I'm 90% sure I'll be writing a non-fiction book about my passion for giant pandas.
Is that allowed?
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Chet's NaNoWriMo Experience (updated)
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I'm 90% sure I'll be writing a non-fiction book about my passion for giant pandas. Is that allowed? |
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60,127 / 50,000
Oct 2, 2009 - 01 29
If it's non-fiction then it's not NaNo :(
But you can write here :D Just can't be a winner...
But that's not important, you'll still have a book at the end of it all.
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51,872 / 50,000
Oct 2, 2009 - 02 34
I can't verify my word count and get my purple bar?
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60,127 / 50,000
Oct 2, 2009 - 03 00
Technically, no. Of course we can't stop you, but you didn't technically win NaNo. Because it's novel writing month, which is a lengthy work of fiction.
That's what the rules say anyhow, sorry :(
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51,872 / 50,000
Oct 2, 2009 - 04 56
I was planning to keep to the 50,000-word requirement. Oh well, I guess I'll write the non-fiction in my spare time and focus on the NaNovel and getting the purple bar.
Thanks.
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53,387 / 50,000
Oct 2, 2009 - 07 15
Well, no one's stopping you. ;) But you wouldn't be doing NaNo by the rules, so it wouldn't really be a NaNo win. :)
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1,018 / 50,000
Oct 6, 2009 - 02 17
We define a novel as "a lengthy work of fiction." Beyond that, we let you decide whether what you're writing falls under the heading of "novel."In short: If you believe you're writing a novel, we believe you're writing a novel too.
I say go for it. :3
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Oct 6, 2009 - 14 38
I second damthisanarch. Rock those pandas out!
5,510 / 50,000
Oct 6, 2009 - 20 17
I'm very likely going to be writing creative nonfiction for at least part of my NaNo, and I'm going to verify and win, so I agree. Go for it.
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Oct 14, 2009 - 09 47
"Novel" does not equal to "Fiction". I've read a lot of novels that were not fiction. Narrative biographies and creative memoirs are not "textbooks".
2,331 / 50,000
Nov 5, 2009 - 00 20
ditto
2,331 / 50,000
Nov 5, 2009 - 00 22
I read a lot of true crime. But the way that it's written is A LOT like fiction. planetsomsom has a good point - these paperback best-sellers are non-fiction novels.
53,133 / 50,000
Nov 6, 2009 - 12 33
I know this is a bit late, but I just wanted to add something to the subject:
Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why - technically a nonfiction novel about extreme survival situations, but written in such a way that's vastly entertaining and inspirational as well as informative.
The Devil's Cup: A History of the World According to Coffee - technically half travel writing, half history, but again, written in such a way that it reads better than many pure fiction novels I've come across.
In the Company of Crows and Ravens, Rats, Into the Wild, Book of Shadows, Reconciliations, Women Who Run With the Wolves (yes, there's folklore and myth, but it's an analysis OF folklore, myth, archetypes, et cetera, not a compilation of them), the Beauty Myth, Colonize This! (Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism), This Bridge Called My Back - none of them are straight fiction. All of them contain real-world insights on real-world subjects and people. I can honestly say that most of the books on this list are at the top of my favorite books, right in with the novels of varying levels of fiction. I not only enjoy these books, but I respect them infinitely and constantly look for others like them.
I say go for it. Let people split hairs if they wish. That may sound mean, but it just seems like a silly thing to be exclusive about. Nonfiction hits a range of expression that's near-equal, or equal, to fiction, and requires just as much creativity and skill. I know I will personally consider you a winner imo. Rock those pandas!
35,208 / 50,000
Nov 6, 2009 - 23 00
Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why - technically a nonfiction novel about extreme survival situations, but written in such a way that's vastly entertaining and inspirational as well as informative.
The Devil's Cup: A History of the World According to Coffee - technically half travel writing, half history, but again, written in such a way that it reads better than many pure fiction novels I've come across.
In the Company of Crows and Ravens, Rats, Into the Wild, Book of Shadows, Reconciliations, Women Who Run With the Wolves (yes, there's folklore and myth, but it's an analysis OF folklore, myth, archetypes, et cetera, not a compilation of them), the Beauty Myth, Colonize This! (Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism), This Bridge Called My Back - none of them are straight fiction. All of them contain real-world insights on real-world subjects and people. I can honestly say that most of the books on this list are at the top of my favorite books, right in with the novels of varying levels of fiction. I not only enjoy these books, but I respect them infinitely and constantly look for others like them.
I say go for it. Let people split hairs if they wish. That may sound mean, but it just seems like a silly thing to be exclusive about. Nonfiction hits a range of expression that's near-equal, or equal, to fiction, and requires just as much creativity and skill. I know I will personally consider you a winner imo. Rock those pandas!
I also think it's a silly thing to split hairs about. I could easily write a memoirs and say it's fiction, or say that my book is 100% true when it's not ("A Million Little Pieces" anyone?) Fiction or nonfiction is in the eye of the writer to a large degree. My book is technically nonfiction, but I'm thinking of fictionalizing certain parts to protect certain identities. More of a roman a clef, actually.
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45,009 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2009 - 20 48
Wow I must've been in such a hurry that I missed the rule about fiction. Fortunately my story is about a writer who decides to write about her life for NaNo but feels it's boring so embelishes quite a bit. And that's all you're getting but I'm pretty sure you'd be surprised by the ending. I sure was when I wrote it.
5,342 / 50,000
Nov 15, 2009 - 21 29
My humorous travel 'novel' is about 95% true but also incorporates fiction to cover identities and other trivial things. I am participating in my local gatherings this month but won't be submitting my word count. Knowing I wrote a good story is enough for me. Plus we have our own emblem so we can let them have their fun and just be us!