot and character, we won’t be doing these in order. Below is the the full schedule of posts.

Week 1 (normally idea generation)

18 September: Step 1 (takes about 1 hour)

20 September: Step 2 (takes about 1 hour)

22 September: Step 3 (takes a few hours, depending how many characters you have)

Week 2 (normally characters)

25 September: Step 4 (takes a few hours)

28 September: Step 5 (takes a few days)

Week 3 (normally plot)

2 October: Step 6 (takes a week)

Week 4 (normally worldbuilding)

9 October: Step 7 (takes a week)

Week 5 (normally grow your writing community)

16 October: Step 8

Week 6 (normally find and manage your time)

23 October: Step 9

Step 10 is to write so that will start on 1 November. You can always skip over to Ingermanson's website and find the next steps if you need to arrange things on a different time scale.

[bananabeebenson]

Kinktober 2023

I will be posting my upcoming 2023 Kinktober list. I will be posting them to AO3 and will be linking them. I already have the list planned out, so I won't take requests for them at this moment, but after the challenge my requests will be full force ready.

I hope you all enjoy, I'm looking forward to posting these and writing about these. They will be unedited, posted as I wrote them so I can crank them all out, and because I have to prep for NaNoWrimo.

1 King - Pegging 2 Bellamy - Titfuck 3 Akainu - Hate Sex 4 Obito - Teratophilia 5 Tobirama - Sweat 6 Diavolo - Chastity 7 Solas - Waxplay 8 Erwin - Breeding 9 Fatgum - Lactation 10 Levi - Fucking Machine 11 Lucifer - Petplay 12 Loid - Somnophilia 13 Cu Alter - Menophilia 14 Doflamingo - Cloning 15 & 16 Tobirama/Madara - Temp Play and Double Pen One Hole 17 & 18 Levi/Erwin - Threesome and Spanking 19 & 20 Kylo Ren- Uniform and Mind Control 21 & 22 Giovanni - Panties/Lingerie and Bondage 23 & 24 X Drake - Collaring and Sex Toys 25 & 26 Hux - Pregnancy and Masturbation 27 & 28 Katakuri - Double Pen Two Holes and Cock Bulge 29 & 30 Miguel - Breathplay and Overstim

31: Surprise Free Day

[thewordworrier]

July Camp NaNoWriMo - Day 28

Words Written Today: 904 / 700 words. Today’s Goal: 19,600 words. Today’s (Total) Word Count: 21, 971/ 21,700 words. Worked On: the Supernatural Beings AU Favourite Line: hehe

“Careful,” he said, his voice deepening. “Keep making those noises, pretty girl, and I’m not going to be able to control myself.”

I love having enough Thinkiy Thoughts that I end up writing 95% of my words before I even get out of bed in the morning.

God I don't want to go to work tomorrow.

[missys-mansion-of-mistakes]

Weekly Wrap-Up

July 22nd, 2024 - July 28, 2024

🌸 This week has been pretty great overall. Let's review what I managed to get done:

Two visits to my parents. One for the car, one for the garage sale.

Submitted 5 scholarship essays

Deposited 5 checks that have been sitting around

Cleaned out my car/fridge. They're very neat now

Went grocery shopping instead of procrastinating it

Ordered two new chargers. One for my office, one for home

Fixed up a chapter of the book I'm writing for NaNoWriMo and posted it in the writing group for folks to workshop today

Researched 10 different programs for my conference presentation

Sent in the BOD application. Even though it was auto-rejected (due to number of applicants) I still finally sent it in

Did my nails for the new job, then took them off (didn't like them)

🏫 School is rapidly approaching. Mid-to-late August. I wanted to apply to 100 scholarships before school starts, but at this rate, it'll be more like 50. I still have around 3 weeks left so... guess we'll see. Gonna increase the rate I work at.

🎧 My pink headphones I've had since... it has to be since 2020 finally gave up the ghost. They underwent some heavy daily use, and spent a short stint of time in a garage when I was between houses, so I'm honestly shocked they lasted 4 years. I just went to lay down while I was wearing them a few days ago, something went CRACK in the left ear, and since then it was a right-ear-only headphone 🤡 Thankfully I had brand-new extras in my closet I ordered because I thought these broke previously but hadn't-- the cord was just loose-- and so I wasn't bothered in the least. Awesome.

