Everyone, I am new here.

My name is Matt, I am 14 going on 15 in five days. I would like some help, please. I've just joined a couple days ago and the site layout is difficult for me to understand. I also had a couple questions.

1) Where do I submit my writing?

2) If so, where can you read other peoples' writing?

3) Overall, what else is there to do here before national writing month?

Any help at all on my questions would be much appreciated.

Hi Matt, nice to see you've joined the madness that is NaNoWriMo :').

1) When it comes to about the 25th of November, a wordcount validator opens up, and it'll do a wordcount check for you.
2) As far as other people's writing goes, check out Novel Info-Extract on people's pages, and if they've added something, then you can read it.
3) On the forums, there's all sorts you can do; best bet is to talk to other people and get planning!

Hope I've helped :))

Just in case you were wondering about if you can upload your whole novel here... No-one does that on this specific site; what you can read on the members' profiles is a synopsis and sometimes an excerpt of their current project. There are people who post their novels to their own sites or on sites specifically designed for uploading novels, getting comments, reviews etc. Some people swap their novels, proofreading each other's texts and trying to improve both their own writing and that of their writing buddies.
If you were asking for that kind of "reading other people's writing", there are a couple "I'm looking for a writing buddy!" threads floating around the forums; search function should find them for you if that's what you're looking for.

Also: Welcome to the forums, the fun and NaNoWriMo :)

Norm!

Sorry, I'd thought I'd greet a new person the same way Norm always is greeted on Cheers. Anyhow, welcome to NaNoWriMo. I highly advise that you check out the forums for interesting threads. Some can be very helpful for your writing.

1. No one reads anything you write unless you join the critique forum and find people who want to read what you wrote. (http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/critiques-feedback-novel-swaps) As already mentioned, at the end of November, you validate your novel, which just means you paste it into a word count thing that verifies that you've written at least 50,000 words. That's all it does, though.

2. If you go to the critiques, feedback, and novel swaps forum, you can find people who are looking for people to help critique their work. They give summaries of their work and then you can write to them if you want to read the whole thing.

3. The forums get wiped in October in preparation for NaNo. Until then, most of us hang out and talk about writing. Some people are editing completed stories. Some people are working on projects now outside of NaNo. Some people are getting ready for Script Frenzy, Camp NaNo, and NaNoWriMo (and other NaNo spinoffs not affiliiated with the Office of Letters and Light).

I recommend browsing the forums. They are separated by genre, age group, and how far into the writing process you are. December and Beyond is usually for people editing previously written works, but people are also posting new writing challenges there. NaNo Tips and Strategies helps people work on current projects. There are also sections for people to talk about their favorite movies, books, video games, etc. Just look around and have fun!