Anyone else have a kid who's... http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-50/threads/35694 Ruth Cooke ... beating the pants off their word count? I'm so far behind my daughter at this point that I'm sending her NaNo mails trying to make her do other things, like eat, sleep, study, play computer games... You get the idea. Anyhow, just wondering if anyone else out there makes NaNo an annual family trip to la-la-land... Tue, 15 Nov 2011 01:38:58 +1100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-50/threads/35694?page=1#forum_thread_comment_691100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-50/threads/35694?page=1#forum_thread_comment_691100 edgewritermom To put it succinctly: Yes. Daughter currently has almost twice as many words as I do. She won't be 16 till December. She has been doing the full program since just before she turned 13 and she always aces it. Last year she committed herself to write two separate 50K novels during November and she did it. It IS somewhat intimidating! But she's balanced out by her brother (just turned 14) who finally set a YWP word count for himself of 5K and is struggling (mostly complaining) to achieve it. He has done NNWM for--well, this is the third year running. Not because he loves to write, but because he claims he feels left out hearing us fuss over our novels during November. I have to remind myself that I'm running the home and taking care of a husband and two kids and also a part-time business with unpredictable time commitments, and oh yeah, BTW writing a novel too. On the other hand, daughter (homeschooled) has an unusually heavy load of schoolwork this year so maybe that balances out too. I love the idea of sending NaNoMail to goad your kids into doing their other responsibilities! I think I will try it! Tue, 15 Nov 2011 08:26:29 +1100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-50/threads/35694?page=1#forum_thread_comment_696135 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-50/threads/35694?page=1#forum_thread_comment_696135 Generalist Not really. I do have a son that I never expected to do NaNoWriMo. In word wars he tends to hit the 250 range for fifteen minutes, typing, while I hit an unadjusted count of 330 or more, hand writing. I'm a little surprised that he has reached 30K today. I'll be hitting 40K or higher later today. We're trying to convince my daughter to join in. She has been working on a series of fantasy stories involving centaurs, one of my favorite topics. I'd be really surprised if my youngest son or my wife tried NaNoWriMo. But it might happen. Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:04:12 +1100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-50/threads/35694?page=1#forum_thread_comment_698804 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-50/threads/35694?page=1#forum_thread_comment_698804 magic-mountain This year, for the first time, my homeschooled, 18-year-old daughter was ahead of me for the first 13 days. I'm finally back ahead of her, me being the intimidating one who tends to write 120,000 words in November. I do have a handicap this year: I have breast cancer, and even doing the gentler alternative treatments I'm doing saps my strength and steals my brain. Being away from home for treatment, then accidentally fracturing my hip, too, didn't help. My daughter has told me repeatedly that it's good for me to be behind (which I was until yesterday), so I guess it's my turn to feel a little inadequate. I love hearing other whose kids are doing this, too. We sometimes feel a little strange going to local write-ins (when we're at home) as a mother-daughter "team". Go kids! Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:27:41 +1100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-50/threads/35694?page=1#forum_thread_comment_699181 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-50/threads/35694?page=1#forum_thread_comment_699181 Ruth Cooke (((magic-mountain))) Kudos to you for keeping with the program in spite of your health. I've been dealing with lower back pain this year, which makes sitting for long periods of time harder, but it's nothing compared with what you're going through. The kid and I haven't been to any write-ins together, though we had one at my place near the beginning of the month. I type faster than she does, but she's got a better handle on her story, I think. I'm trying to produce the bare bones of something that might eventually be worth publishing, so I'm not adding in as many dares as I did the year I won. But I'm pleased that I've managed to write every single day so far, which is something I've never before managed to acheive. Even if I don't hit 50k by the end of November (and I'm still not so far off that I can't see this happening), as long as I wrote every day, and continue writing every day, I'll be happy, because I know that I'll finish someday. Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:55:17 +1100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-50/threads/35694?page=1#forum_thread_comment_700380 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-50/threads/35694?page=1#forum_thread_comment_700380 Samitchell Not my kid, but I do know a teenager who wrote over 80K in last year's NaNo. She plans to beat that this year. Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:05:56 +1100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-50/threads/35694?page=1#forum_thread_comment_700537 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-50/threads/35694?page=1#forum_thread_comment_700537 Kat Gentian My daughter started doing NaNo in 2002 and did it every year through 2008. She skipped 2009, did 2010 and started this year (although she didn't update her profile at all after the move). She has put it on hold this year while she fills out graduate school applications, and intends to do her 50K whenever those are done. She once did the 50K in less than three weeks while in college (bio major), I think it was her third year. When she is cranking I don't even <em>think</em> about keeping up! Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:11:40 +1100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-50/threads/35694?page=1#forum_thread_comment_701724 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-50/threads/35694?page=1#forum_thread_comment_701724 ereedak I am still ahead of my daughter but that's expected since she only writes on her days off. Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:24:58 +1100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-50/threads/35694?page=1#forum_thread_comment_702899 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-50/threads/35694?page=1#forum_thread_comment_702899 Dacron My daughter is ahead of me but I've been catching up! This is mostly because she is at school and doesn't have the same amount of time as I do. Once she is on a roll the words just flow out of her in a way that I simply can't match. The courage of the young I guess! She is also much more methodical then I am. She has recently completed another (not her first) novel and she won't let me even look at it until she has finished the third draft. I don't actually try to compete - I just stand back admiringly! Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:46:01 +1100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-50/threads/35694?page=1#forum_thread_comment_738596 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-50/threads/35694?page=1#forum_thread_comment_738596 Generalist I crossed the 50K line a day or so before he did. When he crossed the line, it was by about 50 or so words. I was going to suggest that he boost his numbers just in case the verification word count was low. Instead, when I checked his numbers, I found that he was up to 54K while I'm at 58K. The race is on! Thu, 24 Nov 2011 09:52:11 +1100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-50/threads/35694?page=1#forum_thread_comment_822799 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-50/threads/35694?page=1#forum_thread_comment_822799 Agatha Yep, my kids started this two years ago,daughter finished, son didnt, last year five of us stateted, three kids, hubby and I the boys didnt finish. This year I am in front (ATM) It is good to be able to talk Nanowrimo. Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:22:32 +1100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-50/threads/35694?page=1#forum_thread_comment_825110 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-50/threads/35694?page=1#forum_thread_comment_825110 Kat Gentian I love having NaNo as a family activity! It's something my daughter and I have done for years. Thanksgiving becomes extra writing time instead of massive eating time. Sat, 26 Nov 2011 03:27:43 +1100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-50/threads/35694?page=1#forum_thread_comment_840533 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-50/threads/35694?page=1#forum_thread_comment_840533 Generalist We were doing some calculations the other day. When in Word War mode I can usually do three hundred and fifty words in fifteen minute as opposed to his two hundred and fifty. He is typing. I'm handwriting. Sat, 26 Nov 2011 05:57:39 +1100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-50/threads/35694?page=1#forum_thread_comment_841778 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-50/threads/35694?page=1#forum_thread_comment_841778 Kataja Are you using shorthand? Sat, 26 Nov 2011 22:15:53 +1100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-50/threads/35694?page=1#forum_thread_comment_850149 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-50/threads/35694?page=1#forum_thread_comment_850149 Agatha Daughter kicked my butt, sat and wrote 5,000 words last night to get finished, I had 700 to go when I went to bed. Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:11:50 +1100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-50/threads/35694?page=1#forum_thread_comment_882127 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-50/threads/35694?page=1#forum_thread_comment_882127 Generalist No, I just hand write fairly fast and he types fairly slow. My hand writing speed is at about the right rate for the Inner Editor to tweak things. I have, when the words are flowing, written roughly six hundred words in forty minutes. A 'good' speed is six hundred words in fifty minutes. A 'normal' speed is the same count in an hour. Anything slower is disappointing. Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:09:59 +1100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-50/threads/35694?page=1#forum_thread_comment_884485 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-50/threads/35694?page=1#forum_thread_comment_884485 Dacron Well my daughter has just told me that she has finally crossed the line - but actually I caught her up and crossed the line two days ago! So we're a double winning household - yay for us! Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:15:01 +1100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-50/threads/35694?page=1#forum_thread_comment_897969 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-50/threads/35694?page=1#forum_thread_comment_897969 Zookeeper No kids. I have several cats. They walk back and forth across the desk and stamp on the keys. It's all just stream of consciousness, though. They're not too clever with plot. (But they're cute!) Sat, 03 Dec 2011 10:35:49 +1100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-50/threads/35694?page=1#forum_thread_comment_924644 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-50/threads/35694?page=1#forum_thread_comment_924644 NoVaSheDragon I wish! Both my kids (age 16 and 18) are excellent writers, but I've never been able to interest them in NaNo. Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:21:15 +1100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-50/threads/35694?page=1#forum_thread_comment_948264 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-50/threads/35694?page=1#forum_thread_comment_948264