🎤 Nervous for the upcoming conference in... a week and a half. I know I'm prepared to write my piece of the deliverables (the powerpoint, the presentation) but I'm not convinced my co-presenters are. Tomorrow, I need to ask them more directly if they're able to answer several questions pertaining to our topic-- because that's what we need to put in the slides. They only have like 3 days left to research enough to rectify that if they aren't. And I understand some people operate on a last-minute based work schedule, but I'm not. It's important we get this DONE.

💼 Work for the upcoming week should be smooth enough. Still settling into my new role and trying to figure out what would be best to change/adapt for the program. I need to brainstorm some more while I'm at work and figure all that out.

Good things ahead, I know it!

[Photos: heart-shaped lipstick I got from a mystery box, unidentified flowers from my family's garden, new pink headphones, bullet journal entry, postcards on my wall (detail), postcards on my wall with ivy.]

[duhragonball]

Other Months

You know, I was sort of hoping that by now, there would be some sort of course correction from Nanowrimo. I mean, the backlash seems pretty substantial. I keep looking for updates on the situation, and I keep expecting Nano to issue some weak apology, or at least acknowledge the outcry. But instead, I just find news articles about the backlash, or sponsors pulling out because they can see which way the wind is blowing.

And I'm not entirely surprised, but I guess I thought the people running that organization were a little more savvy than this. Then again, all these pro-AI types only seem to know how to double-down, so I guess Nanowrimo has already demonstrated the depths of their incompetence. If they were smart enough try to clean up this mess they never would have issued that statement in the first place.

So I probably gave them too much credit, but... I mean, what other reaction could they have expected? Their whole deal depends on large numbers of human writers coming together to do this challenge every year. By refusing to condemn AI, they basically said that the efforts of the human writers are extraneous, when it's very much the other way around. The Nanowrimo organization thinks it's too big to fail, but without the writers' participation, they're nothing. Even if their sponsors are paying big bucks for AI promotion, it won't do any good if there's no one around to sell the products to. This seems blindingly obvious, but apparently Nanowrimo can't figure it out.

Anyway, enough about them. I'm planning to proceed on schedule from November 1-30, but I started thinking about what to do in the future. The rest of the world may settle on some agreed-upon "official month" to do the 50k challenge, but I'm more interested in picking something that works best for me. I'll run through some options under the cut.

NOVEMBER

Pro: Traditional. I'm familiar with this thrity-day span, so why rock the boat?

Con: The Thanksgiving four-day weekend is a pain in the ass to plan around. Also my mom's birthday is in November, and I usually drive to her place and take her out to lunch, so that's another day where I schedule minimal writing. Oh, and AEW runs the Full Gear PPV, and the NJPW World Tag League starts up in November, so it's actually kind of busy. My normal strategy is to try to get as big a lead as possible in the first week in order to finish well before all this other stuff can slow me down.

DECEMBER

Pro: None. This would suck.

Con: This would just be a harder version of November, since Christmas always falls on a different day of the week.

JANUARY/FEBRUARY

Pro: There's not much happening in these months, and I usually schedule some days off from work here just so I might miss a few lousy commutes in cold weather. February's only 28 days, but I've finished so many past 50k challenges early that it probably doesn't matter anymore.

Con: I've tried to do "Janwum" challenges in the past, but it's tough to get into gear so soon after completing one in November. I kind of had this vision of doing four writing months every year, but the non-November ones were always tough. Maybe January 2026 would be better if I didn't do any writing for November 2025. So that would push me towards...

MARCH-SEPTEMBER

Pro: I dunno.

Con: I feel like a lot of stuff happens during these months, which makes it difficult to make solid plans. Then again, this is probably just because I've devoted so much planning to making sure Novembers are as clear as I can make them.

OCTOBER

Pro: It's like November, but sooner. Fewer holidays, wrestling shows, and so forth.

Con: That's when OC-tober happens, and I really would like to keep doing that in October if I can. True, I've only done the challenge once in 2021, but I want to get back to it, so I need to start re-evaluating my priorities.

OCTOBER 20-NOVEMBER 18

Pro: This would mostly eliminate my problems with November. I always get a little anxious to start in the last week of October, so maybe I should just go ahead and start early.

Con: Well, the OC-tober stuff would still be a conflict, if nothing else.

I'm not sure I've come to any strong conclusions here, except that I might want to do these in January, but I need to schedule 2025's challenge for the middle of the year. Like... June-ish? Well, that would get it out of the way in time for the G1 Climax. Huh.