It's pretty easy to register, and then you can hang on the message boards or only stop by the site to update your word count, whatever floats your boat.
It starts at Midnight on Oct 31 (so the wee hours of Nov 1) and goes until midnight on Nov 30. During that time you're supposed to try and write 50000 words. Working on pre-existing novels is typically considered cheating, because this is supposed to be an off the cuff thing and because it's hard to count your words. There's a FAQ on the site that goes through the rules.
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Date: 2005-10-25 02:32 pm (UTC)It's pretty easy to register, and then you can hang on the message boards or only stop by the site to update your word count, whatever floats your boat.
It starts at Midnight on Oct 31 (so the wee hours of Nov 1) and goes until midnight on Nov 30. During that time you're supposed to try and write 50000 words. Working on pre-existing novels is typically considered cheating, because this is supposed to be an off the cuff thing and because it's hard to count your words. There's a FAQ on the site that goes through the rules.