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 , also known as Michelle Tuesday, is a thirty-three-year-old freelance musician and writer hailing from Columbus, Ohio. |
October NaNoWriMo Prep Challenge
     October NaNo Prep Challenge You CAN win National Novel Writing Month. Get motivated and do it! ***  2011 Update: No Entry Fee Required. Thanks to our generous donors. ***For more information about NaNo: http://www.nanowrimo.org Be sure to sign up at NaNoWriMo.org  and participate to be eligible for the final Grand Prize!This is how the Challenge works:  Each day during the month of October, contestants will be given an assignment. The exercises are designed to help you prepare for NaNoWriMo. The calendar of daily exercises is here: "October NaNo Prep: 2011 Calendar" [E].Spend at least 15 minutes working on the assignment each day.Your work is generally not required to be posted or linked in the forum, except during a "Contest Round." The October NaNo Prep Challenge is based on the honor system.During a "Contest Round," post your entry in bitem format. These exercises are designed to not give away your premise or plot. If the work you end up writing does reveal more than you'd like, simply post that you completed the exercise but prefer not to link it. If you choose to do this, you will not be eligible to compete for Contest Round prizes. You will still be eligible for the Grand Prizes. Contest Round prizes are:  1st Place gets a Merit Badge in the genre of his/her novel2nd Place gets 5,000 GP's3rd Place gets 2,000 GP'sContest Round entries may be any rating.Each day, you are required to either post in the forum that you have completed the assignment, or post a bitem link to your Contest Round entry.A random prompt generator is provided for your use, but is not required. The prompts are simply a tool to get your muse working, in the likely event that you don't already have your characters, background stories, or settings worked out and need some inspiration. "Generate a Random Prompt" The point is to get you disciplined into finding time to write every day, but I am aware that life happens and sometimes interferes with even the most disciplined person's good intentions. Therefore, you may catch up on assignments from previous days, so long as you don't go more than three calendar days without posting (based on your local time). Exceptions may be made for restricted internet access. Please contact me directly to discuss options. If you fall more than three days behind and still catch up by October 31st, you may be eligible for runner-up recognition.October NaNoWriMo Prep Challenge Grand Prize: Contestants who successfully complete the Challenge without falling more than three calendar days behind will win a Determination Merit Badge. You must complete all 31 daily assignments by October 31st to win.NaNoWriMo Grand Prize: Contestants who successfully complete NaNoWriMo in November will win a NaNoWriMo Merit Badge. Your account at http://www.nanowrimo.org must show that you've reached 50,000 words (OR your alternate pre-established goal) by November 30. If you choose to set a different goal for yourself, post your alternate goal no later than November 15th (based on your local time). You do NOT have to win the Determination Merit Badge to be eligible for the NaNoWriMo Merit Badge; however, you do have to participate in this October NaNo Prep Challenge by completing at least one daily assignment. IMPORTANT: Please provide your NaNoWriMo author name in this forum to be eligible for this prize.JUDGES FOR THE CONTEST ROUNDS: Note: Competitors may serve as judges, but are not eligible to compete in the Contest Round(s) that they judge. They are still eligible for the Grand Prizes and to compete in the other Contest Rounds. Prep judges earn a warm place in my heartand a Judging Merit Badge if I have enough funds left after the Prep! Contest Round 1: JUDGE 1: ~j  JUDGE 2: Prosperous Snow  Contest Round 2: JUDGE 1: Ariana  JUDGE 2: Dawn☆Embers  Contest Round 3: JUDGE 1: Ruth-away in new Zealand JUDGE 2: JoDe  Contest Round 4: JUDGE 1: Storm Machine  JUDGE 2: Duchess Laughing Lemurs   The forum may be used for questions, brainstorming about your work, stumbling blocks you're facing, general encouragement of each other, or anything else you would like to discuss related to this Challenge, your novel project, or NaNo in general. Depending on donations, we may give random "Cheerleading" Merit Badges to anyone offering encouragement, whether a contestant or external general supporter. So that young writers may participate in the Challenge, please keep dialog 13+ and below.Head Cheerleader: PuppyTales   Donations are much appreciated. Please send them to Group#1474310. 100% of your gift will go to the prize pool! The current donation balance will pay for 122 2011 Merit Badges. In 2010, the Prep awarded 76 Merit Badges. Many thanks to the following 2011 generous contributors:~j Ariana Storm Machine Ducttape Knight Quaddy Ruth-away in new Zealand Ace Corona  ~unicornsong Leger~  Beck the Boilerlady  Dawn☆Embers PEA - gettin piefaced! PuppyTales Demon Squirrel of Doom!  Crys-revising  Lissa Anonymous Sourmaniack  Catherine Hall Kate~Rune Writing & Reading  Robert Waltz  SixGun  Joy  Winchester Jones kendall You can also contribute and encourage one another by buying NaNoWriMo / October Prep cNotes
This group will house participants and Challenge funds. You may sign up for the Challenge by posting your intent in this forum, or simply by posting your first completed assignment by October 3rd. There is no maximum number of contestants, so bring your friends!
Good luck and happy writing! We are human and make mistakes. Please monitor your progress and information for accuracy:
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