Daily Q&A

Q: Antwon and Ealasaid, you've both won NaNoWriMo for the past
eight years, and you still found time to fall in love and get married! Is it true that your first date was a NaNoWriMo event? What role did writing novels together play in your courtship?
A: Well, we tend to say that our "zeroth" date was a NaNo event, because we

Q: Sandra, you moderate the Diving Deeper writing group, which had three winners by November 17, and 13 winners by today! What did you put in the water?
A:Our first winner was Leigh-Anne, who crossed the 50, 000 mark on November 10, followed by twelve others as of today. A total of 23

Q: Jen, on November 20 your computer crashed and you lost your 2008 NaNoNovel. That night, you started on a new story. How is it going? Will you be a winner in spite of it all?
A: First off, I feel like I've severely neglected my ML duties. I spend all of November, and portions of the other

Q: John, you organize a 2 AM write-in at the Steak and Shake in DeKalb, IL. Why so late? Is writing in the middle of the night any different or better than daytime write-ins?
A: My motivation for starting the late night write-in is due to the fact that I work third shift. My typical work day runs from 11 pm to 7:30 am and I'm

Q: Anastasia, you are ML for one of the more remote NaNoWriMo regions. How does where you live affect how you write? What is most challenging about the location?
A: My daughter says I'm living "on the edge of the middle of nowhere." But it doesn't seem that remote to

Q: Jesi, you not only bring NaNo characters to life in your novels, but you also make sculptures based on your characters. Which comes first: the sculpture or the written characters? What effect has it had on your writing?

A: My writing and my doll making go hand in hand; they feed off

Q:Marrije, you have the highest user number of any participant or staff
member at NaNoWriMo. How has this high-profile position affected your noveling? Does the status go to your head? Does it make you nervous?
A:Wow, I knew I had the highest

Q: Anna, last year you wrote three novels simultaneously during NaNoWriMo! Were you successful? Did the ambition of yesteryear change your approach to NaNo '08 at all?
A: I was triumphant, reaching over 50 K on each, and realizing what’s

Q: Charlotte, last year you created a write-in game that turned into a 25,000-word story! What exactly was this writing exercise, and what ever became of the story?
A: I can’t really remember how it started, but some of us decided to

Q: Jenn, you are a middle school writing teacher at the Washington School for the Deaf, where NaNoWriMo is a school-wide event. How does this work? What is the best part about doing NaNoWriMo as a school, as opposed to just classroom by classroom?
A: At the end of October the teachers plan a kick-off event for the entire