My NaNo Story
Official NaNo Name: GOAL Entertainment Title of 2016 Project and Genre: Heroism and Other Lies, Science Fiction/Cyberpunk/Superhero/Dystopia How many years participated? NaNoWriMo-won 10 years, ML for Oxford, Ohio region 2 years; ScriptFrenzy-won 2 years; Camp NaNo-participated 3 times How did you find out about writing for Nano? I was told about NaNoWriMo by one of my friends who was participating in the same year (2006). Story: I’ve always been grateful to NaNoWriMo for putting me under deadlines and giving me goals to help motivate me to keep writing. I think without some sort of set goal, I tend to let myself slip on writing and make excuses. “Oh, I’ll get to it later.” In November, with NaNoWriMo, I get to it now; I’ve got to meet my word count. But the best thing I’ve gotten from NaNo goes beyond just the motivation in November. By getting involved in my local NaNo region, I became connected to the group of writers that is now my regular writing group....