John: write 50,000 words of a story for NaNoWriMo (November 2009)
promise · status: open (updates through 2009, not reported done) · last event: progress update (2009-11-17) · owner: John
On 1 November 2009 John promised to write 50,000 words of a story for National Novel Writing Month. His updates through the month report him falling behind, 10,000 words short by 17 November as the Paper Towns screenplay revision took his time.
Parts: John: post daily NaNoWriMo progress updates on the Ning (November 2009)
Told alongside: John invites Nerdfighters doing NaNoWriMo to the Ning group and NaNoWriMo forum (2009) · John writes the Paper Towns screenplay (2008)
About: National Novel Writing Month
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-11-01 | promised | John commits to trying to write 50,000 words of a story over November for NaNoWriMo. (hedged) | NaNoWriMo!!! 00:02:45 |
| 2009-11-03 | progress update | John says he is a little frazzled from NaNoWriMo-ing. | This Machine Pwns n00bs! 00:00:00 |
| 2009-11-08 | progress update | John says he is 9,000 words behind on NaNoWriMo. | H1N1 Vaccine Fears 00:00:00 |
| 2009-11-17 | progress update | John says he is 10,000 words behind on NaNoWriMo because of the Paper Towns screenplay revision, and behind on the screenplay because of NaNoWriMo. (playful) | Question Tuesday: The Free Money Edition 00:00:00 |
What is said about it
3 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2009-11-01 · NaNoWriMo!!! — announcement: John says he has always admired the Nerdfighters who take on the NaNoWriMo challenge and this year (2009) he will join them. — 00:00:59
- 2009-11-01 · NaNoWriMo!!! — announcement: John will not share what he writes in November; if lucky, it will be good enough to spend the next two years revising. — 00:02:45
- 2009-11-08 · H1N1 Vaccine Fears — John is 9,000 words behind on NaNoWriMo but says he is doing fantastic in 'Neanderthal November'. (playful) — 00:00:00